West Frankfort names first female volunteer firefighter
Caralyn Wearmouth an 18 year old fashion graduate becomes West Frankforts first female volunteer firefighter after lobbying officials and securing backing from Commissioner Bernard Melvin and Dennis Smith. She expects to take the next qualifying test and may apply to nearby departments, facing skepticism from Fire Chief Tom Aaron but affirming she can lift 165 pounds and prove herself.
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Caralyn Wearmouth
West Frankfort
Bernard
Ms. Wearmouth
Dennis Smith
Engine Co
Bee Smith
U.S
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Bauder Fashion College
Arlington
Tex
Wearmouth
Melvin
Tom Aaron
Aaron
Caralyn
Spies Protester surveillance files updated across agencies
NBC News reports Pentagon updated and distributed Army domestic surveillance files on thousands of antiwar protesters to CIA FBI and NSA despite prior promises to destroy them. Army data expanded to 600000 entries by January this year with copies in MIT and other centers.
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Washington
Pentagon
NBC News
Defense Department
Lyndon B. Johnson
NBC
Ford Rowan
Sam Ervin
Army
Rowan
CIA
FBI
Secret Service
Defense Intelligence Agency
National Security Agency
Rand Corp
Howard Callaway
Congress
Defense Investigate Service
Fort Meade
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Mass
MIT
Ford approves school sex discrimination rules
President Ford backs new federal rules barring sex discrimination in most schools and colleges. HEW proposes procedural changes to handle patterns of bias, extending investigation timelines and inviting public comment until July 19. Effective dates: July 21 with timelines for elementary to college compliance.
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Ford
Washington
Congress
Department of Health Education and Welfare
HEW
Federal Register
Department
Divers Rescue Five After Oil Rig Sinks Near Galliano La
Five divers were rescued from an overturned oil rig 18 miles off the Louisiana coast after it toppled in 60 feet of water. Joe Bellard clung to a valve handle for 26 hours inside a life-saving air bubble as Coast Guard helicopters searched for a missing colleague.
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Joe Bellard
Progress Marine No. 2
Bellard
Coast Guard
Louisiana
Illinois House OKs 35.1 million parochial textbook fund
The Illinois House approved a 35.1 million appropriation to pay for non secular texts used in private and parochial schools by a 99 to 20 vote. A companion bill on funding methods awaits action. other measures included a constitutional term limit proposal and liquor license renewals near new schools.
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Springfield
Illinois House
House
Senate
Hayne Barnes
Rep. Barnes
U. S. Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Daniel Walker
State Board of Education
Walker
Civil Defense Agency
Senate Revenue Committee
Illinois
Weather Outlook: Showers End Tonight Then Warmer
Tonight will be rain with a few thunderstorms ending, low in the 60s. Wednesday turns partly sunny and warmer with a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms, highs in the mid to upper 80s.
Ford stresses friendship as he meets Italian officials
President Ford opens talks in Rome highlighting strong US Italy ties as security concerns and the Atlantic alliance remain central. He meets President Leone and later discusses European and Mediterranean issues with Kissinger Moro and Rumor. Security remains tight with thousands of police and sharpshooters on duty.
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Ford
Rome
Italy
United States
Giovanni Leone
Washington
Ciampino
Renaissance Presidential Palace
U. S
NATO
Leone
Henry A. Kissinger
Aldo Moro
Mariano Rumor
Sadat hopeful for Mideast peace after talks and Suez moves
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat said talks with President Ford and Israel's decision to reduce forces along the Suez Canal boost hope for Middle East peace. He cited progress since Kissinger's mission and noted Israel may allow cargo bound for Israel via the canal with further concessions. Saudi mediation and Jordanian, Syrian talks were also mentioned along with water-sharing gestures and oil shipping concerns.
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Associated Press
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Ford
Israel
Suez Canal
Middle East
Dr. Kissinger
Sadat
Athens
Salzburg
Suez
ABC
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Cairo
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Austria
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