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Fifi skirts north coast
MIAMI (UPI) — Hurricane Fifi skirted the Northern
coast of Honduras today and turned toward Guatemala
and Belize, packing 130 mile an hour winds and flooding
rains? Forecasters warned that tides up to 12 feet above
normal would spread westward along the mountain
rimmed northern coast of Honduras into Guatemala and
southern Belize, formerly British Honduras, today in
advance of Fifi’s center.
Japanese militants warn
DAMASCUS (UPI) — The militant Japanese Red Army
warned today of new attacks to follow up a dramatic five
day embassy siege in Holland that freed a jailed comrade
from a French prison. The Marxist underground group
marked the arrival of the three embassy raiders and their
released comrade in Damascus by vowing to fight
“capitalists of the world” for “the liberation of all
oppressed people.”
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Siamese twins separated
PHILADELPHIA (UPI) - Siamese twins Clara and
Alta Rodriguez, bom 13 months ago joined at the middle
and lower trunk, were separated in a rareoperation
Wednesday. Doctors say it was a success, and said the
girls’ chances of surviving are “excellent.”
Wilson opens campaigns
LONDON (UPI) — Prime Minister Harold Wilson today
formally opened a three-week national election campaign
dominated by Britain’s worst economic crisis since World
War 11. The Labor party leader announced plans
Wednesday for an Oct. 10 general election, the first time in
this century the country has picked two parliaments in
one year.
Ford calls top leaders
WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Ford summoned
top level congressional leaders to the White House today to
explore the role of the CIA in conducting covert political
activities abroad. Ford invited legislative leaders and
House and Senate and chairmen of the Armed Services
committees to an early morning meeting to assess the
business of the “Forty Committee,” which approves
covert operations. It is headed by Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger.
New consumer laws
may be dead for now
By MICHAEL J. CONLON
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
President Ford’s refusal to take
a direct stand on legislation to
create a consumer protection
agency may have killed the
idea for this session of
Congress.
Backers of the bill tried to
float a few last-minute compro
mises in advance of the fourth
and final Senate vote today on
whether to end the filibuster
against it, but they were still
perhaps three votes short.
Ralph Nader told UPI there
was no doubt an endorsement
by Ford would have cracked
the two-month-old filibuster.
But the legislation was not
mentioned in the long list of
priority business Ford sent to
Congress last week.
Nader said he understood it
had been included in an earlier
draft of the legislation list but
was dropped at the request of
Food
surplus
offered
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
President Ford’s pledge of U.S.
cooperation to build an interna
tional network of food reserves
apparently will involve no new
U.S. government stockpiles for
hungry nations.
Instead, according to Agricul
ture Department sources, the
U.S. contribution to famine
reserves would consist of the
surplus inventories held by
American farmers and traders
in the normal course of
business.
Ford told the United Nations
General Assembly Wednesday
that “to ensure that the
survival of millions of our
fellow men does not depend
upon the vagaries of weather,
the United States is prepared to
join in a world-wide effort to
negotiate, establish and main
tain an international system of
food reserves.”
He added that “each nation
must determine for itself how it
manages its reserves.”
An Agriculture Department
source said that proviso was, in
effect, an indorsement of
Agriculture Secretary Earl L.
Butz’ position that the U.S.
reserves should be held by
farmers and traders, not by the
government.
For example, at the begin
ning of the marketing year July
1, 1974, the United States had
on hand 249 million bushels of
wheat left over from previous
crops. Virtually all of it was
privately held.
Next July, this inventory is
expected to be slightly bigger,
because the 1974 wheat crop is
expected to be slightly in
excess of what the United
States uses.
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of a national organization, is sponsoring a series of
prenatal classes for expectant parents. The classes are
held on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. in the Griffin-Spalding
Hospital conference room. They are taught by RN’s who
have specialized in obstetrics and are especially trained
some Republican leaders —and
at the urging of Roy Ash,
Ford’s budget chief, who beat
out another Ford aide, former
Sen. Charles Goodell, in the
policy decision.
In advance of today’s vote —
only the third time in Senate
history that four tries have
been made to end a filibuster
on one bill —Sen. Alan
Cranston, D-Calif., had counted
63 senators firmly committed to
ending debate, with four
“question marks.” If all 100
senators were present and
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voting, it would take 67 votes to
carry. Cranston had anticipated
one absentee, making it 66
votes needed.
Opponents, led by the U. S.
Chamber of Commerce, see the
agency as a time-consuming
busybody which would throw
roadblocks in front of already
slow moving government ma
chinery.
Backers say the consumer
needs someone in Washington
to combat the high-priced
lawyers and lobbyists pushing
other special interests.
Griffin Daily News Thursday, September 19,1974
as instructors. New officers in the Griffin association are
(1-r) Sharon Joiner, vice-president; Cathy Shuman,
president; Joann Powers, treasurer; and Nancy Nelson,
secretary. More information about classes may be
obtained by calling Mrs. Powers.
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