Testimony to Focus on Kent State Shooting Testimony
Prosecutors plan to call several more former Kent State students this week to corroborate witnesses who were wounded when national guardsmen fired on antiwar protesters in 1970. Eight guardsmen face possible life terms. several may be fined for civil rights violations.
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Robert Penick Cleveland
UPI
Kent State
Robert Murphy
Michael Glaser
Haddie
Taylor Hall
Glaser
William Perkins
Leon Smith
Pierce
Perkins Zoller
McGee
Shafer
Smith
McManus
Morris
Conn voters poised to elect first woman governor
Connecticut voters faced a historic choice as Rep. Ella Grasso led in polls seeking the state's first woman governor and the youngest in history. Democratic lines also favored Ribicoff to win the Senate and Democrats in several congressional races while third party candidates were not expected to prevail.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Connecticut
Ella T. Grasso
D-Conn
Robert H. Steele
R-Conn
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
James H. Brannen III
Colchester
Senate
Steele
Christopher Dodd
Thomas Dodd
Samuel B. Hellier
Mystic
Stewart B. McKinney
Fairfield County
Ronald N. Sarasin
Robert Giaimo
New Haven
William R. Cotter
Hartford
Anthony Moffett
New Britain-Bristol
Grasso
George Wallace
U.S
State Public Utilities Commission
Arrests in New England weathervane theft ring case
Police report an ongoing theft ring targeting antique weathervanes yard urns and statues with arrests in Hartford West Hartford and North Canton. Paul Gervais 19 faces a 500 bond for a North Canton theft as three suspects remain sought by Canton West Hartford and union authorities. FBI involvement noted.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Paul M. Gervais
Hartford
Circuit Court
Gervais
John Wade
Bertram Davis
West Hartford
North Canton
Farmington
Canton
West ‘Hartford
New England
FBI
No trip for Betty Ford to Japan
Betty Ford announced she will not accompany the President on the planned Japan tour next week. She is convalescing from breast cancer surgery and said she feels fine while stressing that someone else must handle White House duties.
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Washington
UPI
Betty Ford
Japan
White House
Election at a Glance for House Senate and Governors
United Press International outlines this year’s elections with 435 House seats in 50 states, Senate seats 34, and 35 governorships. It notes current party splits, required majorities, and more than 270 referenda across 40 states.
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House
Senate
Albert forecasts a Democratic sweep in House races
Albert, in line to become president pending a confirmed vice president, predicts a Democratic victory of about 40 seats in the House. He argues President Ford’s campaign attacks hurt GOP candidates, cites economy and inflation as factors, and says a 248 to 187 margin would boost health care reform and tax reform chances next year.
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Washington
UPI
Albert
House of Representatives
Ford
Oklahoma
U.S
Election day weather varies coast to coast
Voters across the Atlantic coast enjoyed clear skies and warm fall temperatures while the Midwest faced cold damp conditions. Rain persisted in Oklahoma Texas Kansas and Missouri where floods left thousands homeless as Governor Hall sought disaster declarations.
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Midwest
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
David Hall
Ford
Atlantic Coast
Mercury
Philadelphia
Richmond
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Mississippi
Northwest
Plains
Mississppi Valley
National Weather Service
Mississippi Valley
California
Scientist says tides might be predicted
Boston UPI reports scientist Charles Yentsch of Bigelow Lab says future red tide outbreaks may be forecast from oceanographic and meteorological conditions such as wind and rainfall. Conference chair A Prakash notes the tide remains enigmatic. an international effort is urged to protect public health and shellfish industry.
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Boston
UPI
Charles Yentsch
Bigelow Lab For Ocean Sciences
Boothbay Harbor
Maine
Yentsch
New England
Prakash
Massachusetts Science and Technology Foundation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thomson seeks second term in NH governor race
In New Hampshire Republican Gov. Meldrim Thomson chances a repeat win as turnout dips under cloudy skies. Democratic challenger Richard Leonard remains aligned on no new taxes while Thomson touts a record of keeping his word. Louis Wyman leads in the Senate race against John Durkin amid ties to the Nixon era donor Ruth Farkas. observers note incumbents may benefit from light turnout.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
Meldrim Thomson
New Hampshire
Richard Leonard
Nashua
Thomson
Malcolm McLane
House
Senate
Stewart Lamprey
Leonard Effort
Louis Wyman
R-N.h
Norris Cotton
John Durkin
Wyman
Ruth Farkas
Luxembourg
Israel raids into Lebanon amid Kissinger peace mission
Israel said a patrol crossed into Lebanon to raid Majdel Zoun near Adamit, destroying a house used by terrorists with no casualties. Rabin kept open talks with Jordan over West Bank, PLO condemned by Israel, while Kissinger prepared to tour the region. Pro Israel demonstrators gathered in New York ahead of UN debate with PLO delegates.
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Lebanon
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Tel Aviv
Majdel Zoun
Adamit
Yitzhak Rabin
Jordan
Hussein
West Bank
Rabat
Morocco
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Rabin
Kissinger
Rome
Cairo
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Yasser Arafat
Algiers
New York
U.N
Slaughter Protest Surges Across Minnesota Farm Halls
In Pillager Minnesota farmers lined up cattle hogs and sheep at a trench and shot them to protest high costs and low livestock prices. Harold Gollner led the killings with 269 cattle 36 hogs and several sheep buried. The National Farmers Organization offered a humane calf giveaway in Louisville Kentucky unrelated to the Pillager action.
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UPI
Minnesota
North Dakota
Harold Gollner
National Farmers’ Organization
Louisville, Ky
Gollner
David Ondris
Here
Agriculture
Earl Butz
NFC
Cuba City
Wis
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