Cuba forms National Assembly as Castro retention continues
Cuba inaugurates a National Assembly to mark the Granma anniversary while Fidel Castro remains head of the Communist Party. Blas Roca elected president with Raul Roa as vice president among 481 delegates. The body replaces the prior prime minister role and oversees a restructured state with expanded provinces and new municipal and provincial assemblies.
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Miami
UPI
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Communist Party
National Assembly of People’s Power
Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Havana
Assembley
National Assembly
Caribbean
Cuban Communist Party
Blas Roca
Raul Roa
Raul
Osvaldo Corticos
Professional politician Mary Louise Smith steps down as RNC chair
The Democratic National Committee faces a gap after Robert Strauss resigns in January. Mary Louise Smith, praised for professional leadership, will leave the Republican National Committee after guiding the party through Ford’s campaign and the 1976 nominating process. Her tenure included modernizing operations and overseeing a contested convention.
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Arnold Sawislak Washington
UPI
National Committee
Robert Strauss
Democratic National Committee
Republican National Committee
Mary Louise Smith
Ford
RNC
Stuart Spencer
President Ford Committee
West Germany faces split as Strauss leads CDU breakaway
West Germany braces for two warring Christian Democratic parties after Franz Josef Strauss takes Bavarian faction away from the CDU. Analysts warn the schism risks weakening a stable democracy, echoing Weimar-era fragility as Schmidt's Social Democrats and Liberals show strains.
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Wellington Long
Bonn
West Germany
UPI
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Franz Josef Strauss
Christian Democratic Union
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Social Democrats
Liberals
Strauss
Helmut Schmidt
Chris
Tian Democratic
Schmidt
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Lib
Wisconsin man cleared of swine flu in preliminary tests
A 23 year old hired hand on a Brodhead area pig farm tested negative for swine flu in preliminary blood tests. Further tests on the worker and two weeks for pig results were noted by health officials and veterinary expert Dr Bernard Easterday.
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Madison
Wis
UPI
Brodhead
William Schatz
Wisconsin
Bernard C. Easterday
University of Wisconsin
Easterday
Adult driver training class at IVCC begins Jan 11
An adult driver education course at Illinois Valley Community College starts Tuesday January 11. The two credit hour class runs 7 to 9 30 p m on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Room A 306 with instructor George Weber. Tuition is 55 dollars and enrollment is limited to 24. Students must be at least 19 and may enroll in person or by calling Irene Page at 815 224 6412.
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Oglesby
Mlinois Valley Community College
IVCC
Office of Continuing Education and Community Services
George Weber
Irene Page
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