Rumsfeld Confirmed as Defense Secretary by 95 2 Vote
Washington AP Secretary of Defense nominee Donald Rumsfeld won Senate approval 95 to 2 after brief debate. Senators Helms and Stone voted no protest against the nomination scenario. Rumsfeld, 43, succeeds James Schlesinger, praised for policy expertise, as Ford aims a strong defense posture.
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Ford
Illinois
Nixon
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Office of Economic Opportunity
White House
Cost of Living Council
Helms
Rumsfeld
Schlesinger
Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger
Senate
Ronald Reagan
Stone
State
Defense
Congress
United States
United States of America
James Schlesinger
Donald Rumsfeld
Pastore
FBI files show broad spying on Americans since 1919
Senate committee lawyers say the FBI compiled about 530,000 dossiers on American citizens and groups from 1919 onward. They note many investigations targeted suspected Communists and women's liberationists with little actionable information found. Documents were destroyed after J Edgar Hoover's 1972 death.
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FBI
Senate Intelligence Committee
J. Edgar Hoover
F. A. O. Schwarz II
Schwarz
Curtis Smothers
Smothers
Senate
Hearst Trial Delayed as Defense Seeks Time to Prepare
Patty Hearst’s defense won a six week delay in her bank robbery trial from December 15 to January 26. Judge Oliver Carter cited new legal standards and the defendant’s improving mental condition as reasons to postpone. Prosecutors did not oppose the delay, fearing rushed due process, and the defense plans further psychiatric evaluation and witness preparation.
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San Francisco
Patty Hearst
Albert Johnson
U.S
Oliver Carter
John Kleines
Johnson
Carter
9Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Miss Hearst
San Mateo County
Redwood City
Three Arrested in Huge Fish Catch At Reservoir
Conservation officers from Johnson Muscatine and Washington counties with sheriff deputies and state troopers arrested three Illinois men late Monday night for illegally catching over 6 000 pounds of fish below the Coralville reservoir dam. A citizen spott ed two boats rigging a 1 000 foot trammel net in darkness. The trio faced four charges each.
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Coralville
Johnson
Muscatine
Iowa
Washington Counties
Johnson County
Illinois
Coralville Reservoir
Gary Hughes
Sheriff's Department
Tom and
Charles Swan
Savanna
Beardstown
Ill
Carl Head
Chuckle: A Husband Empties An Ashtray Then Smells Like Clean
A light humorous remark describes a husband who empties one ashtray and appears to have cleaned the entire house, highlighting a playful domestic stereotype with a wink.
Fromme Trial Dismissal Motion Over Exculpatory Evidence
Lyntte Fromme's attorney seeks charges dismissal in Sacramento as prosecutors face claims of withholding exculpatory evidence. James Damir testimony and a police statement about Fromme saying it wasn’t loaded are central. Judge MacBride recessed trial to Monday ruling on the motion.
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Sacramento
Calif
Lynette Fromme
Ford
John Virgo
U.S
Thomas MacBride
Miss Fromme
Virga
Virgo
James Damir
Damir
Sacramento College
Capitol Park
Charles Manson
State Capitol
Secret Service
Helier
FBI
Heller
MacBride
Opening of I 380 Section Seen by Dec 15
Safety Commissioner James Steinbeck announced the Iowa DOT will open the I 380 segment from Fifth Avenue SW to Thirty‑third Avenue SW on December 15. Traffic will be rerouted with a one way couplet on Third and L streets SW between First and Twenty‑seventh Avenues SW to serve the new highway.
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Fifth Avenue
Thirty-third Avenue
James Steinbeck
Third
L Streets
Third Street
L Street
First Avenue
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Fourth Street
Steinbeck
Iowa Department of Transportation
Thirty-third
Sixth Street
20 Year Old with Legal Age Regression to 14
Kovilska Clendenen, born in Yugoslavia and living in Cedar Rapids, has a bid to become a naturalized citizen through a special bill in the U.S. House. Adopted at 18, she faces a legal loophole. a proposed measure would treat her as 14 for permanent resident status, pending Senate approval and presidential signature.
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Washington Avenue SE
Second District
Michael Blouin
D-Dubuque
U.S
House of Representatives
Koviljka
Coe-vall-ka
United States
Cedar Rapids
Yugoslavia
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
W. G. Clendenen
Blouin
Clendenens
Kovilska
David Cushing
Senate
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