Anti-consumer awards spark pickets over consumer agency
The Consumer Federation of America named eight firms and four trade groups as anti consumer for opposing an independent Consumer Protection Agency. Ford Motor Co General Motors American Cyanamid Sears Roebuck J C Penney Sun Oil Greyhound Western Union plus U S Chamber of Commerce National Association of Food Chains National Association of Manufacturers Grocery Manufacturers Association were cited. Montgomery Ward Zenith Motorola were praised for backing the legislation. Pro con sumer picketing to run Saturday nationwide.
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Ing
Consumer Protection Agency
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
American Cyanamid
Sears Roebuck & Co
J. C. Penney
Sun Oil
Greyhound
Western Union
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Food Chains
The
National Association of
Grocery Manufacturers Association
Federation
Montgomery Ward
Zenith
Motorola
Patricia Hearst Indicted on Bank Robbery Charge
Patricia Hearst, granddaughter of a noted journalist, was indicted on armed bank robbery charges in federal court. Authorities say she appeared with four Symbionese Liberation Army members in the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco on April 15, and the grand jury issued the indictment after reviewing her taped statements.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
Los Angeles
Symbionese Liberation Army
Hibernia Bank
Federal
SLA
Donald D. “Cinque’’ DeFreeze
Patricia Soltysik
Tornado Hits Forrest City Arkansas Killing Eight
A tornado devastated Gibson's Discount Center and Kroger in Forrest City causing eight deaths and injuring about 100. Fires from gas leaks sparked across the city as 50 National Guardsmen were deployed to curb looting. Red Cross aided, and Yale and Towne Inc. suffered destruction. The storm felled 350 homes and damaged 100 more with widespread damage downtown.
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Forrest City
Ark
UPI
Gibson's Discount
Kroger
Gibson's
Joe McCollum
Discount Center
Forrest Laws
Our House
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
Tennessee
Red Cross
Gibson and Kroger
Yale and Towne, Inc
Memphis
Thieu blasts pledged aid as aggression grows in Saigon
President Thieu accused the United States of failing to deliver promised military and economic aid 16 months after the Paris cease fire. He urged action to halt inflation and defend South Vietnam as observers link his attack to U.S. aid cuts. Meanwhile 20 Hoa Hao Buddhists cut fingers in protest over government refusals on demands including military chaplains and a self-defense force.
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Saigon
UPI
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
United States
Paris
Thieu
Thu
U.S
U.S. Senate
Senate conservatives reject 125000 troop cut overseas
The Senate voted 54 to 35 against Mansfield's amendment to cap overseas forces at 312000 by end of 1975 while another narrower 76000 cut failed 46 to 44 as eight liberals switched. Administration lobbying pressed hard against any reduction.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
U. S
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Europe
Asia
Mansfield
U.S
Biloxi to Reassess All City Property to Equalize Values
Mayor Jerry O Keefe says city wide reassessment to equalize property values will start by end of June with two proposals from J Ed Turner and Associates of Hattiesburg and Hunnicutt and Associates of St Peters burg Fla. Projects aim to fair up assessments and may raise city revenues. millage will be set after equalization and could be adjusted if total value rises. Computerization of tax rolls planned, no staff cuts, completion targeted by September 1975.
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Biloxi
Jerry O’keefe
O'Keefe
J. Ed Turner and Associates, Inc
Hattiesburg
Hunnicutt and Associates, Inc
St. Petersburg
Fla
O’keefe
Nixon seeks release of grand jury document naming him
President Nixon asked U S District Judge John J Sirica to make public a grand jury document listing him and others as unindicted co conspirators in the Watergate cover up. James D St Clair said there is no longer compelling reason to keep the list secret after news reports named Nixon. The grand jury reportedly voted 19 to 0 to name Nixon as an unindicted co conspirator amid debate over indicting a sitting president.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
U.S
John J. Sirica
James D. St. Clair
Sirica
St. Clair
Leon Jaworski
Chance for showers as weekend nears
Weather update notes a chance of showers through Saturday with high Friday in the upper 80s. Details appear on Page 2.
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Consumer Federation of America
Twister
Arkansas City
Leonard Laws
Proctor Seed & Feed Co
Hillsborough
Miss
Hearst
Randolph A. Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
An Dien
Ben Cat
Cuba
Canal Zone
America
Allied Free
Rica
S.korea
China
Thailand
Japan
Okinawa
Taiwan
Guam
Mexico
City of Biloxi
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