Ford vows to press on after assassination attempt
President Ford pledges to continue his campaign travels after a gun-wielding woman, Sara Jane Moore, fired at him in San Francisco missing narrowly. The incident renews questions about Secret Service coverage and a briefing of Moore who had been questioned days earlier.
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Washington
Ford
California
Secret Service
Sara Jane Moore
St. Francis
San Francisco
FBI
Moore
Lynette Alice Fromme
Sacramento
Congress
White House
America
Mrs. Moore
Congressional leaders seek immediate Secret Service protection for candidates
Senate and House leaders plan urgent talks with the Treasury as they consider extending Secret Service protection to all presidential hopefuls after the Ford assassination attempt. The 1968 law currently designates a five member board to authorize protection with new criteria for 1976 being discussed. Ronald Reagan and 11 others are named among potential recipients as discussions proceed.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Ford
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Secretary of the Treasury
David R. Macdonald
House
Mansfield
Hugh Scott
San Francisco
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Carl Albert
John J. Rhodes
Gallup
Harris
California
Ronald Reagan
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Bemidji Planning Commission Sets Highway 2 Rezoning Hearing
Planning Commission voted to hold a public hearing October 27 on rezoning a corridor along Highway 2 West from Ash Ave to the County Fairgrounds from residential to commercial. Larry Young will present a technical study at a Thursday special meeting outlining uses owners and values and potential area expansion.
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Bemidji
Highway 2
Ash Ave
County Fairgrounds
Larry Young
Young
Pine Ridge
Jerry Moen
City Hall
Stuart Wright
Cottage Grove
Patty Hearst Bail Hearing Set In San Francisco
Patty Hearst faces a bail hearing in U S District Court as defense plans to call her as a witness or submit an affidavit. Prosecutors say Hearst’s taped remarks and revolutionary rhetoric support bank robbery and weapons charges.
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San Francisco
Patty Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
U.S
Miss Hearst
James L. Browning
U.S. restricts grain sales to Poland amid policy dispute
U.S. grain sales to Poland are suspended until a long term pact is reached with the drought affected Soviet Union. The move widens rift with farm groups as Washington seeks a Russia deal to stabilize grain shipments and appease labor unions. Poland and bloc countries have shifted to U.S. grain, with 4.5 million tons purchased for 1975-76.
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Washington
U.S
Poland
Soviet Union
Ford Administration
Agriculture Department
State Department
Ford
Russia
Afl-Cio
George Meany
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Belt
Congress
Ford Congress clash widens over secrecy probes
The Ford administration defies congressional subpoenas for intelligence and Arab boycott documents as House Intel Chair Otis Pike indicates Ford will not comply. The dispute follows Ford's disclosure that U.S. intelligence monitored Egyptian communications before the 1973 Mideast war.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Congress
U.S
Israel
House Intelligence Committee
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
Ford
Senate panel eyes Huston plan break in spying tactics
The Senate intelligence committee begins a second week of public hearings to determine if U S agencies used break ins wiretapping or mail surveillance on citizens. Former White House aide Tom Charles Huston, who said in a memo that some tactics were clearly illegal, is set as the lead witness at today’s session.
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Washington
Senate Intelligence Committee
U.S
Huston
Nixon
White House
Tom Charles Huston
Rebels threaten French archeologist in Chad hostage crisis
In Chad's Tibesti desert rebel chief Hissen Habre holds Fran oise Claustre, 38, for 17 months. He set a 10 a.m. local deadline for supplies and money, with a French military plane circling the area as negotiations continue and Paris reports a news blackout.
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Paris
Chad
Hissen Habre
Francoise Claustre
Tibesti
Habre
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Police patrolman qualification list challenged in Bemidji
Bemidji Police Civil Service Commission sent back all patrolman applications after age discrimination questions arose. City Attorney Ouradnik expects revised qualifications in about two weeks before re advertising. Over 50 applications had been filed and an exam planned for an eligibility roster.
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Bemidji
Police Civil Service Commission
Gene Ouradnik
Eloise Hammers Florida Panhandle With 130 MPH Winds
Hurricane Eloise slammed into Florida central panhandle with 130 mph winds and smashing surf then moved inland spawning tornadoes and flooding threats. By 10 a.m. EDT winds weakened to 100 mph as the storm pushed toward Dothan Alabama with power outages and widespread darkness.
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Panama City
Fla
Eloise
Florida
Neil Frank
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Dothan
Ala
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North Country
Planning Commission
SLA
Los Angeles
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Emilly
Bill Harris
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George Thercu
Ouradnik
John Spellacy
Ray Holter
Holter
Fort Walton Beach
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