Butz Resigns Over Racial Joke Controversy
UPI report details Earl L. Butz resignation as agriculture secretary after a published joke about black people sparked bipartisan backlash. Ford accepted the move, naming John Knebel as acting head and pledging a permanent successor by year’s end. Brooke and others urged removal. Butz defended his remarks as a private indiscretion while noting prior farm-group use of the joke.
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Purdue University
Edward Brooke
R-Mass
Senate
Brooke
Republican Party
Ron Nelsen
White House
Earl Butz
Butz Accused of Secret Meetings to Bypass Civil Rights Rules
The Los Angeles Times reports that under Secretary Butz the Agriculture Department aided seven states in skirting federal civil rights laws by altering regulations to extend compliance time. The states Arkansas Georgia Illinois Kansas Louisiana Maryland and Texas faced possible loss of federal funds for racially segregated and underpaid extension services.
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Los Angeles Times
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Department
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Cooperative Extension Services
Arkansas
Georgia
Illinois
Kansas
Lousiana
Maryland
Texas
Jeff Miller
Gvil Right Commission
Brezhnev accuses West of blocking arms limit talks
Moscow says it seeks to cut back its weapons while charging Western governments stall progress. Brezhnev in a televised interview criticized Western spokesmen for blocking arms control, citing NATO pressure as a reason for Moscow to “perfect our defenses.”
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UPI
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Union
East
Europe
Communist Party
Brezhnev
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Americans Aiding German Black Market Exposed
US soldiers reportedly funnel millions in tax free goods into West German black market per Stars and Stripes. Maj Ronald Smircich cites $12 million seized. market may total $10 to $20 million yearly with cigarettes coffee and alcohol highly sought after.
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West Germany
Army
Olympic
Wash
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Giessen
Television Schedule Highlights and Prime Time Lineup
The guide lists shows from 4:00 to 1:00 with Adam-12, Guppies, The Bank, MacNeil, Tony Orlando, Laverne and Shirley, M A S H, Rich Man Poor Man, Police Woman, The Fight to Be Remembered, Kojak, News Scene, and Tonight Show. Notable films include Dead on His Feet and To Be Announced.
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Sandpoint Daily Bee publisher and staff listed
The Sandpoint Daily Bee announces staff and contact details with publisher Pete Thompson editor Ken Firoved and advertising director Herb Offermann. Rates for subscription and home delivery are listed, along with mailing information and press services.
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United States
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Sendpoint
Pete Thompson
Ken Firoved
Herb Offermann
Television Schedule Printout for Sesame Street to Lilias
A list of TV offerings with times and program titles from Sesame Street at 3:00 to Lilias, Yoga and You at 11:00, including Misterogers Electric Company and Monty Python entrees. The schedule presents channel 10 items and multiple educational and variety programs.
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Electric Company
Villa Alegre
Chinese Foreign Minister Endorses Mao Policy at UN Speech
At the United Nations General Assembly Chinese Foreign Minister Chiao Kuan-hua vows to follow Mao Tse-tung's foreign policy citing the leader's quotes. He criticizes the United States and the Soviet Union while warning Europe and praising Africa, and stresses China's continued path as a developing socialist country.
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Boone Says Butz Obviously Joking About Comments
Pat Boone says John Dean accurately quoted Earl Butz remarks that ended his tenure but insists the remark was obviously a joke. Boone describes himself as stunned by the tasteless joke and notes Dean did not tape record but quoted him accurately. He says the joke offended him but did not justify resignation.
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Bee venom eyed as possible arthritis aid in research
Denver scientists led by Dr. Rod O'Connor have studied bee venom since 1960 at the University of Montana and suggest it may protect against rheumatoid arthritis. They note venom is mostly water with active compounds including cardiopep and glycylhistamine, though no definitive therapeutic claims are made.
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UPD
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O'Connor
University of Montana
AMA
O’connor
Dole Attacks Carter Foreign Policy In Virginia Speech
Senator Bob Dole denounces Jimmy Carter as weak on foreign policy calling statecraft and mystery incompatible. He addresses bankers in Virginia and previews the Ford Carter debate stressing defense strength and nuclear deterrence and criticizes Carter for seeking allied approval before using nuclear weapons.
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Washington
UPI
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Jimmy Carter
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Ford
Dok
Carter
American Bankers Association
Kansas
Germany
Austria
France
Europe
Monsanto to Stop PCB Production by End of Oct 1977
Monsanto announces the cessation of PCB production by October 1977 and will halt all PCB sales when inventory runs out. PCB plastics have been valued for insulation and fire retardation yet pose environmental hazard due to resistance to biodegradation and accumulation.
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Specialty Chemical Division
Harbison
Man claims religious rights denied sues Mormon church
Douglas Wallace of Vancouver Washington files a 200000 suit in Third District Court claiming the LDS church barred him from its semi annual world conference at Temple Square. He alleges denial of the right to exercise his religion and seeks compensatory and punitive damages.
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UPI
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Vancouver
Wash
Third District
Temple Square
Marcellus Snow
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Sak
Wallace faces hearing on Temple Square ban over fraud claim
The article notes Wallace threatened disruption, citing letters urging a high priests court to try Mormon President Spencer Kimball for malfeasance. Snow set a Friday hearing on whether Wallace should be permanently banned from Temple Square after prior ejection and excommunication over a baptism and priesthood ordination of a black man.
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Wallace
Temple Square
Schmidt Secures FDP Backing in Bonn Coalition
West Germany's Chancellor Helmut Schmidt wins assurances from the Free Democratic Party that they will stay in a coalition government. FDP leader Hans-Dietrich Genscher said the party reaffirmed cooperation with the Social Democrats despite opposition attempts to tilt them to the Christian Democrats. Genscher planned to meet CDU leader Helmut Kohl next Wednesday.
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