Church Groups Demand End to Overseas Political Contributions
Protestant and Roman Catholic organizations filed stockholder resolutions with 10 U.S. corporations asking them to stop overseas political contributions and bribes for favors. The action follows revelations of payments by American companies to foreign parties or for business favors. Police later investigated Keeney and his companions after a standoff, detailing arrests connected to a stolen car and an escape from a Florida institution.
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New York
U.S
Howard Schomer
World Issues
United Church of Christ
Africa
Korea
Chile
Florence Little
United Methodist Church
Atonement Friars
Schomer
U.S. Senate
American Home Products
Exxon
Ford Motor Co
Gulf Oil
T&t
Merck, Northrop
Phillipa
Standard Oil
California
United Brands
Mobil Oil
Canada
Italy
Schomert
Usery Confirmed For Cabinet Job
Senate confirms WJ Usery Jr. as secretary of labor by 79 to 7 vote amid conservative objections. Usery, 52, former head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, succeeds John T. Dunlop as Ford's third labor secretary amid looming auto and tire industry contracts.
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Tom Raum
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
WJ. Usery Jr
Ford Administration
Usery
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
John T. Dunlop
Dunlop
Ford
Chicago nursing home fire claims at least fifteen
Fire at Wincrest Nursing and Rest Home on Chicago's North Side killed fifteen people and left several others hospitalized in critical condition. A 21 year old substitute housekeeper is charged with murder and arson. A second nursing home fire in five days prompted state investigators to search for the origin as patients inhaled smoke. Charles Ambroz, 65, described escaping in a wheelchair and witnessing others' suffering as responders arrived.
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Charles Ambroz
Chicago
Wincrest Nursing and Rest
North Side
Wincrest
House to debate natural gas price controls proposal
The measure, deemed germane by the House parliamentarian, will be taken up when the House resumes debate on natural gas Thursday. It would free about 3,500 independent producers from price controls if they release gas for the interstate market and avoid handing it to major producers. The plan would extend price controls on the 25 to 30 major producers into intrastate markets, while interstate prices are already federally segregated.
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Smith
Six Guerrillas Killing 30 Children in Hijacked Bus Incident
French sharpshooters killed six guerrillas holding 30 children during a hijacked bus near the Somali border in Djibouti Afars and Issas Territory. A gunman killed a French girl and wounded six others before a brief exchange with Somali soldiers. One 7 year old boy remained missing. France recalled its ambassador and sought UN Security Council action.
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Djibouti
Afars and
Issas
Somalia
France
United Nations Security Council
Red Sea
Bybout
Front For the Liberation of
Somaii Coast
Somaia
Concorde landing rights spark multi n entity debate
Authority leaders discuss ruling on Concorde landing rights amid environmental and economic concerns. Queens president Manes protests, while officials note pressures on airlines and potential push for a second generation SST.
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Congress
British Airways
Air France
North Atlantic
United States
Environmental Protection Agency
National
Aero-nactics and Space Administration
State Department
Coleman
Doctors End Slowdown as Malpractice Crisis Persists
Los Angeles AP reports doctors statewide declare an end to a patient-care slowdown led by the United Physicians of California amid a rising malpractice insurance crisis. About 23,000 doctors joined at the peak. leaders warn future action if no insurance reforms emerge, while Sacramento officials pledge possible solutions.
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Los Angeles
United Physicans of California
UPC
Sacramento
Ten People Die In West Side Apartment Fire
New York AP report says a cigarette in an overstuffed chair sparked a two hour blaze in a six story West Side building killing ten people including seven children. Thirty families fled as firemen battled the flames in frigid, debris strewn streets.
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New York
West Side
Brooklyn
Abraham Beame
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