Housing Percy Urges Ford Not to Veto Housing Bill
Sen. Charles Percy urges President Ford not to veto the emergency Federal Housing Act. The bill would provide 1.4 billion in loans and subsidies to 500,000 potential buyers and help 300,000 homeowners avoid foreclosures while Ford weighs inflationary concerns. Percy argues the highway fund shows misaligned priorities.
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Chicago
Ford
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Percy
Jesse L. Jackson
Marines Charged Over Great Lakes Assault Case
Three Marines from the US Naval Base at Great Lakes face assault and battery charges tied to mistreatment of recruit Steven E. Stawnychy who died by self harm after a period of despondency. The guards Nebojsa Popovich William T. Mason and Michael A. Williams were also charged with failure to follow regulations. The May 12 brig confinement and alleged violent abuse described by inmates are part of the inquiry.
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Great Lakes, Ill
Navy
US. Naval Base
Great Lakes
Steven E. Stawnyby
Great Bear Lake
Minn
Naval Base
Nebojsa Popovich
Grayslake
Ill
William T. Mason
Somerville
Mass
Michael A. Williams
Moorhead
Stawnychy
Giancana Latest in Series of Mob Killings
The slaying of Sam Giancana, 65, a former Capone ally, ends a wave of leadership upheaval in Chicago organized crime. He was shot six times in his basement as federal officials note the cartel’s remnants now rest with Accardo Aiuppa and Alex, aging in their sixties.
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Giancana
Chicago
Sam Giancana
al Capone
Capone
Anthony
Big Tuna
Accardo
Sam “Teetz
Battagalla
John A
Jackie the Lackey
Cerone
Fiore ‘Fifi’ Buccieri
Felix
Milwaukee
Phil” Alderisio
Gus ‘Slim
Alex
Joey ‘‘Doves
Aiuppa
Alderisio
Buccieri
Triple A
Dahomey President Kerekou shoots interior minister after adultery
President Mathieu Kerekou burst into the home of Interior Minister Michel Aikpe and shot him as he tried to flee naked after allegedly catching him in an affair with the president's wife. The event prompts a crackdown on dissidents. the radio did not state the wife’s fate. An official communique called a meeting of top political and military leaders to draw lessons.
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Cotonou
Dahomey
Mathieu Kerekou
Michel Aikpe
Kerekou
Aikpe
National Political Bureau
Military Revolutionary Government
Dahomey Armed Forces
Old roads get a new look
Washington AP report says highway planners reassess rural roads. Road Information Program president Donald B Stabler notes three million rural miles with 88 percent inadequate for daily use. States plan to spend about two-thirds of 350 billion through 1990 to upgrade worn-out rural roads.
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Donald B. Stabler
Road Information Program
Stabler
Chicago Bomb Sweep at Union Station Turns Up Camera
Police unit swarmed Union Station after a clerk found a suspicious package. Bomb experts later said the item was an instamatic camera in a paper bag. Officials linked the scare to last weekend's downtown blasts claimed by the FALN group.
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Union Station
The
FALN
Ozone Warnings Issued Across Illinois Cities
The Illinois EPA issued an ozone advisory for Chicago East St. Louis and Springfield with readings near .084 ppm in Chicago and .970 ppm in Springfield at 3 p.m. The advisory defines thresholds from watch to emergency and urges those with heart or respiratory conditions to limit exertion.
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Ill
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
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East St. Louis
EPA
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Allis Chalmers
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Massey-Ferguson
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Worthington
Jim Wise
Benton
Robert Bornheimer
Herman Behm
Thorp Sales Corporation
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Dreifus
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America
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