Ford seeks labor support for economic and energy plan
President Ford met with William Simon at the White House and praised his top economic aide while courting AFL-CIO leaders George Meany and Robert Georgine at a union dinner. Ford urged unity to push the program, amid opposition in Congress and from Democratic critics. An aide noted Cabinet outreach and upcoming speeches to promote the plan.
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Simon
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Meany
Robert A. Georgine
Russell B. Long
Dla
Long
Senate Finance Committee
Sen
John Tower
Congress
Protests Resume Storming U S Embassy in Nicosia
Thousands of demonstrators armed with firebombs and bars stormed the U S Embassy in Nicosia and a British cultural office in Athens to protest Britain's plan to evacuate Turkish Cypriot refugees. U S Marines fired tear gas. no casualties reported.
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Cyprus
U.S
Athens
Britain
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Agnew to Build Wealth Via Foreign Real Estate Funds
Walter Dilbeck of Evansville Indiana says former Vice President Spiro Agnew is attracting foreign capital, mainly Arab money, to his real estate ventures. Two Kentucky deals funded by Kuwait and Saudi sources illustrate the partnership. Dilbeck claims a compensation plan worth 100000 dollars annually for four years plus profit shares.
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Agnew
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Kuwait
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Dilbeck
Evansville, Ind
Percy Says Israel Is Here To Stay Arabs Recognize Peace Path
Sen Charles Percy after a Middle East tour told reporters in Beirut that every Arab country now recognizes Israel is here to stay and Palestinians should too Under proper conditions Palestinians will negotiate with Israel and gain a homeland a right Israel should recognize for lasting peace.
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Lebanon
Charles Percy
Illinois
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Bond Starts 1976 Presidential Campaign Run in Chicago
Georgia State Senator Julian Bond announced at a Chicago Martin Luther King Jr. dinner that he is in the early stages of a 1976 presidential bid. He aims to secure delegates for the Democratic nomination or influence the choice if he cannot win. Bond said he would not back Governor Daniel Walker for the nomination, citing Walker’s stance on George Wallace.
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Georgia
Julian Bond
Bond
Martin Luther King Jr
Daniel Walker
Walker
Alabama
George Wallace
Airline pilots ratify 31 month United contract
Five thousand five hundred United Air Lines pilots approved a 31 month agreement on Saturday preventing a strike next month. William E. Arsenault, president of the United Master Executive Council, said the pay rise would surpass the industry wide average.
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William E. Arsenault
United Master Executive Council
Airline Pilots Association
Community spirit highlighted in local features
Sunday Magazine notes Jacob-Neunert residents showcase community spirit with Gary Sosniecki quoted. Photo credit to Butch Nevious. feature spans pages 8A-9A and 13 with Kathy Pratt and Ed Greer. Other items include Spartan Printing Co. profiles, Carbondale girl’s Olympics goal, and Rich Herrin’s 400th win.
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Butch Nevious
Steeleville
Kathy Pratt
Ed Greer
Spartan Printing Co
DeMaris Berry
Carbondale
Rich Herrin
Rebels shell near capital of Cambodia
Rebels shell the Mekong River town Neak Luong and Phnom Penh airport wounding or killing at least three dozen soldiers and civilians. The drive to choke the capital off from supplies continues as fuel runs low and rationing spreads. Electricity and water services are cut in parts of Phnom Penh.
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Neak Luong
Illinois House to vote again for speaker after 88 ballots
The Illinois House reconvenes Monday to elect a speaker. Secretary of State Michael J. Howlett, presiding, received a nine year old Tuscola observer Jenny Quinn's idea to draw a name from a hat. He said it makes more sense than the ongoing ballots.
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House
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John Quinn
Howlett
Weather summary for today and Monday
Cloudy with 70 percent rain chance and highs in the upper 30s to low 40s. Tonight mostly cloudy and cold with lows in the low 20s. Monday partly sunny and cooler with highs in the lower to mid 30s. Light southeasterly winds at 8 to 15 mph.
Israelis gun down Arabs in firefight near Zarit border
Israeli patrol engaged three Arabs cutting through the Lebanon frontier in a 45 minute firefight near Zarit. Two Israeli soldiers were wounded as shelling duelled across the border. Lebanese troops killed three gunmen believed to be Palestinian guerrillas at an army roadblock.
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Mediterranean Sea
al Fatah
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasir Arafat
Indians evacuate women and children from Wisconsin estate
Indian women and children were evacuated from a 225 acre Menominee estate near Keshena as mediation continued for a bloodless end to a January 1 takeover by the Menominee Warrior Society. Col. Hugh M. Simonson said 25 to 30 Indians remained in the 64 room mansion while guards escorted evacuees to safety.
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National Guard
Hugh M. Simonson
Menominee Warrior Society
Keshena
USSR still pursuing improved relations with United States
The Soviet government stated that the collapse of the trade agreement damaged U S Soviet relations but remains interested in better relations in all spheres. Izvestia said the rejection does not signal a cardinal reassessment of detente.
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New York Times
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Soviet Union
Izvestia
China Congress endorses Chou En-lai leadership in Hong Kong era
China's National People's Congress held its first session in a decade and re elected Premier Chou En-lai, with a new state constitution and 12 vice premiers and 29 ministers. Yeh Chien-ying named defense minister as Mao era leadership remains influential and three radical faction leaders were not assigned posts.
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China
National People’s Congress
Chou En-lai
Congress
Peking
Chou
Mao Tastung
Mao
Yao Wen-yuan
Shanghai
Chiang Ching
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