Federal judges sue over inflation to protect pay
Forty four federal judges claim their purchasing power has fallen due to inflation and file suit in the U S Court of Claims against the United States. They contend lifetime pay cannot be diminished and seek reimbursement for a 34.5 percent drop in value from March 15, 1989, to Oct 1, 1975, with Arthur Goldberg named as their lawyer.
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U.S. Court of Claims
United States
Supreme Court
Arthur Goldberg
Ie Alge Ee Eesec
Wheat farmers plow under drought damaged 1976 crop
Wheat farmers in the Great Plains begin plowing parts of the drought weakened 1976 wheat crop to combat wind erosion. Officials estimate southwestern Kansas yields may fall to about 50 percent of normal, with potential for more plowing if dry, windy weather continues. Severe drought has hit winter wheat across Nebraska to Texas, prompting emergency actions and concerns from government officials.
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Wichita, Kam
Great Plains
Agrici
Conservation Servis Drought al
Kana5
Bowman
Nebraska
Texas
Myeon Krenzin
Conmlason
Iloka
Colorado
Kansas
Wheat
Abrasks
Oklahoma
KC May Lose GOP Convention
Washington reports Kansas City may lose this year’s Republican convention over space disputes. Officials warn they could be 10 percent short of the 16 000 pledged rooms, prompting Mayor Wheeler to pressure hotels as Kansas City fights to keep the event. Other party leaders consider moving to Miami Beach, as in 1972.
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Washington
Kansas City
Miami Beach
GOP
Charles Wheeler
Josephine Good
San Diego
Calif
Ronald Reagan
New Hampshire
Commerce
Elliot L. Richardson
Ford
U.S
Lloyd M. Bentsen
D-Tex
Senate
Violinist Yuval Yaron Wins Sibelius Prize in Helsinki
Yuval Yaron, 22, from Petach-Tikva Israel, wins the Sibelius Competition in Helsinki. He studies at Indiana University, with three and a half years there. 35 contestants from 26 countries entered. First prize carries 4,000 in cash plus 1,000 from Finnish Radio and 1,000 for best Sibelius Violin Concerto performance.
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Helsinki
Finland
Yuval Yaron
Petach-Tikva
Israel
Indiana University
Sibelius
Thre Helmki
Rome presses for official probe into Lockheed payoffs
Rome major newspaper backs Communist demand for a special foreign relations committee session to investigate alleged Lockheed Aircraft Corp. payoffs to Italian politicians and CIA interference. The affair links to premier designate Aldo Moro and questions over ministers Gui and Tanassi amid Kissinger CIA funding rumors.
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Messaggero
Rome
Netherlands
Japan
Lockheed
Aldo Moro
Luigi Gui
Gui
Mario Tanassi
Democratic Socialis Party
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
CIA
Italy
Christian Democrats
Democratic Socialists
Bicentennial Wagon Train To Visit Area
On Sunday evening June 13 1976 the Bicentennial Wagon Train arrives in Mill Village for an overnight stop A Wagoneers music program will be played on the Mill Village Elementary School grounds followed by additional entertainment by local performers The wagon train travels along the Great Lakes Route from Albion where it spends June 12 at the Fairgrounds A full day begins at 10 30 am with an open air church service A chicken barbecue is served at noon and the afternoon features games crafts antique displays a band concert and a 4 H Horse Club demonstration all non commercial activities for the community
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Mill Village
LeBoeuf Township
Great Lakes
Albion
Fairgrounds
Jors
Interior Department Probed For Helium Stockpile Practices
The Interior Department sells helium to federal agencies at about 35 per thousand cubic feet, double private market prices, while holding about 42.1 billion cubic feet in underground Amarillo wells. Purchases from 1962 to 1973 left a debt financed by Treasury loans, with 20 million dollars yearly interest. The department estimates 6 billion cubic feet needed over 25 years yet adds 300 million annually from a Keyes Oklahoma plant, expanding the stockpile by roughly 120 million cubic feet yearly.
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Washington
Interior Department
Amarillo
Tex
U.S .Treasury
Bureau of Mines
Department
Treasury
Raymond Munnerlyn
Bureau
Keyes
Okla
Kennedy helps save woman in Capitol elevator mishap
Washington AP report quotes columnist Jack Anders claiming Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts stopped a closing Capitol elevator from crushing a woman named Carol Chealander. Kennedy allegedly ordered the operator to release and then struck the handle, the doors opening. A Kennedy spokesman had no details about the incident.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Jack Anders
Anderson
Carol Chealander
Capitol
Kennedy
Sen
Senate Republican Policy Committee
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