UMM to phase out Robert Hall chain amid losses
United Merchants & Manufacturers says it will vigorously and expeditiously phase out its Robert Hall retail clothing chain once a major profit center. The division, with about 350 stores and 5,000 employees, posted a $41 million loss in 1976 as UMM negotiates selling United Factors to Crocker National Bank and removes George L Staff as operating head amid policy disputes.
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Simon ties energy plan to Marx era fear in Indiana speech
Former Treasury Secretary William E. Simon warned at a statewide Indiana Republican dinner that Carter’s energy plan would create a national energy police state. He urged Congress to reject it, cited Cuba and Korea policy as flawed, and pressed for compensation from Castro over seized property. Governor Bowen and Earl Butz spoke, noting party unity amid resignations and a $100 ticket fundraiser raising over $2 million for debts.
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Spain votes for new democracy after Franco era
In Madrid UPI reports Spain’s first free elections in 41 years yield 48 percent for Adolfo Suarez and the Democratic Center Union. The Socialist Workers Party led by Felipe Gonzalez wins about 116 seats, while the Communist party secures 19 seats. Dolores Ibarruri regains her Asturias seat, and the far right Popular Alliance wins 17 seats as Suarez seeks a broad but not grand center left coalition.
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Storms lash Midlands and Plains with hail and high winds
Wide storms spread across the Midlands and Plains from Wyoming to Florida. Destructive winds toppled mobile homes in Sioux City and unroofed a nursing home roof, with hail and heavy rain reported in multiple states. Weather stretched into Illinois and Indiana with damage at a school and gym.
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