Sitter 68 Cares for Black Baby in Legal Limbo
In Reno Nevada six years ago Mae Ducharm a 68 year old widow began babysitting Monique a two week old girl left by a black couple claiming show business ties. They never returned and Ducharm remains the sole guardian though not legally recognized. She fights for medical care for Monique with welfare and race groups involved.
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Monique
Las Vegas
NAACP
Reno
Race Relations Center
Welfare Division
Senate votes to extend Voting Rights Act for ten years
Washington reports the Senate limited debate on the Voting Rights Act extension, clearing the path to a 10 year renewal. The 76 to 20 vote surpassed the 60 vote threshold to invoke closure and send the measure to the House for final action before the August 6 expiration.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ford
Robert C. Byrd
Deep South
Righ
Pepperdine proxy in line for post as Interior aide
Interior Secretary Stanley K Hathaway, exhausted and suffering moderate depression, entered Bethesda Naval Hospital July 15 after resignations discussions with President Ford. Aides say Ford urged treatment. Hathaway, 51, had led confirmation battles in June and faced environmental criticism over Wyoming policy.
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Hathaway
White House
Wiliam Lukash
Interior Department
Syndiextul
Black Anderson
al Wadia
Ford
William Banowsky
Pepperdine College
California
Interior
Banowsky
Reagan
Senate
Phantom refugees inflate Indochina list at Camp Pendleton
At Camp Pendleton AP reports 1,951 of 14,431 Indochina refugees listed do not exist. Officials say multiple agency signups or unrecorded transfers may have caused phantom entries among eight volunteer processing groups.
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Camp Pendleton
Refugee gold trade fuels large US market
Vietnamese refugees in camps have sold millions in gold and jewels through Deak-Perera and Manila Tordella Brooks firms, with 2.2 million in gold at four camps since May. Buyers say a price war is ongoing as refugees seek dollars, while many plan to keep or eventually convert valuables. Armed guards secure shipments. officials note no major thefts.
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South Vietnam
Deak-Perera International, Inc
New York
Hal Roeder
Ft. Indigotown Gap
Manila
Tordella and Brooks
Evan Ecko
Deak Perera
Pennsylvania
Vietnam
Echo
United States
Silver Corp
Luis Vigdor
Manfla, Tordella and Brooks
U.S
Denk-Perera
Cae
Vigdor
Army
State Department
Thies
California
Arkansas
Deak-Perera
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Beauty queen sues over loss of title
Rhonda Herrin, 19, former Miss Santa Clara County, sues county officials in Superior Court alleging her beauty crown was wrongfully taken away on May 23. Officials say her reign ended by a unanimous vote of the 10 member Miss California committee after she failed to comply with rules.
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Palo Alto
Santa’ Clara County
Geant
Spey
Rhonda Herrin
Miss Herrin
Santa Cruz
Him Torre
Hunt heirs allege CIA looted their Hunt Oil affiliate
Nelson Banker Hunt and W Herbert Hunt accuse the CIA of infiltrating their Hunt Oil Co overseas affiliate and abetting an embezzlement exceeding 50 million dollars. They claim federal wiretap charges followed their refusal to cooperate and that some employed by Hunt were said to be government agents.
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Dallas PN
BL. Hunt
CIA
Hunt Company
Nelson
Hunt
W. Herbert Hunt
Overseas Hunt Oil Co
Hunt Oil Cor
Space shuttle era dawns as astronauts praise shuttle coop
Stafford and colleagues reflect on ending the Apollo era and foresee a new space age with the shuttle. They praise cooperation with cosmonauts, note the Apollo mission's trouble free run, and discuss future women astronauts and expanded Earth missions.
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TASS
Slayton
Wisconsin
Stafford
Earth
Hera
Mission Control
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Dennis Bell
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