White House Royal Party Fetes Shah of Iran and Ford
President Ford hosted a glittering White House party with the Shah of Iran, Empress Farah, and a star-studded guest list. Pearl Bailey led a spontaneous floor show with Diane Warwick and Miss Itka Chase while Fred Astaire danced with Mrs. Ford.
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Ann Margret
White House
Ford
Ap Wren
Washington
Iran
Foud
United States
Farah
Pearl Bailey
Dolly
Diane Warwick
An-Margret
Pole Aldinter
East
Miss Bailey
Miss Warwick
Pearlie Mae
Fred Astaire
Empress Farah
Andy Warhol
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Itka Chase
Bob Hope
Henry Kissinger
Merv Griffin
Society
Suzy Knickerbocker
Mrs. Henry Ford 11
Foreign oil bribes admitted by South Korea and Bolivia links
Senate subcommittee testimony reveals foreign oil bribes tied to South Korea’s late 1960s campaign financing and Bolivian payments involving Gen. Rene Barrientos. Gulf Oil money allegedly paid to Barrientos supporters, though not all documented. Church warns such practices undermine ethics and U.S. foreign policy as investigations note slush funds reaching Democratic and Republican candidates starting in the early 1960s.
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Dorsey
South Korea
Senate Foreign Relations
Bolivia
Rene Barrientos
Barrientos
General Dorsey
Gulf Oil
Frank Church
Didabo
Subcommittee
U.S
Church
Church Sal Church
United States
Brown to Call Insurance Session for Malpractice Rollback
Lawmakers plan a bill in the Assembly Finance Insurance and Commerce Committee to roll back malpractice rates for seven months to pre crisis levels. The Assembly Judiciary Committee also involved as the session proceeds.
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Brown
Assembly Finance, Insurance and Commerce Committee
Assembly Junciary Committee
Senate and
Assembly
California Medical Association
California
Ky plots Vietnamese village in California for refugees
Former South Vietnamese Premier Nguyen Cao Ky proposes creating a pilot Vietnamese village on a large California farm to house refugees who cannot or will not blend into the United States. He seeks federal aid, favors California for climate, and outlines phased farming to feed and later sell crops, with Washington to back the effort. He plans to visit camps in Arkansas and then return to Camp Pendleton.
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Camp Pendleton
Upi
Nguyen Cao Ky
California
United States
Ftore
Saigon
Air Force
Alabama
Arkansas
Texas
Washington
U.S
Welfare checks to rise for California families July 1
The Health and Welfare Agency announced cost-of-living increases averaging 24 dollars monthly for needy families starting July 1. Senior and disabled recipients will see 15 and 18 dollars rises respectively, with Food Stamps benefits increasing July 7 for about 1.5 million Californians.
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Sacramento
California
Mario Obledo
Recall of Kroger Instant Oatmeal Tied to Metal Fragments
The FDA announced a recall of about 95,000 packages of Kroger Instant Oatmeal sold in the eastern United States due to possible metal fragments. The product, artificial maple and brown sugar flavor, was made by Ralston Purina in Davenport Iowa. Letters to distributors were sent April 20. Cartons and bags bear code 13-76. The FDA said there is no health risk to consumers.
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Wasitington
Food and Drug Administration
Kroger
United
Artificia
Ralston Purina Co
Davenport
Iowa
FDA
U S officials defend action after Mayaguez rescue flare up
U S officials said efforts to deter a North Korean attack hinge on avoiding a repeat of the Pueblo incident while seeking full facts on two weeks of Gulf of Thailand events. President Ford backed the Mayaguez rescue as a necessary move to free the crew and ship.
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U.S
Nessen
Gulf of Thailand
Ford
Nessep
Nessem
Mayaguez
Mayaguéz
suLlgéreach
HS Wi
Pueblo
U.S. Navy
Singapore
Thailand
R.J. Reynolds Industries
Sea-Land Services, Inc
United
China
Peking
Soviet Union
a-Land
Carobodians
Kampong Som
Rong
Cambodia
National Security Council
Congress
Senate
Carl Curtis
R-Nely
Mistaken intelligence in Mayaguez rescue
Reported errors in Mayaguez rescue intelligence sparked forceful action as a warning to rivals. Separate note says Laotian student leftists freed three American officials held in Savannakhet, Laos after the affair ended.
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Mayaguez
America
Savannakhet
Laos
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SUNRO
Molla, Woodard, Landes
Hurricane
LEE
Bankamericard
Auran Schule
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Garden Court
Atlantic Ave
Long Beach
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