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Wednesday, September 29, 1976
University Daily Kansan
News Digest
From the Associated Press
Economic index down
WASHINGTON—The governmental index used to predict the future of the economy has dropped for the first time since the start of the current recovery.
But it government economist said yesterday the drop in the index of leading indicators doesn't necessarily mean that there will be a decline in the economy.
The Commerce department said that the drop in economic and that about a third of the drop was attributable to an increase in the layoff rate in many industries.
The August figure is the first drop since February 1975 and constitutes the largest drop since the 3.4 per cent slide in January 1975.
Syria launches attack
BEIRUT, Lebanon—Syrian forces launched an offensive against Palestinian guerrilla and leftist Lebanese positions east of Beirut, and Damascus radio said early today that they had cleared all Palestinian-leftist elements from the country's Christian enclave.
The drive brought statements of anger and alarm from Egypt and from factions supporting the Moslem-leftist side in the civil war.
Syrian troops backing the Christian side in the war, and the Saiga Palestinian group, equipped with Syrian arms, captured at least eight villages north of the Beirut-Damascus highway about 12 miles east of the capital. They are in complete control of the southern region of the Christian enclave, the radio broadcast said.
Schorr quits CBS
NEW YORK-Daniel Schor, the newsman suspended by CBS while a senior committee tried to find out who gave him a secret report on the CIA, quit in March.
Schorr said in a letter to Richard Salant, president of CBS News, that his return might be "a source of tension within the organization."
Scorr was suspended in February when the House Ethics Committee announced it wanted to know who gave him the report that criticized the officers of the CJ
Immunizations begin soon
ATLANTA—The nationwide swine flu immunization program gets under way Friday in three cities after more than a month's delay caused by vaccine production problems and demands by manufacturers for protection from potential lawsuits over side effects.
A National Center for Disease Control spokesman said yesterday that swine flu shots would be administered to senior citizens Friday in Pontiac, Mich., at a "health fair" in Indianapolis and by the city health department in Philadelphia. He said that the vaccine would be administered in other cities beginning next Monday but that it would be up to state health authorities to determine which cities.
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By The Associated Press
President Gerald Ford painted his foreign policy image yesterday and his chief spokesman refused to answer questions about Ford's use of campaign funds in his home district when he was a congressman.
Ford greets diplomats; fund question lingers
Audience Will Be Invited To Participate In Discussion
As the President met with the first of a parade of foreign ministers before his foreign-policy debate with Jimmy Carter, White House Press Secretary Ronn Nessen told us to say whether Ford had illegally converted campaign funds to his personal use.
local Republican party organization in
Bali while he was in the House of
Republican Party.
"You know that I'm not going to answer that question . . . because it suggests that there is a need to answer it - that something like that has been guessed." Nessen said.
There have been reports that the Watergate special prosecutor is investigating whether Ford converted campaign funds to his own use through a
Nessen also was asked about the President's acceptance of gobfishing he had Ford played on three courses operated by corporations while he was a congressman.
Ford also met with congressional leaders to discuss Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's visit.
Ford's campaign funds and golf outings came up as the President met with Hans-Dietrich Genscher, foreign minister of West Germany.
Foreign ministers of the United Union, Britain, France, Italy and other nations unspecified will follow Genscher into the Oval Office as they travel to New York for the annual autumn session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The President encounters Carter in their
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HEBREW CLUB Every Monday evening (except holy days) at the home of a different member from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., refreshments served, join us for a meal (they're) Conversation, all levels of proficiency welcome, call Brian Shank (719) or Diana Wollan (843-1859) for the location of this week's meeting.
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