Justice Douglas Leaves Washington Home in 1970
In April 1970 Justice William O Douglas departed his Washington residence amid House Judiciary Committee consideration of impeachment prompted by Rep Gerald Ford. On a Wednesday President Ford lauded his distinguished years of service and commitment to individual rights and constitutional privacy.
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Douglas
Ford
William O Douglas retirement sparks call for eminent women jurists
Washington UPI reports reaction to Justice William O Douglas's retirement. Senator McIntyre urged President Ford to replace him with an eminent woman jurist, praising Douglas's fierce independence and commitment to civil liberties. Harvard law professor Raul Burger called his career long and distinguished, while Senator Kennedy lauded his First Amendment legacy and environmental advocacy.
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UPI
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Ford
Supreme Court
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Douglas
McIntyre
Raul Burger
Harvard University
Burger
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
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Kennedy
Clinton P. Anderson Dies Former Senator and Secretary
Former Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico died at age 80 from an apparent stroke. He helped shape national space and atomic policy, served as secretary of agriculture under Truman, and chaired key Senate committees. Governor Apodaca ordered flags at half staff for his funeral in New Mexico, where he spent 58 years after moving from Centerville, South Dakota in 1917.
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Albuquerque
N.M
UPI
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Jerry Apodaca
U.S
New Mexico
Energy bill compromise could bring lower gasoline prices
A six week conference on an energy bill produced a compromise that may cut gasoline prices to about mid-1977. It includes conservation steps, mileage standards, and potential gasoline rationing in emergencies. Prices are set to start easing, then drift upward, with oil price controls easing gradually under presidential authority. Ford favored faster price rises. Republicans oppose signing the report.
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UPI
Congressional Conference Committee
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Federal Energy Administration
Hoffa linked jai alaifronton figure to be quizzed
A federal grand jury in Hartford plans to subpoena Anthony Provenzano in connection with a Bridgeport jai alai fronton as part of an array of alleged illicit financial flows. The probe centers on an $11 million loan and a $150,000 cash payment tied to Provenzano, with others named in the widening inquiry into Teamsters pension funds and political payments.
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Connecticut
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Fla
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Nixon
State Commission On Special Revenue
State Gaming Commission
Teamsters Pension Fund
Lidizio Renzulli
Fairfield
John G. Ardito
Vito Genovese
Hallandale
New Jersey
Detroit
Raids Seize 14 People in Gun Trafficking Sweep
UPI reports Treasury agents arrested 14 people, many licensed dealers, for illegally selling guns without proper record keeping in a broad New England sweep across Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. The action, described as the largest since 1968 Gun Control Act, involved confiscating dozens of unrecorded firearms and over 100 stored off the books.
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N.H
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New England
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Clark
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Wentworth
Walter R. Vedock Jr
Ayer
Mass
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David E. Baxter
Manchester
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Hudson
William J. Wilbur
North Conway
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Nashua
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Moorhead
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Oxford
Audrey K. Wornham
Alfred R. Straitiff
Townsend
Wornham
Straitiff
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Middletown
Paul F. Frederick
East
Providence
Tassie
Vedock
Sirica grants immunity to Gulf Oil employees in probe
Judge John J. Sirica granted immunity to three former Gulf Oil employees to testify about alleged illegal contributions to congressional candidates since 1960. The move ties to Watergate probe activity concerning Gulf Oil’s purported $10.3 million slush fund used for foreign officials and U.S. campaigns.
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Washington
UPI
John J. Sirica
Gulf Oil Corp
Watergate Special Prosecutor
Gulf
Sirica
Arthur V. Harris
United States
Rumsfeld Confirming as Defense Secretary Hinted Likely Easy
The Senate Armed Services Committee opens confirmation hearings for Donald H. Rumsfeld with Sen. John C. Stennis noting limited opposition. Questions focus on detente, Rumsfeld political aims, and ability to back Pentagon policy amid a shake-up that increases Secretary of State Kissinger’s power.
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D-Miss
Rumsfeld
James R. Schlesinger
White House
Pentagon
Henry A. Kissinger
Faith and foreign policy clash at New Hampshire forum
Gov Meldrim Thomson argued the nation strays from founding principles by abandoning prayer and Bible reading, while Sen Barry Goldwater questioned school sovereignty and detente debates. Rumsfeld defended detente but warned against complacency, and Sen Henry Jackson pressed him about future posts.
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Rochester
N.H
UPI
Meldrim Thomson
United States
New Hampshire
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