Mayor McCormick Bicycle Theft Raises Rack Debate
TOPEKA Mayor Bill McCormick, who rides a bicycle to work, demonstrated bike rack safety at City Hall parking lot, only for his bike to be stolen during the display. Other items mention Pope Paul VI’s summer plans, Nixon speculation, and Rommie Loudd appealing a Florida narcotics case.
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Solzhenitsyn Honored At Capitol Reception
Exiled Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn meets Senators Henry Jackson and Jesse Helms outside the Capitol during a Congressional reception in Washington. The AP report notes his recognition amid U.S. political circles. Treasury proposes metric packaging for distilled spirits, phasing out halfpints and quarts in favor of six standard metric sizes by 1979, with an interim mixing of bottle sizes starting next January.
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Henry Jackson
Jesse Helms
Solzhenitsyn
Washington
Treasury Department
Department
U.S
Treasury
United States
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Space-Bound Mosquito Hitchhikes Into Orbit
Space Center Houston reports an Apollo crew found a mosquito aboard the Apollo Soyuz linkup mission. The crew joked about feeding the insect to a killifish as part of a later experiment while exchanging light banter with mission control in orbit.
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Soyuz
Alexei Leonov
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Sian
Vance
Brand
Deke
Slayton
Dick Truly
Moslem nations seek expulsions of Israel from UN
Forty Islamic nations resolved at Jidda to push for Israel’s expulsion from the United Nations at the next General Assembly. A committee will monitor implementation, and talks with African and Third World nations aim to secure a majority vote. PLO official Farouk Kaddoumi heralded the move as reflecting the will of 600 million Muslims.
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Lebanon
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United Nations
Jidda
Red Sea
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Saud el Faisal
Palestine Liberation Organization
Farouk Kaddoumi
PLO
Red Tide Symptoms Detailed
AUGUSTA Maine AP The Maine Bureau of Health director sent letters to all doctors outlining red tide poisoning symptoms No antidote exists for paralytic shellfish poisoning and early signs include tingling lips and face Severe cases cause motor incoordination incoherence weakness dizziness headaches and thirst Buyers may safely purchase shellfish under ongoing coastal monitoring
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Maine
Bureau of Health
Peter Leadley
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Leadley
Department of Marine Resources
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