Americans Discuss Trade With Cuba In Havana Mission
A Massachusetts trade delegation of over 60 businesspeople met Cuban officials in Havana to discuss reopening trade. Lt. Gov. Thomas P. O Neill led talks with ministers and the Cuban National Bank, while visits included an experimental citrus farm. The group aims for future meetings with Fidel Castro though none occurred yet. Delegation members report a focus on technology and exports with no political discussions.
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Cuba
UPI
Nuts and Holts
Fidel Castro
Massachusetts
Thomas P. O'Neill
Empresas
O'Neill
Cuban National Bank
U.S. House
Thomas P
Tip” O'Neill Jr
Castro
Chicago
Minnesota
Castro Kate McMahon
Boston University
Resignation Demanded Over Campaign Fund Reporting
House Republican Whip Robert Michel urged presidential aide Midge Costanza to resign citing failure to report funds raised for her 1974 NY congressional bid. The FEC noted late filing was technical noncompliance and would not be prosecuted. Costanza raised 16500 dollars at a New York fundraiser.
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Washington
UPI
House
Robert Michel
Midge Costanza
FEC
Ms. Costanza
New York
White House
Aviator Ted Lewis recalls Red Baron era and preaches on Carter
Captain J D Ted Lewis 87 a former barnstormer and Grey Eagles member criticizes Jimmy Carters energy bills saying they threaten airlines He recounts dogfights with the Red Baron in World War I and notes he later flew for Universal American Airlines retiring in 1952 now living in Laguna Hills California He urges limits on price structuring and government interference in air travel.
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J. D
Ted" Lewis
Royal Canadian Flying Corps
SUN
Carter
Waldo Pepper
J.D
Ted
Lewis
The
Grey Eagles
American Airlines
Aladdin Hotel
Washington
Royal Flying Corps of Canada
England
France
Iowa
Lincoln
Neb
Charles Lindbergh
Universal
American
China
Leisure World
Laguna Hills
Calif
Judge Mullen accused of fixing traffic tickets for bribes
Testimony in U S District Court alleges Judge Robert Mullen took about two thousand dollars in bribes from private investigator Barry Reisig for dismissing 20 to 30 traffic tickets including four DUI cases between 1973 and 1975. Reisig testified he mostly kept half the fee and gave the rest to the judge while others like bail bondsmen and taxi drivers were named as clients.
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SUN
Robert Mullen
Barry Reisig
Mullen
U.S
Roger Foley
Reisig
David Kent
Kent
Joseph Millet
Millet
Miller
Roy Collins
James Relihan
George Jones
Howard Birchen
Frederick Dale Pfeifer
Burton
Pfeifer
IRS
Foley
Joseph Abrahams
Joe
Women Buy Guns For Self Protection In Georgia Slay Spree
In Columbus Georgia terrified elderly women rushed to gun shops and hardware stores for pistols locks and deadbolts after a series of strangulations. Police say a vigorous investigation is underway with a state reward raised to 15 000 and 24 hour hot lines set up for tips.
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Columbus
UPI
West Georgia
Martha Thurmond
Curtis McClung
J. Donald Kilgore
Thurmond
Muscogee County
Georgia
George Busbee
Bill Parker
State health investigator found slain in car trunk at LAX
The body of 38 year old Janice Partida of Garden Grove was found Oct 17 in a car in the Los Angeles airport garage. Partida worked on prepaid health insurance fraud cases for the state health department. Her husband Vincente Partida, a counselor in the same agency, said she had been missing days before. Cause of death and motive were not yet known.
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Los Angeles
UPS
Los Angeles International Airport
State Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Janice Partida
Garden Grove
Wee
Partida
Vincente
State Health Department
California
Sacramento
Coroner Silent On Youth Death in Nevada Case
Robbery is suspected as a motive though drugs may have been involved. After a missing persons report on Oct 17, Roell and Francis traveled from Las Vegas to northern Nevada and were in a Hawthorne traffic accident. They were jailed for DUI and marijuana possession, with a car linked to the missing person drawing suspicion. A four hour Metro search then recovered Penkofski's body.
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Avants
Penkofski
Roell
Francis
Las Vegas
Hawthorne
Mineral County Sheriff's Deputies
Metro
John Samolovitch
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