Arabs list 1 500 U S firms barred by Arab boycott
Sen Frank Church disclosed a list of more than 1 500 U S firms allegedly blacklisted by Saudi Arabia for doing business with Israel at a Senate hearing. State and Commerce officials oppose the boycott and urge diplomacy. The list includes Ford Xerox and Coca Cola.
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New York Times News Service
Associated Press
Washington
Frank Church
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Church
D-Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Harold H. Saunders
United States
Ford
Xerox
Coca-Cola
Tel Aviv
David Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan
Guaranteed Mortgage Services, Inc
Wizard Mortgage Banking Corp
Lakewood
Colo
Bendix-Syanco
Columbia, Md
Pacific Pump Corp
Donkey campaign backfires with cruelty charge in Sparta mayor race
Sparta police report Glenn L. Johnson faced animal cruelty charges after using a donkey as a campaign prop tied to a trailer on Nina Green’s property near the Lions Community Building polling site. Johnson posted a $25 bond, awaiting a March 8 city court appearance, while Burns and Hayer advanced in the April 15 election.
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Sparta
Glenn L. Johnson
Johnson
Nina Green
Crat
Menard guards face racist conduct hearings in Chester
Testimony at a civil service hearing alleges Roy R. Res displayed a Ku Klux Klan photo to a black inmate and made slurs. Michael O Leary testified Res and Hargett are charged with racist attitudes. Hargett and Res were suspended and later fired. Witness Marlon Happel described weapon infractions and tensions between black and white inmates at Menard.
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Menard Penitentary
Roy R. Res
Ku Klux Klan
Civil Service
Chester
Hargett
John Russell
Carlinville
Dept of Corrections
Larry Gehman
Duda
Department of Corrections
Happel
Menard
Res
Weather outlook shows cooler tonight and mild next days
Tonight will be fair and colder with the low in the mid twenties. Thursday brings mostly sunny skies with a high in the mid to upper forties. Friday through Sunday feature partly cloudy skies and little temperature change with highs in the forties and lows in the twenties.
Cambodia Crisis Deepens as Ford Pleads for Aid
President Ford called Cambodia's situation extremely critical and urged immediate U S military assistance to Lon Nol to prevent collapse. He warned Cambodia could run out of ammunition unless aid is extended and stressed potential for negotiations if national integrity endures. Defense Secretary Schlesinger said survival hinges on swift congressional emergency aid.
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Associated Press
Ford
Cambodia
U.S
Florida
Washington
James R. Schlesinger
Congress
Illinois seeks record 399 million budget for 1976
Springfield based Illinois Department of Mental Health requests a record 399 million for Fiscal 1976, up 48 million or 14 percent from the prior year. Over 15 million of the increase funds grants to community facilities for the mentally ill and disabled. The budget also includes 500 thousand for Bowen Children's Center renovation and Anna State Hospital rehab. A new Dangerous Drugs Commission seeks 10 million, double last year. Public Health requests 60 million for 1976 with rural expansion emphasis, especially Southern Illinois.
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Illinois’ Department of Mental Health
Leroy Levitt
Levitt
Bowen Children’s Center
Harrisburg
Anna State Hospital
Dangerous Drugs Commission
Public Health Department
Joyce Lashof
House Democrats push swift vote to end oil depletion allowance
House Democrats in the Rules Committee press for a floor vote on ending the 22 percent depletion allowance for petroleum property as part of a broad $21.28 billion tax cut bill. The caucus mandate seeks to clear the measure despite GOP concerns of a possible filibuster in the Senate and a broader energy program split.
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Washington
House
Rules Committee
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
James Wright
D-Tex
Senate
Ullman
Carl Albert
Thomas P. O’neil Jr
Wys and Means Committee
al Ullman
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
William J. Green
Dpa
Albert
Rhodes
Ford urges Congress to act on tax cuts and energy plan
President Ford pressed both chambers to move quickly on tax cut legislation as he promoted energy and economic proposals in Hollywood Florida. He warned Congress may jeopardize national interests by delaying action and urged cooperation on a compromise energy program while sticking to his own plan. He noted talks with other nations on a minimum oil price to spur domestic output and criticized calls for nationalizing oil.
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Hollywood
Fla
Ford
House
Senate
Congress
Florida
White House
America
Ron Nessen
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