Wyman Durkin runoff delay grips New Hampshire Senate
Wyman victory toggles sparked a push for a new election as the GOP led Ballot Law Commission reversed Durkin, prompting a Senate seating debate and a possible mid February runoff bill. Weicker urged voters to decide, while the legislature weighed timing amid traditional delay. Oklahoma Capitol oath made David Boren youngest governor at 33 as 4,000 watched in chilly 38 degree weather.
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UPI
Louis C. Wyman
New Hampshire
Senate
John A. Durkin
Wyman
Durkin
Commission
Gerald Schiappa
Meldrim Thomson
Norris Cotton
Schiappa
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
Robert C. Byrd
Weicker
Oklahoma City
David Lyle Boren
Baby killed by family dog in Kansas City tragedy
A 5 month old girl, Tracy, died after a Basenji dog bit her while the infant lay on a living room pallet. The mother slept through the attack and the father found the scene before noon. The dog and two newborn pups were removed to an animal shelter.
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Kansas City
UPI
Norman Wax
Tracy
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Wax
Congress clings to emigration stance over trade pact
Washington officials report Congress will not back away from tying broader Russian emigration rights to the 1972 trade accord. Sen. Jackson and Rep. Vanik led the push for more Jewish exits to Israel, while Kissinger and Ford argued the Soviet rejection cited noninterference.
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UPI
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Soviet Union
Kremlin
Israel
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Charles A. Vanik
Ohio
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Congressional Fight
Jackson
Vanik
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
House
Senate
London
K. C. Thaler
IRA leader rejects British peace offer in Belfast
In Belfast Sinn Fein official Seamus Loughran called Britain's latest peace concession a pittance and urged no truce extension. The IRA likely will extend the 25 day cease-fire by about a week, issuing a war or peace ultimatum as talks continue.
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UPI
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Northern Ireland
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Seamus Loughran
Sinn Fein
Andersonstown
Loughran
Command Council
TV Highlights from United Press International 8 p.m.
CBS presents The Waltons with a spinster cousin visiting briefly and not leaving. At 9 p.m. The Streets of San Francisco features Letters from the Grave as a mobster’s skeleton is unearthed at Alcatraz. The Mephisto Waltz airs at 9 p.m. on CBS with Alda and Bisset. Satan dances a fox trot. At 10 p.m. Harry O plays For the Love of Money involving burglary murder and grand larceny as Harry pursues the case.
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John
San Francisco
Alcatraz Prison
Alan Alda
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Portugal agrees to independence for Angola
Portugal will grant independence to Angola on November 11 ending colonial rule after 14 years of guerrilla war. President Francisco da Costa Gomes and Angolan guerrilla leaders Agostinho Neto Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi signed a pact creating a three member presidential council to oversee a transition, with a 10 man defense council and a Portuguese high commissioner. A constituent assembly will draft a constitution for a republic and elections will be held later the same year. Angola, rich in diamonds iron and petroleum, is about five million black residents and 300,000 whites, about twice the size of Texas.
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Portugal
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Penina Golf
Agostinho Neto
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
Holden Roberto
Angolan Liberation Front
Jonas Savimbi
Union For the Total Liberation of Angola
Macao
Timor
Lisbon
Guinea
Mozambique
Sao Tome
Cape Verde Islands
Texas
Hays and Patman Lose Chairship Battles in House
In Washington, veteran Democrats Hays of Ohio and Patman of Texas failed to secure chairmanships as the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee rejected their bids for Administration and Banking posts. The caucus faces a tougher hurdle as Thompson and Reuss vie for the seats, with leadership surprised by the committee vote.
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UPI
House
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Wright Patman
Texas
Frank Thompson
New Jersey
Henry Reuss
Wisconsin
Hays
Patman
Carl Albert
Banking Committee
Thompson
Reuss
House Committee
House Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Richard Bolling
D-Mo
Hefner at secretary's funeral amid Playboy probe
At Robbie Arnstein's funeral in Chicago Hugh Hefner appeared somber as he served as pallbearer. Coroner Andrew J. Toman reported Arnstein died from a lethal mix of barbiturates, sleeping pills, and a tranquilizer. Authorities found a self descriptive note and a prior 15 year federal drug conviction. Hefner claimed investigators pressured Arnstein to testify, a claim denied by prosecutors and Cook County officials.
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UPI
Playboy
Hugh Hefner
Empire
Robbie Arnstein
Hefner
Miss Arnstein
Andrew J. Toman
Maryland
Los Angeles
Cook County
Bernard Carey
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