Army Chief Forms Panel as West Point Cheating Scandal Grows
Army Secretary Hoffmann intervenes in the West Point cheating case saying the move spares convicted cadets the usual automatic dismissal and allows readmission. A seven member review panel led by Frank Borman will probe causes and propose reforms as the scandal nears the academy’s worst in 174 years with 89 convicted and 202 involved.
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Army
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West Point
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Hoffman
Senate
Associated Press
Michael Ivy
Frank Borman
Air Force
Eastern Air Lines
Borman
Betty Ford Improves During Vail Therapy Visit
First Lady Betty Ford, troubled by neck and shoulder arthritis, shows marked improvement after additional therapy including massage and heat packs. She rested by the pool at the rented home during a nine day working vacation and was well enough to entertain 14 guests at dinner and join the President for a meal at a Vail restaurant.
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Vail
Colo
Betty Ford
Sheila Rabb
Weidenfeld
Ford
Fords
First Insect Zoo Opens At Smithsonian
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History debuts the nation's first insect zoo, displaying big and small bugs in plexiglas enclosures to educate visitors. Keeper Bruce Daniels notes bugs’ curious acts from dung beetles to leaf cutter ants while visitors react with fascination and a touch-friendly approach.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History
Bruce Daniels
Watertown
N.Y
Daniels
Jason Vens
Hampton
Jason
Russian Actress Returns With Gifts From United States
Zoya Fyodorova, the 64 year old Soviet film star, has returned to the USSR laden with gifts for loved ones and memories of a marvelous time with her family in the United States. She spent four months in the United States with her daughter Victoria Pouy, also an actress, who traveled there last year to meet her American father and who married an American airline pilot.
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Moscow
Zoya Fyodorova
Ussr
United States
Victoria Pouy
Commission Criticizes Anti busing Desegregation Report
The U S Commission on Civil Rights released a 31 page study criticizing Ford and Congress for trying to curb court ordered busing. It urges that such moves undermine desegregation and minority rights and warns against delaying constitutional remedies. Public hearings included Louisville Boston Tampa Berkeley Minneapolis and more.
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U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Ford
Congress
Executive
Commission
Mendations
Arthur S. Fleming
Eisenhower
Fleming
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Nixon
Louisville
Tampa
Fla
Denver
Boston
Berkeley
Calif
Minneapolis
Barnet Conn
Dus Christi
Tex
Biologist Still Has Hope For Life On Mars
A Viking 1 report lowers odds of life on Mars while keeping hope alive. Scientists note undetected organic material yet propose models with subsistence microbes. Viking 2 targets Sept 3 touchdown at Utopia Planitia, a wetter region north of Viking 1 with windblown sand blanketing the plain, raising life prospects.
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Pasadena
Calif
Viking 1
Mars
Viking 2
Earth
Klaus Biemann
Viking
Biemann
Harold Klein
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Utopia
Harold Masursky
Drug Dispute Linked to Five Killings in Beverly Hills
Police believe a narcotics dispute sparked a shooting and stabbing spree that killed five people, at a home known for narcotics activity. Investigators seek five men and a woman who fled the scene as officers arrived and neighbors described a rapid exit after a possible confrontation.
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Beverly Hills
Robert Lowrey
St. Louis Area
Robert
Paula Vaughn
Vaughn
Lowrey
Vaughns
Robert Hayes
Thomas Whitlock
Barbara June Hill
Hijack Reported As 250000 Job
Cairo AP report says three Arab hijackers seeking Libyan pay to force Egyptair jet to Libya were foiled by disguised paratroopers. Two hijackers injured, third surrendered. no passengers or crew harmed. Libyan denial and Egyptian claims of subversion linked to railway station and Cairo bombing.
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Libya
Muammar
Khadafy
Egypt
Mackin S
Luxor
Mamdouh Salem
Anwar Sadat
Salem
Alexandria
Interior Ministry
Mohammed Abdel Ghany Gamaasy
Dole Urges Moderates To Join Campaign
Washington AP reports Senator Robert Dole calls for GOP moderates and liberal Republicans to join the campaign. He named Sen. Charles Mathias and others like Sen. Edward Brooke and Sen. Mark Hatfield, plans White House talks with Ford and trips to Seattle and Des Moines to critique Carter positions. Dole also expects time with Kissinger and internal briefings as he aims to broaden the party’s tent while preparing for national security and foreign affairs briefings.
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Robert Dole
GOP
Dole
Marylee
Charles McC. Mathias
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Mark C. Hatfield
Oregon
Ford
Vail
Cole
Jimmy Carter
White House
Ron Nessen
Seattle
Des Moines
Carter
American Legion
Iowa
Senate
Walter F
W. F. Mondale
Die
Capitol
CIA
George Bush
Robert Ellsworth
William Hyland
Colorado
She Wins But Loses In Ozark Height Case
Rose mary Roth Boyd, a flight instructor from St Charles, won a court order for Ozark Air Lines to pay her $2,600 in attorney fees and to lower its pilot height standard from 5 feet 9 to 5 feet 7. At 5 feet 2 she still fails the minimum, and the judge found the airline’s old height rule not proven necessary, though she was deemed too short to be a pilot. The airline declined to comment.
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ST. Louis
Rosemary Roth Boyd
Ozark Air Lines
Boyd
St. Charles
U.S
John F. Nangle
Ozark
Nangle
Food price changes mixed across Missouri market basket
Missouri Farm Bureau survey shows mixed grocery prices across 50 stores. 2 percent milk averaged $1.58 a gallon versus $1.54 for whole milk, with whole milk down slightly from last week. Beef cuts eased modestly while pork and poultry varied, eggs and bread edged lower or higher on small shifts.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Farm Bureau
Police say Vaughn linked to Friday shooting injuring man
Police report ties Vaughn to a Friday shooting in which another man was wounded with a leg injury. Details of the incident remain under investigation and no arrests were announced.
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Vaughn
15 Hour Skate A Thon Planned To Aid MD Fund
A skate a thon to benefit muscular dystrophy runs 16 hours from 6 p m Sept 6 at the Mexico Roller Rink. Participants earn hours as sponsors donate, prizes go to top three players, and meals and incentives are offered by local sponsors.
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MD Fund
Mexico
Harold's Supermarket
Gibron
Soybeans Rated 67 Percent Fair in Missouri
Missouri crops deteriorated amid heat and dryness with 86 percent soil moisture deficit. Soybeans 15 percent poor, 47 percent fair, 18 percent good as 83 percent bloomed and blooms dropped in heat. Corn 42 percent poor, 42 percent fair, 16 percent good with 69 percent in dough stage. Cotton in Bootheel 85 percent setting bolls, alfalfa third cutting 69 percent finished. pastures 58 percent poor, 31 percent fair, 10 percent good.
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Columbia
Missouri
Missouri Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Bootheel
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