Clocks Return to Standard Time Under New U.S. Law
Congress repeals the 1973 emergency year round daylight saving time. Most states will set clocks back this Sunday at 2 a.m. to standard time, remaining until Feb. 23, 1975, when daylight saving resumes. Exemptions apply in Arizona Hawaii Puerto Rico the Virgin Islands and American Samoa plus parts of Michigan Idaho Indiana and Indiana counties.
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Russia’s top woman official dies at 64
Moscow reports Culture Minister Yekaterina Furtseva dead at 64 from a heart attack. She led 14 years of tightened controls on art and writers, faced a high profile dacha spending scandal, and was the Soviet Union’s highest ranking woman in government while clinging to office after a 1970s- era corruption probe.
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Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Commmunist Party
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Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn
Hungary
Angela Davis eyes part time teaching post at SFSU
Angela Davis, acquitted of murder in the Marin County courthouse shootout case, inquires about a part time teaching role at San Francisco State University. John Sloane, associate dean, would consider her for philosophy or psychology. Davis was previously fired from UCLA in 1968 for party membership.
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UPI
Angela Davis
Marin County
San Francisco State University
John Sloane
School of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Miss Davis
University of California Board of Regents
UCLA
American Communist Party
San Quentin Prison
Retired mobster Cohen says he found Hearst near Canada
Cohen claims he located Patricia Hearst with SLA associates near the Canadian border and urged her to remain at large to avoid a lengthy prison term. He says FBI confirmation came but did not pinpoint a city or border side, and he offered no new details on her whereabouts.
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Patricia Hearst
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Los Angeles
Randolph A. Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
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Hearsts
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Berkeley
Symbionese Liberation Army
SLA
Bill Harris
Emily
Miss Baker
Hearst
Cleveland
Donald DeFreeze
Ford honors retiring Rep. Arends at Melvin celebration
President Ford flew to Melvin Illinois to honor Leslie Arends retiring after 40 years in Congress. About 450 residents welcomed 8,000 cheering attendees as Ford praised Arends long service and shared memories of their leadership roles. Arends arrived in a restored 1934 Packard with a parade and thanked Ford as a warm friend and ally in Congress.
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Ford County Fairgrounds
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Arends
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Packard
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Trade balance expected to worsen inflation risk
Commerce Department data due on September trade show the United States bought 2.1 billion more in goods from abroad through eight months of 1974, with August deficits hitting 1.1 billion. Analysts warn worsening balance could fuel inflation, fuel rationing, and currency devaluation, as Middle East oil price hikes and drought curbs hit exports.
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UPI
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U.S
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Middle East
HUD boosts interest on housing programs
Senator William Proxmire accuses HUD of inflating government insured mortgage rates, claiming an effective rate of 9.42 percent after added fees, versus an 8 percent cap set by Congress. HUD defends fees as standard and says overall costs reimburse administration, with Secretary Lynn noting prior commitments under the program.
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UPI
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Congress
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D-Wis
HUD
Proxmire
Ford
FHA
National Mortgage Association
Ford Administration
James T. Lynn
Nothing New In Search For 3 Killers In Bake Shop Slayings
Police in New Britain Connecticut report no new leads in the Donna Lee Bakery murders. A single phone hot line to solicit tips has cooled, while two men and a light-skinned woman flee in a damaged white 1964 Grand Prix Pontiac. A $3,500 reward stands, $3,000 posted by Gov. Meskill.
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New Britain, Conn
UPI
Donna Lee
Thomas J. Meskill
Brother Ray’s Lawyer Accused of Boxing Him In
James Earl Ray’s brother testified that defense attorney Percy Foreman pressured Ray to plead guilty to King’s murder to avert appeals and curb conspiracy theories. John Ray, in Marion Prison for armed robbery, said Foreman boxed him in with the judge’s limits, denying more lawyers or continuances.
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UPI
James Earl Ray
Percy Foreman
Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
John Ray
Marion, Ill
James H. Lesar
Washington, D.C
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Foreman
John
Arthur Hanes Sr
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
GM to idl 6000 workers as auto output cuts loom
DETROIT UPI GM will idle more than 6000 workers next month as automakers curb fourth quarter output by over 100000 cars amid lagging 1975 model sales. Indefinite layoffs affect Kansas City Missouri Tarrytown New York Van Nuys California Willow Run Michigan lines. shifts cut November 11 and December 2. total cuts target 36000 cars this year.
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Mich
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