Ford to ask Congress Puerto Rico may be 51st state
President Ford announced he will seek congressional action to admit Puerto Rico as the 51st state, rejecting a advisory group plan for permanent union without statehood. He outlined steps: hearings, local ratification of a state constitution, and a presidential proclamation if approved.
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VAIL
Congress
Ford
Island Commonwealth
United States
Congress of the
Island
Hawaii
Alaska
Spain
Jimmy Carter
Plains
Carlos Romero Barcelo
Carter
Sin
Richard Nixon
Ins Office of Management and Budget
America
House of Representatives
Harry S. Truman
Blair House
White House
New Year’s Eve police brace for celebrants
Motorists crowding to greet the new year faced a moratorium on drunk driving arrests from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. in Detroit and several suburbs. Police would send tipsy drivers home by cab unless accidents or extenuating circumstances occurred. State troopers warned they would not be as lenient.
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Detroit
William L. Hart
Michigan
Illinois
Public funds for 1976 election leave millions available
Washington reports the first presidential race funded by public money left about 24 million in the election fund with potential future additions. The Federal Election Commission says 1976 saw 72 million spent by taxpayers and outlines proposed boosts to individual donation limits and possible extension of public funding to congressional races.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Federal Election Commission
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Treasury
FEC
Joan Aikens
Congress
Miners Trapped After Gas Blast At Staric Mine
Czechoslovak rescuers report faint hope for 45 miners trapped hundreds of feet underground after a gas explosion at the Staric coal mine near Ostrava in Moravia. A government delegation led rescue efforts as temperatures hovered around five degrees and most miners had already escaped.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
UPI
CTK
Staric
Ostrava
Moravia
Josef Simon
Weather Seeding Aims To Capture Snow Storm
Salt Lake City UPI reports a weather company hired by the state began setting up cloud seeding machines along the Wasatch Front to catch a coming winter storm. Meteorologist Bob Swart of North American Weather Consultants says southern Utah may benefit more, with only a one percent snow chance for the Wasatch Front and about four percent near Cedar City.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Bob Swart
North American Weather Consultants
Utah
Cedar City
Carter Eyes Defense Cuts Focus on Manpower
Washington report notes Jimmy Carter aims to trim 5 to 7 percent from the defense budget mainly by cutting manpower rather than expensive new weapons. Congress remains cautious amid fears of Soviet military gains and unemployment, with debates over Navy rebuilding, base closings, and personnel costs shaping the 1978 budget outlook.
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UPI
Jimmy Carer
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Carter
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Senate Armed Services Committee
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Senate
U.S
Pearl Harbor
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Hyman Rickover
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