Blacks demand White resign, probe into beating of attorney
Black leaders call for mayor Kevin White to resign and for a full investigation into the beating of Theodore Landsmark by white demonstrators outside City Hall. State Rep. William Owens says blacks cannot walk Boston streets safely. Police report minor disturbances as white students protest and black students walkouts occur around schools and housing projects.
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Theodore Landsmark
Boston
UPI
Kevin H. White
William Owens
Dboston
Legislative Black Caucus
Landsmark
City Hall Plaza
Scott Harshbarger
FBI
U.S. Justice Department
Gavin Middle School
L Street
South
English High
Golden Gate Bridge cable souvenirs go on sale
Promoters plan to sell 72,000 feet of rusting suspension cable from the Golden Gate Bridge as souvenirs. Each cable piece will be mounted on a wood base and offered to the public for 40 dollars, after initial plans valued the salvage at 25,000 dollars.
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San Francisco
UPI
Golden Gate Bridge
Joseph King
Spencer Sokale
Unico Enterprises Corp
Sausalito
Calif
General strike threatened in San Francisco over wage demands
San Francisco labor leaders threaten a general strike to back 1710 craft workers demanding wage gains. City officials doubt broad support. talks continue as 18000 workers are off, transit and schools disrupted, and city facilities close.
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San Francisco
UPI
Board of Supervisors
George Moscone
Patrick Mahler
San Francisco Labor Council
Day care veto fight could hinge on override votes
Washington United Press International reports the fight over a 125 million day care bill. Ford vetoed citing cost and federal overreach. Congress faces a May 4 deadline to override with a Senate 67 vote may be required.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
House
Senate
Congress
Police win Marty Mouse award for humane rat relief
SAN JOSE California UPI reporting the Police Department received a Marty Mouse statuette for humane treatment of the rat that gnawed at marijuana in the department's evidence room.
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San Jose, Calif
Food stamp compromise reached amid Senate debate
A liberal coalition negotiates a compromise on food stamps lowering the net income share from 27.5 to 25 percent, amid threats to eliminate cash purchases. The deal caps savings at $241 million versus $630 million, authorizes a $20 million pilot to test removing cash requirements in select counties, and aims to curb abuses while avoiding a presidential veto.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Committee
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Senate
George McGovern
D-S.d
Robert Dole
Talmadge
Ford
Dole
Soviet Lobster Case Highlights Tense U.S.-Soviet Harassment
A Soviet trawler plead nolo contendere to illicitly taking 61 pounds of lobster off the Massachusetts coast. The court imposed a suspended sentence and probation after a $410,000 settlement. Separately, U.S. and Soviet diplomats exchanged notes amid a wave of harassment incidents from New York to Moscow, including threats, detentions, and protests.
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Boston
UPI
U.S
Soviet Union
Valentin Alexandrovich Eleseev
Anton Tamm- Saare
Massachusetts
United States
James N. Gabriel
Thomas Walsh
Walter Jay Skinner
Walsh
Skinner
Eleseev
Moscow
New York
United Nations
Manhattan
Tass
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