Gracie Hall Tops Shouting Record In Britain
Gracie Hall, 65, of Pathfinder Village England, set this year’s loudest women shout at 106.6 decibels, within 1.3 decibels of the world record and easily beat her rivals. Frank Blair, retired NBC Today newscaster, criticizes Barbara Walters’ attitude and questions her huge ABC contract.
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Gracie Hall
Pathfinder Village
England
Britain
Frank Blair
Nbc-Tv
Today
Barbara Walters
Blair
Broadcast Today
Hilton Head
8. C
Miss Walters
Abc-Tv
Helstoaki pleads innocent in NJ bribery case
Rep. Henry Helstoaki of New Jersey pleaded innocent in federal court in Trenton to charges of taking bribes from aliens and lying to a grand jury. His trial is scheduled for September 13. The report also covers Peter Lawford’s informal wedding in Arlington and Pearl Bailey’s keynote at Connecticut’s Republican Convention in Hartford.
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Henry Helstoaki
New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Arlington
Peter Lawford
Lawford
Deborah Gould
Miss Gould
Hartford
Conn
Pearl Bailey
Connecticut
Lowell Weicker
Miss Bailey
United Nations
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Court orders private schools to admit black children
Supreme Court, by 7 to 2, holds privately run nonsectarian schools with open admissions may not reject black applicants. The same term extends the 1866 law to protect whites in job discrimination cases, ruling that private contracts may be covered. Justices White and Rehnquist dissented in both decisions.
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Supreme Court
Roderick V. C. Boggs
The
Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
Council For American Private Education
Byron R. White
William H. Rehnquist
Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Rehnquist
Good week for carmakers and brokers in hectic week
Detroit carmakers reported mid-June auto sales up 28 percent from a year ago while 12 percent below 1973 records. Oldsmobile and Lincoln Mercury led gains, American Motors fell 29 percent. Wall Street held firm after a week of steady volume as money supply declined by 400 million. Supreme Court ruling weakened federal labor protections for state and local workers amid NYC negotiations and possible July 1 strike. Consumer prices rose 4.72 percent in May, with food and gas driving the jump, though officials projected 5–6 percent inflation for 1976.
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New York
Detroit
Wall Street
Oldsmobile
American Motors Corp
Federal Reserve
Supreme Court
Congress
New York City
Ford Administration
Heavy clashes erupt around refugee camps in Beirut
In Beirut the heaviest fighting of Lebanon's civil war raged around two refugee camps in the southeast of the city. Artillery reportedly fired at 200 rounds per hour as battles spread to eastern suburbs and nearby mountain towns. Beirut airport reopened briefly but was closed again amid the clashes. Christian and Libyan peacekeepers were cited in reports, with claims of Libyan troops aiding Palestinian forces.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Beirut
Hetrut
Khaldeh
Tal Zaatar
Jisr el- Basha
Christian Phalange Party
Ain Rummameh
Libya
B1 bomber production okd by conference committee
A Senate House conference committee has authorized production of the B1 Supersonic bomber. The deal defers final votes on the defense procurement bill while opponents vow renewed effort in the new president’s review and in the defense appropriation bill.
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Washington
Senate
House
Pentagon
John C. Culver
Diana
Senate House
Culver
Ford
U S Steel Plans Large Ohio Lake Erie Area Plant
Harrisburg state official Edward Simon says U S Steel intends to build a 3 billion dollar steel plant on the Pennsylvania Ohio line near Lake Erie. The project near Conneaut would cover 4000 acres, create many jobs, and use basic oxygen furnaces. The E B Speer Works would take seven years to reach full operation with heavy industrial facilities in place.
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Harrisburg
U.S. Steel
Pennsylvania-Ohio
Lake Erie
Edward Simon
Office of State Planning and Development
US Steel
Pittsburgh
Simon
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Conneaut
E.B. Speer Works
Philadelphia DA Cleared by Court in Ethics Review
The state Supreme Court Disciplinary Board cleared Dist. Atty Emmett Fitzpatrick of wrongdoing in accepting gifts and loans from defense lawyers. He had faced 13 counts alleging ethics violations and intervening in a sentencing of a felon he had defended before becoming DA. The board upheld a three-lawyer panel’s recommendation to clear him.
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Philadelphia
State Supreme Court Disciplinary Board
Dist
Atty Emmett Fitzpatrick
Pitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Hot and sunny Delaware and New Castle Counties forecast
Weather forecast shows hot, partly sunny conditions in Delaware County with highs near 90 and cooler nights in the mid 60s. New Castle County expects mid 90s highs, clear nights, and similar Sunday warmth with possible showers later in the week. Air quality is satisfactory overall with ozone concerns. Tide times are listed for Chester.
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New Castle County
Chester
Delaware Valley
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Volkswagen
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