Reagan in Texas and other headlines from nation
Ronald Reagan tells KMOL TV he is Ronald Reagan and cites eight years as California governor as proof. Golda Meir wins AFL CIO Murray Green Award for public service. Hersh of The New York Times wins the Drew Pearson award for investigative reporting. A settlement pleases farmers as unions and NLRB resolve grain shipment boycotts. Briscoe eyes a $1 billion surplus and a capital reserve plan. Oklahoma Senate moves to repeal helmet laws and raise speed limit. Marshall, Texas named All America City. Betty Ford campaigns for Texas primaries. Moro seeks socialist support to save Christian Democrats as Italy faces elections.
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San Antonio
Tex
Ronald Reagan
Texas
Kmol-Tv
Gene Lively
California
Reagan
Washington
Golda Meir
Afl-Cio
Murray-Green
Seymour Hersh
The
New York Times
Drew Pearson
CIA
Hersh
Intelligence
Hearst case deepens with kidnapping charges against Harrises
Patricia Hearst remains hospitalized as Bruce Bales reports she offered to name three SLA bombing members in exchange for immunity. The Harrises face kidnapping and related charges for allegedly abducting Hearst from her Berkeley apartment on Feb 4, 1974. A Los Angeles judge delayed Hearst's pretrial hearing as talks urged moving toward separate trials.
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Sequoia Hospital
Redwood City
Los Angeles
William
Emily Harris
Miss Hearst
Berkeley
San Francisco Bay Area
FBI
Marin County
San Rafael
San Francisco
Bales
Hearst
Harrises
SLA
Acquittal for Narcotics Agents in Civil Rights Case
Nine DALE era narcotics and St Louis officers faced civil rights suits over a 1973 predawn raid on John Meiners home in Edwardsville. Judge Morgan acquitted five agents while denying acquittals for three others. countersuits for libel remain. Meiners, once jailed 77 hours, is linked to earlier criminal charges and disputed property claims.
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Alton, Ill
Edwardsville
Ill
John Meiners
Dallas
Tex
Meiners
Robert Morgan
U.S. District Court
Michael Hildebrand
Hildebrand
Drug Abuse Law Enforcement
DALE
Collinsville
Dennis Moriarty
Daniel Duffy
Ronald Olive
Dennis Stolte
St. Louis
Lack of federal funding leaves politicians short
Presidential campaigns face cash crunch as federal matching funds dried up after March 22. Ford leads with 777232 on hand, Carter and Jackson report solvency, while Reagan borrows to sustain his Texas push amid a wider fundraising squeeze. Coastal States Gas seeks TRR order changes after a price ruling while Lo-Vaca resumes contracted gas sales.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Election Commission
Supreme Court
Congress
FEC
Commission
Ford
Election Committee
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Henry M. Jackson
Carter
Jackson
Coastal States
La-Vaca
Environmentalists pause bid for Kaiparowits coal plant
Environmentalists celebrate shelving of a 3.5 billion Kaiparowits Plateau coal plant near Lake Powell that would serve Southern California and Arizona. Utilities Southern California Edison San Diego Gas and Electric and Arizona Public Service cite rising costs regulatory objections lawsuits and opposition. Interior Secretary Kleppe puts project on back burner as hearings and feasibility studies continue.
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Jake Booher
Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Kaiparowits
Utah
Jake Garn
Kaiparowits Plateau
Lake Powell
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
California
Arizona
Southern California Edison Co
San Diego Gas and Electric Co
Arizona Public Service Co
Los Angeles
Southern California
Edison
William R. Gould
Richard Maudlin
California Energy Commission
Arizona Public Service
Washington
Thomas Kleppe
Civil rights memorial draws small crowd at Boston
Boston University honored Rosa Parks and Linda Brown Smith on the eighth anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. assassination. Fewer than 50 people attended the ceremony amid city turmoil over school integration as Dr. Benjamin E. Mays urged perseverance and commitment to integration.
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Boston
Rosa Parks
Linda Brown Smith
Topeka
Kan
Boston University
Martin Luther King
Benjamin E. Mays
Lebanon's Civil War Sees Rising Death Toll and Leadership Moves
Beirut reports 75 killed and 120 wounded as fighting rages in Beirut and hills. Ray mond Edde cites 20 000 dead and 60 000 wounded in the year long war. Franjieh faces constitutional move as Christian leaders seek a successor acceptable to Muslims. Jumblatt and Palestinian groups oppose Syrian intervention.
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Edward Cody
Associated Press
Beirut
Lebanon
Raymond Edde
Zagharta
Suleiman Franjieh
Humphrey addresses editors amid presidential speculation
Hubert H. Humphrey, presented as an ex vice president and senator not running for office, declines a candidacy while noting he may serve another six years in the Senate. An ASNE panel questions his stance as reporters press on possible preprimary plans.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene C. Patterson
St. Petersburg
Fla
Times
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Minneapolis
Humphrey
Senate
ASNE
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Department of Health Resources
Frans Duff
Bob Bulock
Bullock
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Senate
House
David Boren
Marshall
New York
National Municipal League
East Texas
Harbor Springs
Mich
Portsmouth
Betty
Betty Ford
White House
Lrom
Rome
Christian Democrats
Aldo Moro
Moro
Patty
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Mark Brandler
Stephen McEwen
Gosford
New South Wales
McEwen
Eric Morrell
Morgan
Dennis Har
Ker
Kenneth Bloemker
William Dwyer
Bennie Green
Alabama
George Wallace
Wallace
LoVaca
Bud
Atlanta Board of Education
America
Mediterranean
Franjieh
Kamal Jumblatt
He Is
William Eaton
Chicago Daily News
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