Humphrey declines presidential bid to enter NJ primary
Senator Hubert Humphrey announced he will not become an active candidate for the presidency. He will not enter the New Jersey June primary and will seek re election to the Senate while endorsing no other Democrat. He left open a possible draft nomination but said he is not optimistic about one and will not organize pre campaign efforts.
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Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
New Jersey
Jimmy Carter
Senate
United Way Defunds Volunteer Center in Linn County
United Way of Linn County voted to not fund the Voluntary Action Center for next year due to budget limits and a belief the center is not delivering needed services. VAC currently relies on United Way funding and administers volunteer recruitment for public service agencies targeting local needs.
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United Way
Linn County
Voluntary Action Center
VAC
Richard Rehman
United Way Budget Committee
Rehman
Congress Rejects Bid to Lift Federal Campaign Ban
In Washington the House failed to override President Ford and vote 243 to 160 against a bill that would allow 2.8 million federal workers to participate in campaigns, leaving the Hatch Act ban intact. In Las Vegas the Hughes will dispute found, with estate mainly to the Mormon church per KFWB citing Summa sources. In Moscow Tass reports an explosion at the Beijing embassy gates killed two Chinese guards with no Soviet casualties. In Pittsburgh U S Steel announced a 6 percent price increase on sheet and strip products following similar moves by rivals.
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Washington
House
Ford
Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Las Vegas
KFWB
Summa Corp
Moscow
Peking
Tass
Grain sales to Soviet Union reported in Washington brief
AP reports new grain sales to the Soviet Union including wheat and corn to be charged against a long term agreement. The notice references details on page 29. In Kinshasa Kissinger dined on wild boar and manioc leaves, woke with a stomach ache, causing cancellation of Thursday activities. details on page 9.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Kinshasa
Zaire
Henry Kissinger
Senate panel ends CIA FBI probe with watchdog battle
The Senate intelligence committee releases a 396 page report detailing CIA domestic spying FBI counterpro program and NSA eavesdropping and calls for a strong congressional watchdog to guard against future abuses. The rules committee then votes to strip budgetary and legislative power from the panel and convert it to a study group.
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CIA
FBI
Washington
Senate Intelligence Committee
Congressional
National Security Agency
Sen
Walter Mondale
D-Minn
John Tower
Texas
Barry Goldwater
Ariz
Mondale
Senate Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Dick Clark
D-Iown
Intelligence Panel
Howard Cannon
D-Nev
Clark
Senate
U.S
Intelligence Committee
NSA
Harried day ends with a note of rare good news
A terse reflection closes the day as one man says he heard a bit of good news today and that we shall pass this way but once. The remark captures a moment of bittersweet optimism amid strain.
Levi Declares FBI King Inquiry Not Faulty
Attorney General Edward Levi said a seven month Justice Department review found no evidence the FBI's King assassination investigation was faulty. He ordered continued review of all records while rejecting outside oversight, noting prior FBI wiretapping and harassment of King. James Earl Ray remains imprisoned after pleading guilty.
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Washington
Edward Levi
Justice Department
FBI
Martin Luther King
Attorney General
Levi
Asst. Atty
J. Stanley Pottinger
King
Memphis, Tenn
Pottinger
Civil Rights Division
J. Edgar Hoover
Dr. King
Office of Professional Responsibility
Michael Shaheen
James Earl Ray
Ray
Jesse Jackson
Indicted firm aided exports to Soviet bloc through fake firms
A Sunnyvale based firm L A Industries Inc and three officers plus three West German nationals were charged in a federal indictment with exporting $3 million in electronics equipment used to make semiconductors to the Soviet Union. The scheme allegedly used phony firms in the United States, Canada, Switzerland and West Germany to mask shipments described as washing machines and industrial ovens.
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San Francisco
Bay Area
Soviet Union
L.A. Industries Inc
Sunnyvale
Calif
U.S
James Daffer
Gerald Starck
S.J
Carl Storey
Patrick O'Conner
Richard Mueller
Friedrich Linnhoff
Volker Nast
United States
Russia
Canada
Switzerland
West Germany
LI. Industries
Allen Electronics
Overland Park
Kan
Linnhoff
Paul Allen
Daffer
California
Montreal
Semitronic Ltd
USA
Europe
Mueller
Semitronic
Burglary plot ends with wary warning from Houston couple
A burglar in his 40s, six four and 200 pounds, with burns, a bullet wound and dog bites, raids Dr. James Johnson’s home three times. Mrs. Johnson defends with a hot iron, tear gas, and a pistol, wounding him and prompting fears he will return.
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Houston
UPI
James Johnson
Johnson
Mary
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