Apollo Astronauts Continue Space Tests After Homecoming
SPACE CENTER Houston AP American astronauts Thomas P Stafford Vance D Brand and Donald K Slayton continue experiments and plan splashdown parties after their homecoming Thursday while Soyuz cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov return to earth in Kazakhstan.
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Donald K. Slayton
Alexei Leonov
Valeri Kubasov
Baikonur Cosmodrome
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Leonov
Earth
Moscow
Houston Mission Control
Stafford
Mission Control
Robert Crippen
Crippen
Brand
Slayton
Kelley unveils four-city crime fighting plan
FBI Director Clarence M Kelley announced a four month program assigning two agents to Wilmington Birmingham Norfolk and DeKalb County to assist local police with citizen involvement in fighting crime. The private effort costs under 25000 and may be extended if successful. The move follows an 18 percent nationwide crime rise in the first quarter and continued upward trends across all regions and categories.
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Topeka Attorney General finds no criminal intent in streets dept probe
Atty. Gen. Curt Schneider said the Topeka streets department probe found insufficient evidence of criminal intent and declined action. He noted private use of equipment and sales without proper value checks, but lack of inventory controls hindered proof. Mayor McCormick and officials pledged tighter controls and better record keeping.
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Charles Campbell
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City Budget, Poplar Street Project on Commission Agenda
City commissioners will hold a special session at 9 a.m. to approve the 1976 city budget and set a public hearing for 10:30 a.m. on Aug 6. Items include Poplar St crossing plans, right of way acquisition, Main St improvements contract, certifying assessments, and a Series 1975-C bond ordinance.
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Weather Data South Central Forecast Update
Partly cloudy through Wednesday with scattered late afternoon and nighttime thunderstorms. Chance of isolated locally heavy storms tonight. Hot conditions continue with high in the upper 90s Wednesday and lows in the 70s. Winds calm to under 10 mph. Precipitation around 30 percent tonight. Arpt high 101 to 109, low around 87. Humidity 54 to 48 percent. Barometer 30.00 inches steady. Winds calm.
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Ford House leaders to meet on energy policy after oil price plan vote
Ford and House leaders planned talks on energy legislation after a planned House vote on the President's plan to phase out oil price controls over 30 months. The plan faces opposition in both chambers and may be killed by anti-override sentiment, with debates over price caps and phase-out timelines.
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Ford
Carl Albert
White House
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Congress
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D-Tex
Wright
Democratic
Albert
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U.S
Ford Administration
Frank G. Zarb
Zarb
Senate
Food prices push up U.S. CPI in June
The Labor Department reports the Consumer Price Index rose eight tenths in June, driven by food and gasoline. Food prices climbed 1.5 percent with groceries up 1.9 percent, while meats and produce rose 5.8 and 2.4 percent respectively. Gasoline gained three percent to about 57 to 60 cents per gallon. Real spendable earnings fell 0.4 percent in June and 0.4 percent for the year. CPI stood at 160.6 of the 1967 base, with 12 month inflation at 9.3 percent.
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Labor Department
Department
Governors to hear Rockefeller at Midwestern Conference
Vice President Nelson Rockefeller was to discuss Ford economic proposals with governors at the Midwestern Governors Conference in Cincinnati Ohio. John M Cannon and Governor James A Rhodes commented on Rockefeller's strong relations with state leaders as energy medical planning agriculture and transportation topics featured on the agenda Indiana Governor Otis Bowen chaired the energy task force urging natural gas exploration deregulation tax incentives and continued fuel oil and gasoline allocations.
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Ohio
Nelson Rockefeller
Ford
Indiana
Otis R. Bowen
Energy Task Force
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