Ford orders immediate food stamp reform by regulation
President Ford directs the Agriculture Department to issue regulatory reforms to curb abuses, cut costs by 1.2 billion, and focus benefits on those in need as Congress delays action. He warns time is running out and notes current annual benefits total 5.4 billion with 500 million in admin costs.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Congressional Agricultural Committees
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Talmadge
Department
Senate
Iowa House OKs Loose Guideline on Local Spending
Des Moines Iowa lawmakers edged toward a conference on a two year local spending cap. The House approved a 7 percent guideline to budget increases 53 46 with amendments exempting federal funds and requiring detail on spending and revenues. The measure heads to the Senate which favors a stricter 7 percent limit and could prompt a conference to resolve differences.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
House
Senate
Lowell Norland
Kensett
Norland
Robert D. Ray
Nixon and Pat Nixon Fly to China for Return Visit
Richard Nixon and his wife Pat depart Los Angeles bound for Peking on a 20 hour flight aboard a Boeing 707 to mark the four year anniversary of his first China trip. The trip follows ongoing Sino U.S. engagement and provokes varied political reaction in Washington and Tokyo stopovers.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Richard Nixon
China
Air China
Los Angeles International
Peking
United States
People’s Republic of China
Nixon
Oceanside
San Clemente
Pat
Anchorage
Alaska
Tokyo
House
Washington
Ford
Mao Tse-tung
Hong Kong
U.S
Tokyo International
Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric seeks 15 percent rate rise
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co filed for about a 15 percent general increase in electric rates with the Iowa Commerce Commission. President Dean R. Stichnoth said no general natural gas rate rise is sought in 1976. Illinois filing could raise average electric rates about 22 percent there, with Illinois customers paying roughly three percent more than Iowa due to a three percent utility tax in Illinois. If Iowa approves the full Iowa total, residential bills would rise accordingly, with refunds and possible suspension rules noted.
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Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Iowa Commerce Commission
Dean R. Stichnoth
Illinois Commerce Commission
Illinois
Stichnoth
Iowa
Iowa-Illinois
Iowa Commission
Committee OKs airplane for attorney general amid funding fight
DES MOINES AP Atty Gen Richard Turner won a setback in funding his department's airplane plan when the senate appropriations panel voted 13 to 10 to strike a prohibition on purchasing a new aircraft. Sen Earl Willits questioned capital improvements and noted a pool of state planes has been created. Coleman, whose son is an assistant AG, pressed for the plane, while Shaw urged pooling aircraft for efficiency. Willits added Turner lost a court bid to use surplus funds for a new plane.
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Des Moines
Richard Turner
Senate Appropriations Committee
Turner
Earl Willits
Willits
Elizabeth Shaw
R-Davenport
State Transportation Department
Inflation Slows as January Prices Rise 0.4 Percent
Consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in January helped by a drop in grocery prices for the first time in five months. The 12 month rate was 6.8 percent, the lowest since mid 1973, with food and energy movements noted and spendable earnings up 0.2 percent for January.
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Washington
Labor Department
Patty Hearst Testifies On 22nd Birthday At Trial
Patty Hearst returns to the witness stand on her 22nd birthday as she testifies during cross examination in the bank robbery trial. She recalls fearing death by SLA members William and Emily Harris and explains why she did not contact her parents after returning to San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Patty Hearst
Miss Hearst
Wendy Yoshimura
U.S
James Browning
Yoshimura
Wendy
Harrises
Berkeley
Stocks Move Sharply Higher in Busy Trading Day
New York investors drove the market higher with the Dow Jones average up 11.33 to 987.09 at 2 p.m. on Friday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange surged past hourly records, reaching 32.32 million shares by midafternoon and promising a full-day record near 39.21 million shares.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Government Spending Critique Echoes Personal Freedom
A sharp critique argues against reliance on federal money and defends individual financial autonomy, warning that government aid can erode private wealth and liberty. The comment frames fiscal policy as a tension between public funding and personal responsibility.
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D-Ga
Rep
Thomas Foley
D-Wash
New Hampshire
Senate Agriculture Committee
Robert Michel
R-Ill
Agriculture Department
Haber
Unicef
Guatemala
Ford Administration
Patty
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