Rockefeller Commission Recommends Overseeing CIA
The Rockefeller Commission urges 30 measures to curb CIA abuses including a joint congressional oversight panel and an executive-branch watchdog. President Ford says the report will be released today and that assassination evidence will go to the Justice Department and intelligence committees.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Rockefeller Commission
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Commission
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ford
CIA
Justice Department
Senate
House
Maheu
Castro
House Intelligence Committee
Lucien N. Nedzi
Dmich
Nedzi
White House Rose Garden
Drinan Finds FBI CIA Files Costing Eight Dollars Ten Cents
Rep. Robert F. Drinan obtained CIA and FBI files under the Freedom of Information Act. The CIA file, including a Sweet Briar College speech review, lists eight articles and a Lao dispatch. the FBI 81 pages cover civil rights and antiwar activity. He paid $8.10 and called the fee and process ridiculous.
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Washington
Robert F. Drinan
FBI
Central Intelligence Agency
Congress
Drinan
Clarence M. Kelley
CIA
Mondey
Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar
Pathet Lao
House
Paris
William E. Colby
Colby
Saigon
Vietnam
Boston College Law School
Richard M. Nixon
Ohio House weighs subsidy to save rail lines
A proposed constitutional amendment in Columbus may unlock 9 million dollars in federal subsidies to keep Ohio rail lines from being abandoned. Supporters note job losses along spur lines without aid while opponents fear state obligations and limits.
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Ohio House
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
William Batchelder
Medina
Batchelder
Consolidated Rail Corp
ConRail
Congress
Arthur Wilkowski
Toledo
Federal Rail Services Planning Office
USRA
RSPO
Wilkowski
Report accuses gas industry of underestimating reserves
The Federal Trade Commission report charges the American Gas Association and 11 major natural gas producers with concertedly underestimating reserves to keep prices high. The staff recommendation suggests consumer costs were higher due to these underestimations, though not yet approved by the commission.
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American Gas Association
Federal Trade Commission
Bureau of Competition
Trade Association
Interstate Pipeline
Commission
House Interstate
Kenneth Anderson
Anderson
Federal Power Commission
Ford veto faces uphill fight on strip mining bill
In Washington AP reports the second Ford veto on another environmental strip mining bill looms as sponsors admit only a narrow majority may back overrides. Administration figures defend cost and job loss estimates amid congressional debate and shifting GOP support.
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Washington
Ford
Frank G. Zarb
Congress
Appalachia
House
Zarb
Morris K. Udall
Dariz
Seal
White House
OPEC to price crude in IMF drawing rights rather than dollars
OPEC agreed to quote crude prices in IMF special drawing rights, potentially raising prices for weaker currencies and lowering them for stronger ones like West Germany and Switzerland. Reports note dollar, pound, and lira effects on pricing.
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Libreville
Gabon
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
International Monetary Fund
West Germany
Switzerland
Weather outlook cloudy with showers tonight and Wednesday
The forecast calls for patchy showers or thundershowers tonight and Wednesday. Tonight's lows in the low 60s. Wednesday photos show highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. Details, Page 8.
Rinks Withdraws From Athens Kroger Center Plan
Rinks Bargain City will not join the proposed Kroger Co shopping center in Athens. Edward Habegger of Gray Drug Stores confirmed the withdrawal due to local economic delays and revised occupancy costs. Kroger real estate manager W. William Hoffman said Kroger is pursuing other discount chains and may sublease the site set aside for a Holiday Inn.
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Herb Amey
Messenger
Rinks
Bargain City
Kroger Co
Athens
Edward Habegger
Gray Drug Stores Inc
Cleveland
Rinks Company
Habegger
East State Street
W. William Hoffman
Kroger
Binks
Hoffman
Coy Drug Stores Inc
Krogers
Ohio University
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Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Frank Church
Senate Intelligence Committee
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Catherine Litchfield
Dedham
Mass
Frank
U.S. Railway
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Bliss
Akron
Ray C. Bliss
Republican National Committee
Ohio Republican Committee
University of Akron
Moynihan
Daniel P. Moynihan
U.S
United Nations
Malcolm Toon
Israel
Galen L. Stone
Laos
Andrew L. Steigman
Gabonese Republic
Vientiane
Rosemary N. Conway
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