NH law recall eyed for U.S. Senate election
New Hampshire House Speaker George Roberts and Senator David Bradley push a recall law to trigger a new U.S. Senate election if a petition referendum votes to vacate the seat in the close Durkin versus Wyman contest. They note current rules would let a governor appoint an interim while a new vote is scheduled.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
U.S. Senate
George Roberts
Ture
Roberts
Bradley
John Durkin
Louis Wyman
Thomson
U.S
Sen
Norris
Cotton
Wyman-Durkin
Louis
Durkin
Skip Durkin
Senate
Majority Democrats offer election dispute plan
In a bid to stop the New Hampshire dispute and win more votes the Democratic plan would allow a search for single candidate skip ballots while urging the Senate to end the debate. If the fourth cloture fails a fifth attempt would be made. Republicans accuse Democrats of stealing the election if skip ballots are suppressed.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
New Hampshire
Mike Mansfield
John A. Durkin
Louis C. Wyman
GOP
Mansfield
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Wyman
Senate Rules Committee
Durkin
Skip Durkin
Lightning Threat Pushes Back U S Soviet Mission
Weather researchers seek to short circuit thunderclouds over Florida to prevent a lightning delay to the joint U S Soviet spaceflight. Astronauts Stafford Brand and Slayton prepare at Johnson Space Center before a Cape Canaveral launch aimed for July. NOAA scientists test aluminized fibers to bleed off electrical potential in clouds.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
America
Thomas Stafford
Vance Brand
Donald K
Deke
Slayton
Florida
Kennedy Space Center
Stafford
Brand and Slayton
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Cape
Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Central Asia
Germany
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Apollo
Heinz Kasemir
NOAA
Environmental Research Laboratories
Lebanese premier says colonel may be freed with guerrilla help
Beirut officials and Palestinian guerrillas say forces are holding meetings and aiding search for US Army Col. Ernest Morgan of Petersburg Virginia who was kidnapped June 29 in a Palestinian controlled Beirut suburb. Authorities expect a possible forceful release amid demand tied to relief for Muslim areas and American broadcast of the kidnappers’ demands.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Rashid Karami
Karami
Ernest Morgan
Petersburg
Morgan
Organization of Socialist Revolutionary Action
U.S
United States
Voice of America
George M. Godley
Philip Takla
Presidential
Godley
FBI helicopter shot down near Pine Ridge reservation
Four agents aboard the FBI helicopter were not injured when it crash landed five miles north of Oglala on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The craft, one of three used in the search for killers of two agents, was reportedly hit by ground fire. The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate with a report due in about two months. The incident follows the ambush that killed Agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams, linked to a call about a kidnapping suspect at Jumping Bull Hall as part of a broader DOJ effort to resolve violence cases on the reservation.
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Oglala, S.D
UPI
FBI
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Clay Brady
Minneapolis
National Transportation Safety Board
Kansas City
Jumping Bull Hall
Jack Coler
Ronald Williams
Coler
Williams
Rapid City
Mauna Loa eruption may shift lava underground
Scientists say Mauna Loa’s summit eruption paused but flank activity could occur as lava moves underground toward northeast vents. Earthquakes continue, with past pattern showings a later surface eruption. No injuries reported. one monitoring device lost.
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Volcano
Hawaii
Upi
Mauna Loa
Robert Tilling
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Tilling
Hilo
Peron Backs Demands of Striking Argentine Workers
President Maria Estela Peron has agreed to the demands of millions of workers on strike across Argentina, turning back a national labor protests that disrupted cities and industries. The accord signals a possible settlement after widespread walkouts and government pressure.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
UPI
Maria Estela
Isabel) Peron
General Labor Confederation
Confederation
Peron
Gurney testimony ends in slush fund trial
Former U S Senator Edward Gurney testifies in a federal bribery conspiracy trial about reporting delayed funds from 1971 and 1972 raised by Larry Williams. He cites lack of campaign organization and a partial accounting of about 17,000 dollars while the larger 100,000 remained unreported. Other co defendants and issues noted.
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Tampa
Fla
UPI
U.S
Edward Gurney
Larry Williams
Gurney
Joseph Bastien
C. Harris Dittmar
Harvey Schlesinger
Williams
James Groot
Bastien
Federal Housing Administration
Ralph Koontz
K. Wayne Swiger
Florida
Federal Housing Authority
Fraunces Tavern: Washington Court Martial in 1776
New York report notes Fraunces Tavern Museum as a rare remaining site of a Revolutionary War military court. It recalls Gen George Washington taking command in New York on April 13 1776 and issuing orders for a court martial to convene April 17, following Gen Israel Putnam’s command. Fraunces Tavern, built in 1719, is Manhattan's oldest building.
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New York
UPI
Fraunces Tavern
Manhattan
George Washington
Israel Putnam
Washington
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Parkville
Frye
John Johnson
Agnew
Love
Yarnash VY
Quinlan's Drug Store
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New York Times News Service
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