GOP's Basic Strength Proven Says Sen Baker in Kansas
In Salina Kansas Senator Howard Baker told about 400 at a fund raising dinner that the GOP's strength was proven by Watergate. He campaigned for Senator Bob Dole and said the Senate Watergate Committee found Dole not involved. Baker praised President Ford as presidential and noted Congress may cut federal spending. He discussed immunity for Nixon with Dole agreeing on letting nature take its course.
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Salina
Kan
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
U.S. Senate
Baker
Kansas
Robert Dole
Bill Roy
Bob Dole
Senate Watergate Committee
Dole
Ford
Tennessee Republican
Congress
Senate
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
U.S
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Miners Back But Aim Hard At Fall Strike
The nations soft coal miners returned to work after a five day memorial shutdown that idled about 115000 workers and 1200 mines. Miners expect a possible strike later in the year with some predicting it could force the steel industry to cave first. Utilities reportedly hold greater stock and may weather a strike.
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Charleston
W.va
Jerry Stevens
UMW
Indiana County
Stevens
Streek
National Coal Association
Ind
Kathy Craghead Edits Yearbook at OSU workshop
Miss Kathy Craghead of 1613 E Anderson Mexico edited Northeast Missouri State University yearbook Echo and was among 50 editors attending a College Yearbook Workshop at Ohio University in Athens last week.
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Kathy Craghead
E. Anderson
Mexico
Northeast Missouri State University
Echo
Ohio University
Athens
Evel Knievel declines further Snake River skycycle tests
Evel Knievel says no more Skycycle tests before the September 8 jump. The second test craft plunged into the Snake River canyon after a parachute malfunction, costing nearly 500000 for two vehicles. A third skycycle is being finished in Sacramento as preparations continue.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Evel Knievel
Snake River
Knievel
Sacramento
Calif
Montana
Independents Doubt Nationwide Truck Stoppage Call
ST. LOUIS AP report notes many independent truckers ignore a proposed fall nationwide stoppage. Ohio owner-operator Robert Hildebrand criticizes the National Independent Truckers Unity Committee, calling it phantom and lacking national support. Committee chair Bill Hill cites ICC actions on fuel surcharge as failing promises and plans another St. Louis meeting in October to decide on a stoppage.
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ST. Louis
Associated Press
Robert Hildebrand
Ohio
National Independent Truckers Unity Committee
Bill Hill
Hildebrand
Hill
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Communists Gain Ground in Saigon's North Vietnam War
In Saigon, Communist forces pressed along South Vietnam's northern coast, forcing a government battalion to retreat near Quang Ngai and overrunning an outpost guarding a bridge near Da Nang. The Saigon government protested to the International Commission. Also, two self immolations by Vietnamese veterans drew government claims of anti Communist motives amid public skepticism. In Cambodia, government troops advanced against the Khmer Rouge 140 miles northwest of Phnom Penh to retake Angkor ruins.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Quang Ngai
da Nang
International Commission of Control and Supervision
le Quang Do
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
Phnom Penh
Angkor
Second Killing At Stouffer's
Police investigated a second stabbing death at Stouffer's Riverfront Towers in St Louis. Willie Mae Hyde a 28 year old maid from East St Louis was found bound and stabbed in a room she cleaned with her throat slashed. Her purse with 40 dollars was on the bed.
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ST. Louis
Stouffer’s Riverfront Towers
Willie Mae Hyde
East St. Louis
Ill
Virginia Moskop
President Ford to speak at Federal Bar convention
Washington D C President Gerald R Ford will headline the Federal Bar Association annual five day convention opening September 3 in Washington Also scheduled to speak are FBI Director Clarence M Kelley and Missouri congressman Bill Hungate Hungate will discuss his Judiciary subcommittee work revising Federal Rules of Evidence and Criminal Procedure The three figures are pictured on the cover of the Federal Bar News magazine
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Washington, D.C
Gerald R. Ford
FBI
Clarence M. Kelley
Bill Hungate
Federal Bar Association
Washington
Hungate
Judiciary
Federal Bar News
Ford
Kelley
Fraternity Fire Truck Overturns Near Campus
CAPE GIRARDEAU AP. Faulty brakes blamed for a fraternity owned fire truck overturning near Southeast Missouri State University. With 30 aboard, 22 youths were injured. Seven remained hospitalized, 15 treated and released. Injured include Karen Hendrickson 17 Tina Miller 18 Denise Spinale 18 Steve Speno 19 Chris Schaefer 17 Gary Perry 18 Linda Groslaub 18.
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Cape Girardeau, Mo
Southeast Missouri State University
Phi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Karen Hendrickson
Florissant
St. Louis
Tina Miller
Denise Spinale
Webster Groves
Steve Speno
Chris Schaefer
Cape Girardeau
Gary Perry
Charleston
Linda Groslaub
Dellwood
Bitter Woman Priest Blasts Church Laws
Nancy C H Witteg spoke at St Peters Episcopal Church Morristown after the House of Bishops invalidated 11 women ordinations from a Philadelphia church. She condemned the ruling as sexist, said she remains a priest but will serve as a deacon for now, and described the decision as male arrogance.
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Morristown
Episcopal Church
Nancy C.H. Witteg
Witteg
House of Bishops
Chicago
Richard Witteg
Mt. Horeb Methodist Church
Warren Township
Stored Gas Blast Evacuates 3000
A butane explosion at Enterprise Products underground storage cavern near Petal Mississippi caused a heavy gas flash fire. Officials traced the cause to a faulty valve and evacuated about 3,600 people from surrounding homes and businesses up to seven miles away after windows shattered and residents fled.
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Petal
Miss
Enterprise Products
Hattiesburg
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