Hughes agent admits signing blank checks for Nixon fund
An agent for Howard Hughes testified that blank signed checks were given to Nixon's re election campaign. Sally Harmony said she filled the amounts totaling 50000 dollars on the checks, signed by Robert Bennett, to be deposited by April 6. Bennett described the plan to contribute Hughes money, routed through Liddy to conceal the size of gifts. The 50000 dollars plus 100000 dollars previously given to Charles G Rebozo.
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Washington
UPI
Howard Hughes
Nixon
Sally Harmony
G. Gordon Liddy
Democratic National Committee
Hughes
Robert Bennett
Bennett
Liddy
Richard Nixon
Finance Committee
Charles G
Bebe” Rebozo
Rebozo
Panel extends probe of SBA irregularities in field offices
Congressional investigators broadened the SBA probe to four or five more field offices, adding to 22 under review. Tips from employees and borrowers prompted visits. officials promise a mid February written report. Three top SBA managers were fired amid the probe as staff findings suggest serious irregularities persist in several offices.
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Washington
UPI
Small Business Administration
SBA
House Banking Committee
House
Small Business Subcommittee
Richmond
Congress
Thomas S. Kleppe
Kleppe
Subcommittee
Kle
Oil price talks expand as U.S. gasoline use falls sharply
UPI reports U S gasoline consumption dropped 18.6 percent in the week to Dec 29 and crude oil use also fell. Nixon invites European, Canadian, and Japanese ministers to Feb 11 Washington talks on oil supply and prices while OPEC members freeze prices until April 1.
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U.S
Washington
John Sawhill
San Clemente
Calif
Canada
Japan
Middle East
Africa
Latin America
Asia
Saudi Arabia
Paris
France
Henry A. Kissinger
William E. Simon
Britain
West Germany
Italy
Holland
Norway
Abu Dhabi
Algeria
Ecuador
Gabon
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Kuwait
Libya
Nigeria
Quatar
Venezuela
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Geneva
Jamshid Amouzegar
Clovis Maksoud
Arab League
United States
American Petroleum Institute
Justice Department
Springfield
Mass
Jan Byrne
Chicago
Major South Pacific quake noted by UC seismograph
Berkeley reports a 7.4 magnitude quake centered in the South Pacific at 2:04 am PDT. The epicenter near the New Hebrides Islands is about 5700 miles away, and the UC spokesman doubts damage will occur despite the powerful tremor.
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Berkeley
Calif
SSI program off to a shaky start nationwide survey says
A survey finds the federal Supplemental Security Income program begun Jan 1 to be troubled. Delays, wrong amounts, and lost or misaddressed checks hit New York, San Francisco, and St. Louis amid long lines and tense offices. Officials acknowledge issues but expect rapid stabilization.
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United Press International
Social Security Administration
Sumner Whittier
New York
U.S
San Francisco
California
Hawaii
Arizona
Nevada
St. Louis
Chicago
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Portland
Ohio
Miami
Utah
Thieu accuses Hanoi plan to annex South Vietnam
President Thieu charged North Vietnam sought to annex the south by infiltration and force as fierce fighting raged near Phnom Penh while government workers warned of Communist plots to destabilize and press for a pro Communist coalition. The Viet Cong proposed a prisoner exchange from January 12 to 21, accusing others of obstruction.
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Thieu
Vietnam
Communists
Hanoi
Communist Party
Viet Cong
Executive Action and The New Land At Twin Cinemas
Reviewers dismiss Executive Action as a patchwork film that myths a conspiracy behind Kennedy’s death. The New Land stars Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow and is eyed for Oscars, with Esquire naming it best of the year. Also on screen Ash Wednesday with Elizabeth Taylor and Henry Fonda, Play It Again Sam, plus Westworld held over at Cinema II. Times listed for Harte Manchester and cinemas. Vietnam prisoner swap talks continue as Viet Cong and Saigon discuss exchanging hundreds of personnel after Tet Lunar New Year.
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Mark Lane
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Burt Lancaster
Robert Ryan
Will Geer
Liv Ullmann
Max von Sydow
Esquire
Cinema I
Elizabeth Taylor
Henry Fonda
Woody Allen
Sam
Cinema II
Westworld
Yul Brynner
Colombian plane crash kills all aboard feared dead
Initial reports say everyone on board the Satena airliner died when it crashed into the Andes near Florencia after takeoff for Bogota. The 40 seat Avro jet with at least 28 passengers and 3 crew is said to have carried several employees of a U S oil company. Rescue patrols moved to the site as air force planes searched the area amid unconfirmed counts of passengers.
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UPI
Colombia
Satena
USS. Oil Company
Andes
Avro
Florencia
Neiva
Gabinete Peak
Calena
el Dorado
Texas Petroleum Co
Ecuador
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Mark
Wwoody
Ash
Ash Sun
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Simon
South Pacific
HARTE
Manchester
Saigon
South Vietnam
Neiva Army Base
Amont
Robert Ryan and
Andward Lewis
Bennington Banner
Main St
The
Banner Publishing Corp
New York Times
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
Vermont
Hinast
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Radiord
North ST. Bennington , UT
Connie
Buster Brown
Bass
Pedwin
Robbe Wall-Streeter
J, Shoes
Bennington, Vt
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