Schlesinger Briefs Reagan on Defense Policy
Former Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger met with Ronald Reagan in Los Angeles and offered a defense policy briefing. He rejects backing Ford rivals, says he will remain outside partisan fights while advocating his views. Schlesinger fears major defense budget cuts and may align with Jackson’s positions. he declined to discuss specifics of Reagan talks. Campaign notes: UAW backs Carter in Florida. Ford may push state control of health programs via block grants. Reagan defends shifting federal programs to states and Wisconsin stop.
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James R. Schlesinger
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Ford
Schlesinger
California
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Los Angeles
United Auto Workers
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Florida
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Carter
Alabama
George Wallace
New York Daily News
Wisconsin
Cyclamate cancer risk remains uncertain after panel finds doubt remains
A blue ribbon panel told Congress it can state only with 95 percent probability that cyclamate does not cause cancer and may be a weak carcinogen. It warned absolute certainty is unattainable and urged regulators to weigh safety standards as FDA may reconsider marketing. The group noted some animals developed cancerous bladder tumors, while industry advocates hailed the result as a victory for cyclamate use.
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Washington
Arnold L. Brown
Mayo Medical School
National Cancer Institute
Food and Drug Administration
Abbott Laboratories
FDA
Choice meats may get tougher under new grading rules
The Agriculture Department will widen prime and choice standards and narrow good grades starting Feb. 23 after Supreme Court denial to halt the plan. The change aims to let producers qualify for higher grades with less grain, though critics warn prices may rise and taste differences could occur.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Supreme Court
Harry A. Blackmun
Consumer Federation of America
Consumer Federation
Ford defends budget plan amid Washington uproar
President Ford rejects claims of a $90 billion instant budget cut and defends his proposal as a transfer plan. In Bloomington he said the illustration misrepresented the plan. Morton named White House counselor to advise on domestic and economic policy, not to run the Ford campaign.
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Washington
Bloomington
Ill
Ford
Commerce
Rogers C.B. Morton
White House
Ron Nelsen
Morton
Nessen
Suspect charged in kidnap slaying in Gulfport
Edwina Marter, 36, mother of two, was found shot dead after a ransom payment of 25000 by her husband Charles W Marter, Gulf National Bank vice president. Richard Gerald Jordan, 29, of Hattiesburg, held without bail for murder in the kidnapping and death. Jordan led police to the body found in a wooded thicket north of Gulfport. Conviction carries automatic death penalty. grand jury to be empaneled first Monday in March. One child, 3, was unharmed.
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Gulfport. Miss
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Edgar Little
Gulf National Bank
Dist
Atty
Albert Necaise
Richard Gerald Jordan
Hattiesburg
Miss
Necaise
Here
Jordan
Harrison County Court
Gaston H. Hewes
Gulfport
Rhett Russell
Mississippi
Morgan City
Marter
Betty Ford visits Liberty Bell in glass house
Betty Ford toured the Liberty Bell in a new glass enclosure in Philadelphia. She called the setting handsome and said it will help more people learn what the bell stands for. The First Lady then dedicated a $175,000 sculpture titled Bicentennial Dawn in America’s birthplace as part of the 200th birthday observance.
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Louise Nevelson
Philadelphia
Betty Ford
Ford
America
Independence National Park
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