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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1975
Page
7
Washington AP President Ford will announce his intention to run for a full term before the end of June per Press Secretary Ron Nessen. A GOP planning group led by Dean Burch has begun campaign activities.
Senate Intelligence Committee chair Frank Church objects to CIA phrasing like elimination with extreme prejudice and executive action to describe murders of foreign leaders. He says plain speech is clearer and says the panel has hard evidence of CIA involvement in assassinations before broader CIA FBI scrutiny. In other news, Democrats failed to override Ford veto on a 5.3 billion jobs bill and discuss smaller follow ups. Montreal longshoremen to end weeklong stoppage with hours debated by government and union.
James L. Groot once chief aide to Senator Edward Gurney will plead guilty to one conspiracy count and testify against Gurney. He faces a maximum five year term and was part of a bribery conspiracy trial during late sessions with Judge Ben Krentzman.
Washington AP reports congressional investigators probe vast federal data banks. Rep John Moss seeks to block two plans FBI and Agriculture run data banks. NBC News notes a Defense breakthrough linking machines to compile files on millions. No evidence of domestic surveillance found.
The Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards cited three House members for improper franking in its first year and a half of operation. John Hunt, William Scherle, and Earl Landgrebe refunded small sums after overstating or misusing free mail, while other cases were dismissed. The panel’s opinions are nonbinding but followed.
Smithsonian’s Museum of History and Technology debuts a 6000-item Americana exhibition featuring John Adams’ cane, moon rock sample case, Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie, Currier engraving, Bernstein draft notations, Grant tattoos, Moran landscape Grand Canyon of the Yellowstones, Resurrection City tent, and surrender flags. Spokesman notes no link to other agencies and no use of device for personnel data. Congressional inquiries into government spying and data banks continue, with Abzug subcommittee hearings on 1970 destroyed military files and wiretap limits with FCC.
Associated Press reports that widespread unemployment and cuts to job and recreation programs may fuel more violence though most officials doubt mass riots. Mayors warn of trouble without extra federal aid, especially for teen summer jobs. Ford vetoes a $5.3 billion emergency plan. cities plan to cut programs and adjust demand for teen positions.
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