Governors greet all 10 candidates
Democrats open winter meeting with ten presidential hopefuls in attendance. Sen. Birch Bayh urged energy policy rooted in conservation and said the U.S. should act against OPEC, including breaking up major oil companies. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen promoted steady growth to lift millions, denying inflation or environmental harm as a tradeoff. Speakers included Jimmy Carter Morris Udall Henry Jackson Terry Sanford Milton Shapp Sargent Shriver Fred Harris and George Wallace.
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Indiana
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OPEC
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
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Georgia
Morris Udall
Dariz
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Milton Shapp
Pennsylvania
Sargent Shriver
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Democrats use holiday to organize in N.H.
In New Hampshire ahead of the February 24 1976 primary Democrats including Udall Carter Harris Bayh and Shriver accelerate ground organizing during December. They plan ward level canvassing trips general mailings and personal appearances to build a campaign skeleton and boost visibility amid a crowded field.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
David Evans
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
Chris Brown
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Udall
Carter
Evans
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
America
Jonathan Perdue
Harris
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Bayh
Don Madden
Madden
Sargent Shriver
Kennedy
Penn State updates alma mater to remove sexism
Penn State has revised its 75-year-old alma mater removing gendered lines. The fall commencement featured a non sexist version with childhoods gate replacing boyhoods gate and lyrics changed from into men to dear old State.
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University Park
UPI
Penn State
Boyhood’s Gate
Alma Mater
Americans leave Thai bases as withdrawal nears
Bangkok reporters note a mixed mood as about 50 warplanes and thousands of U.S. troops prepare to depart Korat and Udorn by January and February, with U Tapao to follow by March 20. Critics urge negotiation with neighbors before any full pullout, while a minority argues for maintaining advisers and sensitive bases.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Korat Air Base
Walter Scott hospitalised after self harm attempt in Las Vegas
Walter Scott 42, who aided the FBI in the Patricia Hearst case, slashed his wrists with scissors in a Las Vegas boulevard mall and was admitted to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition. He had earlier been voluntarily admitted to a psychiatric ward after claiming someone tried to kill him.
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Walter Scott
FBI
Patricia Hearst
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Scott
Jack Scott
FDR Daughter Anna Roosevelt Halsted Dies at 69
Anna Roosevelt Halsted, Franklin D. Roosevelt's only daughter and former private assistant, died of cancer at Montefiore Hospital at age 69. She edited the Seattle Post Intelligencer women's page for seven years, joined her father in Washington in 1943, traveled to the Yalta Conference in 1945, and later worked in public relations and broadcasting including a 1948 radio program with Eleanor Roosevelt. She married Dr James A Halsted in 1952.
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Washington
Yalta
Eleanor Roosevelt
James A. Halsted
Spain Eyes New Cortes Leader As Prime Minister Reshuffle Looms
Spain's Council of the Realm named three candidates for the Cortes presidency to King Juan Carlos, with Torcuato Fernandez-Miranda the likely choice. A new prime minister could be chosen soon after the Cortes president is sworn in, as Arias Navarro's resignation nears formalization. The list also included Licinio de la Fuente and Emilio Lamo de Espinosa. In the U.S. report, Connecticut reduced its state local tax rate from 727 to 689 dollars in 1974 while Massachusetts residents faced the second highest total rate at 767 dollars nationwide, amid a 41 dollar average rise.
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Carlos Arias Navarro
Europa Press
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Licinio de la Fuente
Emilio Lamo de Espinosa
Chicago
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Commerce Clearing House News Bureau
Sominex 2 Recalled Over Prescription Diphenhydramine
The FDA ordered J B Williams Co to halt promotion and recall Sominex 2 after finding it contained a prescription only drug diphenhydramine. The recall does not affect Sominex. FDA noted safety warnings for alcohol depressants pregnancy nursing asthma glaucoma and other conditions.
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UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
J.B. Williams Co., Inc
New York
Snowstorms, floods strand travelers across Northwest states
The Pacific Northwest thawed as warm Chinook winds melted heavy snow dumped Sunday. Flooding, mudslides and avalanches slowed travel and endangered mountaineers while three killed in Oregon. A UPI survey notes teens rarely intervene in peers’ drunk driving despite acknowledging its danger.
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Oregon
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NYC to seek more relief amid potential city insolvencies
WASHINGTON reports that as the House moves to pass Ford's loan bill for New York City up to 2.3 billion dollars, Rep. Thomas Ashley warns several large cities may soon require relief due to rising costs and shrinking tax bases. He declines naming others, saying publicity could worsen borrowing. Senate action could follow this week.
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Washington
UPI
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Ford
New York City
Thomas Ashley
Toledo
Ohio
New York
Ashley
Senate
Soviet Supreme Soviet Opens Session On Economy And Harvest
Moscow reports that the rubber-stamp legislature has convened after a secret Communist party meeting to review the economy and outline plans for the coming year. Western analysts expect a two to three day session with possible details on the 1975 harvest.
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UPI
Communist Party
Supreme Soviet
Enema bandit pleads guilty to armed theft
Michael H. Kenyon, 30, of Palatine Illinois, pled guilty to six counts of armed robbery. He admitted enema assaults on women in three cases and was linked to similar attacks in Norman Oklahoma Manhattan Kansas and Los Angeles.
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Robert Steigmann
Kenyon
Champaign-Urbana
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