Ford vows to press on after California assassination attempt
President Ford says he will not cower before would be assassins and will continue campaign travels despite security breach in California. The attack by Sara Moore, who carried a .38 caliber pistol, followed a separate 17 day apart incident with Lynette Fromme. Federal and local authorities scrutinize security lapses as Congress calls for probes and a Secret Service shakeup. Ford insists Americans have the right to see their president and will not curtail public appearances.
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Mrs Moore a Strange Traveler in Underground
Sara Jane Moore a 45 year old bookkeeper and self styled Sally moved between radical groups and the FBI as an informant from 1974 to 1975. She faced police probes after a gun was found and she claimed to have tracked Patty Hearst and SLA members.
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Associated Press
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FBI
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Washington State
Randolph Hearst
West Virginia
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Sanity Hearing Set For Woman In Ford Shooting Case
A 45 year old mother Sara Jane Moore faces a sanity hearing after firing a .38 at President Ford as he left a San Francisco hotel. A Marine veteran deflected the shot. Ford was unharmed. Moore, once an FBI informant with Bay Area ties, was detained after police found a handgun and she faces illegal possession charges.
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St. Francis Hotel
San Francisco
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Berkeley
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California
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Ronald Carlo
Donald Rumsfeld
Washington
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Eloise Slams Florida Panhandle With 130 MPH Winds
Hurricane Eloise roared ashore between Fort Walton Beach and Panama City with 130 mph winds causing destruction from coastal towns to inland areas. Tornadoes threatened and power lines, trees, and billboards toppled as residents fled. By 10 am EDT winds weakened to 100 mph and the center lay near Dothan Alabama, with no immediate storm injuries reported though communication failures hinder safety checks.
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Dothan
Ala
Ford proposes Energy Independence Authority to back new fuels
Federal Energy Administrator Frank Zarb outlined a $100 billion Energy Independence Authority that would use Treasury or borrowed funds to demonstrate commercially feasible energy projects. President Ford said the plan aims for energy independence by 1985 and would wind down after 10 years, with the government seeking cost recovery plus interest but not profit.
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Treasury
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Senate probes Huston plan spying on U S citizens
The Senate intelligence committee opens a second week of hearings to examine whether U S intelligence agencies used break ins wiretapping and mail surveillance on Americans The Huston plan drawn during the Nixon era was withdrawn in July 1970 committee chair Frank Church questions CIA aid and possible long standing operations Witness Tom Charles Huston slated as lead off for today’s session.
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Senate Intelligence Committee
U.S
Huston
Nixon
Frank Church
D-Idaho
White House
Tom Charles Huston
Ford signs Veterans Day date return to November eleventh
Los Angeles AP reports President Ford signed a law returning Veterans Day to November 11 starting in 1978. The change ends the October last Monday observance. San Francisco AP notes Ford and Richard Nixon spoke by phone last weekend after Ford golf in Monterey and Nixon in San Clemente.
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Richard M. Nixon
White House
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Monterey
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Grain Sales Suspended as Poland Ties to Soviet Union
Washington reports ongoing grain sales to Poland are halted until a long term contract is signed with the drought damaged Soviet Union. Government and trade sources say the move deepens the rift between the Ford administration and farm groups over trade policy.
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Soviet Union
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Weather Outlook Cloudy With Rain Near Ohio River
A cloudy and cool forecast brings rain tonight possibly heavy at times near the Ohio River. Lows expected in the 50s. Cloudy Wednesday with rain likely and highs near 60. Details, Page 7.
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Kissinger eyes informal talks with Syria on Golan pullback
United Nations sources say Secretary of State Kissinger expects Syria to approve next week talks with Israel on another Golan Heights withdrawal. The plan could use an informal Middle East conference to bypass the Palestinian issue while excluding the PLO and limiting Soviet involvement. In Geneva, Egypt and Israel completed procedures for Israel's second Sinai withdrawal after a long session, with U S approval still awaited for American technicians in the buffer zone.
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