Signs of U S recovery as oil imports rise and spending grows
UPI reports encouraging signs of recovery with higher oil imports fueling industry and consumer spending up in September. Commerce data show a $1 billion drop in trade balance from Q2 to Q3, a rise in imports, and a 0.9 percent fall in leading indicators driven mainly by spending.
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Jewish League plans million-strong army for Israel border guard
The Jewish Defense League proposes to raise an army of one million armed volunteers to protect Israel from a nuclear disaster, drawing support from some while drawing swift resistance from Israeli and U.S. officials. Irv Rubin calls it a realistic plan despite objections.
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Ford to attend fund raising events in California
President Ford travels to California for a series of fund raising dinners and a luncheon at the St. Francis Hotel. Security is stepped up around the hotel after a prior gun incident involving Sara Jane Moore. The trip includes Milwaukee dinner plans and a videotaped interrogation related to Lynette Fromme.
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Mao Says Yes to Ford Visit Meeting in Peking
Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse-Tung reportedly pledged to meet with President Ford in Peking. Japanese Foreign Minister Miyazawa said Kissinger showed a paper stating yes in Mao's handwriting and described Mao's written promise.
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Nationwide feminist strike called by NOW disrupts daily life
American women were urged to halt work shopping banking cooking and even sex for a one day protest titled Alice Doesn t. NOW organizers aimed to show how dependent society is on homemakers and workers while opponents planned counter protests and many prominent women declined to participate.
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Amendments rapped as aid to busing
A Kentucky civil rights official told Congress that four proposed constitutional amendments to end busing as a desegregation tool are a literal fix that could curb rights. He urged housing desegregation as a better path to racial balance.
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Auto makers must pay for errors in catalytic converters
Sacramento officials rule that automakers must cover the repair cost of faulty catalytic converter antismog devices in 1976 and 1977 cars. The regulation, extended from an earlier emergency rule, rejects the auto industry’s claim that motorists should bear ordinary repair costs and clarifies loan-car costs are not required.
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