Rockefeller in Deep Trouble Over VP Run in Harris Poll
Harris poll shows 47 percent oppose Rockefeller for 1976 GOP ticket while 34 percent favor. Independents lean against, Republicans split narrowly, and overall mood tags him in poor job rating 55 percent. Reagan and Goldwater outrank Rockefeller as Ford's running mate choices.
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Rockefeller
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Harris
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Len Barry Goldwater
Squeaky Fromme arraignment hints at Ford assassination trial
Lynette Fromme 26, in a red hooded costume demanded justice for redwood trees and warned the gun is pointed. Judge MacBride blocked statements but she pressed to speak, declining to let her public defender argue. Next hearing set for bail reduction and gag order challenge.
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Sacramento
Calif
Lynette
Fromme
Ford
Charles Manson
Miss Fromme
Sandra Good
Manson
U.S. District Court
Thomas J. MacBride
Corps of Government Engineers
U.S
E. Richard Walker
Gas discharged from 120-foot stack relit by arrow in Johnstown
Wayne Kinnel of Bethlehem Steel Corp. uses a flaming arrow to relight gas escaping from a 120-foot stack to burn off excess coke oven fumes and curb air pollution. Previously workers climbed ladders to hoist a burning wick.
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Wayne Kinnel
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Johnstown
Lebanon Waring Forces Seize Buffer Zones Near Tripoli
Army troops man three buffer zones between Christians and Muslims in northern Lebanon around Tripoli and Zagharta after deadly clashes. About 2,000 soldiers, police units in Tripoli, and Beit Mallat area battles reported with over 100 killed and 250 wounded.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tripoli
Zagharta
Beit Mallat
Peron to take month long rest amid fatigue
Argentina Foreign Minister Angel Robledo says President Isabel Peron will begin a one month leave of absence this Saturday. She will stay at Bariloche or Mar del Plata and return to work before Oct. 17. Senate President Italo Luder becomes acting president during her absence.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Isabel Peron
Angel F. Robledo
Andes
Bariloche
Mar del Plata
Robledo
Middletown Weather Forecast Clear Tonight Sun Weekend
Clear skies prevail tonight in the Middletown area with lows in the 40s. Saturday brings sunny skies and highs around the mid 60s. Yesterday’s high reached 68 with an overnight low of 54 and 2.64 inches of rain recorded.
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Middletown
Ford energy compromise turned down by Senate
Senate Democrats reject President Ford's latest compromise on energy prices. The offer, relayed from New Hampshire, faces opposition from Sen. Muskie and Rep. Griffin who warn of White House confrontation if Congress rejects the plan. The House had passed a bill to extend oil price controls through October 31 as Ford and Republicans push for his broader energy program.
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Washington
Senate
Ford
New Hampshire
Congress
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
White House
House
Griffin
U.S
Economic forecast unchanged amid price control stalemate
Democrats clash with Republicans over extending oil and gasoline price controls. Ford vetoes six month extension. Senate falls six votes short of override. Officials say forecasters are similar for 1976 but uncertainties remain as energy policy and inflation fears shape price expectations. Alice Rivlin and James Lynn comment on outlook.
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Senate
House
Ford
Congress
U.S
CIA considered using poison to remove Lumumba in 1960
The CIA weighed a poisoning option to remove Patrice Lumumba from power in 1960. Richard M. Bissell said the agency logged feasibility but chose not to move beyond that stage. He denied details on poison type and noted no known link to a CIA poisons cache.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Patrice Lumumba
Richard M. Bissell
Fidel Castro
Bissell
Bay of Pigs
Lumumba
CIA
U S Plans Magnetic Seismic Sensors on Canada Border
U S immigration authorities will plant 35 to 40 magnetic and seismic sensors along a 165 mile border stretch from eastern New York through a western Maine county to detect walkers entering the United States. The system aims to curb unreported entries ahead of Montreal summer events and Olympic security.
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Washington
U.S
Canadian
United States
Canada
Robert L. Stewart
Border Patrol
New York
Maine
Montreal
Stewart
Customs Service
Ed Kittredge
Kittredge
Munich
Postal Service Sets Permanent Rates for Mail
New permanent postal rates take effect at 12:01 a.m. Sunday with unchanged 10 cent letters under one ounce and 9 cents for each additional ounce. Postcards drop to 7 cents, parcels rise by 6 percent, while further increases are anticipated after the holiday period.
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Washington
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Arearts
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Steel
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House Budget Committee
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Robert A. Maheu
Howard Hughes
Richard Bissell
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