Richardson to be sworn as Commerce secretary
Washington reports Elliott Richardson will be sworn in as Commerce secretary, making him the only American to hold four Cabinet posts. The Senate confirmed him without debate. His career includes undersecretary of state, HEW and defense secretaries, attorney general, and ambassador to Great Britain before this appointment.
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UPI
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Commerce
Senate
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Richard M. Nixon
Defense
Nixon
Archibald Cox
Ford
Great Britain
Poll on women's rights shows broad support in U S
A Harris poll of 1,519 adults finds 63 percent favor efforts to strengthen and change women's status while 25 percent oppose. Only 16 percent believe most pro women’s rights groups are helping the cause. Among women, 65 percent back most efforts, but 17 percent think feminist organizations are effective.
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New York
UPI
Harris
Trans-Alaska pipeline work paused by winter weather in Alaska
Winter weather shuts down work on 275 miles of the trans Alaska oil pipeline. Alyeska says three of five construction sections, pump stations, and Valdez terminal continue. Workforce drops from 8,200 in December to about 4,000 by month end. Pipeline 55.5 percent complete with 368.1 miles mainline installed.
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Anchorage
Former Kennedy man criticizes Ford on CIA leashing
Arthur Schlesinger Jr., former Kennedy aide and Harvard historian, told the House intelligence committee that President Ford has failed to prevent future CIA or FBI abuses. He cited ongoing disclosures and urged a reform program to stop a repetition of such crime and folly.
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Congressional Committee On Intelligence
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R-Ill
McClory
John Foster Dulles
Allan Dulles
Moynihan Attacks U.N. as Theater of the Absurd
U S Ambassador Daniel Patrick Moynihan branded the United Nations General Assembly a theater of the absurd and said an increasing contempt for the world body is increasingly deserved in a Thursday night speech opposing a U N report.
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Carter Files Early in 1976 Campaign as NH Opens
United Press International notes Carter filed first in New Hampshire with 3,506 names, while others including Kennedy Muskie and Rockefeller listed by Massachusetts secretary of state Guzzi. Reagan the only Republican in NH. Ford planned to file before deadline.
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D-Mass
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Maine
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Carter
Georgia
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Oklahoma
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Land
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John Connally
Gerald Ford
Charles Mathias
Reagan
Elliot Richardson
Rockefeller
Sen
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Kennedy
Humphrey
Reagan Opens Lead Over Ford In Gallup Poll
A late November Gallup poll shows Ronald Reagan ahead of Gerald Ford among Republicans and independents for the GOP nomination. Reagan 40% to Ford 32% among Republicans. independents 27% to 25%. The White House notes ups and downs in campaigns after Reagan's candidacy announcement and Ford cabinet shake-up. Four candidates entered the New Hampshire primary filing, with 23 names on the Massachusetts ballot.
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Ronald Reagan
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New Hampshire
Massachusetts
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D-Idaho
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Gallup
Nelson Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
White House
William Greener
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Washington
Paul Simon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Kissinger offers arms cut deal with Moscow
Brussels diplomatic reports say Secretary of State Kissinger proposed a plan for the United States to reduce 1,000 of its 7,200 tactical nuclear warheads in Western Europe in exchange for a Soviet pullback of 1,700 tanks and 68,000 troops from Eastern Europe. He warned Soviet shipments to Angola risk breaking detente as ministers from 15 NATO nations met.
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Belgium
UPI
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Moscow
Angola
Kissinger
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United States
Europe
U.S
Russia
Hearst defense argues gun at head coercion in SLA raid
Patricia Hearst faced bank robbery charges as F Lee Bailey outlined a defense centered on coercion and possible brainwashing. He said she carried an automatic rifle with the SLA due to fear for her life, while stressing memory impairment as a key trial issue before Judge Oliver Carter.
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UPI
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F. Lee Bailey
U.S
Oliver J. Carter
Carter
Miss Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
Randolph A. Hearst
SLA
Los Angeles
IRA Gunmen Quiet Amid Hostage Stand in London
Four Irish Republican Army gunmen told police the hostage couple John Matthews and Sheila Matthews are in good condition after six days in a downtown London apartment. Police used a loudspeaker outside the window as negotiations continued amid a deadly bombing wave that has left 27 dead and more than 500 injured.
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UPI
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