Bell System faced secret political funds in 15 states
The Charlotte Observer reported that secret political funds existed within Bell System in 15 states, with Western Electric and AT&T headquarters, using company money to influence officials and fund plush gifts. Sworn testimony from 37 executives indicated many contributed monthly to a pool. funds were used across Georgia Texas North Carolina Kentucky and Illinois among others.
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Charlotte
N.C
Bell System
Western Electric
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
At&t
New York
Charlotte Observer
Observer
Bell
Missouri
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Kentucky
Illinois
Bomb rocks Middlesex County Court House in Lowell
A bomb exploded at the Middlesex County Court House in Lowell at about 6 30 am injuring maintenance man John Osmond 58 who was entering to work He suffered multiple cuts but was listed in good condition at St Josephs Hospital No other injuries reported Windows at St Peters rectory across the street were shattered The blast was the second courthouse bombing in the Boston area this week after an April 22 Suffolk County Court House blast that injured 22 people
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Lowell
Mass
Middlesex County Court House
John Osmond
St. Joseph's Hospital
Osmond
Nic
St. Peter’s Rectory
Boston
Suffolk County Court House
Riots Sweep South Africa as Police Quell Spread
Riots erupted outside Pretoria and in Johannesburg with at least two killed as police backed by helicopters and tear gas curbed unrest. Government tallies last week showed 128 dead and 1,112 injured across the country amid widespread arson and looting in townships including Mabopane Mamelodi and Atteridgeville.
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Johannesburg
So. Africa
Pretoria
Mabboane
Mamelodi
Atteridgeville
Mabopane
Klipgat
Bantu African Administration
Soweto
Hammanskraal
Skietle
Benoni
Duduza
Nigel
Kwa Thema
Prinsloo
Harris trial opens with jury selection in Hearst case
William and Emily Harris prepare to face trial in Los Angeles on charges of kidnaping robbery and assault tied to the 1974 spree. Hearst is absent undergoing psychiatric tests as jurors are questioned. defense claims pretrial publicity tainted public opinion while Hearst testified in a related trial that she acted under fear of the Harrises.
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Los Angeles
William
Emily Harris
Patricia Hearst
Superior Court
Mark Brandler
Harrises
Leonard Weinglass
State Court of Appeals
California Supreme Court
Weinglass
Miss Hearst
Sporting Goods
San Francisco
Boston workers strike shuts state offices and bridges
State prison guards welfare workers and other state employees walked off in a legal dispute over wage increases. Gov. Dukakis said he would seek an injunction to end the first statewide walkout in Massachusetts history, with pickets at hospitals welfare offices and bridges around Boston.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Michael S. Dukakis
Concord
Alliance
Dukakis
State Labor Relations Commission
Frank A. Hall
Concord Reformatory
Framingham
Norfolk
Walpole
Bridgewater
Metropolitan District Commission
Cambridge
Danvers State Hospital
William Hogan
Howard V. Doyle
Segregation shifts in regions with rising and falling rates
Washington AP reports a government study showing black student segregation declined nationwide from 1970 to 1974 but rose in the Northeast. In 1974 intensely segregated schools held 62.2% of black students in the Midwest, 57.8% in the Northeast, 58.4% in border states and DC, 45.1% in the West, and 23.4% in the South. Latino segregation rose across all regions. The study, requested by Senators Javits and Brooke, traces desegregation progress and regional gaps, based on district enrollment data covering most black and Latino students.
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Washington
Northeast
Midwest
South
Border States
District of Columbia
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Sens
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Edward Brooke
R-Mass
Brookings Institution
Supreme Court
Javits
Brooke
North
Texas
New York
Brookings
Gary Orfield
Demo job bill may bring added costs
The Democrats proposed job bill would raise inflation and hinder full employment, said Alan Greenspan. He argued the Humphrey Hawkins bill would create largely public service jobs with little future and trigger substantial inflation. Treasury Secretary William Simon urged private sector growth as the path to more jobs. Simon noted NYC cutting its 1976 budget and resuming federal subsidies, while flagging concerns about 1977 78 plans.
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Washington
President
Council of Economic Advisers
Alan Greenspan
Greenspan
Treasury
William Simon
ABC
Simon
New York City
Philadelphia
New York
Seven nabbed in Addison marijuana bust
Addison authorities seized 1300 pounds of marijuana and arrested seven people after the police chief posed as a crooked cop and took 7000 dollars in payoff money. Chief Rick Sullivan said he coordinated with the Dallas County district attorney’s office on an undercover operation. He said smugglers promised 15000 dollars a month to keep police away from Addison airport, later adjusted to 12000 dollars monthly. He said more arrests were expected within the week.
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Addison
Tex
Dallas
Rick Sullivan
Sullivan
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Ma Bell
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Uvalde
Southwestern Bell
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Southern Bell
Louisville
Ford
Henry Kissinger
White House
Iowa
Lebanon
South Africa
Bear Stroud
Pecos
Terry Burns
Maryland
Court of Chancery
Charles Mason
Jeremiah Dixon
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