Tainted Hays up for renomination
Rep Wayne Hays faces a primary bid in Ohio amid a payroll sex scandal. His district backers describe him as effective, while opponents note the controversy could end his congressional career. Attorneys probe Elizabeth Ray claims as Hays defends personal relationships and remains a favored son candidate in the presidential primary.
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Bannock
Ohio
Wayne Hays
Washington
Capitol
Nick Karnick
Steubenville Court
Karnick
Hays
House Administration Committee
House Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
House
Justice Department
Elizabeth Ray
Miss Ray
18Th Congressional District
Martha
Rexburg Flood Clean-Up Underway After Weekend Damages
Georgia Ricks wades through over a foot of mud with pail and hose as she begins cleanup at her Rexburg Idaho home. Thousands of residents lost homes to floodwaters that surged over the weekend and caused extensive property damage.
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Georgia
Ricks
Rexburg
Idaho
Five Explosions Hit Chicago Downtown Shopping Areas
Five blasts in Chicago within minutes injure five people and cause minor property damage. The first blast at Monroe and Dearborn near First National Bank left five wounded, with four minor cuts and one in shock. Explosions continued at LaSalle and Washington, North Michigan Avenue, and State Street near police headquarters, with no injuries reported. Authorities trace to high velocity explosive, no suspects or witnesses identified.
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Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Monroe and
Dearborn
First National Bank of Chicago
Shubert
LaSalle
Washington
Bank Leumi le Israel
John Hancock Center
Central Police
11Th
State Streets
Loop
Radio reports fighting in spite of cease-fire
Beirut radio described Syrian tanks and troops advancing on Sidon and near Beirut despite a cease-fire. Yasir Arafat accused Syrian forces of aiming to “liquidate” resistance movements in Lebanon and sought Arab League support in Cairo. The report notes clashes at Sidon, Safar, and an air base in north Lebanon, with power outages in Beirut.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Beirut Radio
Sidon
Beirut
Cairo
Palestine
Yasir Arafat
Lebanon
Israel
Arafat
Jezzine
Safar
Radio Beirut
Ford startled by flashbulb at Bowling Green fieldhouse
President Ford and his Secret Service detail were startled by a flashbulb burst as he left the Bowling Green University fieldhouse. He described the sound as potentially ominous but it proved to be only a lightbulb.
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Ford
Secret Service
Bowling Green, Ohio
Bowling Green University
Exploding Bulb Scares Ford Campaign Appearance
A camera flashbulb exploded during a Ford campaign appearance, sending fragments into the air. Secret Service agents tackled the scene as President Ford turned pale, then quickly recovered, smiling and thanking supporters.
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Ford
Union head signals extended summer strike in rubber industry
United Rubber Workers President Peter Bommarito says the union will press the strike through the summer after a four hour meeting with federal mediators and Firestone’s chief negotiator. The seven week walkout continues as talks resume today.
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Washington
United Rubber Workers
Peter Bommarito
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Arabs seize Chicago Arab Information Center office
About 30 Arab demonstrators occupy the Arab Information Center in Chicago protesting the Syrian invasion of Lebanon. They plan to remain for 48 hours without opposition, though they warned they might stay longer if the situation worsens.
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Chicago
Lebanon
Arab Information Center
Information
Wallace billed as third party candidate in Illinois
W. Dakin Williams, Collinsville lawyer and Wallace campaign observer, said Wallace authorized use of his name for third party efforts in Illinois and other states. A Wallace spokesman in Montgomery, however, said Wallaces campaign has no plans to run as a third party this fall.
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Springfield
Alabama
George Wallace
American Independent Party
Illinois
Collinsville
W. Dakin Williams
Wallace
Ilinois
Montgomery
Ala
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Jafer Assad
Southern Illinoisan
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North Illinois Avenue
Mabondale
North
Herrin
S. 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Southern Hinolsan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Aurphysboro Independent
Southern Illinois Arts & Crafts Guild
O'Sullivans
W. Monroe
W. Tenth
Metropolis
Marty
Oak—Carbondale
Cripp
Cripp’s
TV & Appliance
S. Park Ave
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