Carter Ford win Illinois primaries boost campaign momentum
President Carter and President Ford swept Illinois primaries as Carter led Democrats with 50 delegates while Wallace and Shriver trailed. In the Republican tally Ford drew 60 percent and Reagan 39 percent as the looming Democratic and Republican conventions stirred Chicago power struggles led by Daley.
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Sargent Shriver
Fred R. Harris Oes
Ford
Reagan
Illinois
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Atlantic Richfield proposes $27 bid for Anaconda stock
Atlantic Richfield says it will offer six million Anaconda shares at 27 dollars each in a 162 million dollar bid. ARCO cites 1975 earnings of 1.80 a share versus 1974 4.83 and notes Anaconda’s 1975 earnings were 6.16 a share.
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Los Angeles
Anaconda Co
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ARCO
Anaconda
Mustang Ranch founder defends land deal amid grand jury report
Joe Conforte, owner of the Mustang Ranch 12 miles east of Reno, defends private campaigns for a land deal and visits cited by a Washoe County grand jury. No indictments were handed down. the panel aimed to spotlight the matter despite legal prostitution limits.
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Con
Reno
Washoe County
Strike stalls ships in Panama Canal
In Balboa Panama Canal a sickout by pilots stalls traffic as 2 percent of the canal's 200 pilots participate. The action impacts vessel flow and labor tensions remain unresolved as city officials and company leaders face scrutiny.
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Panama Canal
Disease Rampant in South Vietnam After Decades of War
After 30 years of conflict, South Vietnam faces deadly disease with tuberculosis among the world’s highest rates and malaria widespread across the region, as reported from Manila by AP.
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Manila
The
Philippines
Boys Town reports 1975 income and assets growth
Boys Town, the private Catholic institute for orphans, reported 1975 income of 20.9 million and total assets over 242 million at year end. The report notes asset growth from 1974 aided by new construction and higher building values, with 398 boys living there.
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Wilson resigns as British prime minister after eight years
Harold Wilson announced his plan to resign as prime minister after eight years in office and 13 years as Labour leader citing age. He will step down once MPs elect a successor, with a potential March 30 deadline and April 5 final result if needed.
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London
Harold Wilson
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House of Commons
Wilson
James Callaghan
Britain
London Evening Standard
White House
Manson cultist Sandra Good found guilty on all counts
In Sacramento California Sandra Good, linked to the Manson cult, was found guilty on all five counts of conspiring to send threatening messages to business and government leaders. She remains in custody with a sentencing date set for April 13, facing up to 25 years per count.
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Illinois
Sacramento
Calif
Manson
Sandra Good
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Miss Good
Miss You
Senator Proxmire brands NSF grant as wasteful study
Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire cited a National Science Foundation grant totaling 46 100 dollars as wasteful. He described experiments in West Lafayette Indiana on environmental determinants of aggression and the effect of scantily clad women on male drivers. He awarded a Golden Fleece prize, the third such award against NSF funded work.
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NSF
Proxmire
Senate
Baron
West Lafayette
Ind
Pentagon disciplines official for taking favors in procurement
Dr. Malcolm Currie faced discipline after attending a Bahamas trip on a Rockwell company plane tied to a Chesapeake Bay goose owned by the contractor. Pentagon spokesman Will Greener described the probe into potential abuses amid defense program oversight. Currie defended the trip as not compromising public trust while acknowledging strict conduct standards.
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Rockwell
Pentagon
Will Greener
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Greener
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