Secretary Coleman Plans Exit Over Low Pay
Transportation Secretary William T. Coleman Jr., the highest ranking black official in the Ford administration, says he will leave at year end. The Philadelphia attorney notes in an interview that he loves the job but finds the path lousy and hopes to return to practicing law. his salary as secretary is $60,000.
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Philadelphia
Transportation
William T. Coleman Jr
Ford Administration
Coleman
Commercial Car Journal
Los Angeles
Alex Comfort
Center For the Study of Democratic Institutions
Comfort
Santa Barbara Center
Tie
Peter Tagger
Center
Munday
Tagger
Comforts Books
Kojack Visits Beame During City Hall Filming
Television detective Lt. Kojack met Mayor Abraham Beame as crews prepared to film a Kojack in the City Hall sequence amid New York’s budget crisis. Savalas described Kojack as a neighborhood kid rather than a supercop during the visit.
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New York
Kojack
Abraham D. Beame
Manhattan
Lower East Side
Savalas
Dairy Farmers Seek Help From Congress in Dairy Crisis
Burlington Vermont dairy farmers testify before a House subcommittee on ways to aid the industry. Officials urge limited imports, countervailing duties, higher price supports, and credit access while criticizing past policy shifts that destabilized milk prices.
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Congress
Burlington, Vt
House
Dairy and Poultry
Earl) Butz
Vermont Agricul
Leo O'Brien Jr
U.S
Moodus Hills Noises Baffle Town Seismology Efforts
Moodus Connecticut residents remain puzzled by long standing rumbling sounds from the hills. University professor Edward Chiburns sets up seismographs across the river in Haddam to detect tremors. He has found nothing after seven months, while locals cherish the mystery and speculate about legends and past quakes. The NRC shows interest in monitoring seismic activity at Moodus and five Connecticut sites for funding.
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Moodus
Conn
Machimoodus
Haddam
East Haddam
University of Connecticut
Edward F. Chiburns
Connecticut
James Meyer
New York
Boston
First
Chiburis
Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Meyer
Suspects arraigned in Brookline antiques dealer slaying
Two men Charles Cornellier and Francis Drag an were arraigned in Milford District Court on first degree murder and an accessory charge related to the June killing of 51 year old Brookline antiques dealer. They were committed to the State Prison in Concord.
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Milford, N.H
Milford District Court
Brookline
Asst
Robert Johnson
Charles Cornellier
East Pepperell
Mass
Francis Drugan
Concord
Thomson Threatens Supreme Court Bid Over NH Senate Fight
Gov. Meldrim Thomson said he will seek U S Supreme Court involvement next week if New Hampshire’s Senate election remains unresolved. He spoke after recounts left Louis Wyman elected by two votes over John Durkin, amid eight months of stalled action and Democratic protests.
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Manchester
N.H
Meldrim Thomson
New Hampshire
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Senate
Thomson
Wmur-Tv
Wenh-Tv
Durham
Senate
United States Supreme Court
Thomas J. McIntyre
Louis C. Wyman
John A. Durkin
Wyman
Durkin
State
McIntyre
GOP
United States Senate
Laurence Radway
Democratic Party
House of Congress
Mel Thomson
American Party
Turkey
Warren B. Rudman
Philip Kurdland
Future Of U.S. Bases In Turkey Undecided
The Pentagon withholds orders to 7,000 U.S. military personnel in Turkey while Turkey debates ending defense treaties. Ankara signals bases may be used under Turkish sovereignty with continued NATO ties for some sites. U.S. fears Turkish expulsion could weaken NATO's southern flank and jeopardize sensitive listening posts and early warning radar. President Ford urges Congress to reconsider the arms embargo to avert damage to U.S. security interests.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Turkey
Ankara
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
NATO
Incirlik
House of Representatives
Ford
House
Cyprus
Soviet Union
U.S. Air Force
Nixon grand jury testimony to stay secret for now
Special prosecutor Henry Ruth said there is no legal basis to disclose Nixon's 1977 grand jury testimony. He noted the office will close in September and plans a narrow final report, while investigations continue into the Watergate gaps and Charles Rebozo dealings. About 200 000 to 250 000 pages of Watergate material exist.
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Ottawa
Andre Ouellet
Automobile Protection Association
Auto Companies
Franklin Conn
Herman Weingart Jr
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Henry Suth
Ruth
Nixon
Watergate
San Clemente
Calif
White House
Charles G
Bebe” Rebozo
Edward H
Levi
Special Prosecutor's Office
Farm Futures Rally Lifts Grains Soybeans Rise on Russia Crop Weakness
Chicago traders pushed futures higher as soybeans jumped near the limit before retreating. Wheat corn oats and soybeans all gained and pork prices rose with broilers advancing. Officials note Russia's crop weakness may push up global grain imports.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Agriculture Department
Portland Wins Transit Grant To Buy 39 Buses
The Maine congressional delegation announced a $2.27 million federal grant to the Greater Portland Transit District for 39 new passenger buses. The funds, from the Urban Mass Transit Authority, will replace buses over 20 years old and add accessibility features for the elderly and disabled. Other grants include $44,730 for disadvantaged youth activities, $14,998 for the Lewiston Task Force on Human Needs, $9,998 for the Franklin County Community Action Council, $70,000 for Fort Kent industrial park development, and a $150,000 loan to Wisocket for a wharf boat landing and ramp.
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Washington
Maine
Greater
Portland
The
Urban Mass Transit Authority
Maine Office of Manpower
Franklin County Community Action Council
Fort Kent
Wiscasset
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Tom Stafford
Deke Slayton
Vance For
UPI
King Sr
Atlanta. Ga
Martin Luther King Sr
Martin Luther King Jr
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Dr King
Ebenezers
Peggy Stevens
Atlanta
Atlanta Braves
O'Brien
J. Roger Barber
Donald A. Tuttle
Connecticut Board of Agriculture
America
Tuttle
Massachusetts
Fred Winthrop
Department of Food and Agriculture
National Farmers Organization
Dairy Cooperatives
Vermont
Homer B Metzger
University of Maine
Colleen Johnson
Windsor
Windsor Town Library
House Judiciary
Russia
Lewiston
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