Lockheed grilled on bribes in Senate hearing
Washington committee questions Lockheed chairman Daniel Haughton over alleged bribes and use of sales commissions for the TriStar jet. Proxmire labels loans as underwriting bribes. Haughton defends payments as kickbacks and notes government loans tied to national security. Treasury officials call payments substantial and possibly broader than isolated cases.
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Senate Banking Committee
Daniel Haughton
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
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Lockheed
SEC
Proxmire
Wisconsin
Simon
Treasury
Slayton Undergoes Exploratory Lung Surgery
Houston United Press International reports astronaut Donald Deke Slayton, the oldest in America, began exploratory lung surgery for a possible cancerous growth at a leading cancer hospital. Surgeons expect a four hour operation with a better than 50 percent chance the lesion is malignant, potentially affecting future space flights.
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UPI
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America
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NOW demands probe of Silkwood death anniversary protest
NOW leaders led by Karen DeCrow planned a protest on the 55th anniversary of women’s suffrage demanding a full FBI and Justice Department investigation into Karen Silkwood’s 1974 death. Sara Nelson linked the case to a broader campaign, citing a GAO report suggesting possible violations and FBI inaction.
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Kevin Maroney
Justice Department
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Silkwood
New York Times
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
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Nelson
General Accounting Office
Weather storms and Elvis tests dominate regional news
Thunderstorms swept Kansas and Arkansas with tornadoes and hail while Elvis Presley began three days of tests at Baptist Hospital in Memphis. Reports note flooding in Liberty Missouri and Kansas City rainfall near Wichita, with no injuries. Cleveland disaster officials survey $10 million damage and seek federal disaster declaration.
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Z Berg Dies in California Assembly Leader
Veteran Assemblyman Edwin L. Z Berg, 49, a Sacramento Democrat and conservation advocate, died suddenly after collapsing at home from an apparent heart attack. He chaired the Assembly Resources and Land Use Committee and helped craft statewide conservation measures and Tahoe protections. He is survived by his wife Edna Merle and four children.
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UPI
Edwin L. Z’berg
Assembly
Z'berg
Leo T. McCarthy
Eugene Gualco
Yolo
Solano
Edna Merle
Assembly Resources and Land Use Committee
California
Lake Tahoe
Bistate Planning Agency
Nevada
Ouster of McCarthy Seen by Assemblyman Meade
Assemblyman Kenneth Meade says there are sufficient votes to unseat Speaker Leo T. McCarthy and notes mounting discontent with leadership. He declined timing but indicated an effort could come before the September 15 recess. Meade cites distrust and indecisiveness as driving forces behind possible removal.
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UPI
Leo T. McCarthy
Meade
McCarthy
Assembly
Willie Brown Jr
San Francisco
Brown
Robert Beverly
Manhattan Beach
Portugal confronts ultimatum as Goncalves clings to office
In Lisbon area turmoil grows as anti Communist violence erupts with about 2000 demonstrators attacking Communist HQs in Leiria. Police report one dead and six injured while a Porto NBC crew is beaten amid a crowd shouting Death to the CIA.
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Portugal
UPI
Vasco Goncalves
Leiria
Porto
National Broadcasting Corp
CIA
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Goncalves
Fabian
Sesimbra
Socialist Party
California Drivers Donor Registry Planned
Governor signs legislation enabling Californians to indicate organ donation on drivers licenses. Other items include SB542 on donation, AB1223 street lighting costs, AB118 unemployment extension for farm workers, and HR47 24-hour ag inspection surveillance. Kis singer’s wife Nancy joins diplomacy in Alexandria before returning.
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Fenton
Montebello
Department of Food and Agriculture
Gualco
Sacramento
Jerusalem
UPI
Henry Kissinger
Nancy
Middle East
Egypt
Kissinger
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