Brown returns gifts over $25 under California reform act
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr refused gifts above $25 since taking office and returned 38 presents including paintings, golf club memberships, a carton of raisins, cuff links, a silver platter, a Firing Line appearance payoff, and a $500 check. Other officials reported gifts and trips under the 1974 act.
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William F. Buckley
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Supreme Court
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Ken Cory
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Taipei
Evelle Younger
State Supreme Court
Marshall McComb
Russia
Somalia says forces massing for an invasion
Somali ambassador to France Mohamed Said Samantar stated that American and French naval forces are massing off East Africa for an attack on Somalia. He claimed French border troops are on full alert and being reinforced while acknowledging no specific details about U.S. forces.
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Somalia
Paris
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Samantar
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Loyala
Concorde opponents suffer early setbacks in SST battles
UPI reports opponents of the Concorde lost early rounds in their bid to reverse U.S. landing rights for the SST. EPA withdraws from efforts to overturn Coleman’s approval of 16 months of daily SST flights to New York and Washington while still backing a noise rule. Senate panel rejects blocking SST landings and shortening trials.
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Transportation
William Coleman Jr
New York
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New York Port Authority
Coleman
Jfk
Senate Commerce Committee
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
United States
J. Glenn Beall
Federal Aviation Administration
London
Paris
Reagan Turns 65 as Campaign Trail Heats Up
Ronald Reagan marks his 65th birthday while campaigning in New Hampshire and preparing for the March 23 North Carolina primary. Ford heads to New Hampshire for a weekend campaign. Humphrey, Carter, Harris and Wallace vie for delegates as Oklahoma and Alabama races shape the Democratic field. Udall calls for amnesty for Vietnam draft resisters. Wallace leads in federal matching funds with about 1.65 million, nearing 2.2 million overall.
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Michigan
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Alabama
George Wallace
Wallace
Steve St. Amand
Mississippi
Morris Udall
Dariz
Boston
United States
Vietnam
Richard Nixon
Winter storm sweeps from Pacific to Appalachians
National Guardsmen patrolled ice glazed streets in New Castle Indiana as a winter storm stretched from the Pacific Coast to the Appalachians. At least eight people died and power outages triggered shelters and school closures across multiple states while heavy snow and freezing rain disrupted travel from Oklahoma to California.
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