U.S. Won't Commit to World Food Stockpile Pledge
At the World Food Conference in Rome, U S officials rejected making concrete grain pledges like Canada. Allan J. MacEachen cited Canada’s commitment of 1 million tons annually, while Earl L. Butz stressed national control of reserves and warned against inflation from large stockpiles. Iran offered $150 million for the first year.
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Rome
UPI
United States
Canada
Allan J. MacEachen
External Affairs
World Food Conference
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
America
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
K.S. Wriedt
Ottawa
Iran
Jamshid Anouzegar
Palace of Congresses
Giovanni Leone
Minnesota
White House aims for quick coal contract breakthrough
Governors converged on the White House as negotiators pushed for a rapid settlement to the extended coal strike that threatens energy shortages. UMWA head Arnold Miller and Bituminous Coal Operators Association counsel Guy Farmer reported progress amid drafting, with a target of a settlement by weekend.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers of America
Guy Farmer
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Nixon not able to testify due to health says lawyer
Nixon cannot testify in the Watergate cover-up trial for two to three months and cannot travel far, according to attorney Herbert J. Miller Jr. The former president, hospitalized in Long Beach California with phlebitis and pneumonia, may provide deposition only after recovery. Judge Sirica will study the affidavit and seek input from prosecution and defense.
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Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Herbert J. Miller Jr
U.S
John J. Sirica
Nixon
John Lungren
Miller
Inside Is Salmon Eyes 1976 Senate Challenge
In a Page 3 preview the Inside Is Salmon hints at a future Senate race against Stafford in 1976. The piece foreshadows political maneuvering and outlines potential campaign dynamics, setting the stage for forthcoming coverage.
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Salmon
Stafford
Senate
Vermont
Kit Foster
MAU
Thousands laid off after election hit auto and steel
United Press International reports widespread layoffs after an election unrest over prices and unemployment. GE plans 11,200 job cuts in Louisville, Chrysler 7,000 across four plants, with broader fear of a national coal strike threatening up to 1 million workers. Negotiations between United Mine Workers and coal owners continue amid five day strike threat.
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White House
Ford
Senate
Mike Mansfield
General Electric
Louisville
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Birmingham
Ala
U.S. Steel Corp
Arch Moore
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Washington
Legislature to elect four Vermont officials in January
MONTPELIER, Vermont. For the first time since 1814 the Vermont legislature will choose four state officers in a joint session in January. Secretary of State Richard Thomas said the vote will fill lieutenant governor, attorney general, treasurer, and auditor seats after the Liberty Union Party deprived any candidate of a majority.
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Brian Burns
Burns
T. Garry Buckley
Thomas
Martin Chittenden
Jonas Galusha
Chittenden
Galusha
Stella Hackel
M. Jerome Diamond
Leahy plans national oil company push in Vermont race
Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy vows to push for a federal lands oil company as he trails Republican Richard Mallary in a GOP-leaning state. He cites Project Independence and warns against being at oil firms mercy while noting a probe into oil companies by a National District Attorneys Association panel.
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Burlington
UPI
Patrick J. Leahy
Senate
Vermont
Leahy
Richard Mallary
America
National District Attorneys Association
Chittenden County
Marcelle
Lee Leahy
GOP losses tied to Nixon scandal in 1974 election
Washington according to UPI reporters Republicans blamed Watergate for their defeat while Democrats gained several governors and senators and 44 House seats. The White House and GOP leaders argued the scandal hurt the party, noting losses of Nixon loyalists like Landgrebe Sandman Maraziti and Mayne.
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UPI
Ford
House
Republican Party
White House
Republican National Committee
Bob Dole
R-Kan
GOP
Mary Louise Smith
Ron Nelsen
Nessen
Nixon
Earl Landgrebe
Argentine Major Shot Dead Amid Siege Crackdown
Gunmen killed Army Major Hector Lopez and wounded his bodyguard as he left a building, the seventh officer slain in ERP ambushes since September. President Isabel Peron halted constitutional rule amid escalating leftist versus rightist clashes within the labor movement.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Hector Lopez
Maria Estela
Isabel’’ Peron
Argentina
Noticias Argentinas
Marxist Peoples’ Revolutionary Army
ERP
Juan Peron
New Bennington Connector Opens To Traffic
State officials opened the two mile Bennington Connector from Deer Park to Harwood Hill and a one mile link east to Route 67A. The $12 million interchange began in spring 1972 and withstood two court challenges, allowing through traffic to bypass Northside Drive despite a blocked Route 7 northward.
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Bennington
Deer Park
Harwood Hill
The
Highway Board
Shaftsbury
Bennington Connector
Northside Drive
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Diana
Charles Sandman
Joseph Maraziti
New Jersey
Wiley Mayne
Iowa
John T. Gray
Highway Department
Vermont Highway Board
Henry O. Angell
Thomas P. Salmon
Angell
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