Blackburn Nominee Is Killed By Senate Vote
The 8 to 5 party line rejection of a former congressman's nomination marks a historic defeat. Sen Edward Brooke voiced opposition citing insensitivity to minority rights, while Sen John Tower defended Blackburn's pledge to uphold the law. The debate unfolded after Sunshine resolution allowed press access to closed sessions.
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Edward Brooke
Rmass
Blackburn
United States
John Tower
R-Tex
Help for a troubled 11 year old student in High Point
A widow asks Action Line for guidance after her 11-year-old son was expelled. The district cites prior transfer issues, classroom disruption, and counselor testing as next steps if he re-enrolls. Suggestions include Parent Effectiveness classes at local churches, reading lists, Kendall Center counseling, and Archdale Park and Recreation Fund volunteer calls.
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High Point
M. A
Edwin West Jr
West
Forest Hills Presbyterian Church
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
Charles Cacer
Haim G. Ginott
Wesley Decker
Patterson
Gullion
Dodson
Oil Price Controls Near End Proposal Sets Higher Fuel Costs
Washington AP reports oil price controls may expire Saturday as conferees near a compromise plan acceptable to the administration. The bill would allow a brief price drop before prices rise again after next year’s elections. Ford criticizes Congress for slow action while urging immediate passage to spur energy development.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ford
Charleston
W. Va
Congress
U.S
Harley O. Staggers
D-W.va
White House
Staggers
Wallace Enters Nomination Race for 1976 Democratic Nomination
Gov. George C. Wallace formally announced his bid from Montgomery asserting the national Democratic Party has ignored the middle class and promising an active primary campaign. He dismissed party leaders, stressed “the people's choice,” and said he would skip only New Hampshire's first primary while leveraging a $3 million campaign fund built after 1972.
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Wallace
National Democratic Party
National Party
New Hampshire
Tom
White House
America
Democratic Party
Washington
Rty
Zionism Vote Triggers U S Senate Reassessment
Washington AP The U N Zionism resolution sparks a swift U S response as both houses condemn the action and consider reassessing participation in the world body. President Ford calls the move unjustified while Kissinger warns the UN risks losing credibility. World Council of Churches and other religious bodies denounce the vote.
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Washington
Senate
United Nations
United States
World Assembly
Houses
Congress
U.N. General Assembly
House
U.S
Ford
U.N
Charlestown
W. Va
Henry A. Kissinger
Pittsburgh
U.N. Assembly
Palestine
Israel
World Council of Churches
Assembly
The
World Council
Wife Buried Alive in Florida Bulldozer Death
William Peter Wright Jr., 26, is jailed in Nassau County on murder charges after his wife Laura, 29, died in a hand dug grave reportedly created with a bulldozer. Investigators say the husband claimed it was an accident after a night drinking on his father's dairy farm. Local authorities described the burial site as five to six feet deep and eight by twelve feet, with autopsy indicating suffocation and blunt force trauma.
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Callahan
Fla
William Peter Wright Jr
Nassau County
Laura
Terry Griffin
Griffin
Roy Dorn
State Attorney’s Office
Jonn Legowik
Wright
Legowik
Dorn
William Peter Wright
Rua
Granny Cop Calls It Quits After Nine Years In Uniform
James McGrath, longtime member of Philadelphia police departments granny squad, retires at 50 after decades in disguise as an elderly lady to trap muggers. He estimates about 50 mugging incidents and about three or four arrests weekly, with a 100 percent conviction rate.
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Philadelphia
James McGrath
McGrath
Philadelphia Police Department
Sakharov Denied Passport to Oslo Nobel Ceremony
Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov said authorities refused his travel passport to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. He called the denial offensive and a breach of Helsinki principles, and he planned no appeal. The prize, worth about $140,000, was to be presented December 10 in Oslo.
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Moscow
Andrei Sakharov
Oslo
Sakharov
Nobel Committee
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Osso
Parking Fines Go Astray Across State Lines
In Greeley Colorado a NC parking violator mailed a $1 fine to the city after a printing error directed payments to Greeley. The back of the Mecklenburg ticket instructed payment to Colorado, prompting a humorous council resolution suggesting raising the line to $5 amid inflation.
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Greeley
Colo
Mecklenburg County
N.C
Kansas
Colorado
Mecklenburg
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West Virginia
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
People’s Choice
George Wallace
Aoe
U.S. Storm
George Krimsky
Associated Press
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Leonard Weist
North Carolina
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