Ford outlines 1977 budget with tax cuts and defense boost
President Ford proposed a 1977 budget totaling 394.2 billion dollars with a 43 billion dollar deficit. He would cut income taxes by 227 dollars for a family of four earning 15 000 while raising social security payroll taxes by 0.3 percent and increasing defense spending to 100.1 billion. He urged states to manage 59 federal programs with fewer strings.
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Ford
Congress
Ford Administration
December Prices Up 0.5 Percent. Inflation 7 Percent for 1975
The government reports December consumer prices rose 0.5 percent, yielding a 7 percent inflation rate for 1975. Food costs climbed 6.5 percent for the year, nonfood items 6.2 percent, and services 8.1 percent, with medical care up 10.3 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Chrysler
Senate approves sex-for-pay restriction in Des Moines
Des Moines senate approves a bill prohibiting sexual contact for a fee at massage parlors by a 36 13 vote amid claims of redundancy and constitutional concerns Gov Robert Ray supports moving forward saying society should not accept sex for hire He cites Judge Perkins order to shut down massage parlors and notes existing lewdness laws The measure moves to the House for consideration
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Senate
Robert Ray
Ray
Harry Perkins
Richard Turner
Sen
Gene Glenn
D-Ottumwa
Philip Hill
Hill
Oregon
Eugene Hill
Newton
Turner
Perkins
Asst
James Sanderson
Sign on a mountain cabin protects by poverty message
A mountain cabin bears a stark sign stating that nothing inside is worth stealing and that the house is protected by poverty. The quotation implies a defensive, possibly ironic stance on guarding property.
West Convicted on 24 Mail Fraud Counts in ABP case
Frank R. West founder of a major meat firm was sentenced to two years on 24 mail and wire fraud counts with sentences concurrent and suspended jail time. ABP and its subsidiary Beefland International faced 32 and 22 counts, respectively, with fines totaling 27 200 for the company and 24000 for West. The verdicts and pending appeal stem from a 105 count grand jury indictment accusing defrauding live stock producers and creditors of over 20 million dollars.
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Omaha
Frank R. West
West
American Beef Packers, Inc
U.S
U.S. Dist
Robert V. Denney
Robert E. Lee
Church Proposes Senate Panel to Oversee Intelligence
Senator Frank Church of the Senate Intelligence Committee proposed a new nine member panel to oversee covert operations and intelligence finances. The panel would have authority to disclose classified information and receive prior notice of covert spy activities, supplementing existing agency reporting to Congress.
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Senate
Washington
Frank Church
Senate Intelligence Committee
Idaho Democrat
CIA
Man Sought in 1972 U S Marshal Death Believed in Iowa
FBI alerts say Harry Reese a 27 year old black man, previously in Chicago and Rock Island, may be in Iowa after Deputy U S Marshal Dick McKinney was killed during a Cedar Rapids robbery July 20 1972. Four accomplices pled guilty to second degree murder and were sentenced. Reese indicted but not captured.
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Iowa
FBI
Dick McKinney
Cedar Rapids
Harry Reese
Jackson
Miss
McKinney
Reese
Chicago
Rock Island
Muskie May Launch Nomination Bid After Speech
Senators supporters see Edmund Muskie's televised state of the union reply as a potential springboard for a presidential bid. aides say his articulate presentation could invite comparisons with current candidates and elevate his standing, though some caution it may echo his 1970 response that preceded earlier campaign efforts.
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Edmund Muskie
State of the Union
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Palestinian Guerillas Cross Into Lebanon From Syria
An estimated 3500 to 4000 Palestinian fighters crossed from Syria into Lebanon driving Lebanese troops from a crossroads and advancing toward Mt. Lebanon in a bid to seize territory before a cease fire. The PLA claimed by some reports but WAFA denied PLA involvement as a second major guerrilla movement from Syria into Lebanon unfolds.
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PLA
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Palestine Liberation Organization
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