Trade officials urge give and take in world markets
Washington commissioner Will Leonard opening a conference urged mutual concessions in world trade. He cited inequities from eased tariffs benefiting imported goods like boats shoes and apparel while similar exports face higher limits. Sen Hathaway outlined safeguards under a new act including retraining loans and federal aid for distressed firms.
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Will Leonard
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U.S
V. Longley
Leonard
Sen. Hathaway
Hospital Racket Probed
NEW ORLEANS AP The nations second largest hospital Charity Hospital is at the center of a widening crime probe. Twenty people have been arrested in a criminal investigation into theft illicit drug trafficking and prostitution. A state local task force joined by federal prosecutors has worked for over two years. Officials say hospital employees largely caused the crimes while a secret state police report links several officials to organized crime.
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New Orleans
Charity Hospital
Laos Crisis Deepens As Pathet Lao Control Grows
The State Department rejects evacuation plans for about 1,000 Americans in Laos as Pathet Lao forces tighten grip on the coalition government. Premier Souvanna Phouma warns the war nears an end while rightist leaders resign, and Vientiane sees protests and a shifting, calmer Constitution Day. Meanwhile, Saigon orders former South Vietnamese military and civil service members to register.
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Pathet Lao
Washington
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Souvanna Phouma
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Vietnam
Champassak
Ngon Sananikone
Vientiane
National Union
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Indochina
South Vietnam
End of Cuba Embargo Predicted at OAS Meeting
Western Hemisphere foreign ministers reach a general understanding on ending the Cuba embargo with a potential procedural change to allow lifting later this year. Kissinger cites progress while a two thirds vote rule may be replaced by simple majority for sanction changes. A potential meeting to formally end sanctions hinges on procedural reform and political support among OAS members.
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Cuba
Organization of American States
OAS
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Facio
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Uban
Fidel Castro
United States
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D-S.d
Castro
McGovern
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Juanita
Hope and questions surrounding St Francis restructuring plan
Campus reaction to St Francis College becoming a university with an osteopathic school in September 1976 ranges from bitterness to happiness. Students fear job prospects and accuse administration of secrecy while faculty decries loss of liberal arts core and warns the plan favors pragmatism over learning.
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Donald McIntyre
Liberal Arts College
Liberal Arts
Bernie O'Hara
Jim Lynch
Joe Mahoney
Norman Beaupre
Beaupre
Eaupre
St. Francis
High Court Lets Stand Hub Ruling
The Supreme Court refused to review the lower court ruling upholding a Boston school desegregation plan. It affirmed Garrity’s finding that the Boston School Committee ran a segregated system, prompting court-ordered busing and racially tense clashes at South Boston High School.
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Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court
Boston
Circuit
W. Arthur Garrity
Garrity
South Boston High School
South Boston High
Soviet Warships Visit Boston Mark Cold War Thaw
Two Soviet guided missile destroyers entered Boston Harbor marking the first U S harbor visit by Soviet warships since World War II. The ships fired 21 gun salutes, moored at Commonwealth Pier, and hosted officials including Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin. The five day visit accompanies a reciprocal U S visit to Leningrad and signals a detente shift, with public tours and sailor exchanges planned.
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A. M. Kalinin
Tattnall
Leningrad
Stansfield Turner
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Albany
Turner
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