GOP Leaders Seek Unity at National Strategy Conference
Republican National Committee Chair Mary Louise Smith gathers 1,500 GOP leaders for a March 6-8 conference aimed at restoring party strength after Watergate. Speakers include Nelson Rockefeller, Jacob Javits, Charles Percy, Ronald Reagan, John Rousselot, and Jack Kemp. Ford may attend a Friday banquet.
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Indians siege Navajo plant vow to stay despite closure threat
Armed Navajo protesters at the Fairchild electronics plant on the Navajo Reservation refuse to leave. Lorenzo Lovaldo says they will sit inside as Fairchild warns of permanent closure if intruders stay past 6 P M Sunday. Tribal leaders in Window Rock seek a jobs preserving solution.
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Police Find Another Body in Skid Row Slasher Case
A man's body with a throat cut from ear to ear was found at the Blaine Hotel in downtown Los Angeles Saturday morning. Police, including the Slasher Squad, sought to confirm if he is the 10th victim in the string of murders that began December 1. Clyde Hay, 34, was the previous victim found January 31. Charles Jackson, 46, was the first victim.
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Doiron dies in French Quarter gun battle with police
Doiron, a 27 year old burglary suspect described as a career criminal, fled into a teargas filled apartment after a 90 minute exchange of gunfire with New Orleans police. A police officer and a bystander were killed, two officers were wounded, and Doiron died in the apartment as officers closed in.
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John H. Kastner
Agriculture Department questions procedure on food stamps study
The Agriculture Department said about a quarter of working poor stamp recipients may have received benefits improperly in a sample study covering 25 585 households but not representing all working poor. Welfare clients were excluded. some errors stemmed from misapplied rules while others involved potential fraud. Officials plan recommendations to simplify administration for a future Congress report.
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Congress
Four joggers killed in Perry Florida truck crash
A tanker plowed into a flatbed truck carrying fraternity runners. Four students died and 11 injured in predawn fog on a four lane highway near Perry. Driver charged with careless driving. event to raise funds for the Heart Fund between Gainesville and Tallahassee.
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Homestead
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Tallahassee
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Conservative leaders hold Chesapeake strategy retreat
Washington sources report 28 conservatives met at a two day Chesapeake Bay retreat in St Michaels Maryland to discuss pressuring the Ford administration and the GOP. Sen James Buckley said the goal is a formal organization to coordinate influence within the party.
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