Sitter Becomes Mother's Stand-In for Elderly Grandmother
Mae Ducharm, 68, cares for Monique, a two week old baby left by a black couple who promised return in three weeks. They vanished years ago after the mother’s Las Vegas jail spell. Ducharm, poor and widowed, says Monique calls her “Mother” and she fights to keep guardianship with NAACP and Reno Race Relations Center involvement.
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Monique
Las Vegas
Reno
NAACP
Mae Ducharme
ILA vote bans grain to the Soviet Union amid protests
International Longshoremen's Association leaders voted to refuse loading American grain on ships bound for the Soviet Union while allowing union officials to lift the ban. West Coast workers signaled readiness to load Russian-bound grain as Agriculture Department noted possible renewed buying later this year. Meanwhile governors urged ending price controls on new natural gas and a seven member jury in North Carolina prepared for Joan Little murder trial.
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Fla
International Longshoremen's Association
Soviet Union
FILA
Thomas W. Gleason
Agriculture Department
U.S
ILA
Oklahoma
Kansas
Rex Cozad
Kansas Wheat Commission
United States
Cincinnati
Congress
Vacation boat fire kills 12 in Toulon
Toulon France authorities report at least 12 dead and many injured after an excursion boat Venus des Isles IT blew its boiler and burst into flames following an engine explosion. Captain Dominique Sorrentino suggested a possible underwater object impact though no determination yet.
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Toulon
France
Riviera
Dominique Sorrentino
Venus Des Isles
Sorrentino
No Opposition Walkout Clears Indian Parliament
An angry pro test walkout in New Delhi left India with an opposition-free Parliament to approve Prime Minister Gandhi's emergency decrees. U S Ambassador William B Saxbe met Mrs Gandhi to discuss Indo American relations in light of her new powers.
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India
Gandhi
U.S
William B. Saxbe
Ford Faces Lighthearted Hecklers In White House Session
President Ford calmly answered a chorus of interns in the East Room while defending his veto record. He joked about a pool and reflected on energy legislation as a lively crowd reacted with laughter and applause. Separately Smokey Robinson testified in San Francisco on a false arrest suit, detailing earnings losses before a 1968 incident.
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Ward
Congress
Jesus
Smokey Robinson
Motown Records
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Geles
San Francisco
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Abner
Smokey
Meany urges tough line on Russia in House hearing
AFL-CIO president George Meany told the House International Relations Committee that if Russia kicks, the U S should kick back. The 80-year-old critic of the Soviet Union called for a hard foreign policy stance, saying the only thing Russia understands is retaliation. Ann Landers expects divorcee Jules Lederer to remarry in September, as reported by Irv Kupcinet.
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Hussein
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Congress
al Rai
Ford Administration
America
Hawk
George Meany
House International Relations Committee
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Meany
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Tong
Soviet Union
Communism
Ann Landers
Jules Lederer
Chicago Sun-Times
Irv Kupceiner
Kennedy case delayed in Shenandoah court
Robert F Kennedy traffic case in Shenandoah County General District Court Woodstock Virginia postponed at Kennedy request. Hearing set for officer next court day. Trooper J R Helizel arresting officer. Audience notes say continuances granted per court policy. Also mentions Dobrynin visiting Ford at White House regarding Helsinki talks.
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Shenandoah County General District Court
Woodstock
J. R. ‘Helizel
Wrong ticket costs clerk $10, nets $3,500 win
Jerry Organ, 21, a part time paramutuel operator at Greenwood Racetrack in Toronto, punched a wrong exacta ticket misselecting horses 9 and 6. The bettor rejected the ticket, but no one else wanted that combination. The misprint hit when TV Shtaway and Royal Brat won first and second, giving Organ a $3,500 victory.
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Toronto
Greenwood
Organ
TV Shtaway
Royal Brat
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