Ford targets violence in Florida campaign stop
President Ford urged action against violence during a Florida campaign swing. He endorsed the death penalty for serious crimes including terrorism and murder by hired killers. Reagan pressed a anti-government message across Central Florida while Jackson Carter and Wallace pursued delegate support in separate races.
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Corporate payoff scandal mushrooming Washington
Tenneco Inc acknowledged payments considered illegal to political candidates state utility board chairmen and local officials from 1970 to 1975 in Illinois and nine other states. The firm also paid about 12 million to overseas advisers in 24 countries. Payments to Indiana Illinois Kentucky and Wisconsin officials included cash gifts by a subsidiary president before 1970 to state utility chairmen. IRS is to receive the report. recipients and totals were not disclosed.
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Utility Board
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Tenneco
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Louisiana
Florida
Pennsylvania
Texas
Indiana
California
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co
State Public Utility Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Interla Revenue Service
Lockheed executives call for new international standards
Daniel J. Haughton and A. Carl Kotchian, former Lockheed leaders, urge reform and say they intended to retire only to clear the air. They write that they would like to stay to finish issues but retire effective immediately to allow an orderly return to Lockheed’s productive role. A well informed source says a Venezuelan government probe found eight officials possibly bribed by Occidental Petroleum in connection with service contracts. No figures given.
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A. Carl Kotchian
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Venezuela
Nigerian Leader Muahammed Assassinated In Coup Attempt
Gen. Murtalaramat Muahammed, Nigeria's head of state, was killed during an unsuccessful coup. Lt. Gen. Olugegun Obasanjo named head of a seven month military government. Seven days of mourning declared as Muahammed’s body was flown to Kano for rapid Muslim burial. Dimka identified as the assailant, who also seized the Nigerian Broadcasting Company before government forces retook the station.
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Kano
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Army
Nigerian Broadcasting Company
Global tally of large corporate payments to foreign officials
A New York summary lists payments abroad by American corporations for political contributions and other purposes. Notable items include Ashland Oil payments to Gabon and the Dominican Republic, Exxon and Ford to Italian and Canadian parties, General Motors to Korea, Lockheed and Northrop to various foreign officials, and Mobil and Phillips Petroleum to foreign parties.
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Libya
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FORD
General Motors
South Korea
National Defense Fund
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Iran
Gulf
Cratic Republican Party
Barrientos
Bolivia
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Lebanon
Lockheed
Yoshio Kodama
Maruben Corpp
Netherlands
Colombia
McDonnell Douglas
MOBIL
Northrop
Switzerland
Phillips Petroleum
Rockwell International
G. D. Searle
United Brands
Whittaker Corp
Carbondale Restaurateur Daniel Ryan Shot in Coral Gables
Daniel J. Ryan Jr. owner of The Deli in Carbondale was shot to death in Coral Gables Florida by his former business partner Robert Manning 28. Manning is jailed charged with murder. The two had split after a failed venture and a dispute over money tied to the restaurant. Ryan attended SIU Carbondale one year and was the son of Daniel J. Ryan a Cook County judge.
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United Nations
Daniel Moynihan
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Mississippi
Carbondale
Coral Gables
Fla
Robert Manning
Daniel J. Ryan Jr
Ryan
Manning
Chicago
James Babb
Dade County
Babb
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Daniel J. Ryan
Cook County
Ruby Ryan
Environmental progress in Illinois cleaner air and water
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency advances cleanup efforts in Southern Illinois after a lengthy process of complaints hearings and negotiations. The report notes ongoing improvements in air and water quality, with details on pages 3 and related coverage.
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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Southern Illinois
World War era turmoil and political shifts across Africa analysis
The document references Angola under a Moscow backed government controlling most of the country with broader regional implications. It notes campaigns by Chinese students against Vice Premier Teng and covers regional college sports results, editorial notes, and local business changes.
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Angola
Africa
Teng
Royal Diner profile reflects vanished railcar dining era
Magazine note on THE ROYAL DINER in Roy alton, highlighting a fading breed of railroad car diners. Weather forecast shows cloudy, windy with showers and possible thunderstorms, highs near 60, lows mid 50s, with periodic showers through the day.
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