Federal funds begin for 11 presidential candidates
The Treasury began distributing 1.88 million dollars in direct taxpayer subsidies to 11 presidential hopefuls, led by Lloyd Bentsen who received 492,029.84. President Ford and Terry Sanford also receive sizable initial checks, with funds sourced from voluntary tax designations and partial public financing under federal law.
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Ford
Terry Sanford
Ronald Reagan
Birch Bayh
Jimmy Carter
Fred Harris
Henry M. Jackson
Morris Udall
George Wallace
Sargent Shriver
Federal Election Commission
Treasury Department
Milton J. Shap
Pennsylvania
State traffic deaths lowest in 12 years
A Duluth man 24 died when his car collided with a pickup on Rice Lake Road New Year’s Eve. Erma Young 63 of St Cloud died from injuries after a car struck her in St Cloud on New Year’s Eve. The body of William Adams about 20 was found New Year’s Eve one mile south of Orr on U.S. 83, likely from a hit and run crash.
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R Raig Newala
Duluth
Rice Lake Road
Erma Young
St. Cloud
St. Cloud Hospital
St. Cloud Deck
William Adams
Nett Lake
Orr
U.S. 83
St. Louis
Adams
Americans denied involvement in Angola fighting report
Boston officials deny a The Monitor story claiming about 600 Americans were recruited to fight in Angola with 300 already there and another 300 ready. CIA and White House spokesmen call the report nonsense and state departments have no confirmation. Weather meanwhile brings light winds and very cold conditions into Saturday with subzero lows.
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Boston
Theristian
Spence Moniter
Central Intelligence Agency
David Anabie
Pper
Angola
CIA
United States
White House
John Carlson
Washington
State
Defense Departments
National Union For the Total Independence of Angola
National Front For the Liberation of Angola
Toni
Supreme Court orders new trial in 1971 police shooting case
The Minnesota Supreme Court orders a new trial over the 1971 shooting of 15 year old Richard Schumann in St. Paul. The ruling finds a viable issue on battery and a officer's firearm privilege, remanding to district court while noting reforms on use of force.
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State Supreme Court
ST. Paul
Minn
Cary
Minnesota Supreme Court
Richard Schu‘mann
Elt
Michael McGinn
Hove
Minnesota
Schumann
Leah M. Peterson
Ramsey County
McGinn
High Court
District Court
Nicholas S. Chanak
Hibbing
Supreme Court
Nas
American Law Institute
New York
Ilinois
Louisiana
Hennepin and
Venezuela Nationalizes Oil Industry in Major State Move
Caracas AP reports Venezuela nationalizes its large oil sector, taking concessions from 30 private firms including Exxon and Shell. The government forms 14 state operating companies under Petroleos de Venezuela with compensation totaling 1.01 billion dollars in government bonds payable over five years.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Congress
Carlos Andres
Exxon
Royal Dutch Shell
Gulf
Mobil
Texaco
Petroleos de Venezuela
Ford signs bill funding public broadcasting five year plan
President Ford signed a bill authorizing 634 million dollars over five years for the Public Broadcasting Corp. The measure aims at longer term financial security for PBS, which had relied on short funding cycles. Ford also vetoed a measure to add the secretary of membership to the National Security Council, deeming the aid unnecessary.
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Washington
Ford
Public Broadcasting Corp
National Security Council
New Year Brings Storm Snow Sorrow at Rose Parade
A storm dumping 19 inches of snow across Wyoming and Nebraska cast a grim start to the year. In California the 97th Tournament of Roses drew amid reports of a record crowd while police noted the largest turnout in the pageant’s history.
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Wyoming
Nebraska
Calif
Pope Paul VI News on New Year Appearance Fatigue
Pope Paul VI appeared weary on New Year’s Day and is expected to cancel audiences and rest for a week or two due to arthrosis. Vatican sources say his overall health remains adequate and not a sign of serious illness despite fatigue during the New Year message.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
82 Die In Lebanese Airliner Crash Near Thar Qaisouma
Rescue teams searched the desert north east of Saudi Arabia for victims after a Lebanese Middle East Airlines plane crashed killing 82 aboard. Kamal Sinno said 73 bodies were recovered by nightfall, with wreckage found 30 miles north of Thar Qaisouma and bodies airlifted to Dahran.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Kamal Sinno
Middle East Airlines
Thar Qaisouma
Persian Gulf
Kuwait
Dahran
Market basket survey shows continued rise in food prices
The Associated Press reports December price increases in milk butter eggs and coffee at checklist stores across 13 cities, with an average cost rise of 3.7 percent while sugar prices fell sharply earlier in 1975. The survey tracked 13 common items in Albuquerque Atlanta Boston Dallas Detroit Los Angeles Miami New York Philadelphia Providence Salt Lake City and Seattle, noting pork and other items edged higher or lower as supply shifts affected costs.
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Associated Press
Department of Agriculture
Albuquerque
Nim
Atlanta
Boston
Dallas
Detroit
Los Angeles
Miami
New York
Philadelphia
Providence
Salt Lake City
Seattle
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Agating
Popular Movement For the Liberation of
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