Nation reels from shifts on fugitives and policy shifts
The FBI drops several fugitives from its top ten while others remain at large. Kissinger faces Africa tensions amid Vorster talks in Zurich and London. Ford aides forecast unemployment easing to 7 percent by year end. Ford limits campaign travel. Baker outlines strategy. New charter flights may bypass group travel and hotels. seven day stay required in nine European nations. Houston plans nuclear plant near Wallis after deferral. Libel suit filed by Ben Barnes vs Dallas Morning News seeks $20 million. Civil Rights Commission urged to probe Castroville slaying. Connally eyed as Ford Texas chair. New grain elevator planned by Goodpasture. Court inquiry set for Judge Bates over bribery charge. Former teacher held on false imprisonment charges in Houston.
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Texas
Ben Barnes
Dallas Morning News
Barnes
Air Force cadet forgery ring probe at Academy
An Air Force Academy investigation probes a cadet forgery and theft ring rumored to involve multiple cadets. Law professor Edward Meyer alleges dozen cadets participated, with stolen checkbooks and IDs used for forged checks in Colorado Springs and on the academy grounds.
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Colo
Air For
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Air Fi Office of Special Investigations
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Academy
Edward Joel Meyer
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Air Academy National Bank
Meyer
Air Force
Thomas Reed
Blews
Allen
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Ousting LaSalle Hotel Items For Sale At Auction
Journalistic fragments describe a plan to auction off LaSalle Hotel fixtures and furnishings. Buyers may bid on items including signs and a piano bar, with hundreds of rooms and around sixty thousand dollars in value mentioned amid unclear details and garbled text.
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Charles Chamberlain
Chicago (Ap) i PLC
LaSalle
Biu
McCarthy Says Texas Election Code Unconstitutional
Three federal judges ruled former Senator Eugene McCarthy cannot be on the Texas ballot as an independent candidate, agreeing with McCarthy that the Texas Election Code is unconstitutional for excluding president and vice president races from independent candidacies. The panel found McCarthy was late to challenge, and allowing his name could disrupt the presidential race. they noted Kendall’s arguments about community support and a potential write-in candidacy.
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Austin
Tex
Lota
Eugene McCir
Kendall Saad Met
Texas
McCarthy’s Law
Don Gladden
Fort Worth
Ouster Drive Aims at Granata in City Hall Row
At a closed door meeting Monday councilors voiced support to remove Granata amid a city hall power struggle. Opponents led by Charles Becker Cliff Morton and G E Harrington accuse the council of anti growth policy violating the city charter and ceding power to a militant citizens' group. Mayor Cockrell denied most charges but conceded indecision at times.
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Rohde
Henry Eros
Phil Pyndus
Ganata
Wings
Granata
Charles Becker
Cliff Morton
G.E. Harrington
The
Builders Association
a_ nogrowth
Cockrell
Ford bars aliens from federal jobs
President Ford orders agencies not to hire foreigners who live in the United States and urges Congress to define aliens rights by legislation. The prohibition covers most federal hiring, with exceptions only when service efficiency or national interest requires. The move follows a Supreme Court ruling that struck down an earlier Civil Service Commission ban.
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Washington
Ford
United States
Congress
Supreme Court
Civil Service Commission
Senate
House
Viking 2 lander reaches touchdown on Mars
Pasadena reports Viking 2 readied for its descent after a Viking command team decision. The lander, carrying life detecting instruments, aimed to touch down at 6 58 p m EDT on Utopia Planitia about 125 miles from a large crater Mie. A camera would capture the moment and a panorama.
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Pasadena
Calif
Earth
America
Mars
Viking Command
Go’ Command
Utopia
Tom Young
Young
Viking 2
Viking
Mie
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Viking 1
Peso Squeeze Hits Border Shoppers Across Matamoros
Across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Matamoros residents like Raul face devaluation as pesos buy less abroad. Bankers and investors discuss exchange rates, with U S banks offering about 20.4 to 20.6 pesos per dollar while shoppers keep buying U S goods.
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Miller H. Bonner
Associated Press
Brownsville
U.S
Raul
Matamoros
Rio Grande
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