Miss America Shirley Cothran Emphasizes Personal Standards
Shirley Cothran, Miss America 1974, 21, Fort Worth Texas, says she never drank or smoked and treats her body as a temple. She spoke of praying before appearances, supporting abortion in rape cases or danger to mother or child, and endorsing the Equal Rights Amendment while avoiding questions on amnesty for draft evaders. She admired Pat Nixon and praised Ford’s pardon, and performed a flute solo during the talent competition.
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UPI
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Temple of God
Ford
Pat Nixon
Richard Nixon
Senate panel urges cut in arms to South Korea
A Senate Foreign Relations Committee report urges immediate reductions and a total withdrawal of U S military aid to South Korea by 1977 due to Park Chung-hee policies. The plan, if enacted, would cap U S grants at 133.9 million for the current fiscal year, about three quarters of the existing funding. The 100 page report was released Saturday.
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South Korea
Washington
UPI
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Park Chung-hee
Congress
Frank Church
D-Idaho
U.S
Carmen Devastates Louisiana Sugar Crop In $400 Million Loss
Hurricane Carmen struck Louisiana flooding Bayou areas and destroying most of the sugar crop. Gov. Edwards pegged crop losses at about 400 million dollars with 75 percent of cane damaged beyond repair. One death reported. thousands fled inland and National Guardsmen patrolled flooded highways to deter looting.
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UPI
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Texas
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Alabama
Melcher
Roy Barrios
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Galliano
Golden Meadow
Grand Isle
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National Weather Service
Waynesboro
Miss
Florala
Ala
Echeverria’s father in law freed and blasts government
Jose Guadalupe Zuno Hernandez, 83, freed after a 10 day kidnapping in Guadalajara, denounced the government and praised his leftist captors. He called them clean living boys, attacked Yankee imperialism and the CIA, and said he rebuked them for using kidnapping. President Echeverria refuses to negotiate.
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Guadaljara
Mexico
UPI
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Nixon pardon may affect Watergate aides' trial prospects
Washington sources say President Ford’s pardon of Nixon could complicate the Watergate cover-up prosecutions of six aides. Jurors may be more sympathetic to defendants facing obstruction of justice, perjury or conspiracy charges as they prepare for the Sept. 30 trial. Nixon, subpoenaed to testify, was not indicted.
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UPI
Richard Nixon
Nixon
John N. Mitchell
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Gordon Strachan
Kenneth W. Parkinson
Robert C. Mardian
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Ford
Jaworski
Nursing home fire in St Joseph claims multiple lives
A morning blaze at the Shildknecht private nursing home in north St Joseph killed six elderly women and an 11 year old boy, Randy Burton, a stepson of Mrs Shildknecht. The home, a converted one story structure, limited hallway access left little chance of escape. Mrs Shildknecht and three others escaped and were treated for shock. Fire officials indicated state fire marshal would review a cause if not found locally.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
UPI
Shildknecht
North St. Joseph
William Shildknecht
Randy Burton
Cloyd Campbell
Campbell
Cox Sees Ford Pardon Undercuts Equal Justice
Archibald Cox, fired by Nixon during the Saturday Night Massacre, urged that President Ford's pardon of Nixon harms government integrity by suggesting the law does not apply equally to the powerful. He warned the move risks uncertainty, division, and a loss of faith in equal justice before the courts.
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UPI
Archibald Cox
Nixon
White House
Ford
Cox
Watergate
Bush urges Ford pardon as right move for Nixon
George Bush, former Republican national chairman, says Ford did the right thing in granting Nixon a full pardon. He recalls his prior compassion remark and expects mixed immediate reaction but believes the public will support the decision in the long run.
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UPI
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Ford
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Bush
WEEI
Kennebunkport
Maine
Bennington Banner contact and delivery details
The Bennington Banner lists telephone numbers for business news and newsroom as well as advertising. It notes address at 425 Main St Bennington VT and delivery options including 15 cents per day and subscription rates by mail within 50 miles and all Vermont with 3 months for 9 dollars and 6 months for 18 dollars.
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Main St
Bennington
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Banner Publishing Corp
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Vermont
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