Prosecution reviews Carswell arrest in Tallahassee
Prosecutor Harry Morrison said he will review arrest reports before deciding today whether to charge former Supreme Court nominee G Harrold Carswell with battery. Carswell, 56, was arrested after meeting an undercover vice squad officer in a Tallahassee area, with his lawyer unavailable for comment.
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G. Harrold Carswell
Atty
Harry Morrison
Carswell
S. Supreme Court
Richard Nixon
Senate
Morrison
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Fireworks Biz Booms for James Sorgi in Bicentennial Year
In Hudson Ohio AP reports that fireworks maker James Sorgi sees a 40 percent sales rise as the nation gears up for its bicentennial. The company expects over 200000 dollars in July 4 weekend business and plans 80 displays including Chicago and Cleveland. It will ship 450 orders to groups running their own shows amid shipping restrictions.
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Sorgi
Chicago
Cleveland
Ford Urges Caution On Social Welfare Spending At Summit
President Ford told seven nations’ leaders at San Juan that slow social welfare spending is needed to avoid reigniting inflation and sparking a new global recession. He spoke at the opening session of the economic summit and met with Valery Giscard d Estaing after a breakfast conference. The leaders discussed aid for Italy and other economic strains amid a rising inflationary climate.
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P. R
Ford
America
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
U.S
Dorado Beach
Here
Giscard
Italy
Coal severance tax action delayed in Illinois House
Final action on a coal severance tax bill is postponed until after the November elections as Rep. Clyde Choate of Anna notes a key vote would fall one short. The bill would tax severed coal at 30 cents per ton, raising about 18 million dollars yearly with half to the state and half to producing counties. A second bill proposing a 1 percent tax to producing counties has passed the House but stalled in the Senate Rules Committee.
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Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Springfield
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
House Counties and Townships Committee
Choate
Senate
Gene Johns
Marion
Ralph Dunn
R-Duquoin
House
Senate Rules Committee
Syria expands troop surge in Lebanon civil war
Guerrilla sources report 4,000 additional Syrian troops and a tank column entered Lebanon overnight, boosting total to 16,500 as fighting rages in east Beirut. Army shells Junieh and Beirut port in retaliation for Christian attacks on the airport amid efforts to airlift Arab peacekeepers.
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iMinelsanes
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Daily Journal
Murphannae Press
Southern Mail and Military
Southern Illinois
Foreign trade posts May surplus on lower oil imports
The Commerce Department reports a May surplus of $395.6 million as exports reach a seasonally adjusted $9.6 billion while imports drop 4.2 percent. Oil imports fell 24 percent to 165.1 million barrels, the lowest in 11 months, though officials warn the drop may be temporary as demand rises.
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Commerce Department
United States
The
American Petroleum Institute
Hijacked Air France jetliner still held in Uganda
Passengers and crew evacuated from the aircraft while hijackers retain control in Entebbe transit lounge. French officials report contact with Ugandan authorities and a demand list written in Arabic. The plane originated from Tel Aviv via Athens and Benghazi with 247 passengers and 10 crew. about 9 Americans and 80 Israelis aboard.
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British High Commission
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Libya
Kenya
Usery Opens Talks to Break Rubber Workers Strike
Secretary of Labor W. J. Usery Jr. joins chief mediator James Scearce in Cleveland to push progress in the 10 week old United Rubber Workers strike at Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. The union hopes the talks will set an industry wide pattern for a settlement.
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W. J. Usery Jr
United Rubber Workers
Usery
James Scearce
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
British Mercenaries Sentenced to Death in Angola War
American Daniel Gearhart and three British mercenaries were sentenced to death by firing squad by the People's Revolutionary Tribunal in Luanda. Two other Americans received prison terms. the Britons named are Costas Georgia alias Col. Callan Andrew McKenzie and John Derek Barker. All 13 foreign mercenaries were found guilty of mercenarism with no appeal process and sentences await confirmation by President Agostinho Neto.
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Daniel Gearhart
People’s Revolutionary Tribunal
Costas Georgia, Alias
Col. Callan
Andrew McKenzie
John Derek Barker
Agostinho Neto
Reagan Inches Toward Ford In Tight GOP Fight
Reagan moved within 25 committed delegates of Ford as 46 delegates were won in Montana Idaho and New Mexico. Ford held 1001 of 1130 needed earlier while Carter increased to 1539 at Plains Ga with 1505 required for Democratic nomination. Remaining GOP delegates 98 to be chosen and 182 uncommitted to be decided before Kansas City convention.
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Ronald Reagan
Ford
Republican National Committee
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Reagan
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Idaho
New Mexico
Gates
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Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Tial
Plains
Kansas City
Just Another Dish Valued at 1750 Dollars in Art Exchange
Northbrook Illinois reports a man found several collector plates in an attic with one valued at 1750 dollars. The Bradford Exchange notes prices rising for exceptional plates and promotes The Comprehensive Bradford Book of Collector's Plates with price trends, a one year market report, and ordering details through Bradford Place Northbrook IL before July 10.
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Ill
Bradford Exchange
the Exchange
McGraw-Hill Publishers
Bradford
Siegfried Claussner
Schmid Brothers Porcelain
Bradford Place
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