Lao Problem Backing Up Its Currency Faces Shortage
Diplomatic sources said Australia Britain France and Japan will sign a grant agreement next Tuesday to contribute over 6.50 to the Laotian foreign exchange fund supporting the kip. The United States will acknowledge its 5 million contribution this year. further aid depends on Congress. The fund totals 13.5 million, well below usual 22 million. Phoune Sipaseuth named vice premier and foreign minister. Phoumi Vongvichit to medical treatment in Peking. Renominations rotate two Pathet Lao ministers as militant leaders rise. South Vietnam reports clearing over 1 000 bombs to restore cultivation. Some South Vietnamese religious groups resist the new regime despite Hanoi affirming religious freedom.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao Bit
Australia
Britain
France
Japan
Foreign Exchange Fund
United States
Congress
Pathet Lao
Neo Lao Hak Sat
Phoune Sipaseuth
Phoumi Vongvichit
Phoumi
Peking
South Vietnam
3Lai Phong
Quang Nvai Novince
Circuit Attorney Ryan backs Hearnes for Senate
St Louis Circuit Attorney Brendan Ryan joined Democrats backing former Gov Warren Hearnes for the U S Senate seat of Missouri. Ryan praised Hearnes as an experienced public servant with strong law enforcement records while noting Hearnes faces a federal investigation he says he will clear.
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ST. Louis
Brendan Ryan
Warren E. Hearnes
U.S. Senate
Warren Hearnes
Ryan
Hearnes
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Missouri
George Lehr
Tennessee Monkey Trial Fifty Years Later
Dayton recalls the 1925 Scopes evolution trial as a landmark case. The article notes the May 5 1925 table moment that set Scopes as defendant, the July 10 start, Darrow and Bryan roles, the $100 fine overturned on appeal, and later lives of key figures including Scopes who died in 1970.
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Dayton, Tenn
Robinson's
Rhea County
John Thomas Scopes
Tennessee
Scopes
Darwin
Clarence Darrow
The
Times
William Jennings Bryan
Darrow
Bryan
State Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Sue K. Hicks
Sweetwater
Hicks
Stopes
Sune
Legislators Seek Federal Help Over Jobless Pay
Missouri lawmakers debate the right of former legislative secretaries to receive federally subsidized unemployment benefits after the session. Republican leader Robert Snyder calls it a federal issue, while the House Accounts Committee asks staff to verify compliance. About 95 applicants await initial payments. benefits may end Dec. 31 without renewal.
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Jefferson City
Missouri House
Robert Snyder
Kirkwood
House Accounts Committee
Jim Duncan
State Division of Employment Security
House
Richard Rabbitt
St. Louis
Congress
Director Charged With Airline Fight
Los Angeles AP reports movie director Sam Peckinpah has been charged with battery for allegedly striking an airline employee on June 20 after he and a friend were asked to disembark a Continental Airlines flight from Los Angeles International Airport bound for Hawaii. Arraignment is set for July 22 in West Los Angeles Municipal Court.
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Los Angeles
Sam Peckinpah
West Los Angeles
Continental Airlines
Hawaii
Los Angeles International Airport
Month-long Struggle Saves Man From Plague
In Phoenix a month-long effort by Dr. James Favata saved 23-year-old Ralph Fulp from bubonic plague. Fulp, a Chino Valley resident, survived but will lose parts of most fingers and some toes. Among seven confirmed plague cases nationwide this year, his case drew strong warnings from health officials.
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Phoenix
Ariz
James Favata
Ralph Fulp
Arizona Health Depart
Quick Shops Sues 8 Chains in $8 Million Antitrust Suit
Quick Shops Inc sues Retail Clerks Union Local 655 and eight St. Louis area grocers in U S District Court claiming a conspiracy to drive it from the market. The suit seeks 2 million actual damages, 1 million punitive, triple damages, and an order halting picketing. Other suits allege unions pressured workers and truck operators.
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ST. Louis
Quick Shops, Inc
U.S
Retail Clerks Union
Retail Clerks Union Local 655
Grocery Chaims
General Grocer Co
Associated Grocers of
Tom Boy, Inc
Independent Grocers of America
A&p Co
Kroger Co
National Super Markets, Inc
Schnucks Markets, Inc
Quick Shops
Retail Clerks Association
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Governor On Yacht During Mansion Repair
Governor Marvin Mandel and his family will reside aboard the Maryland Lady for three more weeks while renovations finish on the 107-year-old 54-room governor's mansion in Annapolis. Mandel has already slept on the yacht at the city dock for two weeks. Similar prior action occurred when Spiro Agnew and his family lived on the yacht for four months after a near condemnation during his term.
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Annapolis
Marvin Mandel
Maryland Lady
Mandel
Spiro T
Agnew
Brown Signs Marijuana Bill in California
Gov Edmund Brown Jr signed a law reducing possession of up to an ounce of marijuana to a traffic ticket with a fine up to 100 dollars. Effective January 1 1976 the offense becomes a misdemeanor while harsher penalties for dealers remain. Oregon had similar penalties since 1973. NORML spokesman Gordon Brownell notes California becomes relatively liberal.
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Sacramento
Calif
Edmund Brown Jr
California
Oregon
National Organization For the Reform of Marijuana Laws
Gordon Brownell
Five Years Long Enough Butz Says Five Years Long Enough
Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz says five years in the cabinet will be long enough. In a taped television interview he noted he is in office now only because President Ford asked him to stay, having been named secretary in December 1971. He said he would not seek another term as Ford’s presidency could end after 1976 and he would be 67 then. He spoke of a 38 year marriage and two grown sons as reasons to retire.
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Herbert
Scopes
Hicks
Bryan
Dayton
Shreveport
Ment
Arizona
Favata
Fulp
State Health Department
Chino Valley
U.S
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Earl L. Butz
Butz
Ford
Buzz
Buddhist opposition grows in South Vietnam amid rebel reports
U S intelligence reports say Hoa Hao and Cao Dai groups are mounting militant resistance to Communist rule in Saigon and Delta region. Tri Quang denounced executions in Saigon, while some Cao Dai leaders urged adherence noncooperation. Reports cite guerrilla hints as Cao Dai members melt into countryside. Analysts doubt sustained insurgency will threaten the Communist victory.
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Washington
U.S
Tri Quang
Saigon
Hoa Hao
Cao Dai
Tay Ninh
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Vietnam
VNA
Hong Kong
National Front For Liberation Committee
Gia Dinh
Phutc Tuy
Vung Tau
National To Keep Up No Frills Fare Gains
National Airlines says the no frills fare scheme drew 74 000 new flyers and added 4 million in income during a 45 day test. The carrier will resume the program September 3 and run through December 16, while rivals Eastern Delta Continental and American chair debate the impact and losses.
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Miami
National Airlines
J. Dan Brock
National
Eastern
Delta
Continental
American
Civil Aeronautics Board
Houston
San Francisco
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Quick Shops Inc
WAL Lite
Mexico Lumber CO
East
Mexico
Brown
Rottman Electric
Wellsville
Blattners
Bud Donaldson
Gilbert Coultns
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