Ford urges mayors to push for revenue sharing extension
President Ford met 33 mayors from four states in Skokie Illinois and urged them to lobby Congress for a renewal of the general revenue sharing program which funds state and local governments. He warned against complacency and said action is needed before the program expires next year while a security scare outside the hotel accompanied the visit.
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Vietnamese refugees may try to go home
Washington reports 1514 Vietnamese refugees will sail from Guam for home, yet there is no guarantee the new Communist government will admit them. Julia Taft said refugees, many in panic, hope to reunite with families in South Vietnam but acceptance on arrival is uncertain. About 5000 others wait in camps across Asia for U.S. processing.
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Code clerk’s Kennedy Teletype Claim Faces Doubt
Dallas Times Herald reports four FBI employees named by William Walter recall no teletype warning before Kennedy’s assassination. Two say Walter’s account is likely fabricated. The paper’s investigation included over 60 interviews and a polygraph of Walter, which the examiner found inconclusive. Walter refused to provide a copy of the teletype he claims to have.
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Lion cub grabs child in Mason bank lobby
A trained lion cub named Bwana grabbed 13 month old Meredith McDevitt in the First Mason Bank lobby in Mason Ohio. The child escaped unhurt after handler Steve Clark pulled the lion's choker and the cub released her. Clark said the cub may have mistaken the child for play and that the animal is well trained.
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Siege at Spaghetti House: Gunmen hold six hostages
The three gunmen, two West Indians and a Nigerian, keep six Italian hostages inside the Spaghetti House in London as a woman from the Black Liberation Front warns them they have been disowned by the group and urges release. The standoff enters its third day.
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