Democrats Set Limits On Convention Floor Conflicts
The Democratic National Committee moved to curb floor fights by requiring minority positions to gain 2 percent support from platform credentials or rules committees to be brought before the full convention. The rules tighten grounds for credential challenges and give credentials chairman Alm Cranton latitude to speed decisions. Strauss aimed to reduce televised controversy and unite the party, with minority representation on convention committees to be held next July in New York.
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Democratic National Committee
Sen. Alm Cranton
D-Calif
Robert S. Strauss
Strauss
White House
New York
Man Decries System as He Faces Illness and Imprisoned Care
Ransom, paroled after a brief spread of illness, recounts his fall and painful chest while being moved from Greensharp to Starount Villa nursing home. He doubts treatment and accuses the system of failing to provide adequate food or medical care, prompting calls for overhaul.
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Wonganed
Greensboro
Ransom
Charles Mang
Stariount Villa
Si Y Jones
Jones
Portugal Yields to Mutinous Portuguese Army
In Lisbon the Portuguese army chief Gen Ilos Fabiao accepted terms from mutinous forces near Oporto. Rebels, after raising a red flag at Serra do Pilar artillery, pledged a daily Soldiers Struggle paper while Fabiao sought a soft approach ahead of Premier Azevedo’s warning that indiscipline could topple Portugal.
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Portugal
Ilos Fabiao
Reiy
Oporta
Saili
Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo
Serra Do Pilar
Jose Hennereda
Fabiao
Fabian
Oporto
Lison
Antonio Pires Velosa
Pires Velosp
Fabigo
Ain Auarer
Taj
Jose Aragan
Oport Fabiao
Jose Pinheiro de Azeverla
Colorado forest fire contained after massive acreage loss
The White River National Forest blaze, caused by hunters, burned 4438 acres in northwestern Colorado. Forest Service spokesman Joseph Mangan said containment was achieved with cooler weather and winds calming the fire, though mop up continues. About 500 firefighters were involved, with 100 still patrolling for spot fires. damage estimated at 6.7 million dollars and quelling costs revised to 170 million, and no injuries reported.
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Agle
Colpo
Colorado
Forest Service
White River National Forest
Joseph Mangan
Mangan
Gie
Eagle
Cing
Ford Stumps Connecticut Amid Tight Security
Ford delivered an economic speech on a political tour in Connecticut. He urged strict fiscal responsibility and a permanent tax cut, while security was heightened with many Hartford police and state officers. Democratic leaders urged removing economic advisers, accusing the Nixon circle of guiding policy.
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Alan Greepspan
Council of Economic Advisers
Federal Reserve Board
Arhur Burns
Richard Nixon
Ford
Ronald
Congress
Connecticut
Hartford
Hartford City
Democratic Party
Robert $. Strauss
Nixon
Attendance At Catholic Masses Drops Nationwide
BOSTON AP Attendance at Roman Catholic Masses across the nation declined by about one third from 1963 to 1974, per a National Opinion Research Center sponsored study. Commissioned by the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, the report cites birth control views, attitudes toward divorce, and views of the Pope as key factors, noting Pope Paul VI's encyclical Of Human Life influenced devotional behavior.
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Boston
National Opinion Research Center
Chicago
Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions
U.S. Auto Sales Rise On Strong Chevette Start
GM reports a 17 percent jump in sales driven by the new Chevette. Ford up 1 percent, AMC up 24 percent after strike impact. Chrysler declines 4 percent amid late 1976 model rollout, market share dropping to 7 percent as industry totals fall 14 percent year over year.
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Ally
Can Motors
Chrysler Corp
Chevrolet
Ford
AMC
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler
Nobel Prize Leads East and West To Honor Kantorovich
Nobel Prize noted by Koopmans, a Yale economist since 1953, who calls the honor great and says he is pleased to be linked with Kantorovich. The Soviet laureate, a Moscow economics institute researcher and member of the Academy of Sciences, has had reforms in the Soviet economy adopted in the last decade and praised Koopmans as an outstanding American scientist.
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Yale
Kantorovich
Moscow Economic Institute
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Institute
Refugees Training Plan Fails in Oakland Job Push
Ninety South Vietnamese refugees brought to Oakland to train for jobs face hunger and language barriers as the program designed for English fluent workers collapses. Funding from Tolstoy Foundation is running out, with only 2000 left. Refugee families struggle while an adopted Serra High School family support effort mobilizes students to aid English learning and daily needs.
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Calif
Vietnam
Camp Pendleton
Calif. Relocation Center
John Whalen
San Francisco
Tolstoy Foundation of
New York
Alameda
Gordon Jacobson
The
Ban Security Services
Jacobson
Whalen
Foundation
Serra High School
San Mateo
San Francisco Bay
Pham Hong
Lee
San Francisco International Airport
Los Angeles
Escapee Continued from Page One
A grade school near Schaefer was closed to protect students while authorities hunted escaping convicts. Gargano, in prison khakis, prompted a road-map and water inquiry leading to a call to marshal proper officials. Buses were rerouted to safer routes as the search centered on Salem and Marion Penitentiary recapture followed.
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Greene County Sheriff’s Office
Gargano
Mary Walls
Marian
Collins
Salem
Hunter
Marion Penitentiary
Ford narrowly escapes after Hartford crash near Civic Center
Pool reports say President Ford’s limousine was hit four blocks from the Hartford Civic Center after he spoke at a Republican fund raiser. Ford, unhurt, braced himself as the Buick struck the right front, bending the fender. Rep. Stewart McKinney, seated beside him, was uninjured. Ford returned to Washington aboard Air Force One, later saying he felt great.
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Jack Hushen
Washington
Biebel
Ford
William Lukash
Air Force One
Stewart B. McKinney
R-Conn
McKinney
Rumsfeld
Andrews Air Force Base
White House
Francis Fink
Bristol
Breen
Group pushes P&G to reexamine ad policy debate at stockholders meeting
A coalition of church and women's groups failed to sway Procter & Gamble at its Cincinnati stockholders meeting as a resolution urging study of advertising depictions of women drew only 2.3 percent of votes. P&G and NOW clashed over homemaker roles while a Presbyterian critic Lambasted church involvement.
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Procter & Gamble
Cincinnati
Durwood Kirby
Mr. Whipple
Ivory Snow Baby
National Organization For Women
Morehan
Dungwood Kirby
Bath
P&g
United Presbyterian Church
Robert C. Lamar
Sai
Atlanta Teachers, City Workers Strike Over Wages and Recognition
The Allania Association of Educators representing about 2,200 of Atlanta’s 4,800 teachers voted to strike, joined by over 1,000 non teaching AFSCME workers. Main issues include restoring a 320 monthly pay hike cut by the board, and recognizing the two unions as sole bargaining agents. Absenteeism varies by school while salaries range from 8,497 to 17,000 yearly. The district’s pupil makeup is 85% black, 15% white with a 5-4 white-black school board.
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Allania Association of Educators
American Federation of State
Georgia
Atlanta
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