Ford Dinner Controversy Shrouds Ford Colorado Visit
President Ford's return from an eight day ski holiday in Vail raises questions about a Monday night party honoring him. The event may have been a social gathering or a fundraiser linked to his campaign with pledge cards sent to residents and some attendees pressed for $1,000 a couple. Ford aides say the dinner was not intended as a fund raiser and that the campaign committee sought to keep it separate.
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Colo
Ford
Sheika Gramshammer
Washington
Gramshammer
Ford Committee
Nessen
Las Vegas
White House
Vail Winter
Bomb explodes at LaGuardia kills and injures dozens
A locker bomb shattered LaGuardia Airport baggage area. At least 11 people died and more than 50 were injured as the terminal was evacuated and flights diverted. Police hunted two suspects while reassurances from officials followed, amid threats at other airports.
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Kennedy Airport
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Washington
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Richard Siemers
Tulsa
Oklo
Trans World
Delta Airlines
Logan City Council Denies Fire House Plans Were Political
Logan city councilman testified at an injunction hearing to halt a new fire house project denying the plan was political. The report notes an editorial page discussing employment figures and a brief weather forecast of rain with cool temperatures.
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Logan
Julius Shiskin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The
Business Mirror
Indicators show modest rise after October decline
The Commerce Department reports November leading economic indicators rose four tenths of a percent, the first gain in three months, offsetting October's four tenths fall and September's one tenth drop. The data suggest growth will level off in the coming months.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Rockefeller leads in Charleston Daily Mail poll for West Virginia governor
A telephone poll of 121 residents across seven counties shows Jay Rockefeller leading all candidates with 45 votes, three ahead of incumbent Arch Moore. James Sprouse receives 19, John Hutchinson 14, and the Rev. Ezra Graley 1.
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W. Va
Charleston Daily Mail
Jay Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Arch Moore
James Sprouse
John Hutchinson
Ezra Graley
International Aid Increases to Recover Indian Coal Mine
The Soviet Union and France joined the United States offering pumps and technicians to aid a northeastern Indian coal mine where at least 372 miners are feared dead. The U S plans to send 10 pumps of 2,500 GPM from Midland Texas with three agency experts and one mine rescue expert.
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India
Soviet Union
France
United States
Ministry of Mines
Robert Barrett
U. S. Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration
Washington
Midland
Tex
Algeria Grants Asylum To Six OPEC Attack Suspects
The Algerian government granted asylum to six individuals described as Palestinian revolutionaries or associates who invaded the OPEC meeting in Vienna on December 21. The group includes five men and one woman and is labeled as fighters for the Palestinian cause by official sources.
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Algeria
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Vienna
Body of CIA Agent Returned to U.S.
The body of CIA station chief Richard Welch arrived in the United States aboard an Air Force plane at Andrews Air Force Base. Welch, 46, was killed outside his Athens home on Christmas Eve by three masked gunmen. The Greek government has offered a $160,000 reward for information leading to arrests.
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CIA
Richard S. Welch
Greece
Air Force
William E. Colby
Ford
Welch
United States
Patrick Welch
Andrews Air Force Base
Molly
Colby
Lt. Welch
Philip W. Buchen Jr
Arthur Hartman
Athens
Folk Hero Euell Gibbons Dies At 64 In Sunbury
Euell Gibbons author and natural foods advocate dies of an apparent heart attack at 64. Survived by widow Freda, two sons, five grandchildren. Cremation planned with private memorial service. long noted for Stalking the Wild asparagus and heathful herbs.
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Euell Gibbons
Sunbury
Freda Gibbons
Gibbons
General Foods
Federal Trade Commission
Freda Fryer
Philadelphia
Beavertown
Outward Bound
Rabbits Sold On First Call Advantage Ad
Fredrick Savage of 53 Jacobs Avenue Chauncey praises Action Ads for selling rabbits on the first call. He notes satisfaction from prior uses and seeks extra help for future sales.
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Fredrick Savage
Jacobs Avenue
Chauncey
Postal Rate Increase Slated for Wednesday
The Postal Service will raise letter rates from 10 to 13 cents starting Wednesday after a three judge appeals court stay allowed the change. First class letters will cost 13 cents for the first ounce, postcards 9 cents, and parcel post up about 10 percent.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Explosion Kills McArthur Woman at Austin Powder Plant
An explosion and subsequent fires at the Austin Powder Co. plant in McArthur killed Mrs. Robert (Helen Joyce) Woodrum and injured Mildred Hembree, with officials stating the cause is under investigation. The incident occurred around 6 p.m. with later blasts at 7 and 11 p.m. Reading: 34 workers were nearby. Woodrum died instantly, Hembree listed in fair condition at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital.
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Robert
Helen Joyce) Woodrum
McArthur
Mildred Hembree
Hamden
Woodrum
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