Baker Fights to Return on Tennessee Ballot
Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker faces a ballot ban in Tennessee as the Democratic controlled Election Commission reviews its decision. Baker, seeking a third term, vows legal action if needed after his name was omitted from the ballot due to disputed petition signatures. The five member panel meets this afternoon to consider reversal.
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Howard Baker
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Chattanooga
GOP
Fred Thompson
Nashville
Labor law reform bill attacked by Senate in new tactics
Washington Star reports the Senate leadership, after a failed bid to end a filibuster, introduced a substitute measure to soften five key provisions of the Carter administration labor law reform bill. The move, aimed at peeling away filibuster supporters, would widen union access time, extend election windows, adjust the make whole remedy, bar willful violators from government contracts, and preserve NLRB procedures excluding many small businesses from coverage.
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Washington Star
Washington
Senate
Robert Byrd
Byrd
NLRB
Cairo girl, 9, dies after bicycle collision
Nine year old Lori S. Ronnebeck of Cairo died from injuries after a bicycle she rode collided with a car driven by Patty Swo boda, 26, in Cairo. The accident occurred Wednesday. she died Thursday at a Paducah, Kentucky hospital.
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Lori S. Ronnebeck
John Ronnebeck
Patty Swoboda
Paducah
Hughes Estate Bequest Rejected by Las Vegas Jury
A Nevada jury found three handwritten pages allegedly by Howard Hughes were not written or signed by him. The bequest to Melvin Dummar, who claimed Hughes aided him as a hitchhiker, was thus dismissed after 11 hours of deliberation. No appeal was planned.
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Howard Hughes
Melvin Dummar
Utah
Hughes
Howard Robard Hughes Jr
Unemployment Drops Across Illinois in April Report
Illinois Bureau of Employment Security reports April unemployment fell in the six county Chicago area from 6.3 to 5.3 percent and statewide from 6.7 to 5.5 percent. Declines appeared in all major areas including Kankakee, despite seasonally unadjusted data and fears sparked by a prior federal May report.
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Illinois
Illinois Bureau of Employment Security
Kankakee
Allen widow Wallace may clash in race
Maryon Allen was appointed by Gov George Wallace to fill the late U S Senator James Allen Dalas seat until a successor is elected. She announced she would run to complete the term and could face Governor Wallace who may also seek the seat, creating a potential clash in the campaign.
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Wallace
U.S
James Allen
Dala
Maryon Allen
George Wallace
Carter seeks limited export of military tech to China
U S officials plan a selective sale of advanced airborne geology equipment to China and consider an array processor, aiming to improve relations while avoiding Soviet confrontation. Agencies argue the gear could aid oil and mineral detection yet also enhance anti submarine warfare.
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Associated Press
Washington
Carter Administration
China
United States
Peking
Soviet Union
Pentagon
Soviets demand U S pay for broken bugging equipment
Moscow reports the Soviet Union demands immediate ending of anti bugging work and full restoration of damages after discovery of monitoring devices in the U S Embassy in Moscow. Tass cites a protest to the State Department and threatens to release documentary materials unless the issue is resolved.
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United States
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Tass
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