Rhodesia's PM to unveil plan for black majority rule
Salisbury reports Prime Minister Ian Smith will address the nation to announce Rhodesia's government will hand over power to the black majority within two years. The plan, urged by Kissinger and Vorster, includes ending guerrilla war, black inclusion in parliament, and a $2 billion fund to aid whites leaving Rhodesia.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Ian K. Smith
United & States
South Africa
Rhodesia
Smith
Vorster
Rhodesian Front
Mozambique
Zambia
Kissinger
London
United States
Britain
Open House At Mexico Handi Shop
The Handi-Shop at 919 West Liberty will host an open house Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. for the public. Staff will showcase sheltered workshop work and how Mexico Area Community Chest funds are used. The center employs 28 handicapped workers aged 18 to 72, one of 55 such workshops in the state. Manager Al Hagar invites the public to view the old shoe factory on West Liberty Street.
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West Liberty
Mexico Area
al Hagar
West Liberty Street
GOP Opens Downtown Campaign Headquarters in County
The Republican party opened a new downtown headquarters at 107 W. Monroe Street County with Chairman Howard Walker announcing daily hours from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Mrs. Robert Marty led a committee preparing the site. New admissions at Pin Oaks Nursing Home include Mrs. Minnie Sulgrove and Mrs. Evelyn Hutchinson of Mexico and Ben Wilson of Centralia.
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Republican Campaign
Monroe Street
Howard Walker
Robert Marty
Pin Oaks Nursing Home
Minnie Sulgrove
Evelyn Hutchinson
Mexico
Ben Wilson
Centralia
Kissinger Credits Personal Charm in African Peace Mission
In London Kissinger joked his personal charm aided his southern Africa shuttle but warned the blame would fall if talks fail. Crosland agreed. He urged Rhodesian PM Ian Smith to soon announce regime acceptance of majority rule within two years and pressed Moscow to avoid destabilizing great power rivalry in the region. A senior U.S. official said the Soviets had launched a campaign to wreck the peace mission.
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London
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Anthony Crosland
Kissinger
Ian Smith
Soviet Union
Africa
Washington
Ouster Suit Filed On Sheriff Shelly in Pemiscot County
Pemiscot County Sheriff Thad Shelly faces a civil ouster action filed by County Prosecutor Mike Hazel alleging failure to turn over fees, enforce gambling laws, file jail reports, post a 50000 dollar bond, and nepotism for employing his son as a dispatcher. The suit cites an incomplete state audit and a weight fines discrepancy. Shelly, who won the DemocraticPrimary for another four-year term, was elected in 1971 after a prior misconduct ouster. In Kansas City, Trans World Airlines ground personnel represented by IAM Local 1650 vote on a new contract October 4 at two sessions in the Music Hall.
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Caruthersville, Mo
Pemiscot
Thad
Shelly
Mike Hazel
Missouri Highway Patrol
Hazel
Missouri Supreme Court
Clyde Orton
Kansas City
Trans World Airlines
International Asssociation of Machinists
Earl Wheeler
Municipal Auditorium
Wheeler
I.A.M
Polio vaccine debate centers on live virus risks
Washington AP story reports polio cases from live-virus vaccines now exceed naturally occurring cases though total polio cases remain about a dozen yearly. Drs Salk and Aldrich testifying before a Senate subcommittee warn live vaccine can transmit polio while experts urge keeping both vaccines available amid shortages and public apathy toward polio vaccination.
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Washington
Jonas Salk
Senate
Robert A. Aldrich
University of Colorado Medical Center
Salk
Albert Sabin
United States
Jan Diouhy
Lederle Laboratories
Steel Co Gift To Ford Under SEC Probe
U S Steel confirms an SEC probe into entertainment of government officials including President Ford at company facilities. Reported trips and stays with a company lobbyist are described with Ford paying his own airfares, while White House says no wrongdoing. Roger Whyte, son of the lobbyist, earns 15000 a year as an advance man on VP Rockefeller’s staff.
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Washington
U.S. Steel
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
Ford
White House
Florida
New Jersey
Caribbean
William Whyte
Whyte
Roger
Nelson Rockefeller
Roger Whyte
UAW Ford talks near a settlement as strike enters weeks
UAW vice president says negotiators are getting closer to a contract ending the strike against Ford. Both sides report progress after 170,000 workers walked out on Sept. 15, with focus on job security, layoffs, wages, health care, pensions and paid days off. Ford notes progress on noneconomic issues as mid-September sales rose 11 percent. In Atlanta, Mayor Maynard Jackson led fund raising for a $1.6 million NAACP damages judgment in Port Gibson Miss, saying failure to pay could harm the group.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Ken Bannon
Ford
U.S
Atlanta
Maynard Jackson
NAACP
Port Gibson
Miss
Jackson
Five college debate coaches rate Ford edge over Carter
A five member panel of coaches from across the nation scored the first Ford Carter debate for The Associated Press. Ford led four judges on overall analysis and refutation while Carter's supporters earned higher marks in responsiveness and inflation topics. The scorecards show Ford edging Carter by modest margins in most categories.
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Washington
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Associated Press
Barbara O'Connor
California State University At
Sacramento
Donn Parson
University of Kansas
William Southworth
University of Redlands
Calif
James K. Unger
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C
Melissa Maxcy Wade
Emory University
Atlanta
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Wade
Southworth
Phelps Denies Dodging Debate in Missouri race
In Missouri Lt. Gov. William Phelps denies House Speaker Richard Rabbitt’s claim that he refused to debate. Phelps says a Jefferson City debate was taped and will air on Missouri Radio Network, and he accepted a joint appearance with Rabbitt at the Missouri Press Association Convention in St. Louis on Oct. 22, 1976. Edward L. Sprague named judge of the 21st Judicial Circuit in St. Louis County to fill the Corning vacancy. appointment effective Monday. Sprague in private practice since February.
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Jeeperson City
William Phelps
Richard Rabbitt
Phelps
Rabbitt
Christopher S. Bond
Bond
Jefferson City
Missouri Press Association
St. Louis
Edward L. Sprague
Christopher
21St Judicial Circuit
St. Louis County
Paul E. Corning Jr
Sprague
Nevada Requires License of Sinatra
The Nevada Gaming Commission voted to require Frank Sinatra and his attorney Milton Rudin to apply for a gaming license and undergo intensive background investigations. State law compels any individual or interest holding more than 5 percent of a gambling operation to submit to the investigation and licensing process and pay the cost.
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Las Vegas, Nev
Nevada Gaming Commission
Frank Sinatra
Milton Rudin
Nevada
Abduction Alarm as Missing Wife of Developer Seen
In Jacksonville Florida the wife of contractor and real estate figure Richard Jaffa, 35, vanished while headed to a hair salon. A $50,000 partial ransom was left at a forest scene after a Spanish accented caller demanded $200,000, but the money and clues yielded nothing. Authorities pursued handwritten notes and ledgers, and Jaffa planned a public appeal for her return. Her car was found at Beau Clerc Country Club parking lot.
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Jacksonville
Fla
FBI
Richard Jaffa
Ken Walton
Jaffa
Walton
Green Cove Springs
U.S. 17
Duval County
Ocala National Forest
Ocala
Longs welcome son Herbert Leroy at Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Herbert L Long of Centralia announce the birth of a son named Herbert Leroy Long weighing eight pounds eight ounces born Thursday at 7 35 PM at Audrain Medical Center. Mr Long is employed at the A B Chance Co.
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Herbert L. Long
Centralia
Herbert Leroy Long
Audrain Medical Center
Long
A.B. Chance Co
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