Hays weighs stepping down as House panel chair this week
Rep Wayne Hays of Ohio suggested he may resign temporarily as chairman of the House Administration Committee this week amid a sex scandal case involving Elizabeth Ray. He spoke at a Polish American picnic and chicken barbecue in Barton Ohio while avoiding comments on the affair and court orders restricting discussion.
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Newsmen barred from Longet hearing plan suit
Denver UPI nine Colorado news groups attorney John Kane will file a petition with the state Supreme Court claiming Judge George Lohr overstepped authority by barring newsmen from Claudine Longet's manslaughter preliminary hearing. The hearing concerns her alleged fatal shooting of Vladimir Sabich in Aspen.
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Israel speeds mask production amid nerve gas fears
The Boston Globe reports Israel is mass producing over three million gas masks after learning Egypt has stored a substantial nerve gas supply. The move aims to deter use of weapons in a major war, with masks planned for every Israeli man, woman, and child, including infants.
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Ford seeks three year reviews of school busing cases
President Ford proposes a new law to require federal courts to reopen individual school busing cases every three years and limit jurisdiction over school boards. The plan would set a terminal date and require affirmatively found corrections of segregation abuses. It aims to curb court ordered busing while allowing limited district corrections.
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Study finds New England trails in federal pay funds
A Library of Congress study shows New England and other Northeastern states received far less in Federal salaries and wages than other regions. New England got 8.5 billion dollars, 4 percent of the national total in 1974, while the South Atlantic region had 16.5 billion dollars and 2.4 percent. From 1964 to 1974, Federal wage and salary payments rose from 27.7 billion to 8.1 billion, a 109 percent increase.
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D-Day paratroopers Jump again in Normandy tribute
In St Mere Eglise France Robert Murphy of Westwood Massachusetts reenacted his 1944 D-Day jump. He landed with an ankle sprain after the ripcord opened, wearing his friend John Lee’s jumpboots. Dozens of veterans attended the ceremony honoring fallen American paratroopers and the 1400 Americans buried in regional cemeteries.
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Rural Post Office Closings Urged By Postmaster General
Monmouth Ill. Postmaster General Benjamin Bailar urged closing rural post offices as the best path to reduce the USPS debt. He noted an average of 310 post offices of third and fourth class status have closed yearly over a decade after study. He cited rural delivery as preferred by 90 percent of surveyed residents and said higher rates or subsidies are less favorable options. He mentioned possible elimination of Saturday deliveries but no decision yet.
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