Nobel Prizes Awarded in Chemistry and Physics to Five Scientists
Five scientists from the United States Yugoslavia Denmark and Britain won the 1975 Nobel Prizes for Chemistry and Physics. John Cornforth and Vladimir Prelog shared chemistry honors while James Rainwater Aage Bohr and Benjamin Mottelson shared physics honors.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Swedish Academy of Science
John Warcup Cornforth
Sussex University
Brighton
England
Vladimir Prelog
Zurich
James Rainwater
Columbia University
Aage Bohr
Niels Bohr
Bohr
Benjamin Mottelson
Cornforth
Prelog
Federal Institute of Technology
Mottelson
China
Chicago
Denmark
Bell executive runs real estate firm in Blanco after suit
AMBITIOUS Bell Telephone executive Jim Ashley, once Bell's top Texas negotiator and a key accuser in a major libel suit, moved to Blanco after a 1974 internal probe and Gravitt’s death. He now operates Jim Ashley Real Estate with his wife, reflecting on a controversial career, regulatory changes, and a dramatic life shift away from Dallas and Houston.
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Tex AP Smilin
Jim Ashley
Bell Telephone Co
Texas Hill Country
T.O. Gravitt
Dallas
Ashley
Gravitt
Southwestern Bell
Texas
Bell System
Gravitts
Bell
Austin
San Antonio
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Eric
Flise
University of Texas
Suburbia
Bonnie Ashley
Bel
Southwestern Belubve
Dim Ashlew
Blanco. Tex
Institute head named by UT San Antonio
AP reports that Jack Maguire, longtime executive director of the Ex-Students Association since 1956, will become executive director of the Institute of Texan Cultures at UT San Antonio. Dr Peter Fiawn, UTSA president, also announced that Mrs Pat Maguire will join staff as publications adviser.
Morning Markets Slip as NYC Debt Talks Weave Caution
New York AP reports a moderate stock decline on cautious mood amid late efforts by New York City to avert default on maturing debts. The noon Dow industrials fell about 347 points as losers outpaced gainers, with Tiger International leading volume at 17. A 30 000 share block traded at that price.
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Request For Pardon Rejected By Justice Dept
The Justice Department rejected on procedural grounds a pardon petition by former Illinois Governor Otto Kerner who was convicted two years ago of conspiracy bribery mail fraud and perjury. A five year wait from release is required unless a waiver is granted. Kerner, 67, was released on parole in March 1975.
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Justice Department
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Thomas E Patton
Dean St Dennis
Lexington
Clear Days Predicted Across Texas By AP
Cool temperatures and clear skies spread across Texas before dawn with the forecast calling for more of the same through Saturday. A Gulf tropical low shifted eastward removing threats of heavy rains along the coast while a cold front ended a recent spell of autumn heat, dropping temperatures into the 60s along the coast and into the 40s in the Panhandle.
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Associated Press
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Texas Coast
Upper Panhandle
Kissinger Due Trip to China
Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger plans his eighth trip to China to prep for President Ford's visit later this year. The journey follows less dramatic precedent than Kissinger's first covert Jan 1971 trip when he faked illness to reach Beijing.
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China
Washington
Henry A Kissinger
Ford
Rockefeller Shuns Nephew In 1976 Governor Bid
Vice President Nelson A Rockefeller said he would back the incumbent Republican governor if he runs again, and would shun his Democratic nephew Jay Rockefeller IV who announced his candidacy for the 1976 Democratic nomination for governor. The remark followed Rockefeller touring the Capitol with Gowardh A Moore Jr. in Charleston West Virginia.
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Charleston
Wva
Nelson A Rockefeller
Capitol
Gowardh A Moore Jr
Rockefeller
John D
Houston to Appeal Utility Rate Decision
Houston Mayor says he will appeal a district court ruling allowing a 15 percent HL&P electricity rate increase while a full trial on the matter proceeds. Judge Patterson granted the rate hike pending trial after HL&P witnesses, City of Houston not allowed to present testimony.
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Houston
Houston AP
Fred Hosbeins
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Jenna Patterson
Hl&p
Patterson
City of Houston
Jonathan Day
JG Reese
Hs&p Board
Reese
Impeachment panel held living expenses after duties end
Eleven members of a House impeachment committee drew 900 dollars monthly as living expenses since August, though most work ended Aug 5 during the Carrillo case. The panel, led by Rep DeWitt Hale, paid or authorized total reached 21.4 thousand, with Terry Doyle charging 300 dollars daily for 34 days.
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House Select
Austin American-Statesman
House
O . Carrillo
Benavides
House Select Committee
Terry Doyle
Carrillo Doyle
DeWitt Hale
D-Corpus Christi
Bob Maloney
Dallas
Melcher Chavez
Harlingen
Jerry Donaldson
Gatesville
Bob Hendricks
D McKinney
Jim Easter
Paso
Pete Laney
D-Hale Center
Lynn Nabers
D Brownwood
Richard Slack
American Statesman
Remarks Made On Nixon Case
Former Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski says the final prosecutor report did not adequately explain issues around indicting Richard Nixon. He notes it was his decision not to seek a criminal indictment as Nixon faced House impeachment proceedings.
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Leon Jaworski
Richard M Nixon
Jaworski
Nixon
Key West Man Survives Three Day Gulf Rescue
Thomas Gibbons of Key West says he killed and skinned a seagull while awaiting rescue after being stranded for three days. rescued by a shrimp boat Wednesday after seven Coast Guard planes and a cutter failed to find his companions Ross and Dorothy Corwin. The trio were dumped from a rented 20 foot cabin cruiser 60 miles west of Key West on Sunday, four miles from the Dry Tortugas. Gibbons battled waves and current, clinging to a buoy before securing himself to the platform with his belt as the craft pitched in six foot seas.
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Thomas Gibbons
Gulf of Mexico
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Ross
Dorothy Corwin
Snapper
Music Star Being Sued
In Memphis Tennessee country singer Charlie Rich 43 is sued for divorce by his wife of 24 years Margaret Ann Greene Rich 42 who cites cruel and inhuman treatment and seeks alimony child support and custody of their son Jack Michael Rich 8 in Circuit Court.
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Charlie Rich
Margaret Ane Greene Rich
Creutz Court
Jack Michael Rich
Rich
Charlie Rich Enterprises
Baptist Hospital
Sy Rosenberg
Tes
Memphis, Tenn AP
Margaret Ann Greene Rich
Discrimination Regulations Law Aimed at Lending
Federal Reserve says a new lending law will end sex and marital status discrimination. Regulations take effect Oct 2 with some provisions delayed up to three years. Creditors cannot ask about marital status or childbearing plans. men or women may be asked about earning power of a spouse only in specific cases. Damages up to 16000 and class actions up to 100000 or 1 percent net worth. Some rights for married women to open accounts arrive in later phases.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Death of 7 year old Anthony Tristan in Tivoli
Anthony Tristan of Tivoli died after an extended illness Thursday morning at age 7. Survived by wife Mrs Maria Gregoria Tristan of Olivia and daughter Mrs Maria Santana Martnez of Olivia, five brothers Matilde Tristan Corpus Christi Isabel Tristan La Ward Pablo Tristan Victoria Marcelino Tristan Bay City Elaino Tristan Florida Ind, and four grandchildren. Rosary 7 pm Friday Port Lavaca Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral services 9 am Saturday at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church with Rev Donald McNally officiating. Body will lie in state at the church one hour before services.
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Maria Gregoria Tristan
Olivia
Maria Santana Martnez
Matilde Tristan
Corpus Christi
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la Ward
Pablo Tristan
Victoria
Marcelino Tristan
Bay City
Elaino Tristan
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UFO cult leaders ID but not locations found by police
Police identify Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles as leaders of a Jesus Outer Space cult. Authorities say they know who the pair are but not where followers or others connected to HIM are located across Oregon California and Colorado.
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Tex
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Doster
Portland Oregonian
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Lenin in Zurich novel by Solzhenitsyn published
Nobel laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn releases Lenin in Zurich as a historical novel about Vladimir Lenin’s last exile years in Zurich before his return to Russia for the Bolshevik revolution. The French edition will adapt a chapter initially planned for August 1914 and later volumes will include related material. Solzhenitsyn has resided in Zurich since his exile and studied at the Lenin museum there.
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