Five Avenue clothing firms indicted for price fixing
A federal grand jury in Manhattan charged Saks Fifth Avenue Inc Bergdorf Goodman Inc and Genesco Inc owner of Bonwit Teller with price fixing in dresses suits and coats The indictment alleges they pushed manufacturers to use uniform suggested prices and to bar retailers who sold below them They also set dates for clearance sales and named two executives Barrie Summerfield of Saks and Leonard Hankin of Bergdorf Goodman as defendants
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New York
UPI
Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
Saks and Co
Bergdorf Goodman Inc
Genesco Inc
Bonwit Teller
Barrie Summerfield
Saks
Leonard Hankin
Bergdorf Goodman
Severe Caribbean quake rattles Puerto Rico and nearby islands
A strong earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale struck the eastern Caribbean with its epicenter between St. Kitts and Guadeloupe. Felt across Puerto Rico and the U S Virgin Islands, it damaged two Anglican churches on St. Kitts but caused no reported injuries.
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San Juan, P.R
UPI
Caribbean
St. Kitts
Guadeloupe
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
Senate approves 10 year term for FBI director
The Senate voted 70 to 0 to limit future FBI directors to a single 10 year term with dismissal power retained by the President. Byrd said the change prevents autocratic control and avoids an unfettered political police force, while an amendment for a four year term failed 66 to 4.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Edgar Hoover
FBI
Byrd
Chamber
William L. Scott
R-Va
Scott
Congress
Clemency Board Begins Review of Draft Resister Cases
The nine member Presidential Clemency Board screens individuals jailed when the earned re entry and clemency program launched by President Ford on Sept 16. About 103 draft resisters and 155 deserters are affected. 86 have taken 30 day furloughs soon ending, risking return to prison without board action. The board can only make recommendations to the President for those convicted of draft resistance or desertion.
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Washington
UPI
Presidential
Ford
Clemency Board
Charles Goodell
Greece forms caretaker government ahead of November 17 elections
Prime Minister Constantine Caramanlis' cabinet resigned to allow a caretaker government to oversee Greece's parliamentary elections set for November 17, the first since a seven year dictatorship. Foreign Minister George Mavros and Defense Minister Evangelos Averoff will stay. three other ministers will remain in nonpolitical posts.
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Athens
UPI
Constantine Caramanlis
Greece
George Mavros
Evangelos Averoff
Panayotis Lambrias
Lambrias
Reagan Signs Law to Cut Legislator Pensions in Lunch Signing
Gov. Ronald Reagan signed a bill repealing early retirement bonuses for lawmakers, including his own, in a district luncheon in Downey. Freshman Rep. Bob McLennan advocated the measure amid public pressure after Democrats stalled it, with Reagan noting the signing in McLennan's district as overdue justice.
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Downey
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Bob McLennan
Reagan
McLennan
Sacramento
Bob Wilson
Wilson
U S to monitor grain sales after Soviet purchases
The Agriculture Department announced a voluntary system to track major grain exports to foreign buyers after two firms sold 3.4 million tons to the Soviet Union. Butz requires prior approval for large sales, aiming to prevent market disruption while not stifling exports.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Soviet Union
White House
Continental Grain Co
New York
Cook Industies
Memphis
Tenn
Butz
Henry Jackson
Dwash
Grain Company
U.S
Campaign '74 enters final days as undecided vote grows
Britain heads into the last two days of Campaign '74 with about 20 percent of voters still undecided. Prime Minister Harold Wilson's Labour leads national polls as inflation and unemployment dominate the debate and Brexit membership looms in the Commons. The election, Britain's first twice in one year, aims to break a parliamentary deadlock from February 28.
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London
UPI
Britain
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Wilson
Dominican president warns hostages must accept offer or die
Balaguer declares a final, definitive government offer to let seven hostages depart the Dominican Republic in exchange for the consulate captives. The state will not release prisoners or pay ransoms despite a police warning of dire consequences.
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Balaguer
Idaho favored for atomic waste storage site, AEC plans
Idaho is named the preferred location for a proposed 3 billion radioactive waste storage facility by the Atomic Energy Commission. Dr. Pittman told the Governor's Commission on Atomic Waste that Idaho Falls is the top site, with Hanford and Nevada options also under study. The AEC aims to decide by year start and fund the project in 1976. Public hearings and timelines extend to 1979 for waste acceptance and four years to build.
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Pocatello, Idaho
UPI
Atomic Energy Commission
Idaho
Frank K. Pittman
Division of
Governor's Commission On Atomic Waste
William E. Davis
AEC
Pacific Northwest
Cecil D. Andrus
Pittman
National Engineering Laboratory
Idaho Falls
Hanford
Washington
Nevada
Davis
New Jersey
Commission
Book Furor Flares As 21st Arrests Hit Demonstrations
In Charleston West Virginia three women were arrested at a Quincy area school bus yard raising total arrests to 21 in two days of protests against new school textbooks. Police report continued picketing and potential further trouble as parents seek to keep books from classrooms.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Quincy
Here
Kanawha
Kemp Melton
St. Albans
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Robert C. Byrd
Gov
Ron Nelsen
Starbuck Mortuary Community Funeral Directors
Ansback
West Germany
Mark Kkck
Edwards
Toge
Ther
MacFarlane
Lompoc Plaza
Clark & Larsson
Volkswagen
East Ocean Ave
Lompoc
Lompoc Shopping Center
Tregas
Southern California Gas Company
KKOK
Lompoc, Calif
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