Hebert faces floor fight to keep Armed Services chair
In a caucus upset repatriated chairman F Edward Hebert of Louisiana is pressing to overturn his ouster from the House Armed Services Committee. Poage loses Agriculture chair amid seniority revolt while Patman and Hays also face replacement.
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Washington
F. Edward Hebert
House Armed Services Committee
Hebert
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Poage
D-N.j
Hays
Patman
Engi
House
GOP
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
David C. Treen
R-La
Public Jobs Scramble Reopens Under CETA Plan
Public jobs programs expand under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act to fund about 300,000 positions nationwide. The initiative emphasizes service roles such as clerks and aides, with federal funds supporting local projects and some local payroll transfers. States like Oregon and Michigan report multi million dollar allocations for maintenance, clerical work, and school staff roles amid unemployment near 6 to 11 percent.
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Associated Press
WPA
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Ford
Civil Service Commissions
Oregon
New York State
Allan Ayoub
Utah
Michigan
Advisory panel edges toward Social Security tax hike
Washington lawmakers and President Ford back tax cuts while a Social Security advisory panel nears a plan to raise payroll taxes. It would raise the wage base to 24000, lift the rate by .1 percent for both employees and employers, and tie benefits to wages rather than prices. The panel also suggests more liberalized benefits for certain retirees and workers over 55.
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Washington
Ford
James A. Burke
D-Mass
House
Ways and Means
Social Security Advisory Council
Advisory Council
Social Security Actuaries
Decline in GNP Sharpens Tax Cut Debate
A steep drop in GNP signals recession depth and sharpens talk of larger tax cuts. Ford seeks a five year nine month revenue sharing extension while auto makers announce rebates and plant closures extend layoffs. Crop output fell and inflation surged, eroding real growth in 1974.
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Washington
United States
Ford
Congress
Ford Motor Co
Commerce Department
Cabinet shakeup whispers as Simon may depart
President Ford faces pressure from White House aides to replace treasury secretary William E. Simon as part of a widening cabinet shakeup. While no move has been made, sources say discussions could lead to Simon's ouster, with several other Nixon holdovers also targeted for departure within months.
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Ford
White House
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Treasury
Simon
Nixon
Labor
Peter J. Brennan
Commerce
Frederick B. Dent
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Caspar W. Weinberger
Health, Education and Welfare
Atty
William B. Saxbe
India
Claude S. Brinegar
James T. Lynn
Office of Management and Budget
Wall Street
Edward Levi
University of Chicago
Saxbe
Philadelphia
William T. Coleman
Brinegar
Lynn
CIA
Helms
Helms Denies CIA Domestic Spy Claims
Senate hearings reveal Richard Helms says CIA did not conduct broad domestic spying during the 1960s. He notes the CIA studied radical groups only to address the presidents express concern about foreign influence, with information largely from the FBI and Justice Department. Helms testifies alongside CIA Director Colby in closed session.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services
John C. Stennis
CIA
Richard M. Helms
Senate
Helms
Armed Services Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Iran
William E. Colby
Mayday Protesters Awarded Damages by Jury
A federal court jury ordered the District of Columbia and police chiefs to pay about 12 million dollars to 1,200 antiwar demonstrators arrested during the 1971 Mayday week at the U S Capitol. The verdict, averaging roughly ten thousand dollars per person, marks a major civil rights victory though an appeal is expected.
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Washington
U.S. Capitol
American Civil Liberties Union
Warren K. Kaplan
ACLU
District of Columbia
Metropolitan
Capitol
Nondriver ID bill introduced in Ohio House
The Ohio House in a skeleton session introduced a measure to let the registrar issue non driver identification cards to adults 18 and over who are not licensed to drive. Cards would be photo ID, valid five years, cost two dollars and must be surrendered if a driver license is obtained.
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Columbus
Ohio
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Thomas J. Carney
Youngstown
George D. Tablack
Campbell
Senate
House
Glenn drawn to three Senate committees in tentative slate
Freshman senator John Glenn of Ohio was tentatively named to Government Operations Interior and District of Columbia committees by the Democratic Steering Committee. Ratification await s Democratic senators conference. Seven Monmouth College students cleared of manslaughter in hazing death of William Flowers after mock grave collapsed. Amstar Corp reports profits up 276 percent and sales up 172 percent in Q4 1974 due to higher raw sugar prices.
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Washington
U.S
John Glenn
Ohio
Senate
Glenn
Interior
District of Columbia
Freehold
N.J
Monmouth College
Zeta Beta Tau
William Flowers
New York
Amstar Corp
Weather Update Forecast Cloudy Skies and Light Snow Likely
Increasing cloudiness and not so cold tonight with lows in the mid to upper 20s. Saturday brings more clouds and a chance of snow or rain with highs in the upper 30s and low 40s. Details on page 2.
Experts Recruited For Ohio Government Study
Gov. Rhodes launches a second Little Hoover Commission in Ohio to study state government for potential savings. Richard L. Krabach says the panel of 80 to 100 management experts will examine efficiency, with Frank Cheney named general chairman. The prior commission in Rhodes’ first term saved about 60 million dollars.
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Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Hoover Commission
Richard L. Krabach
Krabach
Rhodes
Frank Cheney
Lima
Austin-Western
Clark Equipment Co
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