Variety Of Issues Backed At Demo Platform Hearing
In Williamsburg AP report on the second Virginia Democratic party platform public hearing speakers urged ERA equal rights for women repeal of the state sales tax on food and nonprescription medicines and broader tax relief measures. Delegates pressed for environmental and tax reform proposals as the party shapes its platform for the November elections.
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Williamsburg
Virginia
Democratic Party Platform Committee
Roanoke
Frederickburg
Evelyn Haley
Norfolk
House of Delegates
U. S
General Assembly
Doris Dysar
Peninsula National Organization For Women
John N. Dalton
Radford
GOP
Dalton
Don Llewellyn
Common Cause
Chris Fain
Virginia Women’s Political Caucus
Fain
Robert E. Washington
Washington
Platform Committee
Indochina report on Phnom Penh siege and clashes
Phnom Penh faces a third day of low morale as major supply routes Highway 4 and Highway 5 stay cut by insurgents. Prices rise with no serious shortages. Fighting erupts in Kompong Gham market where insurgents are repulsed without government casualties. The university complex faced new insurgent attacks beaten back by government forces. Mekong River bounds the province.
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Battambang
Am Rong
Kompong Gham
Khmer Rouge
University
Mekong
Miss King Wins 15000 Scholarship In Miss America Pageant
Miss King captured a 15000 scholarship as Miss America, after earlier earning a 250 grant as part of the pageant festivities. First runnerup Miss Wisconsin received 10000, with Miss New Jersey at 4000 and Miss Louisiana at 3000, among other awarded finalists.
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Miss King
Echo Layne Rost
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Louisiana
Pennsylvania
Gas Station Owners Defy Rollback Orders
Gas Gan timed Tena Pige One back. Some station operators say they will not roll back prices after a federal rollback order. Ed Feeney in Boston and Maria Barbetta in Cleveland argue prices will stay or rise. About 350 stations nationwide reportedly plan to ignore the order, with California retailers vowing to defy and even raise prices.
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Ed Feeney
Boston
Maria Barbetta
Cleveland
Ohio
Shell
California
Sacramento Valley
George Rogera
California Retailers Association
France Seeks Trade Edge in China as Japan Leads
The article notes France seeks greater sales to China, highlighting Alain Peyrefitte and past premiers in China, while Japan remains China’s top trading partner with 25 percent of its foreign trade. France trails fourth at about 4 percent, behind West Germany and Canada, amid a shifting balance since De Gaulle’s 1964 recognition.
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France
China
de Gaulle
Mao
Peking
West Germany
Peyrefitte
Maurice Couve de Murville
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Edgar Faure
Japan
Canada
Nixon backs energy program amid Virginia governor race
President Nixon argues for energy policy including strip mining and nuclear power with support from Russell Train. In Virginia, Senator Byrd urges moderation to back Mills Godwin as governor, slamming Mills Godwin as best for the state while Henry Howell runs as an Independent aligned with the GOP ticket.
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David Favor
Virginia Council On Environment
GOP
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Henry E. Howell Jr
Nixon
Russell Train
Council On Environmental Quality
Train
Byrd
Mills Godwin
Virginia
Godwin
Henry Howell
Watergate funding and staffing costs detailed in hearings
The article outlines Senate Watergate committee expenses and staff labor, noting 12 hour days for many workers, overtime bans, and initial and additional appropriations totaling about $1 million. It also reviews prosecution costs, typewriters and furnishings, office rent, telecommunication, travel, and printing fees.
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Senate
Watergate Committee
Miss Andrade
Cash
Cox
Justice Department
Congress
Barker
Washington
U.S
U.S. Attorney
District of Columbia
Arab gunmen surrender after Paris embassy crisis
Hostages were freed unharmed as gunmen gave up their arms and boarded a car to Damascus under an agreement brokered by Aly Yassin of the PLO in Kuwait. Yassin was later taken hostage, the fate of Daoud's release unresolved as negotiations continued through Friday and Saturday.
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Soviet Union
Red Cross
Leonid Plyushch
Dnepropetrovsk
Plyushch
Sakharov
Paris
Abu Daouil
al Fatah
Jordan
Hussein
Kuwait
Sheik Saleh
al-Sabah
Aly Yassin
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Damascus
Baghdad
Iraq
Yassin
Becaime
Yasir Arafat
Egypt
Middle East
Daoud
Kuwait Airlines
Saudi Arabia
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