No conspiracy found in Ford life threat case
U S Attorney Dwayne Keyes said no evidence of a conspiracy to assassinate President Ford had been found thus far. He noted Lynette Fromme had possession of a .45 automatic and that its owner, a man, had been aware of Fromme’s weapon.
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U.S
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Richard Walker
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Sandra Good
Miss Good
Miss New York Tawny Godin Crowned Miss America 1976
Tawny Elaine Godin 18, a Skidmore College sophomore with a 4.0 average and 36-24-36 figure, won Miss America 1976 in Atlantic City. She stands 5 foot 10 and is the tallest Miss America winner to date, with 17,853 in attendance and a national TV audience. First runner up was Susan Lawrence of North Carolina, followed by Janet Jay Carr of California and others in the top ranks.
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America
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Texas
Bert Parks
Skidmore
North Carolina
Susan Lawrence
California
Janet Jay Carr
Ohio
Susan Kay Banks
Arizona
Stacey Petersen
Florida
Ann Schmalzried
Indiana
Cyndi Legler
Massachusetts
Cynthia Mary
South Carolina
Cyndi Anthony
Mary Ellen Richardson
SAT verbal and math scores drop for 1975 students
The College Entrance Examination Board reports the 1975 SAT verbal average fell to 434 and math to 472 from 1974, marking the largest margin in two decades amid a 12 year decline trend with multiple debated causes.
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New York
College Board
Bomb scare prompts evacuation at Paris Hilton Hotel
Paris police evacuated 1500 guests and staff after an anonymous caller warned of a bomb. A search found nothing suspicious and the hotel was cleared within an hour. The blast at the London Hilton on Friday left two dead and 62 injured.
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Paris
Paris Hilton
London Hilton
Labor Department Region Faces Discrimination Charge
A 19 page class action accuses the Labor Department regional office in Atlanta of racial discrimination against blacks and black women. The complaint seeks affirmative action in hiring and promoting minorities and is addressed to Robert Burns, regional director. Civil Service Commission sources call the case against a federal agency unusual.
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U.S. Labor Department
Labor Department
Robert Burns
Atlanta
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Murphy attacks ABC over Knievel TV special
Rep. John M. Murphy D NY accuses ABC of sheer irresponsibility for a Knievel documentary style program that he says glorifies dangerous stunts and will prompt imitation by children. He sent telegrams to ABC president Elton Rule and FCC chair Richard Wiley citing the surgeon general report on television violence.
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John M. Murphy
Dn.y
ABC Television
Evel Knievel
Murphy
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Elton H. Rule
Federal Communications Commission
Richard Wiley
ABC
Knievel
Daredevil
Snake River
Rule
Wiley
Surgeon General
Evel
Hoffa Jury Witness Giacalone to Plead Fifth Amendment
Detroit AP reports Anthony Giacalone, named a Detroit Mafia “big man” in Senate testimony, will plead the Fifth before a federal grand jury probing Hoffa’s disappearance. Giacalone faces indictments on tax evasion from 1968-71 and on charges of mail fraud and conspiracy in separate cases.
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Detroit
Anthony
Tony Jack
Giacalone
S. Allen Early
Early
Grand Jury
Grand Pany
Senate
Worker's Compensation probe linked to murder plot and lawyers
Criminal charges tied to a high stakes Worker's Compensation scandal center on a prison scheme to kill Attorney General Robert Woodahl and possibly his chief prosecutor. Four lawyers from a Butte firm named as outside contact face alleged bribes and inflated claims aimed at controlling the fund, with past cases involving John McKeon and James Carden.
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Butte Law Firm
Robert Woodahl
Dick Ozivi
Legislative Audit Committee
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