Platform for Demos Endorses Health Coverage and Pardon Plan
After two days of debate the Democratic Platform Committee completed a platform calling for unemployment 3 percent national health insurance a minimum income pardon for Vietnam war resisters and a 5 to 7 billion defense cut The document also supports delayed B1 bomber production and broad government reform with a strong international plank and no nuclear limits inferior to Soviet caps The George Wallace faction protests but calls the platform better than 1972 with financing from payroll taxes and federal revenue and work requirements for able-bodied workers
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Atlanta
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Colorado
Eugene McCarthy
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George Wallace
Louis Jenkins
Louisiana
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Sect members charged with holding body in Hawaii
Eight members of the Hawaii religious group The Source were arrested after police recovered a body at the sect home. The 22 year old man died hang gliding and had been kept at the Makapuu cliffs region before the group loaded the corpse into a van and drove to their Lanikai headquarters.
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Honolulu
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Makapuu
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Lanikai
Town Players stage Neil Simon comedy The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Kalona recreation center hosts The Prisoner of Second Avenue June 25 and 26 with 8 30 p m curtain. Directed by Mike Beck the show follows adult humor as in prior Town Players productions. Ticket prices 1 50 adults 75 cents children K 9 season tickets three shows 3 00 adults 1 25 children. Volunteers urged for set and stage crews contact Fred Scott or attend rehearsals with hammer in hand.
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Kalona
Town Players
Neil Simon
Fred Scott
Insurance woes imperil swine flu vaccination plan
Washington reports Parke-Davis warns its liability insurance will be canceled July 1, jeopardizing a national immunization program aimed at vaccinating Americans against a possible swine flu outbreak. Warner-Lambert seeks government aid as the program targets late summer and early fall inoculations.
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Trade unions back tax cuts for lower paid workers
Britain’s Trades Union Congress voted 9,262,000 in favor to back a government offer of tax cuts for lower paid workers in exchange for a second year of strict anti inflation pay curbs. Delegates cast proxy votes amid calls for unanimity from leaders like Jack Jones of the Transport and General Workers Union.
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UPI
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Clive Jenkins
Teamsters vote to keep Fitzsimmons amid pay raise
In Las Vegas United Press International reports that Teamsters officials including president Frank Fitzsimmons are expected to secure another five year term. They approved a 25 percent salary increase for Fitzsimmons and top officers as thousands attend the convention with campaign paraphernalia supporting Fitzsimmons slate. The meeting also approved constitutional changes, a dues rise, and raises for officials.
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UPI
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Riots in Soweto End with Death Toll Rises
In Soweto near Johannesburg police fired on about 10 000 rioting students killing five Africans and one white officer. At least 33 people were hospitalized eight with bullet wounds as protests over language mandatory teaching escalated.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
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Soweto
Irish couple tours many Dublins across America
An Irish couple visiting the United States for the bicentennial plans a route to visit the many towns named Dublin. Anne Byrne and Raphael Siev traveled from Dublin Ireland and began June 6 with a Greyhound pass, visiting Dublin in New Hampshire Michigan Indiana Ohio Ontario and Wednesday Iowa. They hitchhike between stops and report friendly reception as they tour a former town’s museum and plan to finish around July 2.
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Ambassador Francis Meloy Missing in Beirut Kidnapping Report
UPI reports U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Francis Meloy and a State Department official disappeared in Beirut as they traveled to meet Lebanese President Elect Elias Sarkis. White House and State Department confirm they have been missing since Wednesday morning Beirut time amid efforts to locate them.
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Ford in call for personal integrity
President Ford seeks 121 delegates to clinch the Republican nomination and plans a Friday trip to Des Moines Iowa for the GOP convention. With 36 Iowa delegates in play and Reagan as a rival, aides say a personal visit could sway undecided delegates. Ford may visit other states in the coming weeks.
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Democrats delay vote on Hays chairmanship amid sex scandal
House Democrats voted to delay for a week action to strip Wayne Hays of his Administration Committee chairmanship as he recovers in a Barnesville hospital after an overdose. Speaker Carl Albert backed the postponement while freshmen urged discipline. The move comes amid broader sex scandal allegations involving several lawmakers and related political pressure.
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Hays
Barnesville
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Virginia
Jack Anderson
Byrd
Anderson
Salt Lake City
Allan Howe
Utah
Howe
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Charles Vanik
Los Angeles
Vanik
FBI warns of bombs in letters to corporations
FBI Director Clarence Kelley said about 200 companies may be targets for letter bombs after at least 14 devices were found or exploded nationwide. Investigators note extortion letters demanding millions in payments and caution the public as authorities from ATF to postal teams coordinate the probe.
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UPI
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Kelley
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Burrell Humphries
Texarkana
Tex
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Atlanta
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Weather outlook clear and warmer Thursday ahead
A dry forecast calls for partly sunny skies and a rise in temperatures. Tonight will be partly cloudy with lows in the mid to upper 50s and light variable winds. Thursday will be warmer with highs in the low to mid 80s and light variable winds.
Ford and Reagan Appeal to Iowa GOP Delegates
President Ford and Ronald Reagan plan last minute visits to Des Moines to woo Iowa GOP delegates ahead of the state convention. The race centers on 36 Iowa delegates as both candidates seek momentum toward the 1,130 needed for a first ballot nomination, with polls showing Ford ahead but support remaining volatile among party regulars.
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