No Accord Found When Walker and Daley Met
Chicago unified politics report that Mayor Richard Daley and Governor Daniel Walker met privately for about 45 minutes to discuss tax collection legislation. Walker sought Daley’s cooperation to advance a sales and income tax collection proposal. Daley sought endorsement for Secretary of State Michael Howlett in the governor race. No agreement was reached, but another meeting was discussed. The tax speedup measures failed in the House, while identical proposals appeared in the Senate.
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Daniel Walker
Walker
Daley
Michael Howlett
James Thompson
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Senate
Stevenson backs Carter as best chance to move country
Sen. Adlai Stevenson says Georgia's Jimmy Carter is the Democratic party's best chance to move the country, but stops short of endorsing him. He rules out vice presidential ambitions, notes he would consider a Harris poll placing him fifth as a possible VP, and distances himself from Daley's running mate prediction.
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Idaho
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Brown
Chicago
Richard Daley
Connally urged tapes be burned in Rose Garden in 1973
Haldeman quotes former Treasury Secretary John Connally urging public destruction of the Watergate tapes in the Rose Garden. Connally allegedly advised piling the tapes, soaking with gasoline, and inviting the press to witness the act. Nixon refused to surrender tapes despite court orders amid Watergate.
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Kansas City, Mo
Treasury
John Connally
White House
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Nixon
Los Angeles
Communists gain in Italy keep hold on government
Communists make strong gains in Italy as elections fail to topple the Vatican backed Christian Democrats who miss a majority in the Chamber of Deputies. The party rises to 34.6 percent from 27.2 in 1972 while the Christian Democrats hold 38.6 percent. The result deepens political uncertainty and delays action on solving Italy’s economic crisis.
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Christian Democrats
Chamber of Deputies
Dispute over furniture delays motel project stalls remodeling
Union carpenters staged a one day walkout at the Holiday Inn in Carbondale over furniture movement during an extensive motel remodeling. A desk clerk said workers quit after custodial staff began moving furniture for a fourth time at the motel owner Stan Hoye’s orders. Hoye and union spokesmen declined comment.
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Carbondale
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Hoye
Union
Inheritance tax break sent to governor for approval
The Illinois House approved 119 to 4 a bill to allow survivors inheriting family farms and small businesses to keep up to 40009 in value tax free, up from 20000, with a maximum tax benefit of 1200. Gov. Daniel Walker previously vetoed similar measures citing revenue concerns.
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Daniel Walker
Illinois House
Walker
Female cadet resigns after male found in bed at Kings Point
A female plebe at the U S Merchant Marine Academy resigns under pressure after a male cadet was found in her dormitory bed. The incident likely occurred in March, the male cadet fled, and the girl from the Washington, D C area left campus in April. The academy near Kings Point on Long Island houses nearly 1000 midshipmen studying for merchant mariner careers.
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U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Charles Renick
Renick
Academy
Washington, D.C
Long Island
North Shore
U.S. Merchant Marine
Fire damages Greater Egypt headquarters in Carbondale
An early morning blaze at the Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission in Carbondale caused moderate damage. An electric fixture fell and shorted a slide projector, with heat confined to one office and smoke spreading through the three story Cambridge Building. Fire officials had no immediate damage estimate, and no offices were closed.
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Carbondale
Charles McCaughan
Cambridge
University City Complex
Greater Egypt
Regular public accounting approved for House employes
Democratic leaders approved regular public accounting of all House employee duties after allegations that former Administration Committee chair used payroll funds for a mistress. Rep. Frank Thompson was nominated to replace Wayne Hays as chairman, with reforms reducing the panel's independence and shifting accountability to the speaker.
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House Party
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New Jersey
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Hays
Mittee
David Obey
House
Carl Albert
Reagan and Ford poised to fall short of delegates
Associated Press reports both President Ford and Ronald Reagan will miss the required delegates for the Republican nomination after seven states vote. A pool of 159 uncommitted delegates remains, as campaigns court them. Ford travels to Indianapolis for a Jaycees convention while Reagan remains in California. Betty Ford to appear at Minnesota GOP convention. Carter plans fundraisers in Boston and New York to cut a debt, while Iowa Governor Ray says Ford and Reagan will avoid open fights over the 1976 platform.
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Indiana
Reagan
California
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St. Paul
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Des Moines
Lebanon
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Carter
Boston
New York
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Washington
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
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Lebanon's Hope Hinges on Arab Israeli Peace Says Brown
Former Ambassador L Dean Brown told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Lebanon's only path to end its civil war lies in a general settlement of the Arab Israeli conflict in the Middle East He said the United States can offer little beyond sympathy and recalled his Lebanon mission for President Ford in March.
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Lebanon
Middle East
L. Dean Brown
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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