Mystery Illness at Legion Convention Stumps Scientists
Harrisburg reports scientists seek clues to a mysterious illness linked to a Philadelphia Legion convention. Deaths rose to 27 with 152 confirmed cases as officials pursue virus or toxin origins and gather detailed attendee profiles via a 23 point questionnaire focusing on hotels and daily activities.
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APT
American Legion
Philadelphia
Dennis Boyle
Luzerne County
Harold Davis
Leonard Bachman
All American Legion
William Parkin
Pennsylvania
Bellevue Stratford
Ben Franklin Hotel
State Department notes slow rise of minorities in diplomacy
Washington says white males still hold most power in diplomatic affairs while women blacks and other minorities gradually gain influence. Kissinger faced boos at a Boston Urban League event. Only 9 percent of Foreign Service officers are women up 3 percent in 10 years and 4.3 percent are black despite recruitment efforts.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Department
Henry Kissinger
Boston
Mansfield calls Korea a time bomb in Senate report
Senate majority leader Mike Mansfield warns Korea is unstable despite growth and calm. He says political oppression under Park Chung-hee may persist, calls for a new U S Japanese friendship based on trust, and warns against Nixon shocks returning. He describes Korea as a time bomb awaiting defusal.
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UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Korea
South Korea
U.S
United States
Japan
Far East
Mansfield
Park Chung-hee
Monster bamboo protest blocks Trident base Bangor
About 200 demonstrators from Canada and the United States marched on the Trident base in Bangor Washington. Seventy one were detained after trying to enter with a 500 foot bamboo Trident Monster. Demonstrators crossed from Canada to the United States at Blaine under the Peace Arch. Navy spokesman Lt. Dave Thomas said the detained would receive letters barring entry.
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Bangor
Wash
UPI
Canada
United States
Peace Arch
Blaine
Dave Thomas
Navy
CIA Hughes link alleged to aid conservatives in 1968 votes
Playboy says the CIA used Howard Hughes owned Summa r Corp as a front to funnel funds to 1968 campaigns of Gerald Ford and 300 conservative congressmen. The magazine cites a memorandum and lists Republicans and Southern Democrats or Ne vada officials. It links Hughes with Nixon via funds and meetings to sway the election.
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Germany
Bennington
Chicago
UPI
CIA
Howard Hughes
Gerald Ford
Playboy Magazine
Bingboy
Hughes
Nevada
Playboy
Hughes’ Summar Corp
Richard Nixon
White House
Nixon
Robert Maheu
Hughes-Nevada
Maheu
Paul Laxalt
Boston teens help curb violence with summer job program
In Boston a calm summer follows a year of racial tensions due to desegregation as roughly 12 000 youths aged 16 to 21 work in roles from trash pickup to infant lead testing. Programs funded with 12.2 million dollars from federal and 2.5 million from state and city sources are run mainly by Action for Boston Community Development ABCD. ABCD plans to place over 9 300 teens in summer jobs including Youth Tutoring Youth Career Academy and leadership projects while youths are paid 2 30 an hour for a three hour week.
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Boston
UPI
Department of Labor
Community Services Administration
Parks and Recreation Department
Action For Boston Community Development
Robert M. Coard
ABCD
Coard
Louise Day Hicks
Ford Byrd named for CIA funding in 1968 list
Chicago based United Press International reports Play boy magazine listed President Ford and former and current lawmakers selected in 1968 for CIA funding. Senators Robert Byrd Howard Cannon James Eastland Paul Fannin Hiram Fong Paul Laxalt Strom Thurmond John Tower and Representatives J Herbert Burke John Camp James Collins W C Daniel William Harsha Abraham Kazen Robert Leggett Wilbur Mills James Quillen William Randall Olin Teague Joe Waggonner Jr Larry Winn Jr plus former Senators Gordon Allott Wallace Bennett Norris Cotton and former Reps Frank Bow Omar Burleson James Grover Craig Hosmer Dan Kuykendall Vernon Thomson.
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Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Howard Cannon
D-Nev
James Eastland
D-Miss
Paul Fannin
R-Ariz
Hiram Fong
Hawaii
Paul Laxalt
R-Nev
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
John Tower
R-Tex
J. Herbert Burke
Rfla
John Camp
R-Okla
James Coollins
W.C. Daniel
D-Va
William Harsha
R-Ohio
Abraham Kazen
Dtex
Robert Leggett
D-Calif
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
James Quillen
R-Tenn
William Randall
D-Mo
Olin Teague
Joe Waggonner, Jr
Dla
Larry Winn Jr
R-Kan
Sens
Gordon Allott
Offshore drilling in New England sparks debate
Joy Sterling reports from Providence on offshore oil plans near Georges Bank, drawing warnings from environmentalists and lawmakers. Oil companies and fishermen gamble on returns, while officials note potential federal aid and delays may shift timing.
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Joy Sterling
Providence, R. I
UPI
New England
James Roberson
Roberson
John Scanlon
Save the Bay Inc
Georges Bank
Eric Schneider
Environmental Protection Agency
Narragansett
Viking scientists tease over Mars findings at JPL
Scientists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory report puzzling Viking 1 results from its lab on Mars. They describe hints of possible biological activity but caution that instrument error or unknown soil factors could explain the data.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
Viking 1
Red Planet
Harold Klein
Egypt vows possible retaliation over Libyan saboteur acts
Cairo warns that Khadafy's regime may be targeted after two bomb blasts wounded four, including police, in a 12 story government office. Al Ahram said patience has run out and reprisal could be taken against Libya.
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Cairo
UPI
Muammar Khadafy
al Ahram
Khadafy
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