Five Dems woo voters in New England forum
Five Democrats seeking the 1976 presidential nomination campaigned at a Massachusetts ADA forum to win New England delegates. Fred Harris Jimmy Carter Morris Udall Birch Bayh and Sargent Shriver urged policy changes including tax hikes for the rich full employment gun bans and ERA while critiquing the Ford administration and defense spending.
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Springfield
Mass
UPI
Ford
Americans For Democratic Action
New England
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Harris
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Morris Udall
Arizona
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Sargent Shriver
Steve Cohen
Massachusetts
ADA
Udall
Carter
New York City
New York
Pentagon
White House
Donald Frazier
D-Minn
Michael S. Duakis
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Baltimore
FBI arrests two men in extortion bombing plot
The FBI arrested Paul Douglass Methven of Virginia Beach and Larry Shaffer of Chicago on charges of conspiracy to extort 45.5 million dollars from seven major oil producers. Three bombs exploded earlier this month causing minor damage while four unexploded devices were found.
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Washington
Virginia Beach
Larry Shaffer
Chicago
FBI
Phillips disclosure shifts onus of campaign scandal
Phillips Petroleum Company reports illegal corporate contributions to 54 Congress members in 1970 and 1972 and up to 400000 dollars since 1966. The cash payments, routed by vice president Carstens Slack, were undisclosed to avoid reporting rules. Recipients included Gerald Ford and much of party leadership. The filings with the U S District Court and SEC mark one of several 1975 disclosures ahead of year end.
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Washington
UPI
Phillips Petrolum Company
Congress
Gerald R. Ford
Phillips
Carstens Slack
Hoffa body tip spurs major Detroit area search
A tip that James R. Hoffa’s body was buried about 35 miles northwest of Detroit prompted a wide federal state and local hunt. Authorities said information was serious though the source was not disclosed. About 30 police officers searched four hours with a hovering helicopter overhead in Waterford and White Lake Townships near Lake Orion.
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Detroit
UPI
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Frank J. Kelley
Hoffa
Waterford
White Lake Townships
Lake Orion
Highway cave in traps three autos in Virginia hillside
In Nelson County near Woods Mill a 100 foot long highway section collapsed after heavy rains and possible undercutting. One man, Thomas Cushman of Charlottesville, was killed as three cars fell into a 30 foot deep hole. Others injured include David Riddick and Reggie Payne. Authorities detoured traffic and investigated cause.
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Allen
Nelson County
Thomas W. Cushman
Charlottesville
David F. Riddick
Kate W. Cornwaith
Ottsville
Reggie Payne
Anderson
J.H. Adcock
John M. Dixon
Cushman
Payne
Riddick
Carnwath
Lovingston
Six Die In Miami Air Crash At Airport
An Argentine owned CL44 Yukon cargo plane blew a tire on takeoff at Miami International Airport killing six and injuring four. The craft crossed fences, hit a guidance device, and burst into flames near a parked van where three University of Miami students narrowly escaped. The plane, bound for Panama City, carried electrical appliances and dry goods. investigators note tire failure as the likely cause.
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Miami
UPI
Miami International
Panama City
Panama
Geoffrey Schampan
University of Miami
Schampan
Aero Transporte Entres Rios
President Ford’s hunch spares handshakes before shot
White House aides say a gut feeling from Secret Service and photographer Kennerly led Ford to skip a San Francisco crowd greeting moments before a shot rang out. Agents cited an instinct that anti Ford demonstrators mingled with the crowd. Ford complied, then waved from the limousine.
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Vietnam
San Francisco
White House
Secret Service
Ron Portius
Kennerly
St. Francis
Portius
Jack Merchant
Merchant
Ford
Medicare medical expense carryover rule explained
Medical expenses you incur in the last three months of a year to meet the year’s $60 Medicare medical insurance deductible can also be used to meet the deductible for the following year, allowing a cross year application of charges.
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