Ford Presses Fulfillment Of Freedom Pledges At ES Conference
President Ford urged that peace be more than a paper pledge as 35 nations signed a European security charter. He warned that empty words will anger citizens, while leaders, including Brezhnev and Kissinger, discussed arms limits, human rights, and the map of postwar Europe. Ford planned a Romania stop and called for reforms to ease tensions.
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Finland
Ford
European Security Conference
West
East Germany
Europe
North America
Nicolae Ceausescu
Romania
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Henry ‘A. Kissinger
Brezhnev
Kissinger
Brezhchev
United States
Jobless Rate Shows Drop In July
Washington AP reports the July unemployment rate fell to 8.4 percent from 8.6 percent in June. The Labor Department noted the dip extended across teens, adult women, and Black workers, with employment rising by 630,000 to 85.1 million. Unemployment totaled 7.8 million, down about 400,000 from the prior three months’ average, and the July figures are deemed accurate despite earlier June irregularities.
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Washington
Labor Department
Action Line prompts careful police description and public tips
A reader urges the girl from the grocery store incident to provide a detailed description to aid Lt. Myers and the police in catching the suspect. The note also includes questions about Elvis Presley ticket scalping and Post Office box rental price increases, offering practical suggestions and taxpayer concerns in a compact column.
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Myers
Police Dept
Hoffa Disappearance Prompts Mafia Inquiry In Detroit
Authorities planned to question Anthony Giacalone and five others about the May detainment of Teamsters Union President James R Hoffa who was last seen near the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Township. Hoffa's family fears foul play while police consider all leads. The FBI watches but cites no evidence of violence. Hoffa's son filed a missing person report as investigators probe possible meetings Hoffa was to attend.
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James R. Hoffa
Curt Grennier
Detroit
Hoffa
Grennier
Bloomfield Township
Michigan
Giacalone
Associated Press
Teamsters Union
Teamsters Local 999
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
James Riddle Hoffa
Grenier
James P. Hoffa
FBI
Ford To Veto Latest House Oil Control Bill
Washington AP Congress ends a month long recess with a promised presidential veto of a bill to extend oil price controls. House action follows a Senate vote to end the arms embargo on Turkey. Administration officials forecast gasoline price rises if controls lapse. Senate debates a $31.2 billion weapons bill directing women to U.S. service academies.
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Washington
Congress
U.S
Turkey
Senate
Ray J. Madden
D-Ind
House
Did Wealth Put Him In Asylum
Chicago AP reports Robert Friedman a 43 year old man ordered detained for mental treatment after a court ruling. He says he is not broke and fears hospital bills and legal costs draining his life savings. Attorney Edward J. Bennett condemns the case as a common pattern of involuntary commitment amid potential illegal treatment.
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Robert Friedman
Friedman
Edward J. Benett
U.S. Supreme Court
Benett
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