Ford vetoes inflationary bills as president pushes action
President Ford vetoes two inflationary bills and threatens a third while Congress moves to create an inflation monitoring task force. House and Senate Banking Committees approve the proposal for a new jawboning agency, with consideration slated for Monday. The vetoed bill would spend 47 million dollars.
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Don Phillips Washington
UPI
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House
Senate Banking Committees
House Banking Committee
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Nixon Subpoena Includes Witness Fees Ledger
A U.S. District Court sent a $302 check for witness and mileage fees with a subpoena ordering Richard M. Nixon, then private citizen, to testify about his actions as president. The document, issued by John D. Ehrlichman’s lawyers, was directed to the Presidential Compound in San.
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UPI
U.S
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John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Presidential Compound
San
12 Killed in Belgian Derailment Near Brussels
A Brussels bound train derailed near the Sambre Canal 38 miles south of Brussels killing 12 and injuring scores. Most victims were Belgians. about 100 aboard. The eight car train from Charleroi to Prussels plunged after the fourth car left the track and the bridge superstructure was damaged. Police kept spectators away as salvage and investigation began. Clemente Calif.
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Belgium
UPI
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Prussels
Sambre Canal
Brussels
Minority Republicans say Nixon committed impeachable offense
Ten Republicans who initially opposed impeachment now agree Nixon obstructed justice in Watergate. The minority report says he impeded the FBI investigation, while voting against charges of abuse of power or defying subpoenas. It argues history should note Nixon was not hounded from office.
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UPI
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Nixon
Richard Nixon
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Supreme Court of the
United States
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CIA
Senate votes to end 12 month daylight time
UPI reports the Senate approved ending year round daylight saving time by voice vote as part of a larger energy bill. A separate amendment would back a $20 billion, ten year energy self sufficiency research program, with $1.3 billion for fiscal 1976 and a minimum $20 billion over the next decade. The measure would set standard time from November through February and consolidate energy R D under a single administration.
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UPI
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United States
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The
Energy Research and Development Administration
Auto industry strikes hit plants across the country
United Press International reports widespread labor unrest as GM faces two Milwaukee plant walkouts while Briggs & Stratton and A O Smith suspend parts. GM cuts 4,300 hourly jobs in Indianapolis plus thousands more in Framingham and Flint. American Motors warns of possible Aug 26 shutdowns. Chrysler and Ford may be affected. Iron miners reach a 15 day pact with Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co after talks Thursday night.
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Briggs & Stratton Corp
A. O. Smith Corp
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Wis
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A.O. Smith
Indianapolis
Ind
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Framingham
Mass
Flint
Mich
American Motors Corp
Chrysler
Ford
Postmen threaten to take job action over changes
Seattle UPI report says the National Association of Letter Carriers warned of a possible illegal strike if the Postal Service proceeds with new job requirements tested in Kokomo Indiana. The union condemns the Kokomo Plan as turning letter carriers into automatons and considers actions like working only by the rules or hit and run tactics. James Rademacher will brief the Washington DC executive council, and if Congress does not grant a legal strike right by July 20 1975, members may vote to strike.
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Wash
UPI
National Association of Letter Carriers
Postal Service
Kokomo
Ind
J. Stanley Lewis
Letter Carriers
James Rademacher
Washington, D.C
Congress
Alma Downgraded as Tropical Storm Fades Over South America
Alma, a former killer tropical storm, subsided to tropical low pressure on Thursday. The National Hurricane Center said there will be no further advisories unless restrengthening occurs in the Caribbean. Winds fell from 55 to 30 mph as Alma crossed northern South America, leaving hundreds homeless and causing widespread property damage in Caracas without reports of major injuries.
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UPI
Alma
National Hurricane Center
Caribbean
Venezuela
Colombia
South America
Caracas
Clay Shaw dies after JFK trial acquittal in 1969
Clay L. Shaw, the only person tried for the JFK assassination, died of cancer at 61 in Kentwood Louisiana. Burial services were arranged in the eastern Louisiana birthplace. Shaw had been acquitted of conspiring with Lee Harvey Oswald, while Jim Garrison persisted in his condemnation and a $5 million damage suit against Garrison and others awaited federal court next month.
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UPI
Clay L. Shaw
John F. Kennedy
New Orleans
Louisiana
Shaw
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Jim Garrison
Garrison
Ehrlichman asserts double jeopardy in perjury case
Former Nixon aide John Ehrlichman argues that his Los Angeles perjury trial should be barred after federal conviction in Washington for related charges. The trial was postponed to after the Watergate case proceedings, with Judge Sirica having sentenced Ehrlichman to 20 months to five years.
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Jaworski
Supreme Court
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Gordon C. Strachan
Haldeman
CRP
Los Angeles
UPI
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Washington
Ellsberg
White House
G. Gordon Liddy
Douglas Dalton
Rlichman
John Mitchell
Robert Marcian
Richard Nixon
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