Convention Sites in Question Dems GOP Warned on Gifts
The Federal Election Commission ruled that national conventions cannot accept free services from private industry beyond typical offerings. The decision may affect where parties hold their 1976 conventions, with New York’s Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles venues’ ownership influencing rent-free use.
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Dems
GOP
Washington
Federal Election Commission
New York City
Los Angeles
Madison Square Garden
New York
Convention Hall
Commission
NASA eyes smooth joint Apollo Soyuz docking mission
Three American astronauts Stafford Brand and Slayton undergo medical exams at Johnson Space Center to certify readiness for a joint mission with two Soviet cosmonauts. They will fly to Cape Canaveral to board the Saturn rocket for a Tuesday launch and dock with Soyuz 140 miles above West Germany, exchanging visits during a two day link up.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
Space Agency
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Tex
Thomas P. Stafford
Vance D. Brand
Donald K. Slayton
Alexei Legnov
Valeri Kubasov
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Russia
Moscow
Apollo
Soyuz
West Germany
Kissinger Sees Progress In Oil Dialogue With France
Secretary of State Kissinger met with French President Giscard d Estaing and Foreign Minister Sauvagnargues, reporting very good progress toward resuming the oil producer consumer dialogue. Talks followed with energy, raw materials and developing nations commissions planned for year end. Kissinger heads to Geneva to meet Gromyko on Middle East and nuclear issues.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Giscard d'Estaing
Kissinger
Sauvagn
Geneva
Middle East
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Railways to Hire Thousands of Unemployed for Track Repair
Washington AP Thousands of unemployed workers would be placed on rails repair under congressional bills. Amtrak president Paul Reistrup urged priority on Amtrak routes, noting $525 million already ordered for new locomotives and cars. He cited 17 lines needing rehabilitation, many Penn Central owned. Harold Crotty backed bills with transportation secretary line-discretion, warning track conditions are a top Amtrak issue with speeds limited to 30 mph in places. Amtrak plans $15 million track work north of New York City.
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Congress
Amtrak
House
Subcommittee On
Transportation and Commerce
Paul Reistrup
Penn Central Railroad Co
Harold C. Crotty
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Railway Labor Executive Association
Ransom Demand Nixed in Beirut Kidnapping Case
In Beirut, a ransom demand for Col. Ernest R. Morgan of Petersburg Virginia expired without payment or evidence of harm. Officials say the request by alleged leftist militants and Palestinian groups likely failed, with PLO denying involvement while other factions contest the claim. Police and army search for Morgan and his captors continues.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Ernest R. Morgan
Petersburg
U.S
Morgan
Palestine Liberation Organization
Christian Phalange Party
Cleveland ranks seventh nationally in bombings
Cleveland officials say the city had 18 bombings last year and 11 so far this year as police report many suspects have criminal records. The pattern appears to continue with ongoing challenges for public safety.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland
Kent State shootings witness describes crowd near guards
Ex officer Lt. Alexander Stevenson testified that about 50 demonstrators stood within 100 feet of Ohio National Guardsmen when gunfire started. He said he yelled cease fire but was relaying higher officers orders, not acting on personal judgment.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio National Guardsmen
Kent State University
Alexander Stevenson
107Th Armored Cavalry
Stockdale honored with eight medals at Pentagon ceremony
Rear Adm. James B. Stockdale, longtime North Vietnamese POW, received two Distinguished Service Medals, four Silver Stars, and two Bronze Stars in a Pentagon ceremony. He now leads the Pacific antisubmarine warfare wing. Pamplona notes report eight bulls gore a Spaniard to death and many injured during the fourth running of the bulls with over 1,000 runners advancing along the 900 yard route.
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Washington
James B. Stockdale
Pentagon
Stockdale
Pacific Antisubmarine Warfare Wing
Pamplona
Spain
Bull Pens
Weekend Weather Outlook With Rain Chances Rising
The forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms today with highs in the 50s and low 60s. Partly sunny by Friday with highs in the 70s. Rain chances reach 60 percent tonight and 20 percent Friday, details on Page 14.
Enquirer Scavengers Now Trash Pickers
In West Palm Beach a local weekly the Enquirer sifted trash from the Kissinger household in Georgetown. Palm Beach Post reporter Steve Mitchell rummaged through an Enquirer dumpster and found a 1973 Pope memo detailing the paper's storytelling approach. Commerce Secretary Morton joked about trash pickup but editors declined to order further scavenging.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
National Enquirer
Henry A. Kissinger
The
Enquirer
Lantana
Jay Gourley
Kissinger
Washington
Georgetown
Gourley
Secret Service
Steve Mitchell
Palm Beach Post
Mitchell
Col. Sanders
Post
Generoso Pope Jr
Pope
Latana
Henry Kissinger
Hills Released From Uganda After Amin Intercedes
Denis Hills a 61 year old British lecturer freed by Ugandan President Idi Amin after talks with British Foreign Secretary James Callaghan in Kampala. Hills had been sentenced to death for calling Amin a tyrant and was later taken to Entebbe for departure to London aboard a Royal Air Force plane.
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Kampala
Uganda
Denis Hills
Idi Amin
Amin
James Callaghan
Callaghan
Hills
Entebbe
Lake Victoria
Royal Air Force
London
Mobutu Sese Seko
Zaire
Equal Yield Bill In Committee Faces School Funding Stalemate
In Columbus Ohio the House Finance Committee aims to break a three week impasse on the equal yield school foundation bill by deleting an embattled tax rollback provision. A Senate subcommittee led by Robert E O Shaughnessy considers about 30 amendments to a malpractice insurance measure with a $500000 jury cap. The omnibus public employee bargaining bill fuels controversy as Democrats seek to override vetoes. leaders plan a caucus soon. Senators also vote on abandoned service stations removal and liquor in convention centers to boost convention business.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Myrl Shoemaker
Bourneville
Statehouse
Senate
Robert E. O'Shaughnessy
D-16
O'Shaughnessy
James A. Rhodes
Cacus
Vernal G. Riffe Jr
New Boston
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Slayton
Jean Sauvagnargues
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Elysee Palace
United States
Algeria
Miami Beach
New Orleans
San Francisco
Editorial Esceovnerveseonen
Commerce
Rogers C. B. Morton
Alexandria
Morton
Nat Chran
Chran
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