Third CIA domestic spying probes opened by Congress
Washington lawmakers announce a fresh House Intelligence Subcommittee inquiry into CIA activities within the United States. The_focus includes alleged dissident spying and potential tightening of the CIA charter while the Justice Department conducts its probe. Ford’s blue ribbon panel also investigates.
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Washington
UPI
Lucien H. Nedzi
D-Mich
House
Central Intelligence Agency
Justice Department
Ford
CIA
United States
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nedzi
John Brademas
D-Ind
Brezhnev leukemia seen with no policy shift planned
Chicago Sun Times columnist Charles Bartlett reports Brezhnev, 68, has leukemia and canceled trips to Egypt Syria and Iraq. He notes detente may grant access to U.S. cancer care but says Soviet policy toward conciliation is unlikely to change before decade's end. Kirilenko could succeed him to preserve policy.
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Chicago
UPI
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Middle East
Chicago Sun-Times
Charles Bartlett
Brezhnev
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Bartlett
Sun-Times
Washington
Anwar Sadat
United States
Socret
Andrei Kirilenko
U S ski team member dies after Brattleboro jump
Jeff Wright a 22 year old U S ski team veteran from Minnesota died after tipping on landing at the 70 meter Harris Hill jump in Brattleboro Vermont The incident occurred during a weekend practice for the New Year s Ski Meet Wright had been a ski jumper for 14 years and held the U S ski flying record of 476 feet He joined the U S B team in 1973 and moved to the A team last year Six teammates chose not to compete after the accident
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Brattleboro
UPI
U.S
Jeff Wright
Saint Louis Park
Minn
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Hanover
N.H
Wright
Harris Hill
Lake Placid
N.Y
Bear Mountain
Europe
Vermont Legislature Set to Open Amid Unprecedented Money Woes
Vermont lawmakers convene with a tight House split and a looming $7.6 million tax increase. Gov Salmon faces budget cuts, scarce revenues, and a tough speaker race between Rep. Emory Hebard and Timothy O’Connor Jr. Secret ballots may hide votes as four state official pluralities race to office.
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Thomas P. Salmon
Salmon
State Social Welfare Department
Senate
Edward Janeway
Windham County
Economist warns of undue optimism on 1975 recovery
President Ford's chief economist Alan Greenspan cautions Congress that recovery from the recession is unlikely to begin robustly in 1975. He says a bottoming out may occur by midyear with a slow pickup, limited impact on unemployment, and inflation easing as wholesale prices stabilize.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Alan Greenspan
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Joint Economic Committee
Greenspan
Industrial park land permit may be made easier
Vermont officials consider streamlining the Act 250 process by creating industrial districts in municipal or development park lands. A single special permit would cover the whole tract, letting prospective industries skip individual applications while still meeting district standards.
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Farmer
Vermont
Lally backs Sleeman citing harassment over certification
William F. Lally Jr., former chief negotiator for the Southwest Vermont Education Association, tells The Banner he views the teacher certification dispute as harassment of Superintendent George A. Sleeman. Sleeman agrees, calling the controversy largely unfounded and noting critics will continue.
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William F. Lally Jr
Southwest Vermont Education Association
Vermont Education Association
George A. Sleeman
VEA
Sleemans
Supt. Sleeman
Richard
Bennington School District Inc. Board
Lally
Supt
Sleeman
Nixon had no prior knowledge of Watergate probe says Time
Time magazine reports James Neal chief prosecutor in Watergate trial believes Nixon had no prior knowledge of the bugging and break in. Neal cites the June 23 1972 tape showing Nixon puzzled over who did it and asks who was responsible. Neal says those found guilty include Mitchell Haldeman Ehrlichman and Marchand while noting absence of a single czar. He adds that the guilty plea defendants were not evil men, just driven by a believed just cause.
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New York
UPI
James Neal
Nixon
Time Magazine
Time
Neal
H.R. Haldeman
Gordon) Liddy
John N. Mitchell
Vermont eyes future of maximum security prison plan
Vermont corrections chief says state may need a maximum security prison as Windsor State Prison closes for budget reasons. The plan, part of a nine year reform, shifts nearly all inmates to community centers with furloughs and a federal intake for up to 40 inmates, while maintaining safety.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Corrections System
R. Kent Stoneman
Windsor
Federal
Paul Cavallou
Stoneman
Vermont
Windsor Prison
Inside International News Briefs And Local Notes
A compact digest from the newspaper covering world and local items. Highlights include bridge collapse in Down Under and fighting in Saigon, romance trends, budget-cut details from Gov. Salmon, Act 250 hearings, Patricia Carmichael directing in New York, Gray Film Atelier sued, Sen elect Leahy’s staff, runaway youth programs, and sports with Eagles and Bulldogs wins alongside a tragic pitcher Wilson death.
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Saigon
Gerald Raftery
TRB
Daniel R. Tompkins
WHO Club
Salmon
Patricia Carmichael
New York
Gray Film Atelier
Elect Leahy
Eagles
Bulldogs
Wilson
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Eisenhower
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
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Joseph Lane Kirkland
Afl-Cio
John T. Connor
Washington Post
Connor
Ronald Reagan
California
Edgar F. Shannon
University of Virginia
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FBI
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O’connor
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Stella Hackel
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