Ford Enjoys Weekend At Camp David Retreat
President Ford and family spent a holiday weekend at Camp David in Maryland. He praised the mountaintop retreat as a great place to work and plans to return often, especially in fall. He discussed pending legislation and a possible late week action on conditional amnesty for Vietnam era deserters and draft resisters. The trip included tennis and golf with son Steven and daughter Susan, and a baby fawn was photographed with the family.
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Ford
White House
Aspen Lodge
Aspeh
Steven
Rustic Lodge
Susan
Fords
Wage-Price Crisis Urges Labor Reform Across Nation
United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock, in a holiday statement echoed by Meany, called Labor Day a moment of crisis for workers. He criticized high mortgage rates, urged tax reform, national health insurance, and stronger safety measures to combat unemployment and inflation.
Carson Pushes Smoke Smuggling Law in North Carolina
North Carolina attorney general James Carson Jr. vows to seek legislation to ban out of state cigarette smuggling amid organized crime concerns. He warns of stolen goods and fraud tied to trucking operations and discusses coordinating with the State Bureau of Investigation.
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Winston-Salem, N.C
James Carson Jr
North Carolina
Carson
General Assembly
Wkxn-Tv
New York
State Bureau of Investigation
Charles Dunn
Enrollment to dip in 1974 75 despite higher costs
U S Education Commissioner Bell projects 1974 75 enrollment at 98.6 million across schools and colleges down 0.7 percent from the prior year. Education costs rise to about 108 billion, up 11 percent, with kindergarten to eighth grade declines offset by gains in junior and senior high and colleges edging up 1.3 percent to 8.6 million students.
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Washington
U.S
Terre! H. Bell
Bell
71 Year Old Refuses Huckleberries After Rescue
A 71-year-old woman, rescued by sheriff's deputies and Explorer Scouts, asked for a seat and water after being found. At Gresham Community Hospital she refused further huckleberries, saying she had just eaten them and didn’t want more.
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Kiser
Sheriff's Deputies
Sniper Had Drug History In Desert Killing Spree
Indio California AP report says Richard Hicks 34 also faced prior gun and assault charges after seeking help for heroin addiction at a Tucson rehab. He fired on motorists along a 105 mile stretch of Interstate 10 killing Jose Borjan Romero 50 Pasadena Billy Gene Tegarden 41 Beil Gardens and Herman Ronald Edge 27 Long Beach. He fled, was captured near the Arizona border after a trucker alerted police via citizen band radio.
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Calif
Thomas Cox
Hope Center
Tucson
Ariz
Richard Harold Hicks
Cox
Hicks
Los Angeles
Santa Fe Springs
Arizona
Citizens Band
Jose Borjan Romero
Pasadena
Billy Gene Tegarden
Beil Gardens
Herman Ronald Edge
Long Beach
Gas Fuel Shortage Hits Canada Bound Travelers
American motorists driving 1975 model cars into Canada this fall may face scarce unleaded gasoline. Canada’s Industry Department says urban brand-name stations will have unleaded fuel about a third of the time in October, with rural areas at about one in eight. Unleaded gas is required for catalytic converters, but a few tankfuls of leaded fuel could spare the converter, though long term use damages it.
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Detroit
Canada
U.S
Canadian Automobile Association
Shell
Highway 401
Toronto
Montreal
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Chrysler
American Motors
General Motors
Franco Fully Recovered From Illness, Doctors Say
In La Coruna General Francisco Franco is reported fully recovered from a July illness that confined him to a hospital for 19 days. Doctors issued a statement Sunday confirming his return to normal life.
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LA Coruna
Spain
Francisco Franco
Franco
Busing No Longer Seen Major Issue In Memphis
Memphis begins its second year of court ordered busing with officials predicting little trouble as emotionalism fades. Last year saw bomb threats delays and bus shortages. about 10,000 pupils withdrew to private schools and fuel shortages forced city cooperation. Enrollment expected at 121,000 with 30,000 bused at an estimated cost of 1.8 million.
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Memphis
Robert E. Ditto
Memphis Board of Education
City of
Quinnie McCormick
Ditto
U. S
Robert M. McRae
John P. Freeman
Runoffs Slated Tuesday In Gubernatorial Races
Democratic runoff pitting Lester Maddox against George Busbee in Georgia follows a crowded primary where Maddox led with 12 candidates but failed to reach 50 percent. Nevada and North Dakota nominating contests feature notable figures such as Harry Reid, Mike O’Callaghan, Mark Andrews, and William Guy, amid broader federal race intrigue and a high profile Farnborough Air Show display of the Blackbird.
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Tom Jory
Associated Press
Lester Maddox
Georgia
George Busbee
Nevada
Paul Laxalt
U.S
Alan Bible
D-Nev
North Dakota
William L. Guy
Robert McCarney
Milton Young
Maddox
Busbee
GOP
Ronnie Thompson
Macon
Harold Dye
Thompson
U.S. Senate
Harry Reid
Maya Miller
Mike O'Callaghan
Bill Bickerstaff
Shirley Crumpler
Lida Junction
Beverly Harrell
State Assembly
Guy McCarney
Mark Andrews
Lawrence Nanden
Byron Dorgan
Congress
Martha Mitchell’s Son Weds In Small Mississippi Town
Martha Mitchell attended her son Jay Jennings’s wedding to Janis Crawford in Tylertown Mississippi where the ceremony in a 550 seat Baptist church drew the entire 1700 resident town. Jennings, a Virginia Military Institute and Ole Miss Law School graduate, will work for the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington D C.
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Martha Mitchell
Janis Crawford
Mitchell
Atty
John Mitchell
Nixon
Clyde Jennings Jr
Jacksonville
Fla
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Virginia Military Institute
University of Mississippi
Law School
Washington, D.C
Senate Armed Services Committee
New Orleans
Arkansas River now fully navigable up to Tulsa area
The Arkansas River, once muddy and shallow, is described as fully navigable from the Mississippi to near Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1969, marking a major improvement in waterway transportation and connectivity.
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Arkansas River
Little Rock
Ark
Mississippi River
Tulsa
Okla
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