Durkin wins New Hampshire Senate runoff in landslide
Democrat John A. Durkin claims a decisive victory over Republican Louis C. Wyman in the New Hampshire Senate runoff, signaling opposition to President Ford's policies. Durkin, to become the Senate's 62nd Democrat, vows to challenge Washington and rock the boat responsibly. Official returns show Durkin about 54 percent to 43 percent with Carmen Chimento of the American party at 3 percent.
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N.H
John A. Durkin
New Hampshire
Senate
Ford
Congress
Washington
Durkin
Manchester
Louis C. Wyman
Wyman
Carmen Chimento
American Party
Wyman Leads NH GOP After Ford Motorcade Stunt
National results show Wyman polling over 110000 votes while Feuding New Hampshire Republicans rally behind the 58 year old. Wyman cited President Ford’s 1 hour motorcade through the southern part of the state last Thursday as support for his campaign.
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Wyman
Chimento
New Hampshire
Ford
Southern governors vote on gas controls energy policy
Southern Governors vote on a nine page energy policy urging Congress to lift all price controls on natural gas. The plan favors deregulation with a five year grace period for existing contracts and new exploration incentives. It calls for an excess profits tax to fund benefits for consumers and support for greater state role in energy policy.
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Fla
Congress
Southern Governors Conference
Energy Committee
Marvin Mandel
Maryland
Ford
Limited atomic attack could kill 21.7 million
Washington AP Defense Department estimates warn that as many as 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 at 1,054 Minuteman silos, though such a strike would exceed current Soviet capability projections for the 1980s.
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Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
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Missouri
Malmstrom Air Force Base
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Ballistics hearing opens on RFK assassination case
A Los Angeles Superior Court hearing begins on ballistics in the RFK assassination inquiry. A panel of seven experts will reexamine evidence about whether a second gun was used at the Ambassador Hotel on June 5, 1968, with the gun from Sirhan Sirhan's trial among the items shown.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
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Senate panel probes CIA poison records
The Senate Intelligence Committee probes CIA records on stockpiled poisons amid questions over destruction. Key figures include Helms and Colby, with memos disputed, and a $2 million 1952 1970 program cited for poisons and delivery systems. The shellfish toxin raises alarms over internal controls and compliance.
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CIA
Washington
Senate Intelligence Committee
F. A. O. Schwarz
Naomi
Schwarz
Richard M. Helms
William E. Colby
Colby
Helms
Sidney Gottlieb
Mitchell Rogovin
Rogovin
Gottlieb
Iran
Frank Church
Didaho
Concorde flights to Dulles not yet authorized by U S
A French government spokesman retracted a prior claim that U S authorities approved Concorde landings at Dulles. Officials from Virginia lawmakers to county leaders expressed concern over environmental impact, noise, and potential legal actions to block the supersonic arrivals.
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U.S
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John Milliken
Joseph L. Fisher
D-Va
Department of Transportation
Jean Packard
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
Fairfax County
Dukles
Rossi
Cavaille
Washington
Cabinet
Paris
Two pardoned after serving 12 years for murders they didn't commit
Freddie Lee Pitts and Wilbert Lee walk free after 12 years and 48 days in Florida State Prison for 1963 Port St. Joe murders. They had confessed under coercion and were later exonerated by a governor signed pardon after a long legal fight aided by supporters and reporters. Public figures condemned the case as political.
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Raiford
Phillip Hubbard
Miami
Pitts and
Lee
Hubbart
Gene Miller
Miami Herald
Curtis “Boo” Adams
Floyd-Burkett
Pitts
D. R. Smith
Ocala
Adams
Reubin Askew
Askew
Robert Shevin
Philip Ashler
Ralph Turlington
Port St. Joe
Burkett
W.L. Burkett
NAACP
C.T. Stallworth
Fromme pleads for freedom in pretrial hearing
Lynette Fromme, hooded in a red robe, tearfully begged to be freed to return to a simple life as a Charles Manson follower. Judge MacBride kept bail at 350000, allowed limited communication with visitors, and will decide Friday if Fromme may represent herself with counsel.
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Calif
Lynette A. Fromme
Charles Manson
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Ford
U.S. District Court
Thomas J. MacBride
Miss Framme
MacBride
Capitol Park
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