Ford Criticizes Efforts to Discredit Rockefeller VP Bid
President Ford and White House officials sought to reassure that Nelson Rockefeller remained under consideration for the vice presidency while dismissing claims of a right wing plot. TerHorst said Ford planned to name his VP pick next week as investigators found no evidence in Hunt papers after searches of safety deposit boxes.
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Washington
Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
White House
New York
Rockefeller
Jerald F. terHorst
Oval Office
TerHorst
Capitol Hill
George Bush
Jack Anderson
Watergate
E. Howard Hunt
George McGovern
Anderson
News Service
Philip Buchen
Mr. Long
Buchen
Leon Jaworski
Special Prosecutor
ButterHorst
New Fighting Rocks Cyprus Amid Cease Fire Strains
Flares of fighting erupted around Pyroi as Turkish forces pushed into the island’s northern third, threatening the fragile cease-fire. The map showed Turkish control north of a line near Nicosia, with the capital still divided. Despite clashes, most areas appeared to observe the cease-fire.
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Cyprus
Associated Press
Ankara
Lefka
Nicosia
Alphabet bomber targets LA in third bomb scare
Los Angeles police widen search for a third bomb linked to the alphabet bomber who claims airport and locker targets. A warning threatens a Sunday blast in a crowded area if two ex officers are not charged in 1970 killings of two Mexican aliens. The group name hints at Aliens of America.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles International Airport
Wallace proposes regional or national primaries
Alabama Governor George Wallace told the Young Democrats National Committee that the Democratic Party should consider regional or national primaries to give the common man a bigger role in selecting presidential candidates. He warned the party Risks if it ignores the New Left and fails to listen to the common man.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Alabama
George Wallace
Democratic Party
Wallace
Young Democrats National Committee
New Left
Weekend Weather Outlook for Sunday and Monday
Partly cloudy Sunday with highs in the low to mid 80s and a chance of thunder showers Sunday night. May see clearing Monday with highs in the low to mid 80s. Details on Page 2.
Tow Light Work For 61 Year Old Poenisch
Grove City resident Walter Poenisch, 61, tows a row boat full of people on Dow Lake at Strouds Run State Park as part of a light workout. He has long pursued extreme feats including a 90 percent distance toward Cuba and Florida, pulling a 28 ton yacht, and towing a 15 ton steamer. He aims to repeat the Gulf Stream swim, seeks a visa with President Ford, and bets $5,000 to pull a boat while another man rows backward.
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Dow Lake
Strouds Run State Park
Grove City
Cuba
Florida
Poenisch
Athens
Athens County
American Heart Association
Cookie Baker
Faye
Gulf Stream
Ford
Washington
Identities Of Huddleston and Gilly Altered In Yablonski Case
Annette Gilly and Silous Huddleston, who admitted arranging the murder of UMW reformer Joseph Yablonski and family, were freed with orders to change their identities. They pleaded guilty in 1970 to murder and conspiracy, received two year state sentences and a 20 year probation, with federal charges dropped in exchange for testimony.
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Washington, Pa
Annette Gilly
Silous Huddleston
United Mine Workers
Joseph Yablonski
Huddleston
Gilly
Richard A. Sprague
Washington County
Charles G. Sweet
Sweet
Sprague
Ford intensifies fight on inflation with new program
President Ford moves to reassure the nation with a self styled Ford program to replace the prior plan. He plans a post Labor Day inflation summit with business labor government and public participants. Congress approves a Cost of Living Task Force and a final vote is expected soon. He criticizes GM price hikes and vetoes a 47 million animal health bill amid budget concerns.
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Washington
Labor
Congress
Ford
House
Greyhound seeks central Ohio routes replacing Lake Shore
Greyhound Bus Co asked the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for permission to operate routes in central and southeastern Ohio taking over Lake Shore service halted by a May 28 strike. Stockholders decided to liquidate Lake Shore. Possible temporary PUCO approval could let Greyhound begin between Columbus and Athens Circleville Chillicothe and Pittsburgh as early as this week.
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Columbus, Ohio
Greyhound Bus Co
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Ohio
Lake Shore
PUCO
Greyhound
Columbus
Athens
Circleville
Chillicothe
Pittsburgh
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New Fighting Rocks
Pyroi
Cyprus Employers Federation
Rhodes
Cleveland
James A. Rhodes
John Gilligan
Herb Amey
Messenger
Walter Poenisch
The
Heart Association
Dave Levingston
Athens Heart Fund
Richard Brooks
State
Buzz Ball
Heart Branch
W. M. Baumgaertel
Yablonski
Gerald Ford
Senate
General Motors
Athens- To-Columbus
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