ITT Bribery Allegations Brought to Light by Government
The government seeks $100,000 daily fines and seeks new directors and a special master as the SEC accuses ITT of paying bribes abroad. The complaint covers 1970 to 1975 with payments totaling about 8.7 million across Indonesia, Iran, the Philippines, Algeria, Nigeria, Mexico, Italy, Turkey, Chile, and other countries in transactions tied to Belgium and Germany operations. ITT says most payments aligned with laws but were halted two years earlier and disputes the documents' release.
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Washington
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
ITT
Securities and Exchange Commission
Indonesia
Iran
Philippines
Algeria
Nigeria
Mexico
Italy
Turkey
Chile
Belgium
Germany
FCC rules require reasonable air time for candidates at WKKQ Hibbing
The FCC ordered WKKQ Hibbing Minnesota to report how it will meet political advertising obligations to Sen Wendell Anderson the Democratic candidate seeking a second term. Anderson complained the station refused five minute segments and quoted high rates while the station cited a policy against selling time longer than spot announcements.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
WKKQ
Hibbing
Minn
Wendell Anderson
Anderson
Nixon plans Texas stopover
Rep. Joe D. Waggonner says Richard Nixon will make a personal visit to Dallas Fort Worth and Shreveport next week with a stopover at DFW Airport. Nixon arrives 2:45 p.m. by commercial jet and 4:45 p.m. by private jet. a public arrival is invited. No news conference planned.
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Shreveport
Joe D. Waggonner
D-La
Richard Nixon
Dallas-Fort Worth
Waggonner
Nixon
Biloxi
Miss
California
Louisiana
House
Born again tax cutter Brown favored for second term
California Governor Edmund G Brown Jr leading in statewide races as a proclaimed born again tax cutter who backed Proposition 13 and added a large income tax cut. Opponent Evelle Younger falters on spending labels while propositions and races for lieutenant governor attorney general and other statewide offices shape the election.
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Doug Willis
Associated Press
Sacramento
Calif
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
Evelle Younger
Brown
Mervyn Dymally
Mike Curb
Yvonne Burke
George Deukmejian
Curb
Beverly Hills
Dymally
Govenor
Younger
Burke
Mexican village gas blast kills fifty two in Colonia Benito Juarez
Surviving residents of Colonia Benito Juarez held a midnight requiem Mass after a natural gas pipeline explosion nearly wiped out the southern Mexican village. Officials reported fifty two dead and eleven severely burned as a crater about 300 feet wide and 20 feet deep scarred the crossroads settlement.
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Gordon D. Mott
Associated Press
Colonia
Benito Juarez
Mexico
Arab Leaders Approve 11 Billion Peace Fund Plan
Arab leaders approved an 11 billion dollar fund to counter the Egyptian Israeli peace plan. The amount is two billion more than Iraq’s earlier proposal for an annual nine billion dollar military front fund. Delegates aim to define each country’s contribution by wealth, with richer states contributing more.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
United States
Peculiar driver improvement case from Kentucky court
Boone County Judge Robert Greene heard Charles Briley admit a U turn across the grass median of I 275 near Cincinnati while rushing to his driver improvement course. In Batesville Indiana a cattle truck overturned and nails spilled on I 74, halting traffic amid cattle roamers and tire blowouts. In St Petersberg Florida a motorist sued a shop after a $98.08 bill for a $30 radiator hose fix led to a $650 verdict. A large PEMEX pipeline explosion in Tabasco damaged huts and stores, with 15 million cubic feet daily gas flow cut off and restoration efforts underway by 200 workers.
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Burlington
Boone County
Robert Greene
Charles Briley
California
Cincinnati
Greene
Kentucky State Police
Batesville
Ind
Indiana
Greensburg
John Scudder
National Petroleum Company
PEMEX
Adolfo Arroyo Villasenor
Arroyo
Mexico City
Tabasco
Jose Serna Garcia
United States seeks World Assembly on Older Persons
The United States will introduce a resolution for a U.N. General Assembly to study feasibility of an International Year of the Elderly and to issue policies supporting older people, projecting 585 million persons over 60 by 2000.
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United Nations
United States
U.N. General Assembly
Ruth Schacter Morgenthau
U.S
U.N. Commission For Social Development
World Assembly
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Pharmacy
Ismael Garza
M.D
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Supreme Court
George L. Hart
ST. Pettersburg, Fla
Barbara Bates
International Motor Cars Ltd
Menachem Begin
Cyrus Vance
Jimmy Carter
New York City
Begin-Vance
The
Colombo
Sri Lanka
Rukamani Devi
Here
Bangkok
Thailand
Somchai Chaiyasuth
New Zealand
Cathay Pacific Airways
Vietnam
Somchai
Sue
Clea Lne
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