Priest Spends $250,000 of Bicentennial Funds Abroad
In Philadelphia, an AP report states a Catholic priest used nearly 250000 in Pennsylvania Bicentennial funds for global travel seeking humanists and other preparations for a world commemoration. The action highlights questions over spending and oversight of Bicentennial programs.
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Globe
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Guy Merveille
Congress of World Unity
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Europe
Asia
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Merveille
Academy of Music
Savoy Opera
Hugh Welsh Jr
Academy
America
Linus Pauling
Jonas Salk
Norman Cousins
Saturday Review
Associated Press
Cousins
Pauling
Youssef el Sebai
Hostages Freed as Rikers inmates clash over amnesty
Two of five correction officers were released from five Rikers Island cellblocks after a standoff that began Sunday night. Officials described deepening divisions among the 1,200 inmates as talks continued with a negotiating team. The freed guards were Richard Sealy and Thomas Rivera.
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Rikers Island
Bronx
Mario Merola
Richard Sealy
Thomas Rivera
Merola
Mercia
Robbery at Smugglers Inn sparks police manhunt
Lubbock police fired at a car and used tear gas after a robbery at Smugglers Inn on the south side. The assailant fled with the assistant manager, and authorities indicate up to $3,000 in two nights' receipts were taken from nine employees.
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Lubbock
Tex
Seventeen year old gains sight after new ultrasonic instrument
Lisa Clements, 17, who was almost blind since birth, regained sight after a five hour operation at Center Pavilion Hospital using Dr Louis Girard’s ultrasonic fragmenter. She can read large print and distinguish shapes though legally blind, with hope for further improvement.
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Houston
Louis Girard
Woodrow Wilson High School
Dallas
Jude
Moynihan Seeks Guidance in White House Meeting
Daniel Patrick Moynihan visited the White House for talks with President Ford about his possible resignation as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. He was seen with Leonard Garment, a former White House lawyer and current U.N. delegation member.
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan
White House
Ford
U.S
United Nations
Moynihan
Leonard Garment
Richard M. Nixon
Franco Buried as 100000 Rally For Dictatorship
In Madrid 100000 rightists packed the Valley of the Fallen for Francisco Franco's grand funeral monument. King Juan Carlos I entered the basilica as foreign leaders attended and a few shouted Long live the King while Franco’s 36 year rule ended with his death at 82. Officials said 400000 filed past the bier and 300000 waited outside.
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Alejandro Rodriguez de Valcarcel
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Sophia
Spain
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Franco
Valley of the Fallen
Juan Carlos I
King
National Palace
Carey takes responsibility for New York tax increase plan
Gov. Hugh Carey prepared to issue a statement accepting full responsibility for the $206 million in higher New York City taxes as a deadlocked legislature failed to move a federal aid package. He sought to pressure Republicans, calling the stalemate a political badminton game and signaling a shift from blaming the Ford administration.
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N.Y
Hugh Carey
New York City
Ford
Carey
Ford Administration
Drilling delays in Bastian Bay gas field raise taps
Investigators report that Getty Oil Co and Tenneco Oil Co slowed drilling in the Bastian Bay Field in Louisiana, extending production from 20–25 years to 62 years. The House Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations cites insufficient resources and a lack of diligence, while Republicans call price controls a failure. The field, operated for Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. by Tenneco Oil, holds about 600 billion cubic feet, the 14th largest in the nation.
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House
Getty Oil Co
Tenneco Oil Co
Bastian Bay
Louisiana
House Commerce Subcommittee On Oversight and Investigations
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D-Calif
Congress
James M. Collins
R-Tex
Samuel L. Devine
Ohio
Senate
Tenneco Oil
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Tenneco, Inc
Getty
Castro saddened by Kennedy death reported by Hunt
E Howard Hunt says Fidel Castro was morose upon learning of President Kennedy's assassination. He cites a woman in Castro's home as the source and notes a hoped renewal of U S Cuba relations failing to materialize. Hunt spoke at Eglin Air Force Base and gave a report to the CIA.
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Italy
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Dallas
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United States
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