Tax cuts and fuel stamps eyed to aid low income families
President Ford weighs tax cuts for low income workers with Seidman signaling options including lower Social Security withholding. Governor Shapp suggests a fuel stamp program to help with heating costs as elderly face tough choices. Sawhill notes energy stamps studied but not endorsed. Shapp urges higher federal payments under Social Security and SSI.
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Ford
L. William Seidman
Seidman
Pennsylvania
Milton J. Shapp
Treasury
William E. Simon
Federal Energy Administration
Schapp
Opposition Witnesses Testify At Rockefeller Hearing Clash Over Privilege
Washington AP critics from Angela Davis to Young Americans for Freedom testify to oppose Nelson Rockefeller's vice presidential bid as Senate Rules Committee pauses for tax audit. Byrd predicts nomination support while Rockefeller resists pledging not to withhold information from Congress.
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Rockefeller
Washington
Senate Rules Committee
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
Angela Davis
Nixon rest quiet in hospital after leg clot reaches lung
Former president Richard Nixon lies in a Long Beach hospital with a dime sized pulmonary embolus treated by anticoagulants. Doctors warn the clot could worsen if another breaks loose while noting Nixon’s will to live. Nixon remains subpoenaed in the Watergate cover up trial.
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Long Beach
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
John C. Lungren
Washington
Lungren
Richard Lescoe
Los Angeles Lung Association
Washington, D.C
Mary Prentice
New York
John D. Ehrlichman
Leon Jaworski
Jawkorski
U.S
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Ohio utilities warned over looming energy crisis
Edmund J. Turk chairman of the Public Utilities Commission warned at the Ohio Energy Advisory Council meeting that spiraling equipment costs and inflation could leave the state without electricity in three years and with gas already exhausted.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Edmund J. Turk
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Energy Advisory Council
Turk
Rhodes Seeks Cost Tag on Gilligan Plan in Ohio Race
Republican James Rhodes pressed Governor Gilligan to reveal the price of his education and health programs saying they would require doubling the state income tax. Gilligan argued the measures could be funded without new taxes. In California, Nixon resigned from the state bar and his law career ends barring future reapplication.
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Columbus
Ohio
James Rhodes
John Gilligan
Gilligan
Increasing clouds give mild Friday with 50s to 70s
The forecast calls for increasing cloudiness and continued mild conditions tonight and Friday. Lows drop to the low to mid 50s while Friday's highs reach the low to mid 70s.
Bond Set At 128000 For Accused Kidnapper
Cincinnati Ohio AP A judge set bond at 128000 for Frank Joseph Wiechman 26 charged with kidnapping 4 year old Allison Mechem. The ransom demand echoed in two Monday calls. Police seek two more suspects as Mechem returns to nursery school. A FBI supervisor's daughter helped Wiechman surrender, while a chili parlor waitress unknowingly aided the manhunt. The kidnapper was paroled from Florida for armed robbery.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Frank Joseph Wiechman
Allison Mechem
Weichman
Hamilton
Joseph A. Luebbers
FBI
Allison
Charles S. Mechem Jr
Wiechman
Florida
Maria Hogan
J. Gerald Hogan
Maria
Ford Plan May Exclude Some People
Justice Department officials say President Ford s amnesty program may exclude Vietnam era draft evaders and deserters who have become citizens of Canada or another country. The spokesman said such individuals would not be eligible and could face immediate arrest if they crossed the border.
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Washington
Justice Department
Ford
Canada
Lottery numbers announced by Ohio Lottery
The Ohio Lottery Commission announced the week’s winning single number 668 and double number 809 099 in Canton Ohio.
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Canton
Ohio
Ohio Lottery Commission
Calley Release Appeal Slated
In Columbus Ga AP The Army fights a federal judge order to release William L Calley Jr from Fort Leavenworth while seeking a stay The defense contends the ruling should be immediate Calley hopes for release within hours and awaits the appellate path to the 5th Circuit and possibly the Supreme Court
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Columbus, Ga
Ft. Leavenworth
William L. Calley Jr
Army
Calley
J. Houston Gordon
Tennessee
Kan
J. Robert Elliott
My Lai
Justice Department
Elliott
Gordon
Kenneth Henson
Columbus
U.S
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Appeals Court
Supreme Court
Gas Rate Hike Set In December
Columbia Gas of Ohio announces a 6.4 percent rate increase effective December 1 affecting residential and commercial customers in 62 counties. The hike follows an 8.3 percent rise already in effect since August, bringing average monthly residential bills to about 20.21 dollars.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbia Gas of Ohio Inc
Ohio
Columbus
Columbia Gas
W.F. Laird
Federal Power Commission
Laird
Power Commission
Gas Company
Greeks Reject Kissinger as Cyprus Mediator
Greece rejects Henry Kissinger as a mediator in the Cyprus dispute with Turkey. Foreign Minister George Mavros says Kissinger is not trusted by Greece or Turkey as an official mediator. Kissinger previously sought to help via phone and Sisco and hinted at a Cyprus visit during a Middle East trip.
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Cyprus
United Nations, N.Y
Greece
Henry A. Kissinger
Turkey
Henry Kissinger
George Mavros
Mavros
Joseph J. Sisco
Middle East
Pets Sell Fast at Athens Bird and Pet Sale
Janice Crall of Route 3 Athens ran a low cost action to sell rabbits and ducklings. She received immediate results with about 10 calls and selling all the animals the next day.
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Route 3
Athens
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