Durkin Wins New Hampshire Senate Runoff by Big Margin
Democrat John A. Durkin captured a decisive victory in New Hampshire's Senate runoff, defeating Republican Louis C. Wyman by more than 20,000 votes as Carmen Chimento of the American party trailed. Durkin’s win makes New Hampshire home to two Democrats in the Senate for the first time since 1855, signaling a rebuke of President Ford's economic policies and a push for Washington to act.
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Wyman Leads NH Republicans After Ford Motorcade Push
National scene and Wyman each polled more than 110000 votes while Chimento received 1372. Republicans united behind 58 year old Wyman who said President Ford put his name on the line by staging an 11 hour 118 mile motorcade through southern New Hampshire last Thursday.
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Southern governors to vote on gas controls
Southern Governors vote today on an energy policy urging Congress to lift all price controls from interstate natural gas. The nine page plan from the Southern Governors Conference energy committee pushes deregulation, an excess profits tax, reinvestment credits, state participation, and compensation for revenue losses to states. It backs faster exploration on the continental shelf and calls for federal funding to cover added state planning and regulatory duties.
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Limited atomic attack could kill 21.7 million Americans
Defense estimates show up to 21.7 million Americans could die in a limited Soviet nuclear strike on U.S. military targets. The worst case assumes two surface bursts of three megatons on each of 1,054 Minuteman silos, with fatalities far surpassing 800,000 but still well below a massive urban strike.
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RFK ballistics hearing begins in Los Angeles court
A Los Angeles County Superior Court hearing opens to re examine the Kennedy ballistics evidence. The probe asks whether a second gun was used in the Ambassador Hotel assassination on June 5, 1968. Exhibits include the firearm from Sirhan Sirhan's trial, with items under protection since 1973. A seven member panel will conduct the limited ballistics review.
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Senate panel probes CIA poison records in hearings
The Senate intelligence committee questioned whether the CIA destroyed records about stockpiled poisons. Witnesses said some materials from Project Naomi may have been destroyed in 1972, while officials disputed specific memo claims. The panel pressed for details on the fate of lethal toxins and the agency’s internal controls.
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Concorde landing authorization for Dulles unclear
A French spokesman retracted claims that the United States had authorized Concorde flights to Dulles Airport. Officials from Northern Virginia and Fairfax County voiced opposition citing environmental impact, noise, and air pollution concerns, while sources said no formal landing decisions or environmental statements had been issued.
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Two pardoned after serving 12 years for murders they didn't commit
In Florida, Freddie Lee Pitts and Wilbert Lee, freed after 12 years and 48 days in prison, were pardoned for the 1963 Port St. Joe murders. Supporters fought a decade to overturn convictions based on coerced confessions. a 1970s legal battle ended in a governor cabinet pardon. Public figures criticized the political timing and urged accountability.
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Fromme pleads for freedom in pretrial hearing
Lynette Fromme pleaded from the witness stand for release to resume the simple life as a Charles Manson follower. Judge MacBride reduced her bail from a million to 350000, while allowing broader contact with reporters but keeping the case gag order in place. Fromme plans to plead Friday to attempted assassination of President Ford and may act as her own attorney with counsel guidance.
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United Nations delegates seek conciliatory path at special session
Western delegates at a UN General Assembly special session say give and take is replacing confrontation between rich and poor nations. They view the unanimous final declaration as recognizing Third World demands for more power and showing developing nations gains.
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Israel veto on PLO at Geneva peace talks revealed
The Jerusalem Post reports a secret memorandum of agreement signed Sept 1 by Foreign Minister Yigal Allen and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger grants Israel veto over any additional participants from the Palestine Liberation Organization at future Arab-Israeli peace conferences in Geneva.
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Beirut clashes flare as security shells militants downtown
In Beirut security forces in armored cars shelled Muslim and Christian fighters in the city center while a cease fire held in Tripoli despite minor infractions overnight. Police reported several casualties in the Nasra district as leftist Muslims and rightist Christians battled with machine guns.
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Portuguese coalition talks widen as PPD rejects parity
In Lisbon the Popular Democrats held out for one more seat than the Communists in the new cabinet amid ongoing maneuvering. Premier-designate Vice Adm. Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo seeks a broader coalition for over two weeks. The PPD refused to share cabinet power on parity terms with the Communists.
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