Plan to Revive New England Economy Unveiled
A 12 point plan by the New England Regional Commission aims to boost regional growth through public private collaboration. It calls for capital market reforms and coordinated labor retraining to align skilled workers with evolving job needs. The plan urges steps including capital budgeting education, bond issue consolidation, tax rule changes, product development funding, and a regional debt capital corporation.
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Boston
UPI
New England
Betty L. Tianti
Connecticut State Labor Council
Afl-Cio
Connecticut
Wallace declares self as the people's choice in 1976 bid
Gov. George C. Wallace formally entered the Democratic presidential race at a Montgomery motel announcing his candidacy and slogan Trust the People. He urged focus on middle class survival and said he would contest most primaries but skip New Hampshire. He dodged questions on health after being wounded in 1972 and offered to consider a medical exam only if others do so.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
George C. Wallace
United States
Wallace
New Hampshire
Alabama
Tom Wicker
D-yard
Wicker
Edmund Fitzgerald Sinks in Lake Superior Disaster
The Edmund Fitzgerald 729 feet long sank during a raging storm on Lake Superior with all 29 crew presumed lost. Searchers found two wooden lifeboats empty, no survivors, and a grim forecast as 50 degree water lowered survival chances. the incident marks the worst Great Lakes shipping disaster since 1958.
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Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
UPI
Edmund Fitzgerald
Lake Superior
Great Lakes
Coast Guard
Fitzgerald
Harold Robbins
Sault Ste. Marie
Charles Millradt
Fitz
Carl D. Bradley
Lake Michigan
U.N. Zionism vote draws mixed U.S. response
President Ford deplores labeling Zionism as racism but backs U.S. continued U.N. membership and aid. Kissinger condemns the vote as uncreditable while Funseth hints at reduced contributions. In Congress, calls to reassess U.S. funding mix with plans to aid Egypt. Protests erupt in New York as Javits denounces the resolution as obscene.
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Ford
United Nations
United States
Henry Kissinger
Pittsburgh
U.N
U.S
State Department
Robert Funseth
White House
William Greener
Greener
Egypt
Middle East
Senate
Foreign Affairs Committees
House
Robert W. Kastenmeier
D-Wis
Lester Wolff
D-N.y
Washington
UPI
Vermont
James Jeffords
R-Vt
Israel
Robert Stafford
Congressional
Stafford
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Congressional Committee
Patrick Moynihan
Congress
Officials plan to avert New York default
New York officials devised a plan to prevent the city from defaulting, drawing attention from federal observers. Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur F. Burns said the plan was discussed at a Tuesday meeting in the office of Treasury Secretary William E. Simon with Felix Rohatyn present. Burns declined to describe specifics and urged consulting New York for details.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Arthur F. Burns
Treasury
William E. Simon
Burns
Simon
Felix Rohatyn
Municipal Assistance Corporation
Rohatyn
Paul A. Volcker
New York Federal Reserve Bank
New York Economic Club
Volcker
Federal Reserve Bank
Fed
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ford
Rockefeller
Austin
Tex
New York City
Windmill power at Merck Forest adds two new mills
Two windmills have been installed at Merck Forest in Rupert, including the pictured unit. The Indiana purchased machinery attaches to a water pump near the main barn as wind energy gains attention as a potential alternative amid scarce resources.
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Merck Forest
Rupert
Indiana
Morton May Be Cited For Contempt Over Arab Boycott
A House subcommittee recommends Commerce Secretary Rogers Morton be cited for contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena seeking documents on U S firms honoring the Arab League boycott of Israel. The aim is to identify companies complying with the boycott and their certifications on goods not manufactured in Israel or shipped on Israeli vessels.
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Washington
UPI
House
Commerce
Rogers Morton
Congress
U.S
Israel
House Committee On
Subcommittee On
Morton
Rumsfeld hearings open to challenge military credentials
Senate Armed Services Committee opens hearings on Donald Rumsfeld's confirmation as secretary of defense. The former Illinois congressman and Ford aide faces questions on his military credentials while Ford weighs his political future and potential 1976 vice presidential bid.
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Washington
UPI
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Ford
Senate Armed Services Committee
Rumsfeld
Illinois
James R. Schlesinger
House of Representatives
Office of Economic Opportunity
Prisons seen through a Wicker screen at Bennington College
Journalist Tom Wicker spoke at Bennington College about Attica and prison reform. He contrasted harsh punishment with empathy, describing inmates as victims of circumstance and warning against dehumanizing them. He refrained from detailing Attica yet urged thoughtful treatment.
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Bennington College
New Galleria
Wicker
New York Times
Attica
Inside Out and Across Pages of The Time News Weekend
A mosaic of items across sections from Angola to Arlington covers oil interests off Massachusetts and local industry profiles at Big House Sunday. Features include antique guns in a museum column, Cabinet shakeup insights, and reflections on the Year of the Woman.
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Angola
Australia
Massachusetts
Big House
Waring Partridge
Tim Powers
George Connelly
Rockefeller
Arlington
Manchester
Hoosick
John Page
Dianne Hall
U.S. Supreme Court
Brown
ABA
Seaver
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Quinlans
Joseph Quinlan
Thomas Trapasso
Karen
By Nicholas Daniloff
United Press International
General Assembly
Times Square
U.N. Action
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
George Wallace
N.Y
Judson Brown
Lee Wicker
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