Ford Attacks for South Vote in Pre Campaign Push
United Press International reports that President Ford counters claims he ignores the South by sending running mate Robert Dole and wife Liddy to stump the Carolinas and Georgia. The campaign also highlights bipartisan unity as Ford announces Ronald Reagan's support in a telephone call.
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Ford
Robert Dole
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Dole
Liddy
North Carolina
Carolinas
Georgia
GOP
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Reagan
California
Carter
White House
University of Michigan
James Holshouser
Warm Springs
Walter Mondale
Plains
Salisbury
N.C
Republican Party
Disarm conference ends with draft environmental ban
The 30 nation Disarmament Conference in Geneva concluded its 1976 session with in principle agreement on a draft treaty banning environmental warfare. It prohibits hostile environmental modification to cause earthquakes, tidal waves, or atmospheric changes and moves to the UN General Assembly for debate. Several delegations welcomed the principle but await formal approval. The text dates to a joint US Soviet proposal in 1975.
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Switzerland
UPI
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United Nations
Joseph Martin Jr
Martin
General Assembly
U.S
Soviet Union
Howe undecided on reelection amid sex charge conviction
Rep Allan Howe of Utah says he has not yet decided whether to seek reelection after his sex charge conviction. He planned an evening news conference in Salt Lake City and said he would discuss the matter with family and close friends before announcing his decision today.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Allan Howe
Utah
Howe
Marlene
Utah Democratic Party
Ford bans aliens from employment in federal service
President Ford directs the Civil Service Commission to continue barring aliens from competitive service jobs, despite a Supreme Court ruling that the ban violated due process. He calls on Congress to act, insisting national interest justifies the general prohibition with limited exceptions.
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UPI
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Supreme Court
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U.S
John Paul Stevens
Cape Town Riots: Police clash with demonstrators in major centers
Riot police fired buckshot and baton charged thousands of protesters across Cape Town and townships including Langa Hanover Park and Maitland. Two rioters were shot and a third died in hospital with a fourth reported as a possible suicide.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Overtime push urged to hasten swine flu vaccine
WASHINGTON agencies push drug firms to use overtime to convert bulk vaccine into individual doses for the nationwide swine flu immunization program. HEW notes 143 million Americans target with 100 million bulk doses ready but only 20.4 million individual doses available by Oct 1.
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UPI
Ford
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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HEW
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Theodore Cooper
Mathews
Ers
Congress
Mediation sought as Lebanon fronts flare toward peace
Amid three battlefronts in Beirut Sidon and Tripoli, rivals including Syria ask President-elect Elias Sarkis to mediate a peace settlement before he takes office. Reports say he is optimistic while fighting and shelling kill and wound dozens, with Syrian forces reportedly bolstering Christian positions near Jezzine.
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Lebanon
UPI
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Sarkis
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Tripoli
Arab League
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Israel
Tel Aviv
Enzyme Could Prolong Life, Bjorksten Says
Dr Johan Bjorksten told the American Chemical Society in San Francisco that finding an enzyme to dissolve cross links between gene molecules could slow aging and raise life expectancy to around eight centuries, potentially extending average lifespans to 800 years.
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San Francisco
UPI
Johan Bjorksten
Bjorksten
American Chemical Society
FTC Bars Spider Man Vitamin Ads Targeting Children
The FTC ruled against Hudson Pharmaceutical’s Spider Man Vitamins, imposing strict limits on ads that appeal to children. The consent order bans TV or print pitches with dominant child appeal, prohibits hero figures before 9 05 p.m. local time, bars hero-sized imagery, bans comic book ads, and disallows direct mail to children. Action for Children's Television praised the landmark agreement as protecting young consumers.
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UPI
Federal Trade Commission
Hudson Pharmaceutical Corp
FTC
Action For Children’s Television
Hudson
Spider Man
Commission
ACT
Peggy Charren
Speck Seeks Parole From Illinois Parole Board
Richard Speck, serving 400 to 1,200 years for the 1966 nurse murders, will ask the Illinois Parole and Pardon Board for freedom at a September 15 hearing at Stateville Penitentiary. More than 3,000 letters, including a group of 50 nurses, have supported the application. Speck has served 10 years and two months toward eligibility.
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Chicago
UPI
Richard Speck
Parole Board
Tom Munro
Illinois Parole and Pardon Board
Stateville Penitentiary
Speck
Dallas
South Side
Oil executives face tax fraud charges in $2 million slush fund
A federal grand jury indicted Phillips Petroleum Co. and three former top leaders including Stanley Learned and William W. Keeler on seven counts of tax fraud conspiracy. The scheme allegedly used a Swiss bank slush fund, with coded entries and concealed payments to foreign entities.
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UPI
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