Ford hears Chinese report on seven MIAs fate in Vietnam era
In Peking President Ford gains news from China that seven Americans missing during and after the Vietnam era are all dead, with two remains recovered. Kissinger says kin will be notified within 48 hours. Ford pledges to normalize U S China ties amid no other major agreements.
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Peking
Ford
China
Henry A. Kissinger
Soviet Union
Indonesia
United States
Washington
Kissinger
Taipei
Korea
Moscow
Summer Palace
Susan
Hsinhua
Peking Hospital
Shanghai
Nixon
Chou En-lai
U S plots Chile path with covert actions report says
The Senate Intelligence Committee details a decade of covert U S efforts to influence Chile including press manipulation and elections, with no direct evidence of U S involvement in the 1973 coup that toppled Salvador Allende. The report cites CIA actions approved by the 40 Committee led by Kissinger and notes conflicts with UN OAS principles.
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Washington
Senate Intelligence Committee
United States
U.S
Savatore Allende
Gregg Treverton
Allende
Eduardo Frei
Frei
Chile
CIA
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Nixon
United Nations
Organization of American States
Parks panel backs senior center funding and phase shift
Scottsdale Parks and Recreation Commission urged continued use of $317,000 in federal community development funds for the downtown senior citizen center. They favored moving the large 40 by 40 foot meeting room from phase three to phase two to meet growing need, amid uncertain federal support for next year’s $1.8 million in funds.
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Parks and Recreation Commission
Ray Stover
Charles Heinecke
Stover
Congress
Scottsdale
Second Street
Civic Center Plaza
North Scottsdale parks group urges Chaparral tennis court lights
Parks and Recreation Commission prioritizes lighting at Chaparral High School in North Scottsdale over Cholla Park. They note 14 lights exist south of Indian Bend Road, none north, and push to add five North Scottsdale courts and 19 south courts to meet standards. Budget cites 15000 from community development and 15000 from the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation.
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Chaparral High School
North Scottsdale
Parks and Recreation Commission
Cholla Park
Saal Municipal
Bob Frost
Indian Bend Road
Indian Bend
Frost
Chaparral High
Scottsdale
Bintie
Gore
Chaparral High Schoo
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
L. B. Spacewater
Parks and Recreation Department
Chaparral
Are High
Conrost
Coronado High School
Saguaro High School
Scottsdale board faces heat over sex film session
State Sen. Bob Hungerford and Rep. Jim Skelly criticized the Scottsdale Unified School District for holding an executive session to review the Coronado High School sex education film About Sex. They argued the meeting excluded public input while teachers Alta Landes and Frances Hamrick faced scrutiny.
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Bob Hungerford
Scottsdale
Coronado
Alta Landes
Frances Hamrick
Cocopah School
Hungerford
Jim Skelly
Phoenix
Americo Carvallo
Bill Rigel
Peter Corpstein
Paradise Valley
Donna Carlson
Mesa
Bob Usdane
Sam Childs
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Usdane
Scottsdale Board of Education
Hungerford and Skelly
Board of Education
Skelly
Scottsdale Board to Confront Picnic Censorship Tonight
Scottsdale school board to meet at 7:30 in the board room to discuss censorship of the play Picnic at Arcadia High School. Drama instructor John Young arranged Dec 11 12 and 13 performances amid parent objections over language and an offstage scene.
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Scottsdale School Board
44Th St
Arcadia High School
John Young
House passes multibillion tax cut extension bill
The House approved a multibillion-dollar tax cut extension and tax revision measure after defeating a Republican attempt to tie the proposal to President Ford's spending ceiling.
Senate votes to limit debate on rail revitalize bill
Senate approves restricting debate on a broad rail system bill by 61 to 27, sending the measure to the floor and risking a potential presidential veto. The action may delay action on a separate NYC aid bill. Separately, November wholesale prices show no change, signaling easing inflation.
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Washington
Senate
New York City
Story
Rail unions and railroads reach tentative contract agreement
Negotiators for four shop craft unions and the railroads avert a nationwide strike with a three year wage and benefit package averaging about 41 percent. Work-rule issues also resolved in line with earlier unions.
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Washington
Fair trade repeal could lower prices in Arizona
Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Reed says Ford signing the repeal of the federal fair trade law would let retailers cut prices freely and trigger an immediate downturn in items previously covered. Arizona A G Bruce Babbitt warns the state fair trade statute would lose price protections at once.
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Ford
Kenneth Reed
Reed
State Attorney General’s Office
Atty
Bruce Babbitt
Arizona
Babbitt
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