Ford predicts more grain sales despite boycott threat
President Ford urged continued grain exports to the Soviet Union amid dockworkers union threats of a loading boycott described as piracy by farm leaders. He cited a 9.8 million ton Soviet purchase this year and he emphasized shipments would continue as officials debate prices and policy.
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Ford
Washington
UPI
U.S
Soviet Union
Earl Butz
Russia
William Kuhfuss
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Congress
Tony Dechant
National Farm Union
Kissinger and Dinitz discuss interim peace talks with Egypt
Secretary of State Kissinger and Israeli Ambassador Dinitz spent two hours in Washington reviewing unresolved points in an interim Egypt accord. Dinitz signaled another meeting possible after talks with Sisco, and planned to report to Rabin and Allon. Peres proposed a Sinai demilitarized zone as a next step and warned against immediate Syria disengagement.
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United Press International
Henry A. Kissinger
Simcha Dinitz
Washington
Egypt
Kissinger
Dinitz
Israel
Shimon Peres
Sinai Desert
Syria
San Francisco Police Strike Shuts Down City Streets
Most of the San Francisco police force walked off the job amid a strike after a 6.5 percent wage offer. About 250 officers worked extended shifts while 21 patrol cars operated and 80 percent of the force reportedly remained on duty. Pickets faced occasional gunfire and a motorist confrontation near Ingleside Station. two officers were lightly injured. Firefighters, bus and trolley crews prepared to join the walkout for higher pay.
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San Francisco
UPI
Ingleside
Rsave
Terry Neeichael Loo
Calvin Woo
Thomas H. Oxstien
Oxstien
Ater
Board of Supervisors
Tenderloin
Labor Council
Portuguese Communists cancel Porto rally after Lisbon clashes
Alvaro Cunhal calls off the northern rally as street violence in Lisbon undermines support for the 30 minute general strike. Brig. Gen Eurico Corvacho resigns amid military pressure, signaling a broader political crisis in Portugal.
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Lisbon
Portugal
UPI
Alvaro Cunhal
Porto
Vasco Goncalves
Eurico Corvacho
Pravda Urges Solidarity With Portuguese Communists
Pravda calls for massive support for Portuguese Communist forces against reactionary NATO-backed elements. It warns of outside interference and recalls Chile 1973, urging Soviet solidarity as U.S. warnings about Kremlin influence are rejected.
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UPI
Communist Party
Pravda
U.S
Kremlin
NATO
Portugal
Chile
Salvador Allende
Portuguese Socialist Party
Ford
Minneapolis
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Combined classroom plan abandoned at Clarence Ruth Elementary
Principal Paul Comer says Clarence Ruth Elementary will keep traditional classrooms as the planned combined setup fails due to lack of area construction. Opposition from area parents helped derail the plan, while no construction has started as anticipated. Separately, Pravda discusses Portugal and Kissinger cites Soviet influence concerns during a Birmingham speech.
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Clarence Ruth
Paul Comer
Comer
Pravda
Birmingham
Ala
Kissinger
Portugal
Soviet Union
City council set to weigh 22 cent tax hike tonight
Lompoc City Council meets at 7 30 p m in the school administration building to vote a tax increase from 1 68 to 1 8996 per 100 of assessed value to offset inflation and fund current services. A public hearing on the Scolari property at 403 North G Street precedes the budget action.
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Marvin Loney
Lompoc
Gene Wahlers
General Fund
Cording
Wahlers
North G Street
Scolari
County of
Santa Barbara
Department of Interior
Ford warns of billions if SALT talks fail
President Ford told American Legion delegates he may seek 2 to 3 billion dollars more for strategic weapons in the current and coming fiscal years if no SALT agreement is reached, and warned the Portugal situation could threaten detente. He also suggested up to 15 billion over five years if talks fail.
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Minneapolis
UPI
Congress
United States
Soviet Union
Portugal
The
American Legion
Legion
Pekin
Ill
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
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