Primaries fire up across 13 states and D C today
United Press International reports a major primary day as 13 states and the District of Columbia vote for general election slates. Javits remains unopposed in New York Republican races while Abe Hirschfeld and Lee Alexander head Democratic challenges. Florida, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona hold contests for Senate and governorship posts with notable candidates including Howard Samuels Hugh Carey Gary Hart and Barbara Mikulski among others.
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Jacob Javits
U.S. Senate
New York
Abe Hirschfeld
New York City
Lee Alexander
Syracuse
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New Hampshire
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Wisconsin
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Brooklyn
Hugh Carey
Malcolm Wilson
Nelson Rockefeller
George Aiken
Norris Cotton
Edward Gurney
Jack Williams
Charles Mathias
Baltimore
Barbara Mikulski
Bernard Talley
Francis Sargent
Robert Quinn
Michael Dukakis
Patrick Lucey
Gaylord Nelson
William Dyke
Thomas Petri
Senate
Scientists study remains of dolphins stranded in Maine cove
Smithsonian Institute and New England Aquarium study more than 100 Atlantic white sided dolphins found stranded in a tiny Maine cove after an ebbtide. Preliminary results expected within days, with microscopic tests to follow months.
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Aquarium
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Washington
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Amtrak Proposes $1.7 Billion Fast-Track Plan
Amtrak outlines a five year program to raise speeds on major corridors to 90 110 mph with 435 new long distance passenger cars 25 diesel locomotives and $1 billion for track upgrades across 12 routes including Washington Boston New York Buffalo Chicago St Louis Los Angeles San Diego Chicago Cincinnati and Seattle Portland.
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Grand Jury Weighs Releasing Nixon Evidence
Grand jury foreman Vladimir Pregelj says jurors ponder making public damaging Watergate materials after Nixon pardon. The panel, which named Nixon a co conspirator last March, may issue a special report while seeking guidance on whether to act without Jaworski approval.
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Health not a factor in Nixon pardon says White House
UPI reports a White House spokesman said Nixon's health was not discussed or a factor in President Ford's pardon decision. Some figures, including Sen. Griffin, insisted health influenced Ford, while aides cited emotional strain and media rumors surrounding Nixon's wellbeing amid ongoing controversy.
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Dentist asserts proof of Martin Bormann death in 1945
London based report says Dr. Reidar Sognnaes, UCLA professor, identified skull and teeth as Martin Bormann from Hitler era remains. He concludes Bormann died by biting a potassium cyanide capsule as Russian forces entered Berlin. Findings presented at the International Dental Federation Forensic Science meeting.
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UPI
Adolf Hitler
Martin Bormann
Fuehrer
Bormann
Hitler
Sognnaes
University of California At
Los Angeles
Latin America
International Dental Federation
Berlin
Portugal grants Guinea independence amid Mozambique unrest
Portugal proclaims Guinea independence at a Lisbon ceremony with Antonio de Spinola in attendance. In Mozambique, rebel white settlers seized key sites in Lourenço Marques, prompting new troop deployments and a closed airport as authorities urge calm while warning against a looming bloodbath.
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Lourenco Marques
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Black Mozambique Liberation Front
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Angola
Lisbon
Laurence Marques
NPRA Asks Ford for Nixon-Style Pardons for Convicts
The National Prisoners Reform Association urged President Ford to grant full pardons to its members, citing Richard Nixon’s pardon. Romeo Gabriele, NPRA director at Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institutions, sent a telegram asking for equal consideration and offering to supply member names to speed the process.
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Nixon
Gabriele
Vermont’s do nothing government under planners and a new era
A Vermont reader argues that Montpelier planners have hindered the state with costly overregulation and delays. The piece calls for a new do-something Republican Governor and a practical legislature that returns power to towns, cuts taxes, and focuses on real achievements. It endorses T James Lannon’s advocacy and payment notice.
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