Timing of pardon labeled atrocious by Ruth
Former Watergate special prosecutor Henry Ruth called Ford's Nixon pardon atrocious timing, saying it came before the Watergate jury was sequestered and hurt the trial's expected start. He defended plea bargaining and noted limited cooperation as investigations rose. Ford opposed a permanent special prosecutor's office.
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Offshore shelf drilling to begin near Rhode Island
UPI reports initial exploration of the North Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf will start next month with four off-structure three mile deep wells in the Baltimore Canyon Basin and Georges Bank. Drilled from ships off Rhode Island, the eight month test aims to gather seismographic data for oil and gas leasing later this year.
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Train Derails in Heavy Rain Near Charlestown NH
Severe washouts and flooding in northern New Hampshire and Vermont cause the northbound Washington to Montreal Amtrak Montrealer to derail near Charlestown. No injuries among 95 passengers. two crew hurt mildly. An Amtrak replacement train to move the derailed car is planned. Route 12 closed. area schools and roads affected.
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Abelin Wins Chatellerault Seat in French Assembly Vote
Cabinet minister Pierre Abelin held the seat from Chatellerault with 52.6 percent over Socialist Edith Cresson, in a poll seen as a Giscard d Estaing test. The result, amid a tense campaign and leftist polemics, reinforces the president's centrist majority.
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Jean-Jacques Fouqueteau
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Soviet Union
Jacques Chirac
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Americans aging as baby boomers approach 40 by 2000
Census Bureau projects rising average age of Americans from 28.6 now to 31.4 37 by 2000 with baby boomers born 1956 1965 aging into 35 44. Population to grow 16 35 percent this century from 212 million to 246 286 million. Blacks rise from 11.4% to about 12.6 12.7%. 65+ share climbs to 12.5%. Commerce Dept notes shift southward and fewer city movers.
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Estate Conservation Analysis by Metropolitan Life
Metropolitan Life offers computerized Estate Conservation Analysis to determine if your family would receive less than its rightful share of your estate. The service aims to identify gaps in estate plans and suggest steps to maximize inheritance for beneficiaries.
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Metropolitan Life
Meat packers told to remove cancer causing nitrosamines from bacon
Washington reported the Agriculture Department will force meat packers to remove nitrosamines from bacon or halt sales. Dr. Donald Houston noted an 18 month study links nitrites used in cured meats to nitrosamines, potent cancer agents, with bacon producing the highest levels. Rules to reduce nitrite use will follow, with a short compliance window.
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Agriculture Department
Donald Houston
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Meat and Poultry Inspection Division
Houston
Quinlans Challenge Right To Unplug Life Support
In Morristown New Jersey the Quinlan family argues for the constitutional right to disconnect Karen Ann Quinlan from a life sustaining respirator after six months in a coma. The state challenges their claim and a Superior Court judge faces the deciding case.
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Paul Armstrong
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Hyland
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Daniel Coburn
Coburn
St. Clare’s Hospital
Denville
Pressmen strike at Washington Post enters 20th day
Negotiators for both sides resume talks under federal mediation as strikes continue. Repairs to five presses allow printing on company presses except supplements, while other unions close to the dispute seek settlements.
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UPI
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Hearst mental competency reports sent to attorneys
Lawyers for Patricia Hearst report that psychiatric assessments on her mental competency to stand trial for an armed bank robbery are being distributed to attorneys by Judge Oliver Carter. A hearing on competency is tentatively set for Wednesday. bail and commitment options are being discussed. Hearst, 21, was abducted in Berkeley in February 1974 by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
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