Whitlam urges regional reconciliation plan for Indochina
In Kingston Australia’s prime minister Gough Whitlam called for a broad reconciliation and reconstruction program for Indochina. He said Australia, "one of the guilty countries," has begun relief aid and will meet US leaders Ford and Kissinger after Commonwealth talks.
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Jamaica
Gough Whitlam
Indochina
Whitlam
Australia
Washington
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Elizabeth Taylor heads to Leningrad for Bluebird of Happiness
Elizabeth Taylor and Henry Wynberg have left London for Leningrad where she will resume work on the film Bluebird of Happiness. The 43 year old star recently reunited with her sons Christopher and Michael Wilding and daughter Liza Todd after coming to Britain for flu treatment.
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Los Angeles
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Michael Wilding
Liza Todd
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Ford plays golf with relatives after rainy day at Burning Tree
President Ford briefly enjoys a round of golf at Burning Tree Golf Club in Bethesda with his half brothers Dr James Ford Richard Ford and family friend John Vander Meiden visiting from Grand Rapids Michigan. He and Mrs Ford attended the White House Correspondents Association dinner where he joked about a leak proof new coat of paint for the White House.
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Ford
Burning Tree Golf Club
Bethesda
James Ford
Richard Ford
John Vander Meiden
White House
Grand Rapids
Mich
Kent State Vigil Reevaluates Vietnam War Lessons
Former U.S. Sen. Eugene McCarthy warned at Kent State University that the United States went to war in Indochina for the same reason as students shot on campus over the last decade. He spoke after an 18 hour overnight vigil at the sites of the Kent State killings five years ago during a confrontation with Ohio National Guardsmen.
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Northern Ireland
Britain
United Ulster Unionist Coalition
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Constitutional Assembly
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Newsmen
Kent
Ohio
United States
Indochina
America
U.S
Eugene McCarthy
Kent State University
Ohio National Guardsmen
Columbia University President Wins Golden Rule Award
William J. McGill, president of Columbia University, an Irish Catholic, received the Golden Rule Award from the St. George Association, a Protestant New York City police officers group. He spoke at a Waldorf Astoria communion breakfast, noting his mother would be relieved by the award.
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New York
Columbia University
William J. McGill
St. George Association
New York City
McGill
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
GAO Report Faults Enforcement of Equal Employment Rules
Congressional investigators criticize lax enforcement of federal contractor anti discrimination rules. In a Sunday GAO report, findings show an almost nonexistence of enforcement actions against violations affecting blacks and women.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Jaguar at Des Moines Airport Baffles Cargo Crew
At Des Moines airport a cargo attendant found a jaguar in an airplane hatch. Zoo director Bob Elgin leash trained the animal and led it to the administration building where it waited calmly for the zoo wagon. Elgin notes the zoo uses affection training for all animals including big cats.
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Des Moines
Elgin
Postal Service mulls air mail merge with first class
The Postal Service plans to merge air mail with first class and set 13 cents as the domestic letter rate. A new rate schedule may remove a separate air mail category, making a 10 cent stamp equivalent to 13 cents. Aug. 1 is target for changeover, with the Rate Commission invited to comment. The process duration remains uncertain.
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Washington
Postal Service
Postal Rate Commission
Commission
Pa Employes Dislike Gay Workers
State policemen and prison guards oppose hiring homosexuals for difficult duty shifts and confrontations. Gov. Shapp's order to reduce discrimination sparks debate among officers, officials, and legislators about whether gays should serve in state police or corrections.
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Shapp
Clarence Bell
Delaware
W. William Wilt
Blair
Ernest Patton
State Correctional Institution At
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