Kissinger Aid Appeal Fails to Rally Congress
Secretary of State Kissinger urged three more years of economic and military aid to South Vietnam but drew little congressional support. Senators Church and Pearson pursued possible compromise, while others push cuts or conditional aid. Officials noted past delays and debated totals, with critics warning abrupt curtailment could endanger Saigon and refugees.
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Washington
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
South Vietnam
Congress
Ford
Frank Church
Didaho
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Pearson
Church
Saigon
Charles Mathias
R-Md
Adlai Stevenson
D-Ill
James Abourezk
D-S.d
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kissinger
Cambodia
Vietnam
Phnom Penh
United States
Henry Kissinger
Middle East
Reimbursement urged in New Hampshire Senate race dispute
Two lawmakers urged partial reimbursement of legal costs for Republican Louis C. Wyman and Democrat John A. Durkin amid the disputed Nov. 6 New Hampshire Senate election. The Rules Committee review proceeds as ballots and identification slips remain under scrutiny, with the outcome still uncertain and elections officials tallying disputed ballots.
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UPI
Louis C. Wyman
John A. Durkin
New Hampshire
Senate
Wyman
Durkin
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Rules Committee
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
Congress
Scott
Cannon
King Faisal Buried in Simple Unmarked Grave in Riyadh
A quiet funeral in Riyadh marked the end of King Faisal’s reign as Khalid ascended the throne. Dignitaries from across the Arab world attended under a large tent, while a 100 degree wind blew over the field crowd. Islamic rites preceded prayers at a nearby mosque, as leaders remembered the king who urged mercy for his assassin.
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Saudi Arabia
UPI
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Faisal
Khalid
Hafez Assad
Jordan
Hussein
Anwar Sadat
Yasser Arafat
Uganda
Idi Amin
Cairo
Faisal Aziz
al Akhbar
Abdel Aziz Ibn Saud
Nelson Rockefeller
Ford
Morton to be picked to head commerce
Interior Secretary Rogers C B Morton is slated for appointment as secretary of commerce by President Ford. The White House official said Morton would replace Frederick B Dent, sworn in as U S special representative for trade negotiations, with no replacement named for the Interior post.
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White House
Morton
Interior Department
Gambling urged in N H to replace commuter taxes
NH lawmakers consider legalized gambling to shore up revenue after the Supreme Court ended the commuter income tax. Bills would legalize betting cards, jai alai, off track betting, and sport betting, with 10 percent going to the treasury. Opponents warn of crime, gambling atmosphere, and harm to horse racing. betting cards may gain interest as a revenue source.
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N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
GOP
James Sayer
House
Ways and Means Committee
Sayer
U.S. Supreme Court
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Powers
FBI
Warren Rudan
David Garland
New York
William Finney
Rockingham Park
Massachusetts
LS. Berenson
Massachusetts Line
Hartford
Conn
Sherwood Tradwell
Jim Middaugh
The
New Hampshire Christian Civic League
South Carolina defeats ERA death blow in House
In Columbia the South Carolina House tabled the Equal Rights Amendment, effectively ending ERA prospects for 1975. With 89 voting to table and 56-43 against reconsideration, supporters blamed timing and outmaneuvering as key factors. The vote ends any immediate chance of ERA passage in SC this year.
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Columbia, S.C
U.S
Missouri
Florida
North Carolina
Mary Brooks
ERA
League of Women Voters
Illinois
Missouri Senate
South Carolina House
Jean Toal
Richland
S.C
Chamber
House
South Carolina
Rex L. Carter
Nebraska
Tennessee
Kidnappers Refuse Landing Hold Ambassador in Somalia
Officials in South Yemen blocked a plane carrying two kidnapers and French Ambassador Jean Gueury from landing in Aden to swap him for two freed guerrillas and $100,000 in gold. The envoy remained in captivity as exchange hopes faltered amid shifting Yemen and French positions and security tightened in Mogadishu and Aden.
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Paris
UPI
South Yemen
Somalia
Aden
Mogadishu
Jean Gueury
France
Francoise
Omar Elmi Kabeh
Omar Osman Rabeh
Afars
Issas
Africa
Front For the Liberation of
French Somaliland
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