Ford cautions detente not a license to fish in troubled waters
President Ford told the American Legion that the United States will keep a wary eye on the Soviet Union and will seek new nuclear arms limits if no new agreement is reached. He warned detente should be moderate and restrained, not a free pass for danger in volatile regions like Portugal. Ford spoke at the Legion national convention during a four-state swing.
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Minneapolis
Ford
Soviet Union
American Legion
United States
Portugal
Pekin
Peoria
Legion
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Legionaires
America
Congress
Sinai Accord Ready and US Israel Pact Reported
Haaretz reports a second stage Sinai accord with about 40 clauses. Key points include a replacement force in the Sinai buffer zone if UN mandate is vetoed, no partial settlement with Jordan, no new interim settlements without Israeli approval, US coordination of Middle East moves, cosmetic changes alleged with Syria, and a $3.2 billion aid request vs Kissinger's $2 billion. plus clashes in Lebanon and Kissinger shuttle plans.
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Tel Aviv
Ha'aretz
Israel
United States
Sinai
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Security Council
Jordan
Washington
Egypt
Middle East
Geneva
U.S
Haaretz
Matti Golan
Kissinger
Lebanon
Syria
Henry A. Kissinger
Hussein
Hafez Assad
Cairo
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Arab Authority For Military Industry
Rhodes and Board clash over civil service layoffs
In Columbus the State Controlling Board battled Rhodes Administration over a $904000 consultants fee to carry out Civil Service Study Commission pay raises for 80,000 workers. The board also sought to reinstate $2 million to avoid 109 tax department layoffs, vetoed by Gov. Rhodes last June.
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Columbus
Ohio
Rhodes Administration
State Tax Department
Control Board
James A. Rhodes
Richard L. Krabach
Building Industry Starts Recovery
Washington reports showing July housing construction at an annual rate of 1.238 million units, up 14 percent from June but 6 percent below the prior year. Economists say recovery hinges on government actions to convert promises into actual low income housing construction.
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Commerce Department
Carla A. Hills
Housing and Urban Development
National Association of Home Builders
Michael Sumichrast
The
Home Builders
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Energy Administration
Maritime grain boycott jolts Midwest and markets
AFL-CIO leader George Meany ordered a boycott on grain shipments to the Soviet Union at Great Lakes Gulf and East Coast ports citing higher consumer prices and job impacts. Kansas Governor Bennett called the move arrogant and a threat to wheat producers. The actions follow unions’ earlier threat to halt loading, with mixed compliance and sharp political reaction from farm groups and state officials.
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U.S
Soviet Union
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Ford Administration
Great Lakes
Gulf
East Coast
Meany
Washington
International Longshoremen’s Association
Robert F. Bennett
Kansas
Midwest
Bennett
Ford
U. S
Kansas Farm Bureau
John Junior Armstrong
Armstrong
Houston
Russia
Lisbon Sees Mixed Response to 30 Minute General Strike
Intersindical called a 30 minute general strike in Lisbon to protest escalating fascist reaction and attacks on Communist parties. Yet many of the two million workers ignored the action and most taxis buses subways and hotels operated normally.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Central Trade Federation
Intersindical
NASA moves Viking Mars landing to July 9 1976
NASA says the Viking spacecraft likely will not land on Mars for the bicentennial celebration as planned. The touchdown, originally set for July 4, 1976, is rescheduled for July 9 due to technical problems.
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Boston
U.S. Space Agency
Mars
Red Planet
NASA
Hearst's Mother testifies before federal jury in Philadelphia area
Catherine Hearst appeared before a federal grand jury in Harrisburg PA probing alleged harboring of Patricia Hearst at a Pennsylvania farm. She avoided reporters as her car entered the federal building through an underground tunnel.
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Harrisburg
Patricia Hearst
Pennsylvania
Catherine Hearst
Federal
Glenn May Refuse Backing in Ohio Senate Nominees
Dayton Ohio AP Sen John Glenn indicated he may not back former Gov John Gilligan or former Sen Howard Metzenbaum if either secures the Democratic nomination for the Senate next year. He cited raw wounds from intraparty battles and refused to pledge support for either man who may oppose Sen Robert Taft Jr. in Ohio.
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Dayton
Ohio
John Glenn
John J. Gilligan
Howard Metzenbaum
Senate
Glenn
Robert Taft Jr
U S Pilot Wounded In Czechoslovakia Refugee Rescue
Barry Meeker 33 of Hartford Connecticut faces border crossing and airspace violations for flying three East German refugees out of Communist Czechoslovakia under fire. He describes friends helping a German family and says gunfire wounded a girl and his elbow. Police probe past rescues and possible organizational ties.
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Traunstein
West Germany
Czechoslovakia
Barry Meeker
Hartford
Meeker
Special Forces
Thaddeus K
Marburg
Munich
Traunstein Hospital
West Germanny
Kent State shooting trial lawyer faces threats before summation
Lead attorney Joseph Kelner said he received a third threat by phone since last Friday after the Kent State University shooting victims’ case, involving 32 current or former state officials and Ohio National Guardsmen, and warned he might not attend his closing statements. The case may go to the jury late this week.
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Kent State University
Joseph Kelner
Kent
Kelner
New York City
Cleveland
American Trial Lawyers Association
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