Payoffs Stir Congress Payoffs Stir Congress
Washington AP reports disclosures of payoffs to foreign officials by Lockheed spur calls for an international business ethics code. A $1.1 million gift to Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands was cited to boost Lockheed sales.
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Washington
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Congress
Lockheed
Prince Bernhard
Netherlands
Charles H. Percy
Senate
OECD
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
U.S
Frank Church
Didaho
Multinational
Japan
Sweden
Italy
Turkey
Germany
New Shocks Boost Toll Of Dead In Guatemala
Guatemala City AP reports hundreds of aftershocks raise the death toll to 7,875 with unofficial estimates up to double. Landslides and destroyed bridges cripple the country as 40,000 injured and 200,000 homeless are feared. President Laugerud warns one in ten buildings damaged. mass vaccinations and common graves ordered amid shortages of food medicine and water.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Mexico
Central America
Kjell Eugenio
Laugerud
Latin America
Bicentennial Concert Set Next Friday at Presser Hall
Mexico High School music department presents a 166 piece Dixie Gray band in a Bicentennial program at Presser Hall next Friday at 7 30 p m. Admission is free with no charge. Narrator Dianne Linder will present excerpts from early American history joined by Christy Cottey and Sara Wilfley. The program features inaugural marches and three versions of The Star Spangled Banner, plus German and English origin selections and items from a J C Penney Co packet guiding nationwide college and high school ensembles.
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Music Department of Mexico High School
Presser Hall
Dixie Gray Band
John Willer
U.S. Marine
Willer
Black Jack Horse Dies at 2, Last of Army Calvary Line
Washington AP reports Black Jack, the famous old horse that carried JFK's coffin procession, was put to sleep Friday after aging and kidney failure. He, aged 2, was the last quartermaster issued horse bearing the U S brand, final in a long cavalry tradition.
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Washington
Black Jack
John F. Kennedy
Calvary
The
Republic
Oklahoma Democrats rally as precinct meetings decide delegates
Oklahoma Democrats prepare for precinct meetings to choose national convention delegates amid a high campaign intensity. Up to 50,000 expected turnout with 37 uncommitted delegates and possible early commitments for Carter Bentsen Wallace Harris.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
David Boren
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Texas
Lloyd Bentsen
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Fred R
Harris
Carter
Iowa
Wallace
Mississippi
Maine
Bentsen
Ford Faces Reagan Challenge In New Hampshire Primary
President Ford arrives in Manchester with his wife and daughter for a two day mission to win New Hampshire primary votes. Ford argues the campaign should emphasize hard issues and revenue sharing funds, while Reagan continues trailing with multiple New Hampshire visits.
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Manchester
N.H
Ford
New Hampshire
Ronald Reagan
Susan
Arlington
Reagan
Concord
Nashua
R-Tenn
Florida
Boston
Moynihan Defies Malik With We Do Not Give A Damn
At the United Nations Moynihan blasted Soviet Ambassador Malik for threats over Angola and Comoros. He vowed not to be intimidated, saying we do not give a damn in a tense Security Council exchange. Malik denied threats and a misquote, insisting no slander occurred.
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Moynihan
Malik
United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
U.S
Angola
Security Council
Henry A. Kissinger
Jacob A. Malik
Comoro Islands
East Africa
Africa
Soviet Union
Harvard
Comoros
Gulag
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Weathers Visits Audrain County in 9th District Campaign
Congress candidate Gene Weathers spent Saturday in Audrain County visiting Vandalia Laddonia Farber and Mexico. He highlighted his grandfather Jesse J. Duncan’s political service and stressed farming prospects and access to world markets for fair land returns. Weathers, 39, a former St. Charles County Charter Commission member, lives in Defiance with wife Mary Ann and daughter.
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Gene Weathers
Audrain
Weathers
William Hungate
Vandalia
Laddonia
Farber
Mexico
Jesse J. Duncan
Silex
Lincoln County
Lincoln
Pike
St. Charles County
Central Methodist College
University of Missouri- Columbia
Mary Ann
Defiance
E.K. Weathers
Fayette
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Deborah A. Holtcamp
Kristy
Kelvin Ray Young
Route 1
Perry
Lakeview Drive
West Street
Richard Vance
J.C. Penney Co
Boston School Committee
Henry Jackson
George Wallace
Lyn Nofziger
Greensboro
N.C
Sargent Shriver
Chicago
Fred Harris
Federal Trade Commission
Morris Udall
San
Francisco
Dianne Hart
Paula Bounds
McMillan
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