Watergate Final Report Highlights Unresolved Questions
The Watergate probe released a final report detailing unresolved mysteries such as who erased 1842 minutes from a Nixon White House tape and the handling of a 100000 dollar campaign contribution from Howard Hughes to Charles C G Rebozo. The document, 154 pages plus appendix, notes few surprises and argues for a constitutional amendment on indicting a sitting president.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
Washington
Watergate
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Howard Hughes
Nixon
Charles C.G
Bebe" Rebozo
Congress
Henry S. Ruth Jr
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
Ruth
Leon M. Jaworski
House Judiciary Committee
Committee Calls for Utility Reforms in Ohio
The Joint Select Committee on Energy urges tighter regulation of Ohio utilities and a switch from RCN to an original cost rate base. It backs fuel adjustment scrutiny, considers a consumer advocate office, and seeks civil service protections for PUCO staff while avoiding hiring retirees.
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Columbus, Ohio
Joint
Select Committee On Energy
Ohio
Senate
Public Utilities Commission of
PUCO
Artificial Heart Pumps OKd for Test Surgery
U S government authorizes first human trials of left ventricular assist devices LVADs to aid recovery after open heart surgery. Houston and Boston hospitals will implant the devices in selected patients for up to several weeks with external power supply later removed.
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Washington
National Heart and Lung Institute
NHLI
Texas Heart Institute
Houston
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Boston
Thermo Electron Corp
Waltham
Mass
Peter L. Frommer
Publicity Wins for 58 Year Old Pensioner Cashing Check
In Cleveland Mary E. Pevec faced a bank refusal to cash her retroactive $3,660.80 disability check without a cosigner. A local newspaper publicity brought about action. the Central National Bank finally allowed her to open an account and withdraw funds, as about 75 supporters cheered outside.
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Cleveland
Mary E. Pevec
Central National Bank
Pevec
Budget cuts eyed for federal agencies in 1977 plan
Budget Director James T. Lynn said the 1977 budget outline, including 28 billion dollars in reductions, should be decided within a month. Agencies will review spending plans with the OMB, with appeals to the President possible if no agreement is reached. Entitlement programs face growth limits as the administration seeks to hit a 395 billion dollar ceiling. Labor Secretary Dunlop noted no specific cuts for his department, while Ford urged Congress to accept the ceiling alongside 28 billion in tax cuts. Commerce data showed August inventories up 1.3 billion dollars signaling increasing production and more jobs.
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Washington
James T. Lynn
Lynn
Ford
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Labor
John T. Dunlop
White House
Dunlop
Congress
National Association of Food Chains
Commerce Department
Rhodes veto blocks state agency rule review bill
Gov. James A. Rhodes vetoed a measure granting the legislature power to review all state agency rules saying it usurps executive authority. He cited unworkable similar laws in other states overturned by courts. Meanwhile in Missouri three Ohio hospital escapees were captured near St. Charles. Lodell Thweapp Barry Christman and Ronald Kidwell, all from Ohio, fled Tiffin State Hospital and are wanted in Indiana for questioning in a farm- couple holdup.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
ST. Charles, Mo
St. Charles County
Lodell Thweapp
Barry Christman
Norwalk
Ronald Kidwell
Ashland
Tiffin State Hospital
Tiffin
Adams County
Indiana
Fifth Marion Penitentiary escapee hunted near Rantoul
FBI agents and police renewed a manhunt for Dennis D. Hunter a 26 year old prisoner from Salem Ohio after a sighting at a highway service area. The search along Interstate 57 west of Rantoul involved dogs and cornfield coverage but the prior pursuit suggested he may have fled the state.
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Rantoul, Ill
Marion Federal Penitentiary
FBI
Rantoul
Dennis D. Hunter
Salem
Ohio
Hunter
First Women’s Bank Opens With Krupsak as Depositor
New York Lt Gov Mary Anne Krupsak will be the first depositor when the First Women’s Bank opens today. The state chartered bank has 7,000 shareholders and 3 million dollars in capital, and officials say it is the first bank organized by women and the only American bank aimed at economic parity for women.
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New York
Mary Anne Krupsak
Sipple Honored for Courage After Ford Incident
Oliver Bill Sipple, ex Marine who deflected a gun aimed at President Ford, was cited for outstanding courage at a luncheon in San Francisco. He says he has received praise and threats via letters and would do it again, calling a human life priceless.
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San Francisco
Oliver
Bill
Sipple
Ford
Vietnamese refugees sail from Guam amid U.S. repatriation row
About 1,600 Vietnamese refugees depart on a former South Vietnamese merchant ship from Agana Guam. Tran Ngoc Thach, chair of the repatriation committee, called the evacuation another U.S. crime against Vietnam, signaling uncertainty over future welcome in South Vietnam.
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Agana
Guam
U.S
South Vietnam
Tran Ngoc Thach
Vietnam
Weekend Rain Expected With Mild Temperatures
Wet conditions set in with rain tonight and Friday. Lows near 52 and highs around 62. Rain chance about 70 percent for tonight and Friday. Details on page 8.
Teamster Pension Fund Probed by Federal Auditors
A Labor Department team is reviewing records of the Central States Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund to determine if the billion dollar retirement plan is under mob influence. Investigators will consider subpoenas and coordinated action with Justice if warranted. The probe follows decades of related inquiries and Hoffa’s disappearance linked to fund transactions.
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Washington
Labor Department
Teamsters Union
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Service
Central States
Secretary of Labor
John T
Dunlop
Central States Fund
Harrison A. Williams
D-N.j
Senate Labor Committee
Justice
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
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Circleville
Half Moon
Lloyd Cardoni
Missouri
Hunt For
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Teamster Pension Fund
Hoffa
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
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