House Fails To Override Housing Veto
Washington AP report states the House failed to override President Ford's veto of a middle income housing subsidy program by a 268 to 157 vote, 16 short of the two thirds. The outcome marks the fourth major veto defeat for House leadership amid a Democratic majority.
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Washington
House
Ford
Government
National Mortgage Association
GNMA
Congress
Carl Albert
Senate
Lightning Suspected in Jet Crash Near Kennedy Airport
Authorities probe if lightning struck Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 Flight 66 during a storm as it attempted to land at Kennedy. 110 aboard perished with 14 survivors hospitalized, 12 in critical condition. Bodies found in marshy area. some victims unidentified. Witnesses described a ball of fire as the plane exploded on approach in heavy rain and thunder.
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Kennedy International Airport
New York
New Orleans
Eastern Airlines
Lnto
New York City
Alaska Airlines
Juneau
Louisiana
Tueson Noland
Wendell Ladner
Noland
Larner
National Transportation Safe Board
George van Epps
John Kleven
van Epps
Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
Isabel Burgess
NTSB
Nassau County
Paul Moran
Moran
Moe Freeman
Flight 66
Beef Prices Reach New High in U S Groceries
USDA data show average beef prices at grocery stores hit a record this month with analysts predicting a slow decline to stabilize into August. Farm value of the composite cut rose sharply vs prior periods while the retail share for middlemen fell.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
U.S
George Hottman
The
Economic Research Service
AIM Leaders Face Cedar Rapids Sentences Delayed Plan
Holder reports a 12 car caravan of sympathizers arrived in Cedar Rapids with about 250 Indians camped at Seminole Valley park. Mid July sentencing for Holder Carter Camp and Leonard Crow Dog is expected after presentence reports. Demonstrations and ceremonies are planned to inform the public of Indian culture and to support the defendants.
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Stanley Holder
Cedar Rapids
Holder
Seminole Valley Park
AIM
Carter Camp
Leonard Crow Dog
U.S
Edward J. McManus
Seminole Valley
Crow Dog
Oklahoma
Horace Dankei
Camp
Dennis Banks
Harry Bellafonte
Back Pay for Race Bias Rulings Extends to Most Cases
UPI reports the U S Supreme Court ruled that back pay should be awarded in most employment discrimination cases involving race. Justice Potter Stewart stated back pay aligns with Congress goals of removing barriers to blacks and deterring illegal practices. The decision followed a Roanoke Rapids paper mill case and was joined by the court in other action on housing suits and union contempt trials.
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Washington
Rochester
N.Y
Seizutes
U.S
Africans Fail Effort To Free U S Students
A rescue attempt to free three foreign students held by Marxist African guerrillas nearly succeeded but failed when a Zaire patrol boat opened fire on a fishing vessel off Kipama. The students, kidnapped last month from a Tanzanian wildlife center, were signaling with mirrors as the vessel approached the Zaire shore. The trio are Carrie Jane Hunter, 21, from Atherton California. Kenneth Smith, 22, Garden Row California. and Imalie Bergman of Holland. The captors had demanded 500000, which Tanzania would not pay, while families and private donors sought to raise funds.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tatiana
Kipama
Maire
Lake Tanganyika
Zaire
Shelly
Tanzania
Carrie Jane Hunter
Atherton
Calif
Kenneth Smith
Garden Row
Imalie Bergman
Holland
Ben
CIA Plots Poison Cash and Howard Hughes Aide
Washington AP reports John Rosselli testified to Senate that CIA plots against Fidel Castro in the early 1960s involved cash payments poison pellets high powered rifles and speedboat runs to Cuba Rosselli says five assassination attempts were known including a poisoning plan he recounts details under questioning on AM America He says Howard Hughes aide Robert Maheu recruited him and linked him to the CIA handler Big Jim O Connell in New York City in September 1960
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Washington
John Rosselli
CIA
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Jack Anderson
Columunist
Rosselli
Castro
Thai Rosselli
Anderson
Senate Intelligence Committee
Los Angeles
Robert Maheu
Howard Hughes
Central Intelligence Agency
Grap Finer
Big Jim
O'Connell
Maheu
New York City
Miami
FBI Documents Reveal COINTELPRO Tactics Against Antiwar Teachers
Newly released FBI COINTELPRO files detail covert measures against antiwar activists in the 1960s and early 1970s. The documents show efforts to influence school firings, feed covert information to authorities, and publish phony right wing newsletters on campuses.
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FBI
Washington
New Left
Cointelpro
Socialist Workers Party
PBL
Washington, DC
Maude Adams White
Young Socialist Alliance
YSA
The
Socialist Workers
John Kaza
Steve Kipper
Oberlin College
Ohio
USA
Wilson Marshall Ostven
Virginia
Michigan State University
Memto
Bloomington
Indiana University
America University
Chuckle An Economist Quote About Money Wisdom
A witty remark frames economists as people who claim greater knowledge about money than those who actually possess it. The line satirizes economic pretensions and the confidence of theorists in financial matters.
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William Barrett
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By Tom Fruehling
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McManus
Syd Stapleton
Political Rights Defense Fund
Evelyn Rose Sell
Austin
Texas
Michigan State School Board
Eggested
Marlon
Moyles
BIA Sparta
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