Balloonist and hitchhiker rescue after Atlantic crossing attempt
Balloonist Robert Sparks and ground crewman G Harden Wood drifted 125 miles off Cape Cod after a leak in a rip panel. Sparks was rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter and Wood stayed with the gondola as the craft was cut loose.
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Mashpee
Mass
UPI
Robert Sparks
Atlantic
Sparks
G. Harden Wood
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
Otis Air Force Base
Wood
Active
Brown veto stands as Assembly rejects school funding override
Gov. Brown won in Sacramento as the Assembly voted 34 to 41 against overriding his veto of 27 million dollars for local schools. The week prior the Senate had overridden 28 to 7, while Brown pressed Democrats to sustain cuts amid warnings the system nears bankruptcy.
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Sacramento
Brown
State Assembly
Senate
Assembly Democrats
Bob Beverly
Manhattan Beach
GOP
Nance
Ken Meade
Berkeley
Economy shows rebound amid inflation surge
Government reports signal a recovery from the worst recession since the 1930s but inflation remains high. White House aides say price gains are temporary while economists warn of ongoing consumer squeeze with spendable income falling in July and durable goods orders rising.
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U.S
White House
Ron Nessen
Sidney Jones
Jones
Nessen
Labor
Commerce Department
Butz predicts 9 percent rise in food prices
Secretary Earl Butz says 1975 retail food prices will be about 9 percent higher than 1974 with further increases likely next year due to grain sales to the Soviet Union. Officials caution changes may take 3 to 12 months to affect consumers and note meat prices will rise mainly in coming months.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Earl Butz
Butz
Buzz
J. Dawson Ahalt
U.S
Ahalt
Kissinger arrives in Israel amid major protests and talks
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger landed in Jerusalem to push a Middle East peace shuttle amid large demonstrations outside the Knesset. Police clashed with protesters as Rabin hosted a dinner. officials said progress on an interim Israel Egypt pact was possible, with key dispute over Egyptian force levels in Sinai.
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Israel
Knesset
Kissinger
Yitzhak Rabin
Rabin
Egypt
Sinai
U.S. relaxes Cuba trade sanctions for overseas sales
The United States rescinds parts of a 13 year old embargo by allowing overseas subsidiaries of U.S. firms to sell to Cuba while bans on parent exports and direct U.S. sales remain. GM Ford and Chrysler trade via Latin American affiliates. officials seek to expand agricultural exports to third countries.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
U.S
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Chyrsler
State Department
Robert Funseth
Department
Congress
Havana
Sweepstakes Winners Look for Winning Numbers
IPT's Social Security Sweepstakes page B-4 provides the draw results and winning numbers for readers. The notice directs participants to verify their entries and claim any prizes per the newspaper's promotions guidelines.
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IPT
San Francisco approves 13 percent wage hike for police and fire
Mayor Alioto invoked emergency powers to grant a 13.05 percent raise for police and fire crews, effective Oct 15, after supervisors rejected the pact. Base pay rises to 18816 with fringe benefits bringing total package to 29540 per officer. Union leaders praised the return to duty while supervisors denounced the action as unprecedented and dangerous to civil governance.
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San Francisco
UPI
Joseph Alioto
Alioto
Board of Supervisors
Jerry Crowley
Policemen’s Association
Jim Ferguson
Firemen's Union
Alsoto
Los Angeles
California Highway Patrol
State Forestry Department
John Barbagelata
United States
Diane Feinstein
U.S. and Russia seek weather warfare pact
Report notes discussions on an agreement between the United States and Russia to ban weather warfare. Details are on page A-11 with broader coverage on related disarmament topics.
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U.S
Russia
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Secre
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Gidi
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Jewish Defense League
Organization of American States
Vail
Colo
Ron Nelsen
Sion
OAS
S.F
Quentin Kopp
Inside
Todas Independent
Kennedy
Ford
Knights of Columbus
Southland
Todd Thomey
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