Labor Party Rejects Britain’s Common Market Entry
London UPI report says the ruling Labor party’s move to end Britain’s membership in the European Common Market undermines Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s authority. The party conference widened the split between Wilson who favors staying in the nine member community and the anti-market left, among 40 million voters nationwide.
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London
UPI
Labor Party
Britain
Harold Wilson
Wte
Wilson
Commonwealth
Europe
Brown University ends occupation with mixed compromise
Brown University resumes classes after a four day student boycott and two day occupation as the Third World Coalition secures a compromise with officials. The agreement promises increased outreach to minority students though amnesty is granted for occupiers and officials warn of ongoing financial constraints.
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Providence
R.I
UPI
Brown University
Third World Coalition
Donald F. Hornig
Hornig
Brown
Moderates win big as Portugal votes in first free election
Nearly complete returns show Socialist and Popular Democratic parties totaling 64 percent of the 247 seat constituent assembly, while Communists drop to 12.5 percent. Voter turnout tops 90 percent as Portugal moves to draft a new constitution under a revolutionary regime. Premier Goncalves says results won’t alter the government’s plan, while Socialists seek a broader alliance with Communists and Popular Democrats. The assembly should start work in June and finish a presidential style constitution within six months.
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Lisbon
UPI
Portugal
Vasco Goncalves
O Seculo
Constituent Assembly
Jorge Jesuino Correia
Popular Democrats
Mario Soares
Senate approves $6 billion jobs package in emergency move
The Senate backed a $6 billion plan to create about one million jobs through public service positions and public works. The 53 to 14 vote expands House plans, facing a likely presidential veto, with 310,000 public service jobs and 700,000 railroad work projects highlighted, plus cuts to car purchases and Post Office funds.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bennett Johnston Jr
D-La
Johnston
Dunlop
House
Attack at Israeli Consulate in Johannesburg
Unidentified attackers stormed the Israeli Consulate in downtown Johannesburg firing on the street and injuring four or five people. Police cordoned the area, prepared to assault only if human life was at risk, while snipers and ambulances converged on the scene.
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Johannesburg
UPI
Representative seeks probe into assassinations
Rep. Stewart B. McKinney plans a congressional investigation into the murders of President Kennedy and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, the shooting of Martin Luther King Jr, and a related wounding. He proposes a seven member select House committee with subpoena powers to conduct a full review.
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Washington
UPI
Stewart B. McKinney
R-Conn
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Alabama
George C. Wallace
McKinney
House
Ford urges repeal of federal fair trade laws
President Ford called for ending fair trade laws saying they add about 2 billion dollars yearly to consumer costs by limiting competition. He opposed creating a new federal consumer agency, arguing it would swell bureaucracy while ordering agencies to improve consumer service.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Federal Regulatory Commission
Congress
NRA
Plane vanishes in heavy Maine snowstorm with seven aboard
A private plane carrying seven people disappeared Sunday night during a heavy snowstorm after taking off from Lawrence Airport at 6 p.m. Officials said it was last heard near Booth Bay Harbor Maine when it altered course. The search was ordered and authorities reported the craft was found headed for St Johns New Brunswick.
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Lawrence
Mass
UPI
Booth Bay Harbor
Maine
St. Johns
New Brunswick
Thomson readsies for primary race in New Hampshire
New Hampshire Republicans clash over leadership as Gov. Meldrim Thomson prepares to challenge President Ford in the first-in-the-nation primary. Moderates, conservatives argue over chairmanship after Norris Cotton resigns. Ford visited to bolster moderates. Thomson heads Conservative Caucus and widens national profile.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Meldrim Thomson
Ford
Republican State Committee
Norris Cotton
John Clements
Cotton
Thomson
House
George Roberts
R-Gilmanton
Senate
Alf Jacobson
Rnew London
GOP
Hugh Gregg
Nelson Rockefeller
Congress
California
Ronald Reagan
Alabama
George Wallace
National Conservative
China
Israel
United States
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