Labor Money Aids Union Bill Vote
An unofficial tally shows organized labor donated about 1.4 million dollars in 1974 to many Senators who now back a construction unions bill. The measure seeks to allow common sites picketing and could shut down entire building sites. 62 senators voted to end a filibuster, with 26 receiving union funds.
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Washington
House
Ford
Common Cause
Senate
AFI- Cto
Paul Laxalt
Rnev
Associated General Contractors
Wallace diary pieces Truman as small opportunist and Hoover as Himmler
Excerpts from Henry Wallace’s unsealed 1944 diary quote him calling Harry Truman a small opportunistic man and compare J. Edgar Hoover to Adolf Hitler’s Gestapo chief. The notes also reflect Wallace’s views on Roosevelt’s health and astrology, tied to the 1944 political context.
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Wallace
Truman Small Man
Iowa City
Iowa
Henry Wallace
Harry Truman
J. Edgar Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
University of Iowa Library
Truman
Chicago
Edgar Hoover
Pearson
Hoover
Walter Winchell
Winchell
Himmler
FBI
Roosevelt
Blonde Hunted As Bomber In London Restaurant Attack
Scotland Yard hunts four suspects including a pretty blonde woman after a bomb at Walton's Chelsea killed a jeweler and a real estate developer's wife and wounded about 20 others. The arsonish anarchist device sprayed ball bearings and nuts. a blue Singer car was used. Witnesses describe a grim group fleeing seconds after the blast as the IRA is blamed for a wave of attacks.
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London
Scotland Yard
Walton's
Chelsea
Singer
Irish Republican Army
Britain
Northern Ireland
Barbara Matthews
New York City
Ivy Brent
James Neville
Gifts Drive to Buy Bingham Drawings in Missouri Drive
Four major gifts totaling 175000 aid the purchase of 112 George Caleb Bingham drawings. Gifts include 25000 from the A P Green Foundation backed by Gov Bond, 25000 from Mrs Helen Foresman Spencer, 25000 from Herman Sutherland, and 100000 from the Beaumont Foundation. The program aims for 1800000 in funds by June 30 to prevent sale of the Bingham collection.
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George Caleb Bingham
Christopher S. Bond
A.P. Green Foundation
Bond
American Royal
Kansas City
Helen Foresman Spencer
Nelson Gallery of Art
Herman Sutherland
Sutherland Lumber Co
Nelson Gallery
Fisherman
Mississippi
Gov. Bond
Stanley J. Goodman
May Department Stores Co
Famous Barr
Venture Stores
St. Louis
Louis D. Beaumont Foundation
May Co
Bingham
Mercantile Library Assn. of
St. Louis Art Museum
Bingham Sketches, Inc
Bond Offers Plan on Property Tax Reform in Missouri
Gov. Christopher Bond proposes a five year plan to gradually equalize property tax assessments toward the 33 1/3 percent value standard, while opposing statewide reassessment due to cost. The proposal includes local control, county equalization, assessor training, publication of parcel values, and an expanded Tax Commission. The Missouri Association of Counties endorses a legislative package raising the sales tax, funding indigent care, boosting prison support, tightening intergovernmental cooperation, and amending bonds approval thresholds.
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Jefferson City
Christopher S. Bond
Missouri
Bond
Missouri Association of Counties
George Lehr
Lehr
State Tax Commission
General Assembly
New Mideast Moves, Kissinger Says
Secretary of State Kissinger says he is working on new Mideast peace moves and will reply to a Soviet proposal to resume the Geneva conference. He rules out Palestinian Liberation Organization participation after meeting with UN secretary general Waldheim, who departs for a Middle East tour.
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United Nations, N.Y
Henry A. Kissinger
Mideast
Palestine Liberation Organization
Kissinger
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Syria
Lebanon
Jordan
Israel
Egypt
Grandparents Charged With Grandson Kidnap
An Ohio couple who gained custody of their grandson after severe injuries to him fled to Florida and now face abduction charges. Nelson Kelber, 57, and Elizabeth Kelber, 55, await Gov. Askew’s decision on extradition to Ohio, where they could face a 15 year sentence. They say they acted to protect him from abuse and claim the courts favored their actions.
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Naples, Fla
Ohio
Florida
Nelson Kelber
Elizabeth
Reubin Askew
Kelbers
Harvey Jr
Harvey
Andrea Kelber
Painesville
Elizabeth Kelber
Lake County
Paul H. Mitrovich
Mitrovich
Welfare Department
Nelson
Full Eclipse Of Moon Viewed
Weather permitting a full lunar eclipse was visible across much of the United States east of a line from Louisiana to Indiana. The Naval Observatory noted viewing was poorer at its own site. The eclipsed moon appeared reddish from Earth's atmosphere and sunlight. The next lunar eclipse is slated for November 1979 and will be visible in the western United States.
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Washington
United States
Louisiana
Indiana
Naval Observatory
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