Magnuson Sought Airline Donations in 1972
Senate Commerce Committee chairman Warren Magnuson was credited in court records with raising 9450 dollars from a dozen airline executives for the Democratic party in 1972. The two day donations were logged with the nickname Maggie beside each gift.
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Washington ( AP
Warren G. Magnuson
Democratic Party
Associated Press
Washington Democrat
Magnuson
Senate Commerce Committee
Democratic
Senate
Maggie
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
John J. Sparkman
Dala
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Ray Blanton
Dtenn
Barefoot Sanders
Texas
Senatorial Committee
Arthur F. Kelley
Western Airlines
George Spater
American Airlines
John J. Casey
Braniff International
Robert H. Burck
Braniff
Robert Six
Continental Airlines
United Air Lines
Edward E. Carlson
Robert Johnson
Charles McErlean
Ralph Gleason
E. O. Fennell
R. L. Mangold
Percy Wood
United
Carlson
Kelley
Sen. Magnuson
Casey
Spater
Richard M. Nixon
Election Day Tomorrow In 13 States
Voters in 13 states and the District of Columbia will vote in primaries to select candidates for November's congressional and gubernatorial contests. Incumbents mostly favored. notable battles in New York and Massachusetts. multiple Senate races on the line. DC mayoral race seen as a de facto election.
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Associated Press
District of Columbia
Arizona
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New York
Rhode Island
Utah
Vermont
Wisconsin
Meldrim Thomson Jr
John Vanderhoof
Hugh L. Carey
Howard J. Samuels
Malcolm Wilson
Michael S. Dukakis
Robert Quinn
Francis W. Sargent
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
R-Md
Ross Pierpoint
Barry Goldwater
Rariz
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Peter H. Dominick
R-Colo
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Edward J. Gurney
R-Fla
Wilson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
GOP
Reubin Askew
Marvin Mandel
Thomas P. Salmon
Wendell R
Auto Workers Afraid To Retire On 30 Year Plan
Detroit AP reports thousands of auto workers avoid the 30 and out plan, citing low take up of full pension. Doug Fraser notes rising living costs deter retirement. benefits rise Oct 1 from 550 to 625 monthly, with future increases to 700 by 1978. GM 804, Ford 350, Chrysler about 150 expected.
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Detroit
Doug Fraser
UAW
Chrysler Corp
Fraser
Ford
Chrysler
Missouri Gets 1.1 Million From Forests
The Agriculture Department said 118 million dollars in government checks were sent to states as their share of national forest receipts from timber sales grazing and other land-use charges. Missouri received 1 138 418 dollars as part of the 39 states and Puerto Rico, with schools and roads to benefit. Oregon led the states with 41.1 million. Ford And Laird Third In Tourney.
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Washington
National Forest
Agriculture Department
U. S. Forest Service
Puerto Rico
U. S. Treasury’s General Fund
Department
Oregon
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Four To Attend Central Methodist College
Four area residents were accepted for the fall term at Central Methodist College. Diana K. Birch, Peggy K. Lierheimer, Terry L. Page, and Betty Jo Orcutt will join as freshmen. Birch will major in drama, Lierheimer and Page are 1974 Mexico High School graduates, Orcutt is a nursing major who has attended St. Louis University.
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Benton City
Birch
Northeast Missouri State University
University of Missouri, Columbia
Lierheimer
Page
Mexico High School
Miss Orcutt
St. Louis University
Hurricane Carmen Devastates Louisiana Sugar Region
Hurricane Carmen battered Louisiana with 180 mph winds, destroying about 75 percent of the sugar cane crop at an estimated cost of 100 million dollars while causing two deaths. About 14,000 refugees remained in evacuation centers as residents returned home and Lafayette faced extensive but non fatal damage. Red Cross logged 60,000 housed refugees at the storm’s peak, and Gov. Edwin W. Edwards planned a study to determine aid needs.
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New Orleans
Carmen
Louisiana
Texas
Lafayette
Central Louisiana Electric Co
Edwin W. Edwards
Gilbert Durbin
American Sugar Cane League
Red Cross
Edwards
Ford
Abbeville
Franklin
Avery Island
Agriculture Claims Top US Industry Status
LAS CRUCES NM U S farmers represent under five percent of the population yet hold production assets over 300 billion dollars and spend 64 billion annually on expenses, with property taxes above 3 billion and a debt nearing 80 billion that may double in ten years. The average commercial farmer has more than 100000 invested in land machinery and buildings, while one in five U S jobs is tied to agriculture and the sector employs 4.4 million directly and supports 10 to 12 million more in related industries.
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Las Cruces
N.M
U.S
John M. White
New Mexico State University
White
Mexican army frees senator after guerrilla abduction
Mexican troops liberate Sen. Ruben Figueroa and four aides from Lucio Cabanas after a gun battle in Guerrero state. Cabanas fled. 20,000 troops conduct a major operation. Earlier, President Echeverria’s father-in-law was freed by another group claiming CIA involvement.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Sen
Ruben Figueroa
Lucio Cabanas
Cabanas
Hermenegildo Cuenca Diaz
Figueroa
Luis Echeverria
Echeverria
Defense Ministry
el Quemado
Acapulco
Guerrero
Cuenca Diaz
Sierra Madre de Atyac
Government
Jose Guadalupe Zano Hernandez
Han Suyin in China as guest of Friendship group
A Peking broadcast said Han Suyin the British author of A Many Splendored Thing is in China as a guest of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.
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Tokyo
Han Suyin
China
Chinese People’s Association For Friendship With
Peking
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Roth's Foods
E. Liberty
Belmont
Jack Spratt Hominy
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Suyin
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