Federal buildings easy target tested by AP reporter
An Associated Press reporter in 1975 tested U S federal security by posing as a threat with a shoebox, breezing through Capitol, Justice, and GSA corridors. He noted gaps despite tightened rules for IDs, bag checks, and locked doors after recent bombings and security orders. The piece details guards’ lapses and officials’ responses.
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Associated Press
Supreme Court
Washington
John Stowell
Washington (Ap
Capitol
GSA
Arthur F. Sampson
Sampson
Col
Frank McKetta
Federal Protective Service
Lima Riots Prompt Army Curfew After Looting Night
In Lima, military patrols killed, wounded, and arrested unspecified numbers during night raids against looters and arsonists. A citywide curfew 10 PM to 5 AM was imposed, with tanks, helicopters, and troops patrolling as unrest hit the Peruvian capital amid a broader crisis under President Velasco.
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Lima
Diego E. Gonzales
Associated Press
Peru
Juan Velasco
U.S
Callao
Arequipa
Velasco
Central Peru
Guardia Civil
Levi Confirmed as Attorney General by Senate
Edward H. Levi, former University of Chicago president and antitrust lawyer, was confirmed by the Senate as attorney general. He will likely be sworn in at the White House Friday. He pledged tighter gun control, support for capital punishment in limited cases, and to draft guidelines on government surveillance and FBI files, though some items may prove difficult.
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Washington
Edward H. Levi
University of Chicago
Senate
White House
Levi
William B. Saxbe
India
Justice Department
Congress
FBI
University of Chicago Law
Yale
University of Chicago Law School
Law School
At Wits End Small Car Prediction
Column notes worry over a trend toward smaller cars as a future national risk. Erma Bombeck references two newspaper items predicting shrinking automobile sizes and potential safety concerns.
Powers Host Shower for Dorothy and Billy Powers
Mrs. Billy Powers celebrated with a bridal shower on January 24 at 2018 Wyoming Street hosted by Joyce Jones and six others. The cake bore “Best Wishes Dorothy and Billy” as the couple plans a February wedding.
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Billy Powers
Joyce Jones
Wyoming St
Carol Ann Stark
Marian Allgood
Novella Friedrich
Pat Harris
Patti Scott
Laquanna Jones
Dorothy
Billy
Tamaulipas governor inaugurated with president present
Enrique Cardenas Gonzalez was sworn in as Tamaulipas governor in Ciudad Victoria in a fiesta style ceremony attended by President Luis Echeverria and first lady. The event drew thousands, with people watching the motorcade from rooftops and streets as delegations from Matamoros Reynosa Nuevo Laredo Ciudad Madero and Tampico joined the celebration.
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Ciudad Victoria
Mexico
Enrique Cardenas Gonzalez
Tamaulipas
Luis Echeverria
Cardenas Gonzalez
South
Texas
Baseball Stadium
Delega
Matamoros
Reynosa
Nuevo Laredo
Ciudad Madero
Tampico
Harvard and Monsanto launch cancer attack
Harvard Medical School and Monsanto Chemical Co initiate a 12 year cancer research program with potential cost up to 23 million dollars. Project directed by Judah Folkman and Bert Vallee aims to develop substances, equipment, and a distribution system to benefit public health while allowing Monsanto to commercialize discoveries.
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Boston
Harvard Medical School
Monsanto Chemical Co
Herb Shaw
Harvard
Boston Herald American
Monsanto
Shaw
Per
Judah M. Folkman
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Bert Lester Vallee
Biophysics Research Laboratory
Folkman
Vallee
Prison escapee admits Rotan rancher killing
Williams, 29, a Colorado escapee, pleaded guilty to capital murder in the Rotan rancher T L Baker slaying and robbery of the rancher’s son. He received two concurrent life terms, avoiding a possible death sentence, as Ulmer’s trial looms in a long string of charges including rape, burglary and assault.
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Aspermont
Tex
Colorado
Williams
Snyder
Wiliams
William Ratliff
Jerry Ulmer
Garland
T.L. Baker
Rotan
Stonewall
Richard Mangum
Denver
Magnum
Stephenville
Ulmer
Baker
Erath County
Ray Ott
Jackson enters race best known and heeled
AP political brief on Senator Henry M. Jackson entering the 1976 Democratic presidential race as a leading candidate with about 1.1 million in 1975 fundraising, strong organization, and a national polling position comparable to Ford, while facing doubts from past showings and a public misperception from 1973 remarks. It notes his Cold War stance, New Deal coalition aim, and the need to win early primaries to secure a nomination.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Washington Democrat
George Wallace
Ford
Jackson
Richard
J. Daley
Chicago
Daley
Cook County
Scoop Jackson
Florida
Wisconsin
Ohio
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Imelda Holguin
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Mercy Garcia
Debbie Dominguez
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Maria Dolores Flores
Manuela Nichols
Delma Navarrette
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Umac Hall
Ortencia Rodriguez
James Herrera
Robert Hinojos
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Wits End
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Powers
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Echeverria
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Polly Bergen
Peggy Fleming
George Plimpton
Exxon Chemical Co
Sun Oil Co
Sun Oil Co. Mrs. Ford Invited Her Cancer Surgeon, Navy Capt. William J. Fouty
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Myer Rosenthal
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