Voting Rights Act extension heads for House approval
The Senate approved a seven year extension of the Voting Rights Act by 77 to 12, expanding protections to language minority groups and applying preclearance to more states. The bill moves toward Ford’s signature with House reconciliation expected to avoid delays.
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Diver bitten by shark says gums not jaws
Robert Rebstock a 23 year old UC Santa Barbara student says he survived a shark attack off Pt Conception describing the shark as biting and mouthing him rather than biting hard. He was lifted out of the water and spit back, with lacerations and puncture wounds reported.
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Harris
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Lompoc District Hospital
Robstock
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Culver grad heads to USAF Academy in fall
Culver Military Academy 81st commencement honored Stuart B. Maxon who will attend the U.S. Air Force Academy this fall. The list also notes several local youths in military service with assignments, promotions, and ongoing training across the Air Force Navy and Coast Guard.
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Culver Military Academy
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U.S. Air Force Academy
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Mexico Plans Import Quotas to Curb Trade Deficit
Treasury Minister Jose Lopez Portillo and Industry Minister Jose Campillo Sainz announced a tightening, with import permits required for nonrestricted goods through Dec 31 1975. Mexico aims to slow inflation and bolster the peso while encouraging exports and long lead times for domestic planning. Forbes notes Mexico’s strong growth but a worsening 1974 balance of trade, amid big oil and resource investments.
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Industry and Commerce
Jose Campillo Sainz
Mexico City
Forbes Magazine
Pat O'Brien Off Critical List In Chicago
Actor Pat O'Brien, 75, hospitalized for irregular heartbeat, has been taken off the critical list at Little Company of Mary Hospital. Doctors say he did not have a heart attack and his vital signs stabilized though a heart rhythm issue persisted. he was lucid and able to talk after chest pains during a Chicago production of Skip and Go Naked with his wife Eloise.
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O’brien
Little Company of Mary Hospital
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Indian government allows Southerland to stay after pledge
The Indian government revoked an expulsion order for Daniel Southerland of the Christian Science Monitor. He will remain in India after signing a pledge accepting responsibility for his reporting. Southerland had faced a 24 hour deportation order for not signing the earlier censorship pledge during the emergency.
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Christian Science Monitor
Daniel Southerland
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Monitor
Far East
Ivory Curtain Deepens as India Cracks Down on Dissent
In three weeks since Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency, educated Indians fear an ivory curtain separating them from the world. Critics cite press censorship, police surveillance, and arrests nearing ten thousand, while officials warn of a growing cult of personality and possible press nationalization.
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