New York City Faces Deepening Financial Crisis Amid US Aid Hope Fade
NYC officials race to avert default as federal aid appears unlikely. Mayor Beame cites an open line to the White House while President Ford rejects action and his aides maintain no change in stance. Treasury and bank moves aim to cover 453 million in debts due today with pension funds under pressure.
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New York
New York City
Abraham Beame
White House
Ford
Washington
Ron Nelsen
Nessen
Peter Peyser
Jon
Westerne
Treasury
William Simon
Simon
Nobel Prizes Awarded to Five Scientists in Chemistry and Physics
Five scientists including an American were honored with the 1975 Nobel Prizes for Chemistry and Physics. John Cornforth and Vladimir Prelog shared chemistry honors for stereo chemistry in enzyme reactions, while James Rainwater Aage Bohr and Ben Mottelson shared physics prizes for nuclear structure and particle movement in the nucleus. Cornforth credited a bench moment at Sussex University. Prelog was in Zurich. Rainwater spoke from New York. Bohr praised collaboration. Mottelson was traveling in China.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Swedish Academy of Science
John Warcup Cornforth
Sussex University
Brighton
England
Vladimir Prelog
Zurich
James Rainwater
Columbia University
Aage Bohr
Niels Bohr
Bohr
Benjamin Mottelson
Cornforth
Professor Prelog
Prelog
Federal Institute of Technology
Academy
Copenhagen
FTC Orders Timely Deliveries or Refunds for Mail Orders
The FTC announces a new rule effective Feb 2 requiring mail order firms to inform customers of delays and offer refunds within seven days if delivery is not on time. Consumers may cancel and get refunds, with penalties up to 10000 dollars per day for noncompliance. The regulation excludes certain services and some product categories.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Joan Z. Bernstein
Housing aid program revamped with higher income focus
Housing Secretary Carla A Hills announced a reactivated program to help low and middle income families buy homes but with smaller subsidies and greater emphasis on upper end eligibility. Muhammad Ali led about 2000 people in a freedom march for Rubin Carter in Trenton New Jersey, calling his conviction railroaded and likening it to lynch days. Train service disruption hit about 9000 commuters on the San Francisco Peninsula as 8000 Western State railroad clerks walked out over work rules, stranding riders and delaying peak travel.
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Washington
Carla A. Hills
Trenton
N.J
Muhammad Ali
Rubin
Carter
Ali
Trenton State Prison
San Francisco
San Francisco Peninsula
Southern Pacific
Harris couple pleads not guilty in Hearst SLA case
Los Angeles AP report says William Harris and Emily Harris pleaded innocent to 11 counts of kidnapping assault and robbery. The couple accused in the Hearst crime spree appeared together denying bias by the judge. Trial scheduled for November 25.
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Los Angeles
William
Emily Harris
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
New York Mayor Beame Cancels Optimist Award Meeting
New York City faces a possible default as Mayor Abraham D. Beame cancels his scheduled appointment today. He was to receive the annual Optimist Club award, highlighting the tense financial climate in the city.
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EW York
New York City
Abraham D. Beame
Optimist’s Club
Crime Fluctuations Reported At Fort Sill
Post Provost Marshal Office notes July September crime patterns at Fort Sill with increases in larceny burglary drugs violence and vandalism in July and August. September shows declines in most offenses with larceny and burglary steady. Army-wide data show similar up and down trends.
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Post Provost Marshal’s
Army News
Fort Sill
Kissinger Set For Routine China Visit To Prep Ford Trip
Secretary of State Kissinger begins an eighth China mission aimed at smoothening ties before Ford’s Thanksgiving visit. He will assess Chinese leadership health, meet Teng Hsiao-ping, and discuss Southeast Asia and Taiwan amid wary talks on U.S. Soviet relations.
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Singer
China
Ford
Kissinger
Washington
Peking
Richard M. Nixon
Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
Teng Hsiaoping
Chou
Southeast Asia
U.S
Vietnam
Taiwan
Soviet Union
Weather Brightens For Football Fans
Northerly winds ease leaving clear skies and warm weekend temperatures for several games. Lawton High Norman at Cameron Stadium will be in mid 40s tonight. MacArthur Eisenhower in Chickasha and McAlester Saturday. OU Sooners meet Kansas State in Manhattan with mid 60s to low 70s.
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Lawton
Edmond
Cameron University
Central State
Stillwater
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Nebraska
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Ill
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Bureau of Consumer Protection
Bulletin
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Yeensersores
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