Juan Carlos launches language reforms to ease Spain’s tensions
Prince Juan Carlos de Borbon issued a decree legalizing regional languages in newspapers broadcasts meetings and councils marking a step to ease regional dissension after Franco's death The move follows his earlier call for a Basque autonomy study commission as Spain moves toward a post Franco era
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Madrid
Spain
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Francisco Franco Franco
Juan Carlos
Franco
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Kissinger Keeps Low Profile At Rambouillet Summit
Kissinger largely avoided public appearances at the Rambouillet economic summit as Ford neared election. Officials said his role was reduced, with briefings handled by Seidman and only brief exposure planned for reporters aboard Air Force One. Ford shifted Kissinger from National Security Adviser to widen foreign affairs visibility.
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UPI
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Richard M Nixon
Kissinger
America
Rambouillet
White House
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Nixon
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L. William Seidman
Economic Policy Board
Seidman
Washington
Air Force One
AWOL Soldier Returns Home With Family in Hawaii
Veto Baker the last American to leave South Vietnam is home in Hawaii with his common law wife Mai and their three children. He faces medical exams at Tripler Army Medical Center while the Army reviews his case after his 1972 AWOL departure to marry Mai and bring her to America. Baker’s 15 months left in the Army may keep him in Hawaii under Army custody.
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Ray Yuen
Honolulu
UPI
Veto Baker
South Vietnam
Baker
Law
Mai
Vietnam
Libby Mendonca
Tripler Army Medical Center
America
Saigon
Army
Hawaii
Hickam Air Force Base
Mike Burgee
Burgee
Bakers
Honolulu Refugee Sponsorship Delays May Impact Closures
UPI reports from Ft Chaffee Ark that Honolulu's reluctance to sponsor 800 Vietnamese refugees could slow the relocation plan. Officials say Ft Chaffee near closing risk if refugees cannot move to Hawaii though alternative drops exist, as Indiantown Gap and other camps may absorb transfers.
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UPI
Honolulu
Donald G MacDonald
Hawaii
Islands
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Frank Fasi
MacDonald
Indiantown Gap
Indiantown
Chaffee
Reuss Predicts Ford Will Sign NYC Loan Guarantee Plan
Rep Henry Reuss D Wisconsin a key advocate for New York City bailout predicts President Ford will sign a compromise loan guarantees bill. The House plans a Tuesday vote after a weekend deal reducing guarantees from 7 to 4 billion and shortening to five years with a three member supervision board.
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UPI
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D-Wis
New York City
Ford
New York
Reuss
Senate
Banking Panel
Treasury
William E. Simon
New York State Board
CBS Morning News
Paris
Rhodes
House
Senator Asks Curb On Foreign Bribes
Rep. Les Aspin cites a Library of Congress study showing U S firms paid 306 million dollars in bribes and political contributions abroad and proposes a federal crime for offering bribes. Exxon halted foreign political contributions after Clifton Garvin said payments to parties in Australia Japan and Italy had occurred. The report shows Lockheed led with 202 million total overseas payments including 106 million to an agent in Saudi Arabia. Other listed contributors include Northrop Gulf Oil United Brands Occidental Mobil Phillips and multiple other firms.
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Exxon
CBS
Australia
Japan
Italy
Garvin
Aspin
Library of Congress
Lockheed Corp
Adran M Khassiggi
Saudi Arabia
Lockheed
Northrop Corp
Gulf Oil
United Brands
Occidental Petroleum
Mobil Oil
Phillips
American Home Products
Ashland Oil
Citgo
del Monte
FMS
International Business Machines
Merck Co
McDonnell Douglas
Raytheon Vinnell
Prison Fined for Safety Violations in Washington State
The Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla was fined 1600 dollars after an inspection found more than 100 safety violations. The prison appeals the fines while the inspection followed two grievances filed by the prison correctional officers union.
Government ready to test mechanical heart pump debate
The U S government plans to begin using a mechanical heart pump on selected hopelessly ill patients. Dr Peter Frommer supports limited human trials citing potential lives saved while Dr Stephen Bruck warns the device could cause premature death and cites safety concerns with materials and device design.
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Craig Palmer Washington
UPI
Peter Frommer
Heart and Lung Institute
National Institute of Health
Stephen Bruck
Hoax life of oil fortune heir ends in tragedy
Ernest Medders, 65, once an illiterate Tennessee worker who posed as the heir to an oil fortune, died of a heart attack in Brownsville Texas. His hoax funded a lavish lifestyle for five years, including a 330 acre estate Colonial Acres and airlifted parties, before creditors and a 1966 discovery suit exposed the ruse.
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Brownsville
Tex
UPI
Ernest Medders
Tennessee
Medders
Texas
Margaret
Memphis
Tenn
Ruben Medders
Muenster
Guy Lombardo
Medder
Supreme Court strikes down Utah pregnancy unemployment rule
The Supreme Court voided Utah’s law presuming women cannot work last 12 weeks of pregnancy and six weeks post birth. The unsigned ruling vacated a Utah Supreme Court decision and held benefits denial on that basis unconstitutional under due process. Justice Rehnquist dissented.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Utah
Thai Laos clash widens as gunboats clash on Mekong
Pathet Lao gunners sank a Thai gunboat on the Mekong sparking an escalating battle. Thai helicopter gunships on their side of the river northwest of Vientiane fired at Pathet Lao forces inside Laos, with fighting continuing after dark.
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Thailand
UPT
Pathet Lao
Mekong
Mekong River
Vientiane
Laos
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