Liquor Referendum Sought by Thomasville Group
A citywide liquor referendum effort is underway in Thomasville as the Thomasville Restaurant and Motel Association mails out cards to registered voters asking whether liquor sales should be allowed. Proponents note potential benefits while urging the issue be settled by the electorate through a forthcoming vote.
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Thomasville
Kennedy Dampens Hopes for 1976 Nomination
Sen. Edward Kennedy stated clearly he will not accept the 1976 presidential nomination or a draft. In a CBS Cronkite interview he said no circumstances would force him into the race and he would not back a Wallace ticket, even to block him.
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Carl P. Leabsdorf
Washington (Ap
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Alabama
George C. Wallace
CBS
Walter Cronkite
Candi
Cronkite
Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Federal Regulators Tight-Lip Bank Records Endure Scrutiny
Regulators keep bank examination data highly confidential shielding loan portfolios and management data on about 4700 nationally chartered banks. Information is largely exempt from public disclosure under the National Bank Act and FCC FOIA exemptions, with inspections occurring at least three times every two years.
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Lee Mitgang
New York
U.S
Banking disclosure clash over loan privacy and redlining
A banking controversy questions public disclosure of loan data and bank portfolios. Officials warn disclosure could erode public trust and raise privacy concerns while pilots on mortgage lending criteria in 18 metros await results. Only limited public data such as broad balance sheets and annual reports remain freely available.
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Comptroller
Franklin National Bank
Security National Bank of New York
Banking and Economic Research
David C. Motter
Comptroller’s Office
Motter
To Sign Or Not To Sign Curiosity Tied To Weight Loss
A Miami writer documents a four day foodless fast with six pounds shed in two and a half days. He notes unexpected lack of hunger, a curious physical sense of rightness, and plans to continue with vegetable juice after tapering. He mentions family participation and a culture of fasting.
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Miami
Fla
Margery
Kathleen
Antoine
Saul Slater
Shah pampered by Ford spurs Iran oil price clash
White House hosts the shah with crepes and caviar but privately officials demolish his arguments for higher oil prices. They argue tariffs and currency shifts, not demand, drive costs, while notes on a sea chase reveal a drug smuggling pursuit with casualties and 800 pounds of marijuana seized.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Iran
White House
Ford
Shah
Sea Chase
Federal
Todos Santos Island
Long Beach
Calif
U.S
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Andy LeMay
Leo Evionik
Evionik
Truman orders air and navy to aid Korea defense
AP notes on this date 1950 when President Truman ordered the U S Air Force and Navy to assist in repelling a North Korean invasion of South Korea. Also mentions 1844 Mormon leaders killed in Carthage and other historical milestones.
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Associated Press
Harry Truman
U.S. Air Force
Navy
South Korea
Joseph and
Hyrum Smith
Carthage
Ill
Brigham Young
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
New York
Boston
United States
Cambodia
Richard Nixon
Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
Bob Keesham
Juan Trippe
H.L. Mencken
Viewpoint Town Meetings Prove Popular
Marianne Means notes the National Town Meeting program draws large crowds and NPR reach with little fanfare. The Kennedy Center event featured Reps Wiggins Jordan and Sen Tunney debating Supreme Court functioning. audience questions covered parochial aid abortion and school integration. Future sessions will tackle union rights, regulation, energy policy, and effects of TV on children. The show remains free and rebroadcast weekly.
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Marianne
Washington
White House
Fred Dutton
National Public Radio
Associated Press
Eisenhower Theater
Kennedy Center
Charles Wiggins
Rcalif
Barbara Jordan
D-Tex
Judiciary Committee
Nixon
John Tunney
D-Calif
Constitutional Rights
Supreme Court
Jordan
Wiggins
Tunney
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