Kissinger Begins Talks in Pretoria Amid South Africa Turmoil
U S Secretary of State Henry Kissinger arrived at Waterkloof near Pretoria for two day discussions aimed at ending racial strife in southern Africa. He met South Africa’s Hilgard Muller and planned talks with Prime Minister Vorster on Rhodesia and South West Africa as violence flared in Johannesburg Soweto and Cape Town with arson and casualties.
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Southern Africa
Kissinger
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Lusaka
Kenneth Kaunda
Hilgard Muller
United States
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Brand Fourier Kissinger
John Vorster
Ian Smith
Smith
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Rhodesia
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Cape Town
Soweto
Athlone
Manenberg
Star
Harvey Tyson
University of the Witwatersrand
South-West Africa
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Vorster
Kissinger Smith
Ford
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Kissinger Meets Rhodesian Black Leader in Zambia Talks
Secretary of State Kissinger met Joshua Nkomo in Lusaka as part of a diplomatic push for racial peace in southern Africa. Kaunda voiced guarded optimism about the mediation effort and possible further talks with Ian Smith in South Africa this weekend.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Senate weighs partial abortion funding ban in labor bill
The Senate considers a House backed partial ban on federal funds for abortions through Medicaid except when the woman's life is at risk while the $56.6 billion labor and health bill faces a veto risk. The amendment, drafted by Rep. Conte, allows medically necessary abortions but bars funding for family planning or convenience.
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Silvio Conte
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Ford to Sign Tax Bill Extending Cuts and Revisions
Washington AP reports President Ford is expected to sign a tax measure that extends last year’s multibillion-dollar income tax cuts through 1977, with broader business cuts and shifts in estate and gift tax rules. The bill, praised as sweeping by tax experts, totals trillions in net budget effects over five years and aims to simplify returns while expanding credits for the elderly and for parents hiring babysitters.
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Hormel Meat Packers Negotiations Enter Third Day
Contract talks between Geo. A Hormel & Co and union reps over a new three year pact continued into the night in Austin, with meetings moved to Local P-9 Union Hall. About 2,761 Austin workers and 6,200 Hormel employees nationwide are affected. the union is Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America.
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Hormel
Austin
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Hormel Co
Hormel Union
National Packinghouse Negotiations Committee
Jesse Prosten
International Union
Packinghouse Department
Wilson & Co
Episcopal Church approves women priests amid diocesan split
The Episcopal Church adopted a national policy allowing women to be ordained while about 40 percent of bishops opposed it and 37 joined a public dissent promising to stay in the church. Critics warned of possible civil challenges to bishops who refuse ordination.
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Episcopal Church House of Deputies
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Mitchell
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Dallas
Texas
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Atlanta
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el Paso
Sterling Newell Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
David R. West
White Bear Lake
Minn
Kenneth E. Trueman
Kissinger rumor denied by Washington officials
U S officials dismissed a circulating rumor that Secretary Henry Kissinger had been shot in Africa and said Kissinger had been contacted after the report. Source origin of the rumor was not established.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Africa
Kissinger
Ethics panel drops Gulf inquiry into Scott link
Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott welcomed the Ethics Committee decision to end its probe into alleged Gulf Oil contributions linked to him. The panel voted 5 to 1 to close the case after Scott, 76, had voluntarily provided a written report and personal statement.
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Senate Ethics Committee
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