Humphrey to repay taxes on veto papers donation
Senator Hubert Humphrey will pay back taxes on about 199 thousand dollars he deducted for donating his vice presidential papers to the Minnesota Historical Society. An IRS ruling disallowed deductions for restricted access donations, plus six percent interest. The former vice president will owe taxes on the disallowed amount for 1969 to 1972, though an exact bill has not yet arrived.
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Washington
UPI
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Internal Revenue Service
Humphrey
IRS
Minnesota Historical Society
New car sales dip in March but rebates end not disastrous
UPI reports early March U.S. new car sales slipped to a 14 year low as rebates ended, with total 139,616 units down 3.4 percent year over year. GM led gains at 23 percent, Ford and Chrysler fell sharply, and AMC declined amid looming layoffs totaling about 17,250 workers over two weeks, with several plants idled or closed temporarily.
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Detroit
UPI
General Motors
U.S
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
AMC
Lordstown
Ohio
Leeds
Baltimore
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Hamtramck, Mich
Auto Assembly
Missouri
St. Louis
Ford strategists map 1976 GOP path for Ford and Rockefeller
Administration strategists say Ford will be nominated by acclamation if the economy improves, while Rockefeller is seen as a future running mate. They expect no third party split and forecast Ford’s New Hampshire trip to shore up party unity, finance, and voter support.
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Washington
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Denver
Robert C. Walker
Reagan
Robert T. Hartmann
Hartmann
Ford-Hartmann
California
GOP
Nelson Rockefeller
White House
America
Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
Franklin Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
Nixon
Meldrim Thomson
New Hampshire
Thomson
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Vietnam
Manchester Union
Gurney bribery trial opens in Tampa
Former Sen Edward Gurney faces a four man trial on bribery conspiracy charges in Tampa Florida. The first witness William Pelski a former FHA official testified about a system funneling money to a political fund in return for favorable home loan approvals. The lineup includes James Groot Joseph Bastien Ralph Koontz and K Wayne Swiger as co defendants with Gurney. Krentzman postponed further testimony to Monday.
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Tampa
Fla
UPI
Edward Gurney
William Pelski
Federal Housing Authority
James Groot
Larry Williams
Groot
Gurney
Joseph Bastien
Ralph Koontz
K. Wayne Swiger
Housing and Urban Development
U.S
Ben Krentzman
Pelski
Federal Court
Loyalty oath reassures GOP seeks to head off third party
White House and Vice President Rockefeller approve a loyalty pledge circulated among Republicans to unite the party. John Rhodes and John Anderson report wide backing in the House and Senate, while governors and state chairmen receive the document. Critics warn it could mute dissent and fail to stem talk of a conservative third party in 1976.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Nelson Rockefeller
House
John Rhodes
John Anderson
Senate
Ford
GOP
Anderson
Charles Percy
R-Ill
William Milliken
Michigan
Rhodes
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Rockefeller
Portuguese Leftists Seize Portugal Banks In Coup Move
In Lisbon the Supreme Revolutionary Council nationalized Portugal's commercial banking system while the leftist regime reinforced Belem with antiaircraft guns and ordered full army alert. Union leaders urged vigilance as rumors of unrest circulated amid troop movements and barricades in the capital.
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Lisbon
UPI
Portugal
Belem
Supreme Revolutionary Council
National Union Confederation
Council of State
FBI finds cold trail of Patty Hearst fugitive in rural Pa
FBI traced Patricia Hearst and several SLA members to a shabby farmhouse in northeastern Pennsylvania last fall. Residents described a two story unkempt residence on a dirt road near Honesdale Carbondale, with a mailbox labeled Schott. Hearst father Randolph said fingerprints were found at a farmhouse in Pennsylvania along with other fugitives. A grand jury investigated but did not indict, with federal prosecutors deferring further action pending more FBI work.
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South Canaan
UPI
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Pennsylvania
FBI
Honesdale
Carbondale
Hilda Lockwood
Schott
Timothy O’sullivan
New York City
San Francisco Examiner
Randolph Hearst
Patricia
Miss Hearst
William and
Emily Harris
Wendy Misako Yoshimura
Hearst
San Francisco
U.S
John Cottone
Middle District
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