White House study urged on bank card computer links
The White House Office of Telecommunications Policy called for a full review of the growing links between bank and credit computers through electronic funds transfer EFT. Professor James Rule warned EFT could enable central tracking of all financial activity and raised issues of access privacy and enforcement. The report to the Rockefeller committee outlines social impact and the need to balance consumer protection with libertarian privacy.
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CIA NSA Named in 500 Million Damage Suit
A class action filed in federal court seeks 500 million dollars for 8200 individuals and groups targeted by CIA and NSA surveillance under Operation CHAOS. The suit names CIA directors Colby Schlesinger Helms and NSA leaders Allen Gaylor Phillips, plus Western Union RCA and others for supplying intercepts. It notes mail and overseas calls were allegedly opened and intercepted. It also marks 1965 Da Nang helicopter raid anniversary.
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Television listings for Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas
A dense afternoon and evening schedule lists channels KCRG TV 9 WMT TV 2 KWWL TV 7 KTVO 3 WHBF TV 4 KRIN TV 32 and KWBT 11 detailing programs from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm. Shows include news, soaps like All My Children, game shows Let’s Make Deal, and classic reruns such as Hogan’s Heroes and The Lone Ranger with times across Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Ottumwa, Rock Island, Des Moines and nearby markets.
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Net Loss Reported In 1974 Food Stamp Caused by Certification Errors
Nearly 200 000 families were wrongly certified for food stamps in late 1974 and received about 78 million in benefits. The USDA cited 192,353 households incorrectly certified, 78 million in overpayments, and 24 million in stamps not issued to 59,538 qualified households. Net loss pegged at 132 million out of 928.88 million paid.
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Lightning strikes Greek tanker in Singapore harbor
In Singapore harbor a Greek tanker Krill Sun split into three parts after a lightning strike. The ship had emptied crude oil cargo and Capt. Nik Haralabous said twelve people were injured while twenty seven crew and four wives were rescued unharmed.
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Independents Act to Restore Oil and Gas Tax Breaks
At the Independent Petroleum Association of America meeting, a tax study committee urged Congress to revive depletion allowances and other tax provisions to boost domestic production. They want relief from the Tax Reduction Act of 1975 and also seek price decontrol. A. V. Jones was elected to succeed John Miller as association president.
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Texas
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Connally Urges Caution In Media Coverage
Former Gov. John Connally told the Texas Association of Broadcasters in Houston that the news media need caution and judgment on national issues, especially big business and the economy. He criticized coverage of presidential assassination attempts and warned against sensationalism including cover girls for assassins and breathless reports on bullet-proof vests.
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Ford To Visit Milwaukee During Midweek Campaign Tour
President Ford adds Milwaukee to his midweek campaign stops. He will address a Republican fundraising dinner at the Performing Arts Center Thursday after a two day California swing. He flies to Los Angeles Wednesday for a GOP fundraiser then to San Francisco for a luncheon.
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German Leader Visits China Bonn Chancellor Schmidt Talks with Mao
Bonn West Germany AP reports Chancellor Helmut Schmidt flew to Peking for the first Bonn visit to China. He plans meetings with Chairman Mao Tse tung and Deputy Premier Teng Hsiao-ping to discuss political and economic matters during Chou En-lai’s illness. He will return via Tehran to see Shah Reza Pahlavi.
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Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Bicentennial Runner Sets Off To Cross Nation On Foot
Robert Tullio, dubbed the Bicentennial runner, begins a cross country trek on foot to break the continental distance record. Supporter John Lees of Brighton England staff who previously walked Los Angeles to New York in 53 days 12 hours and 15 minutes to hold the record. Lees wrote to Tullio I hope you beat my record. On this date in 1929 the stock market collapsed.
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England
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Explosions Hit Rome Suburb and Brescia Building
In Rome Casal Palocco neighborhood three automatic telephone switchboards were destroyed by firebombs, cutting about 1,000 lines. In Brescia an apartment house boiler blast killed at least four, with three others missing or injured, two of them children. police suspect a gas leak.
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Howe bars Boston residents from leaving city on pain of death
New British commander in chief Sir William Howe orders all Boston inhabitants not to depart the city under threat of death and calls for organized militias to defend the town.
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William Howe
Aviation Leader Edwin Bishop Dies at 66
Edwin Bishop, former Delta and Northeast Airlines executive who helped launch the package vacation concept that popularized Miami Beach as an affordable summer resort, died Monday at his home from an apparent angina attack. He was 66.
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Northeast Airlines
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