Vote for Durkin and Wallace, working stiffs say
Walter Burke, 55, a New Hampshire service station operator, declares he and 140,777 others will back Democrat John Durkin for the Senate after a 10 month contest with Republican John Wyman. He rejects Ford, embraces George Wallace for president, and says the working class seeks action over party labels amid rising prices and job concerns.
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Warner
N.H
UPI
Walter Burke
Interstate 89
Ford
Burke
John Durkin
Senate
George Wallace
White House
Durkin
Gerald Ford
John Wyman
Wyman
New England
Louis
Washington
Wallace
Fromme to enter plea and seek self representation
Lynette Fromme faces court Friday to plead to attempting to assassinate President Ford and to request permission to defend herself. She also seeks release without bail to participate in her defense while in isolation at the jail.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Lynette
Fromme
Ford
Miss Fromme
U.S. District Court
Thomas MacBride
Labor Dept. sues New Hampshire apple pickers in harvest season
Concord based report says the U S Department of Labor brought suit against 17 workers from Green Leaf Harvesters of Weare for demonstrating without a permit during a protest over registering as farm contractors. Representative James Cleveland called the action incredible and warned it harms both workers and growers.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
James Cleveland
U.S. Department of Labor
New Hampshire
Greenleaf Harvesters of
Weare
Labor Department
Cleveland
Secretary of Labor
John Dunlop
Department of Labor
Department
Peres Rules Out Nuclear Warheads in U S Weapons
Israel will not attach nuclear warheads to U S weapons. Shimon Peres told reporters after a National Press Club luncheon that Israel seeks Pershing missiles without nuclear warheads to counter Soviet arms in neighboring states. He cited talks with James Schlesinger and a $2 billion defense plan, while State Dept. officials reaffirmed no U S nuclear warheads for Israel.
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Washington
UPI
Shimon Peres
Israel
United States
Peres
National Press Club
Defense
James
Schlesinger
Department of Defense
State Department
U.S
Syria
Libya
Egypt
Soviet Union
Henry Kissinger
Cincinnati
Sinai
Back to School as Major Cities End Strikes
Chicago ends a lengthy teachers strike allowing 530,000 public school students to begin the year. The Chicago Teachers Union voted to suspend the walkout and 1,525 teaching positions will be restored with a 7.1 percent average salary increase. New York City teachers return after a week-long walkout as thousands resume classes for 1.1 million students. Across states, 350,000 children were affected by strikes and lockouts, with incidents in Indiana New Jersey Pennsylvania Rhode Island and California. Districts consider arbitration and penalties for striking staff while some boards threaten actions against sympathy walkouts.
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Chicago
New York
Chicago Teachers Union
House of Delegates
New York City
Indiana
New Jersey
Fort Wayne
Ind
Pennsylvania
Wilmington
Del
Pawtucket
R.I
Rhode Island
Hoboken
N.J
California
Upstate
Masssachusetts
Washington State
Ohio
Matlovich fights to stay in Air Force despite being gay
Air Force T Sgt Leonard Matlovich tells an officers panel he would not choose to be gay but will not lie about it and wants to remain on active duty. A decorated Vietnam veteran, he argues his honesty and teaching work support retention while acknowledging his sexual orientation.
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Hampton
UPI
Air Force
Leonard P. Matlovich
Matlovich
Vietnam
Defense
Leonard Matlovich
Swinton to face jury on bombing charges
Patricia E. Swinton, 34, faces trial on eight 1969 antiwar bombing charges in New York. She has asked court to participate in her defense, citing desire to counter stereotypes and cross-examine potential witnesses. Swinton, who uses the name Shoshana, was arrested in Vermont last March after five years as a fugitive and released on $25,000 bail.
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New York
UPI
Patricia E. Swinton
Ms. Swinton
Vermont
Federal
Foley Square
Armed Forces Induction Center
Whitehall Street
2Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Swinton
Shoshana
H. Rap Brown
David Dellinger
Angela Davis
Jose Feliciano
Fred Cohn
Betty Levinson
Manhattan
Milton Pollack
Court weighs Hughes status in bid to declare him legally dead
New York judges hear a bid to declare billionaire recluse Howard Hughes legally dead. Justice Thomas J. Hughes reserved judgment after arguments in a $100 million class action by Kurtz on stock manipulation in Air West. Hughes Air Corp lawyer Chester Davis questioned service and motives, while Kurtz lawyer Walton Bader argued Hughes has been dead for some time, noting Hughes’ absence from proceedings.
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New York
UPI
Howard Hughes
Thomas J. Hughes
Victor
Ellen Kurtz
Air West
California
Hughes
Thomas Chimera
Chester Davis
Hughes Air Corp
Summa Corp
Manhattan
Davis
Walton Bader
Kurtz
Bader
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