Rallies and Returns Mark GOP Split in Key Primaries
Ronald Reagan leads Nebraska as Ford wins West Virginia in a split GOP showing. Carter wins Connecticut while Church leads Nebraska Democratic returns. Byrd dominates West Virginia for Democrats and Udall trails in Connecticut. Delegates emerge unevenly across states with uncommitted slates and a Louisiana caucus adding to the tally.
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Walter R. Mears
Ronald Reagan
Nebraska
Ford
West Virginia
Reagan
Washington
Rogers Morton
Morton
Michigan
Jimmy Carter
Connecticut
Idaho
Frank Church
Church
Carter
Hubert H. Humphrey
Adall
Henry M. Jackson
Louisiana
New Hughes Will Surfaces in Las Vegas Estate Filings
A three page handwritten will dated June 22, 1969 surfaced and was filed with Clark County, naming relatives, charities, and ten living Americans by Social Security numbers as beneficiaries. Summa Corp says it did not exist at the will date and has no current link to Hughes Tool Co. or the estate.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Howard Hughes
Summa Corp
Hughes
Summa
Clark County
Arelo Sederberg
Hughes Tool Co
Houston
Tex
Elda Hanks
Jim Cullen
William Morse
Nevada
Wayne Williams
First National Bank of Nevada
Hughes Estate
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormon
Los Angeles
Sederberg
Salt Lake City
Military aid bills tied to future years face Senate House votes
Senate and House committees moved rival foreign military aid bills for fiscal 1976 and 1977. The House plan totals 7 billion dollars while the Senate proposal proposes 6.74 billion. The measures retain key provisions objected to by President Ford and include new safeguards on nuclear materials and arms sales limits.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ford
Congress
South Korea
Senate Committee
Flu vaccine program targets Montana residents
Helena AP The Montana Department of Health says swine flu vaccine will arrive by July 15 and be available to all Montanans before Thanksgiving. The federal government will provide vaccines. A bivalent dose for 65 plus and those with chronic lung or heart disease, and a monovalent dose for others excluding small children, will be issued. The AAP will soon set child age eligibility.
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Helena
Department of Health
Montana
American Academy of Pediatrics
Government seeks tougher bite on union bias
The U S Civil Rights Commission urged stricter enforcement to end alleged discrimination in building trades and trucking unions. The 291 page report notes ongoing minority and women employment barriers and offers 15 recommendations focused on the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Weather note follows.
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Washington
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Commission
Office of Federal Contract
Department of Labor
Paris Gunmen Kill Bolivian Ambassador Also Avenged Guevara
Gunmen claiming to avenge Che Guevara shot Bolivian Ambassador Gen. Joaquim Zenteno Anaya in a Paris street near the Seine. The International Che Guevara Brigades warned oppression and Nazi collaborators would be punished and cited May 8 1945 commemorations. Zenteno Anaya helped block Klaus Barbie extradition and died at 53.
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Paris
Che Guevara
Bolivia
France
Joaquim Zenteno Anaya
Seine River
Eiffel Tower
Europe
Che
Armstrong recounts Bretz plot to hire killer for Woodahl
Lavon Bretz offered murderer Harold Armstrong $40,000 to kill Attorney General Robert Woodahl as Bretz sought revenge tied to his workmen’s compensation conviction. Armstrong testified he refused to participate and noted Bretz figured Woodahl’s continued power would keep Bretz imprisoned, with further plots involving Merrel Cline and Dick Daivi.
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Deer Lodge
Lavon Bretz
Harold
Chico" Armstrong
Robert Woodahl
Armstrong
Bretz
Merrel Cline
Woodahl
Dick Daivi
Jack LaMere
Cline
LaMere
Woodah
Dzivi
James Blodgett
Ford signs bill to restructure federal election commission
President Ford reluctantly signs the reform bill restoring the FECs power to release up to 3.8 million for matching funds for presidential candidates. He expresses reservations about provisions allowing congressional vetoes and orders a challenge to constitutionality. The signing follows controversy over prior FEC independence and court rulings.
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Ford
Restructuring Election Commission
Washington
Federal Election Commission
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Morris K. Udall
Congress
House of Cogress
Commission
Dinah Shore tops daytime TV Emmy awards
Dinah Shore's syndicated talk show won three Emmys at the National Television Academy daytime awards. Glen Swanson earned a third Emmy for a tribute to Tony Orlando and Dawn. Larry Haines Helen Gallagher won acting awards for soap operas. The $20,000 Pyramid won two Emmys, and Allen Ludden won best game show host. The Big Blue Marble was named best entertainment series.
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New York
Dinah Shore
National Television Academy
Glen Swanson
Tony Orlando
Dawn
Larry Haines
CBS
Helen Gallagher
ABC
NBC
Mike Gargiulo
Allen Ludden
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Robert C. Byrd
Alabama
George C. Wallace
GOP
New Hughes
Howard Hughes Medical Foundation of
Miami
Hughes’ Companies
Mormon Church
Willard
Utah
House International Relations Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Neil Wahl
W. Granite
Dawn Marie
James Michelotti
St. James Community Hospital
Mike Babcock
San Francisco
Unifax
Zenteno Anaya
Juan Pardes Manor International Brigade
Spain
Edward H. Levi
U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
FEC
White House
Enate
Thomas B. Curtis
Dinah
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