Betel Nut Ban Stirs Pacific Islanders in U N Trust Territory
In Palau and Yap, residents resist FDA action banning betel nuts sold in the United States but not chewed locally. Islanders warn against cultural disruption as Guam's delegate Won Pat and Palau official Remengesau challenge the U S policy amid traditional chewing practices and visible stains from the nut.
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Palau
Yap
Carolines
United Nations
FDA
United States
Hawaii
Thomas C. Remengesau
Guam
Congress
Anatonio B. Won Pat
Won Pat
Struggle Looms to Succeed Daley in Chicago Mayoral Race
Chicago faces a bruising fight to succeed Richard J. Daley as mayor. Black Alderman Wilson Frost backs a Frost bid, while white Alderman Michael Bilandic gains bloc support. City Council will elect an acting mayor for six months ahead of a special election.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Wilson Frost
South Side
Michael Bilandic
Daley
Frost
Jesse L. Jackson
PUSH
People United To Save Humanity
Edward R. Vrdolyak
Edward Burke
Bilandic
Jackson
Richard B. Ogilvie
William S. Singer
Edward V. Hanrahan
George W. Dunne
Cook County Board
Carter Named Man Of Year By Time Magazine
Former President Jimmy Carter, named Time magazine’s Man of the Year for 1976, outlined plans to pursue tax cuts and job stimulation, plus pursuing SALT talks with the Soviet Union. He favored a U.S. led agreement and potential talks with Brezhnev, while discussing Arab-Israeli talks and U S relations with China. He also called for FBI reforms to remove politics from the agency.
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Carter
Man
Magazine
Time Magazine
Time
Plains
Soviet Union
Middle East
Geneva
China
United States
Red China
Communist Party
FBI
Paperwork Reduction Panel Seeks Public Comment Hearings
A federal panel, the Commission on Federal Paperwork, seeks public input across cities through May to study and trim government forms. President Ford ordered form reductions, cutting forms by over 10 percent, though a pension law and more scholarship applicants increased filing time. The panel aims to report next October after issuing several recommendations expected to save billions, including a wage reporting requirement for employers once.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Commission On Federal
Ford
Office of Man
Paperwork Commission
Commission
Omaha
Neb
New Orleans
Washington
Denver
Los Angeles
Dallas
Commission On Federal Paperwork
20Th St
D.C
Viet Family Finds Life in US After Fleeing Vietnam
Nghia Van Pham and his large family, once in wartime South Vietnam, have settled in Prairie Village Kansas celebrating a second Christmas in the United States. Sponsored by St Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church they now drive two cars and aim to adapt further, with church support noted by Rev. David With.
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Kansas City
Nghia van Pham
South Vietnam
United States
Prairie Village
Kan
St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church
David With
Southeast Asia
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IRA
Keogh
Anchor
Keagh
Kansas
Missouri
Strong Savings Association
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Martha Lipscomb
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