Fromme defense rests as Ford testifies on pistol incident
The government rests in the Lynette Fromme trial as President Ford testifies via videotape about the loaded .45 pistol aimed at him. Ford says he recalls no click while witnesses report a metallic sound during or before the struggle. Fromme, 27, faces life if convicted and has largely boycotted the trial, watching from a holding room as jurors hear the case.
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John E. Virga
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Vermont Deputy Agriculture Official Dies in Snow Crash
Deputy Agriculture Commissioner John Finley, 35, died instantly in a two car crash on Route 100 in Duxbury Vermont. Two of his children Daniel 10 and Catherine 14 were gravely hurt along with Kristin Merchant 12. The other driver Richard Lovely 17 and a neighbor’s child were injured. Finley had served about a year. Governor Salmon and former commissioner Leo O'Brien mourned his loss.
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Catherine Finley
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Thomas Salmon
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Leo O’brien
Kissinger faced three contempt citations in Congress
The House Intelligence Committee approved three contempt resolutions against Secretary of State Henry Kissinger for defying subpoenas on intelligence records and Soviet policy assessments. Ford invoked executive privilege to shield Kissinger and subpoenaed materials, signaling potential court action to resolve the dispute.
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Otis Pike
D-N.y
Ronald V. Dellums
Dcalif
Pike
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Bobby R. Inman
Naval Intelligence
Senate Committee
FBI
United States
Gulf money given Ford Gulf money given Ford
A sworn deposition details a Gulf Oil illegal fund used to give about 400000 dollars yearly in gifts to politicians over a decade. Recipients include Gerald Ford Henry Jackson Lloyd Bentsen Milton Shapp Hubert Humphrey Lyndon Johnson and others with specific 1960 1968 1972 contributions noted. The record links corporate slush fund to payments to U S politicians and foreign officials.
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Henry M. Jackson
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Pennsylvania
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U.S. District Court
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Thomas D. Wright
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Watergate
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Jackson
Bentsen
Shapp
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Carey program stalls for federal loan promises
Governor Hugh L Carey met with Treasury and administration officials at the Treasury building as discussions over federal loan guarantees for New York City's rescue plan yielded no firm commitment. Key aides and lawmakers attended, with no decision until leaders return from Paris, while Carey warned the plan faces hard sells to the state legislature. A default risk looms if guarantees do not arrive.
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South
William E. Simon
Provo
Utah
Paris
Stephen S. Gardner
Gardner
Arthur F Burns
Federal Reserve
L. William Seidman
Alan Greenspan
Council of Economic Advisers
James B. Lynn
Gerald Parsky
Felix Rohatyn
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Municipal Assistance Corp
Arthur Levitt
Ron Nelsen
Who runs Vermont state police in 1947
In 1947 Vermont formed the Public Safety Department to oversee traffic regulation criminal investigation marine safety civil defense and fire prevention. Its first leader was Gen Merritt Edson whose prestige helped win acceptance of centralized control amid local opposition. A morale slump and internal friction prompted a state inquiry and a plan for a four month management study funded by federal aid with a seven member commission to be appointed by Gov Salmon.
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Vermont State Police Organization
Merritt ‘Red Mike” Edson
South Pacific
Edson
Public Safety Department
Public Safety
Edward Corcoran
Glenn Davis
House Appropriations Committee
Emory Hebard
Lems
Thomas Salmon
Department of Public Safety
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Ford Says Sen Brooke Should Be Considered For VP
President Ford in Durham and Atlanta said Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, the Senate's only black member, "certainly is a person that ought to be considered" for the Republican vice presidential nomination. He added he does not rule out anyone as a candidate as the field remains wide open. Ford heads to Paris for a weekend economic summit with other heads of state to push a cooperative plan for a healthy global economy.
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N.C
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United States
Forecast: Snow Flurries, Cold Weekend Weather
Cloudy with occasional snow flurries likely today and a high near 30. Tonight remains partly cloudy with a low in the 20s. Sunday will be mostly cloudy and warmer, with a high around 40. Sunrise at 6:47 and deer hunting season timing noted.
Pray prosecution calls 11 witnesses
In Addison County Superior Court Gary D Pray faces a first degree murder trial for the May 6 1971 rifle slaying of Edouard Garneau his father in law The State Supreme Court ordered a new trial after overturning a prior conviction citing Pray was heavily sedated during much of the first trial Evidence began with Debra Garneau Frantz daughter of the slain man testifying about the attack and the family situation including Pray passing in the opposite direction as they returned from Sunderland
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Edouard Garneau
East Arlington
Gary D. Pray
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State Supreme Court
Debra Garneau Frantz
Marion Garneau
Frantz
Sunderland
Suzanne
Carrie
Bennington County
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