No new bullet holes found at RFK assassination scene
Investigators retraced the Ambassador Hotel pantry area after witnesses claimed to see bullet holes. No additional bullets were found. officials say they will investigate any plausible lead but are not pursuing unnecessary searches.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Stephen Trott
Ambassador Hotel
Dist
Atty
John van de Kamp
Poice
Ater
United Airlines and ground crew reach tentative wage contract
Federal mediators said after two weeks of strike United Airlines employees and ground service workers have tentatively agreed on a new wage contract to end the walkout.
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Washington
United Airlines
Italian liner Leonardo da Vinci eyed as Boston floating hotel
Massachusetts officials said the 500 cabin liner Leonardo da Vinci could be converted to a 400 room floating hotel and docked permanently at a Boston pier. Three Washington DC businessmen are negotiating with Massport to bring the ship to Boston as a hotel restaurant and theater.
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Boston
Boston Pier
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Port Authority
Washington, D.C
Paul May
Massport
Orp
Swedes and Danes embark 17 day Vietnam tour
Thirty Swedes and Danes depart Copenhagen on a pioneering 17 day tour to Vietnam visiting Hanoi Haiphong Don Son and Gulf of Tonkin beaches. The trip aims to influence future tourism. A 1976 Vietnam tour brochure is being distributed in Switzerland with a price of $1,800 for 18 days.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Orth Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Don Son
Gulf of Tonkin
Switzerland
Vietnam
Last Ditch Attempt To Extend Tax Cut Is Hammered Out
The Senate Finance Committee approved a six month tax cut extension by a 10 to 1 vote to block a January 1 tax increase. The plan couples the extension with a nonbinding pledge to cut next year's spending by 17 billion dollars. If no resolution is reached, withholding will rise. A single person earning 17 500 would owe 3 145 in 1976 versus 3 115 under the 1975 cut. Married couple with two children at 17 500 would see similar changes.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Ford
Congress
William V. Roth
R-Del
White House
Roth
House
Russell B. Long
D-La
William V. Roth Jr
Develo
Cohen and Emery Rage Over White House Tactics
Two Maine Republicans voiced anger at a White House threat to derail John Reed's NTSB chair appointment unless they supported Ford's tax veto. Both Cohen and Emery voted to override the veto, but the effort fell 17 votes short. Emery described the tactic as unethical and bush league, while Cohen defended Reed and urged judging officials on merit.
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Washington
Maine
White House
Ford
Ite House
William S. Cohen
David F. Emery
Emery
John Reed
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Key House
Douglas P. Bennett
Bennett
Reed
Justice Stevens Is Seated On Supreme Court
Justice Stevens was sworn in as the 101st Supreme Court justice in a ceremony with President Ford and Chief Justice Burger presiding. The 55-year-old former Seventh Circuit judge vowed equal justice for rich and poor, taking the oath alongside the court’s assembled justices.
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Washington
John Paul Stevens
Supreme Court
William Duglas
Ford
Warren E. Burger
Stevens
U.S. Circuit Court
Chicago
John Marshall
Michael Radk Jr
Burger
Human Services Hears Webber Proposal Today
Webber Hospital Association officials meet with the Department of Human Services in Augusta to present a proposed new Alfred Road facility costing 12.5 million dollars. Federal HEW approval is expected by mid January, following SMCHA backing in November and prior planning spanning 1968 to 1975.
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Webber Hospital Association
Augusta
Department of Human Services
Alfred Road
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Webber
Southern Maine Comprehensive Health Association
SMCHA
Biddeford- Saco
Saco
Lucia Kimball Deering
Elm Street
Moluccan gunmen surrender after 16 day consulate siege
Seven South Moluccan gunmen end a 16 day siege at the Indonesian consulate by releasing 25 hostages unharmed. One Indonesian official died earlier. Gunmen, who gained no concessions, waved as they left in three police wagons. Hostages were driven away as residents cheered and fields of Dutch flags fluttered. Mediation by Church figures followed, resolving key details of the surrender.
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Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
Semeul Mellary
Johan Alvares Manusama
Revisions Required In Waycott Plan
The Saco planning board told developer Leroy Waycott to revise a four lot minor subdivision off Simpson Road. They require a 50 foot easement along a stream and a topological map with deed restrictions, plus indicate the Saco River Corridor portion. A 60 foot right of way debate arose with city street acceptance in mind.
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Saco Planning Board
Leroy Waycott
Simpson Road
Waycott
Saco River
Virginia Moore
Robert Fenderson
Inside the journal Today's Chuckle
A brief humor note observes small town life where a black eye needs no explanation because everyone already knows the cause. The quip highlights local familiarity and shared knowledge in a tight community setting.
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