New Books From Your Library Celebrating the Duke and More
A list of new titles including Celebrating the Duke by Gleason on jazz icons Ellington Holiday and Davis. If Men Were Angels by Buckley on constitutional views. Woman's Work by Oakley on housework value. Survivors by Grant on POWs in Vietnam. Handbooks on martial arts. Edith Wharton biography by Lewis. Chautauqua history by Morrison. Cesar Chavez life by Levy. Real estate Q&A by Semenow. Unemployment benefits guide by Avratis. Winchell Exclusive stories and gossip.
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Ralph J. Gleason
Ellington
Billie Holiday
Miles Davin
Gleason
James Buckley
New York
Ann Oakley Oakley
Zalin Grant
William Logan
Edith Wharton
R.W.B. Lewis
Robert W. Semenow
Raymond Avratis
Mexican Foreign Minister Rabasa resigns amid UN Zionism controversy
Mexico City AP Emilio Rabasa resigns as foreign minister amid Mexico's UN votes against Zionism. Alfonso Garcia Robles named to replace him, he has been UN ambassador since 1971. Rabasa says resignation to pursue senate bid in July elections.
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Mexico City
Emilio C. Rabasa
Mexico
United Nations
Luis Echeverria
Alfonso Garcia Robles
Rabasa
Garcia Robles
U.N. General Assembly
Rabata
Echeverria
Kurt Waldheim
U.S
United States
Israel
Humphrey Nears End of Campaign Debt Settlement
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey plans to close most campaign debts by February 15 after paying about 900 thousand dollars to 18 creditors at four cents on the dollar. About eighty thousand dollars remain unsettled, with estates and negotiations continuing. Though not seeking the 1976 nomination, he would run again if the party asks at the New York convention.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota Democrat
Humphrey
Federal Election Commission
David Gartner
Gartner
New York
Mary Lasker
Walter Shorenstein
San Francisco
Irving J. Kahn
San Diego
Percy Ross
Minneapolis
New York City
White House
Algerian asylum granted to OPEC raid suspects
The Algerian government has given asylum to six alleged OPEC raiders described as Palestinian revolutionaries or supporters. The group, five men and one woman, attacked the Vienna OPEC meeting on December 21. Identities varied, with reports naming Palestinians, a West German, a European woman, and Venezuelan Carlos Ramirez Sanchez known as Carlos, linked to prior French security killings.
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Algiers
Algeria
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Vienna
Dyidh Ramirez Sanchez
Carlos
Paris
Envy of Air Force VIP Service Sparks Waste Debate
Sen. William Proxmire cites the 89th Military Airlift Wing at Andrews as the source of a costly Air Force executive airline. He notes 976 flights for government officials in the first 10 months of 1975 costing over $6 million, with Treasury Secretary William Simon accounting for 58 flights. Proxmire calls for reliance on commercial flights to save money and aid the airline industry.
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Washington
U.S. Air Force
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Air Force
89Th Military Airlift Wing
Andrews Air Force Base
Goth
Defense
Defense Department
Senate
House
Treasury Department
State Department
William Simon
Department of the Treasury
Simon
Women sought to join Kansas highway patrols
In Peoria Kansas AP report, Col Allen Rush says women may patrol Kansas highways within a year or so. 30 vacancies could be filled next year and women are urged to apply and test like men. Lowell Long describes a new entrance exam focusing on job related skills such as tire changes and extricating crash victims.
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Peka
Kan
Kansas
Col Allen Rush
Rush
Lowell Long
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Joseph E. Cole
Cleveland
Meshulam Riklis
S. Harrison Dogole
Philadelphia Securities
Secretary of Defense
William Clements
Army
Howard Callaway
Frank G. Zarb
Henry A. Kissinger
Navy
William Middendorf
KHP
Highway Patrol
James W Stevens
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