Grocer's Goods Sold Ahead of Taylorsville Lake Project
Harold G. Hume of Van Buren sells 16 years of Home Groceries inventory as 3,000 acre Salt River lake nears construction. Auctioneer Bill Willard pitches hundreds of items to a crowd of 500 bidders while Hume considers relocation and a bleak financial future for his family.
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van Buren, Ky
Harold G. Hume
Hume
Bill Willard
Willard Auction Service
Taylorsville Lake
Salt River
Spencer
Anderson
Nelson Counties
van Buren
African leaders draft new plans for Rhodesia rule
Rhodesia's Black nationalist Joshua Nkomo said black African presidents drafted a new set of proposals aimed at black majority rule, superseding Kissinger Smith plan. He cited five frontline states and said the British-American talks would focus on interim government makeup, not a new constitution, signaling push for earlier majority rule.
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Rhodesia
Salisbury
Joshua Nkomo
Nkomo
African National Council
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Ian D. Smith
Pretoria
Kissinger
Smith
John Vorster
Botswana
Mbique
Tanzania
Angola
Zambia
Debate in San Francisco Primaries Weigh Foreign Policy
President Ford and Jimmy Carter prepare for a Wednesday foreign policy debate at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Carter vows sharper attacks on policy morality while Ford cites Kissinger talks and detente. Also brewing are calls to fire Earl Butz over a racial slur amid shifting polls and Common Cause accusations against the AMA for excessive candidate contributions.
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Associated Press
Ford
Jimmy Carter
San Francisco
Henry Kissinger Ford
Kissinger
Mideast
Africa
Earl Butz
Butz
New York Times-Cbs
Carter
Gallup
Newhouse
Time Magazine
Newsweek
Palace of Fine Arts
Plains
James Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Russia
Common Cause
Ford signs tax revision bill in White House ceremony
President Ford signs a comprehensive tax overhaul totaling over 18 billion in individual cuts while tightening taxes for wealthy earners. The 1000 page measure, two years in the making, shifts relief to airlines railroads and other sectors and restructures estate and gift taxes.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Weather Outlook with Mild Temperatures and Showers
Partly cloudy tonight with a low near 55. Tuesday brings clouds and a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms with a high near 75. Sunday highs reached 78 and a low of 45 with no rainfall recorded.
Candidate profiles begin in Butler County races
The Journal starts its annual candidate profiles by John Leach, covering Butler County contests for state legislature and U S Congress amid a presidential election year. Profiles of candidates from Warren Preble and Montgomery counties will follow in later installments.
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Ford
Jimmy Carter
The
Journal
John Leach
Butler County
U.S. Congress
Warren
Preble
Montgomery
Wethersfield boys choir faces shutdown over HEW ruling
In Wethersfield Connecticut the elementary school all boy choir is disbanded until the HEW decides if singling boys violates civil rights. About 65 pupils last year the group was founded in 1974 to boost male singing and funded by volunteers.
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Wethersfield, Conn
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Robert Zysk
Zysk
HEW
Office of Civil Rights
Butz Campaign Issue Deepens Over Slur Controversy
An obscene racial slur attributed to Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz triggers a political furor as aides note Ford’s leadership is questioned. Butz hints at resignation if asked, while Ford denies delaying reaction and warns of reprimand.
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Washington
Earl
Butz
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Toledo
Ohio
Camp Hill
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Butler
Simpson
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Harold Hume
Ted Rowlands
William Schaufele
Joshuankomo
American Medical Association
Federal Election Commission
AMA
Sex Discrimination Law Gays Schoolboy Choir
Ane Landers Comics
Hise Markets
Middletown
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