Labor unions donate to many senators amid pivotal bill vote
An unofficial tally shows labor groups gave $1.4 million in 1974 to 62 senators who voted to end a filibuster on a building site picketing bill. 26 of them received union money totaling $1.403 million, while 5 voting against the motion drew $44,350. The measure, passed by the House, awaits final steps with Ford signaling possible signature.
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Brooks Jackson
Associated Press
Washington
Organized Labor
House
Ford
Citizen Lobby
Common Cause
Senate
Afl-Cio
Moroccans ordered to break camp in Spanish Sahara
Morocco’s 350000 volunteers in the Sahara were ordered to break camp and prepare to return home after Spain’s Cortes approved a decolonization law. King Hassan hailed victory as convoys leave Tarifa base. Franco shows signs of heart failure and peritonitis while Spain plans interim admin with Morocco and Mauritania.
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Rabat
Morocco
Spanish Sahara
Mauritania
Desert
Tarfara
Hassan
Cortes
Spain
Sahara
United Nations
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Franco
Judge weighs Fromme trial fate in Ford shooting case
U S District Judge Thomas MacBride will decide whether to dismiss, declare a mistrial, or continue Lynette Fromme’s trial for attempting to kill President Ford as defense and prosecution clash over withheld evidence. The case hinges on police statements and a witness Damir who recalls Fromme saying it was not loaded.
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Sacramento
Calif
Lynette Fromme
Ford
U.S. District Court
Thomas MacBride
Miss Fromme
MacBride
Charles Manson
State Capitol
Secret Service
Virga
Virgo
James Damir
Sacramento State University
Damir
Thai planes strafe Laos near Mekong border flare up
Reliable reports from the northeast frontier say two Thai planes strafed Laotian positions as Thai and Laotian guns dueled across the Mekong while Thai forces tried to recover a grounded patrol boat. A Thai navy man was killed, and the boat remained aground as Thai troops sent tanks and armor to the area.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Mekong River
Tha Bor
Laos
London bomb kills two at Chelsea restaurant in IRA attack
A three pound antipersonnel bomb packed with ball bearings exploded inside Walton's restaurant in Chelsea, killing a 49 year old Londoner Theodore Williams and an unidentified woman and injuring 17 others including Barbara Matthews of New York. The attack, believed to be IRA, raised London toll to eight dead and nearly 200 wounded in three months. Witnesses described sparks and smoke as diners fled and the bomb squad called the device shrapnel like. Police and FBI reviewing link to Irish bomb sympathizers aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2 voyage.
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London
Walton’s
Chelsea
Irish Republican Army
Britain
Northern Ireland
Mayfair
Theodore Williams
Ivy Brent
James Neville
Scotland Yard
Southampton
Cunard
FBI
Houston dog waste covers city streets study shows health risk
Two Houston veterinarians reported at the American Public Health Association meeting that 178 billion hookworm eggs and 138.6 million pounds of feces plus 32.3 million gallons of urine are deposited yearly by about 500,000 dogs. They warned of odors, rodent and fly breeding, and parasite spread, noting only Houston studied.
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Chicago
Houston
Primo V. Arambulo III
James H. Steele
American Public Health Association
Arambulo
Institute of Public Health
University of the Philippines
Manila
University of Texas School of Public Health
Steele
GOP Governors Conference to Focus on Energy Crime
Wichita Kan and other cities report Republican governors largely back Ford in 1976 but split views spark a lively GOP Governors Association winter meeting. Topics include energy policy federal revenue sharing and crime among attendees including Vice President Rockefeller.
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Wichita
Kan
Ford
White House
Republican Governors Association
Nelson A. Rockefeller
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Amin Bashir
Cence Heller
54Th Street
Third Avenue
Borough of
Manhattan
Vatican
Jesus
Barbara Matthews
New York City
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Agriculture Department
Kansas
Oklahoma
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Colorado
Randy Harvey
St. Luke’s Hospital
San Antonio
Tex
Leon Jaworski
Jaworski
Lo-Vaca Gathering Co
La-Vaca
Wichita Falls
California
Ronald Reagan
America
Reagan
Kissinger
N.Y
Henry A. Kissinger
Palestine Liberation Organization
Kurt Waldheim
Syria
Lebanon
Jordan
Israel
Egypt
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Eldridge Cleaver
Black Panther
Paris
Trans World Airlines
Beirut
Dallas
Francis Chase
Dallas School Board
Moore
San Francisco
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Samuel Conti
Judiciary Committee
Wahington
United States
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
United States Catholic Conference
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