Ford shot at in San Francisco but uninjured during hotel exit
AP reports President Ford was fired upon by a woman identified as Sarah Jean Moore, 45, in San Francisco while leaving a hotel. The pistol was deflected by an alert officer and Ford escaped unharmed as Secret Service rushed him to Air Force One. An arraignment for Moore was set for 5:30 p.m. PDT.
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San Francisco
Ford
Secret Service
Frank Jordan
Sarah Jean Moore
Patricia Hearst
St. Francis Hotel
Air Force One
White House
Ron Nessen
B Radio
Betty
Ronald Carlo
St. Francis
Jordan
Miss Moore
Mission District
Mission Station
William Conroy
Delancey Street Foundation
Patty Hearst
Sarah Moore
Conroy
Gary Lemos
Post Street
Martino Vignali
San Mateo
Stephen Weicker
Chamber of Commerce
Ducks
Public Service hearing probes Columbia West Virginia rate structure
Charleston reports a PSC hearing on Columbia Gas of West Virginia rate increase, focusing on the industrial rate structure. The session resumes after a July recess for cross examination of Columbia and PSC staff witnesses and their July records.
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Charleston
W. Va
Columbia Gas
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
Columbia
PSC
French archeologist faces possible execution in Chad crisis
Francoise Claustre, 38, held by Toubou rebels in Tibesti Desert, demands of France totaling about 2.2 million dollars in money and supplies. Chad government moves to block rescue efforts as tensions rise in the ongoing tribal rebellion. In Lebanon, sniper fire stalls a two day ceasefire as sectarian fighting resumes in Beirut, with police noting continued street violence and distrust between Christians and Muslims.
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N’djamena
Chad
Francoise Claustre
Tibesti
France
Beirut
Lebanon
Ford proposes Energy Independence Authority to curb foreign oil
President Ford urged Congress to create a $100 billion Energy Independence Authority to work with private industry on a crash program aiming for U S energy self sufficiency by 1985. The independent agency would oversee nuclear geothermal and other energy tech while supplementing private enterprise.
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San Francisco
Ford
United States
New Energy Independence Authority
Congress
America
Energy Authority
Energy Independence Authority
AFL-CIO _ construction trades meeting
Moore A Strange Woman remembered in Hearst aid program
Sarah Jane Moore 45 was arrested for firing at President Ford on Monday and was described as a strange woman by A Ludlow Kramer, former Washington state secretary of state, who ran the People in Need food giveaway to aid in freeing heiress Patricia Hearst. Jack Paladino, a law clerk who helped administer the program, says Moore was hired as a bookkeeper, then fired, and caused much dissension.
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San Francisco
Sarah Jane Moore
Ford
A. Ludlow Kramer
Washington State
Patricia Hearst
Sarah Jane
Jack Paladino
Fire crews tied to arson probe still under wraps
Investigators in Bluefield Virginia and Tazewell County withheld findings as the arson probe into charges against local firemen and town officials continued into a second week. Deputy Fire Marshal K M Pugh said officials would not release details until completion. The 17 year old accuser’s charges prompted review of the case, with authorities reporting new developments to the boy’s mother.
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Bluefield
K. M. Pugh
Tazewell County
Wade S. Coates
Jack Asbury
Pugh
Senators Call for Shakeup After Ford Security Incident
In San Francisco a woman fired at President Ford Monday night prompting fresh calls for change. Sen. Hollings urged a congressional examination of the Secret Service while Sen. Bellman anticipated Senate scrutiny of agency funding. Byrd argued that 1976 candidates should start receiving protection.
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Washington
Secret Service
Ford
San Francisco
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S. C
Henry L. Bellman
R-Okla
Senate
Hollings
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Lynette Fromme
Sacramento
Calif
Sarah Jean Moore
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Record Beefalo Sales Hit East of Mississippi in Tazewell
Beefalo East Inc in Tazewell Virginia set a record sales event, drawing about 800 attendees over two days. Buyers from 33 states and three foreign countries participated as total sales reached 244005 dollars with average sale about 1780 dollars.
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Tanya Williams
Mississippi River
Beefalo East Inc
Tazewell
Philip F. Miller
Beefalo East
Miller
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Arnold R. Miller
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Europe
Beckley
Raleigh County
John Workman
James McGuire
Maple Fork
Energy Corporation
California
Nelson Rockefeller
Moore
Ital LD
Secret Service Inquiry
USDA
Carcass Data Service
D. C
Bud
Basolo
Tazewell Farm
David Williams
Beffalo Farm
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