Political FBI abuse across administrations since FDR
Senate intelligence committee staff report cites FBI abuses under Roosevelt to Nixon including wiretaps and intimidation of Martin Luther King Jr. Attorney General Kennedy allegedly authorized a 30 day King tap under FBI pressure. King was targeted until his 1968 assassination.
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Lao Pathet Lao appoints Souphanouvong president and PM
In a Vientiane broadcast the Pathet Lao named Prince Souphanouvong as president and Kaysone Phomvihan as prime minister of the new Peoples Democratic Republic of Laos. The move completes a Communist consolidation, dissolving Souvanna Phouma’s coalition government and signaling end of the royalist era.
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Thailand
UPI
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Laos
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Vientiane
Souphanouvong
New Peoples’ Democratic Republic of Laos
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Savang Vatthana
Souvanna Phouma
Scott to retire after 34 years in Congress and GOP leadership
Senate Republican leader Hugh Scott plans to retire from the Senate after 34 years in Congress and as a leader of the liberal moderate wing. At age 75 he will not seek a fourth term in 1976, amid a tough primary and possible leadership challenge. Sources say he plans to teach and practice law after retirement, a decision reached long ago.
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200 mile fisheries bill advances in Senate panel
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved House passed legislation extending U S fisheries jurisdiction to 200 miles amid White House and Pentagon opposition. The panel recommended a Jan 1 1977 effective date, signaling possible year end floor action and possible delays due to a filibuster.
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Monopoly price rise blamed on milk co-ops in UPI report
Former FDA official Peter Barton Hutt told a two day milk marketing conference that illegal use of monopoly power by large milk cooperatives raised consumer milk prices by at least 175 million dollars this year. He said premiums above government price floors violate the Capper Volstead Act and the intent of marketing orders, accusing the Agriculture Department of lax enforcement.
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UPI
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Food and Drug Administration
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Lawmakers eye neutral pronouns in Wisconsin bill
In Madison Wisconsin officials consider neutral pronouns for statutes. A sample bill suggests replacing him and her with hisser and himmer and updating phrases like his and her to hisser. The draft includes examples such as those are hisser scissors and she hammered himmer.
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Madison, Wis
UPI
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Himmer
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Kenna Jarvis
Legislative Reference Bureau
Dutch gunmen kill hostage as hijacked train siege escalates
In Beilen the hostage on a hijacked Groningen Amsterdam train was shot after authorities refused to meet demands. A second Moluccan group seized the Indonesian consulate in Amsterdam taking 25 hostage including 10 children. About seven gunmen, linked to a South Moluccan independence cell, pressed for a bus to Schiphol airport before the government reiterated it would not yield. Pessiveron, mediator, is connected to Rev. S Mallary, the minister linked to the group.
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Wholesale price index moderates in November outlook
Washington UPILeonard Curry reports that the worst of recent raw material price hikes may have ended with November outlook showing a moderating wholesale price rate. Officials expect October's 1.8 percent surge to be reduced though still high by historical standards as prices for steel aluminum petroleum and new cars ease and farm prices fall while food costs stay elevated at wholesale levels.
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Treasury
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Soviet intervention in Angola shocks Africa and alarms Kissinger
In Johannesburg a UPI report details rising African resentment as the Soviet Union expands in Angola. Kissinger warns East West detente is at risk while analysts note a strategic push for a southern Atlantic naval base. Cuban troops and Western arms flows affect a 30,000 casualty year as rival groups vie for power.
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Piet Botha
Organization of African Unity
Jackson Hints Illinois Becomes Pivotal in 1976 Primary
United Press International reports Sen Henry Jackson designated Illinois as pivotal to winning the Democratic nomination. He plans intensive campaigns in Massachusetts and Florida, and a five city swing through Illinois including Chicago Moline Peoria Springfield and East St. Louis after announcing his decision in Washington.
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