Americans Plan Varied Ways of Greeting New Year
The Associated Press reports diverse New Year plans across the U.S. From San Francisco's Nob Hill dinners to Salt Lake City candlelight services and Miami Beach socialites seeking nightlife, bookings show caution. In New York Central Park and Times Square, crowds anticipate the ball drop and televised festivities led by Guy Lombardo.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Nob Hill
First Christian Reformed Church
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Miami Beach
Lester Moshcon
Honolulu
Robert Howell
Decatur
Ala
American Airlines
United Air Lines
Manhattan
Miami
San Juan
New York
Central Park
Times Square
Allied Chemical
Guy Lombardo
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Park Avenue
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Sale of Gold To Public Under Way
New York began legal gold bullion trading for the first time in 41 years with notable buyers like Sen. James L. Buckley and actor Dean Jones. Prices fluctuated across markets from $187.50 in London to $201.40 in Paris as banks hesitated to join and forward contracts debuted in Chicago.
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New York
James L. Buckley
Los Angeles
Dean Jones
Southfield
Mick Cartenne Brown
Canada
London
Europe
United States
Zurich
Robert Bogdanski
Bache & Co
New York Mercantile Exchange
Samuel Weiss
Samuel Weiss & Co
U.S
Credit Suisse
Federal Reserve
Arthur Burns
Treas
Ury
William Simon
Bank of America
First National City Bank
Chase Manhattan Bank
Chase
Willard C. Butcher
Republic National Bank, Bache & Co
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc
Mid-American Commodity Exchange
Chicago
Medallic Art Co
Danbury, Conn
Franklin Mint
Franklin Center
Franklin
Panama
Medallic Art
Ford
Paris
France
Dean Testimony Ties Nixon White House to CIA Reports
Former White House counsel John W. Dean III testifies under oath that after arrival at the Nixon administration he was informed about a project to restructure intelligence gathering on demonstrators and radicals. The AP cites a partial transcript noting Hunt headed CIA unit linked to domestic spying and Colby’s 50 page report alleging illegal spying. Dean, 35, is jailed for 1 to 4 years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to obstruct justice.
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Washington
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Central Intelligence Agency
John W. Dean III
Liam E. Colby
Ford
U.S
Senate
Watergate Committee
Dean
CIA
Intelligence Committee
Nixon
Watergate trial jury asks for transcripts amid slow start
The Watergate cover up trial jury weighs charges against Mitchell Haldeman Ehrlichman Mardian and Parkinson. Judge Sirica denies transcript access, citing three weeks to reread testimony and bench conferences. Foreman Hoffar leads nine jurors aged 50s and 60s who request quitting time at 6 p.m. as deliberations begin after a four hour day.
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H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Robert C. Mardian
Kenneth W. Parkinson
Sirica
John A. Hoffar
U.S. Park Service
Private jet crash near Lancaster leaves three dead
FAA investigators say cause will take at least two months to determine. The private jet owned by Anchor Hocking Corp. crashed on a wooded hillside near Lancaster Friday night, killing three people.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Federal Aviation Administration
Anchor Hocking Corp
Prisoners storm hospital rescue two hostage women
Guards stormed a prison hospital to free two women hostages stabbed by convicts. In two disturbances at the Washington state penitentiary, 13 hostages were taken and later released. All hostages survived the incidents.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Washington State Penitentiary
Weather forecast for tonight and Wednesday shows showers
Occasional rain tonight with a chance of showers Wednesday. Lows tonight in the low to mid 30s and highs Wednesday in the mid to upper 30s. Details appear on page 3.
Teen Sniper Kills 3 at Olean High School
A 17 year old honor student and rifle team standoutAnthony Barbaro faces arraignment on three murder charges after a two hour rampage at Olean High School. Eleven others were injured including eight with bullets or bullet fragments and three by glass. Police used a National Guard tank and tear gas to end the attack.
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OLEAN
N.Y
Olean High School
Anthony Barbaro
National Guard
Herbert Elmore
Louis Nicol
Metcalf
Olean High
Parade of Roses spectacle set with Hank Aaron as grand marshal
Pasadena hosts the 86th Tournament of Roses Parade with 57 floats and 200 horses, 22 bands, and a global TV audience of 86 million. Hank Aaron is grand marshal as 1.5 million spectators attend on-site plus grandstand seats at $7.50 to $12.50 sell out.
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Pasadena
Hank Aaron
Ohio State
California
Ford to Sign Trade Bill as 115 Measures Await Action
WAIL Colo AP fewer than a dozen of 115 bills await President Ford action as he plans to sign the trade bill after returning to Washington from a ski holiday. He signed a $2.69 billion foreign aid appropriation and vetoed a strip mining regulatory measure, with two major bills left to die by pocket veto.
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WAIL
Colo
Ford
Washington
Rockies
Ervin Warns Fear as Nation's Greatest Enemy in Farewell
In his retirement farewell to North Carolina constituents Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. declares fear the country’s corrosive enemy. He urges truth and faith to sustain courage, noting faith lifts people in crisis and that overcoming fear requires belief in God and a righteous cause.
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Sam J. Ervin Jr
America
North Carolina
Senate
Watergate Committee
Thomas Carlyle
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