Senator, Secret Service Freed Her Day Before Shot at Ford
San Francisco Monday night attempt on President Ford by Sara Jane Moore spurred a Senate inquiry. Sen. Joseph Montoya said Moore asked police to place her in custody a day earlier to test the system, and Secret Service officials were not allowed to follow up. Moore described her motive, admitted firing but claimed she did not have a loaded gun when detained, and faced a mental examination hearing amid a possible life sentence if convicted on federal charges.
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Washunuton
Wartar
Ford
San Francisco
Joseph Montoya
New Mexico Democrat
Senate Appropriations
Secret Service
Sara Jane Moore
Montoya
Sacramento
Moore
St. Francis Hotel
Pullee
Mrs. Moore
Taylor
Donald Rumsfeld
Washington
New Hampshire
Lynette
Squeaky" Fromme
Calif
U.S
Owen Woodruff
FBI Informer Mrs Moore Linked to Ford Shooting
San Francisco report identifies Sara Jane Moore 45 known as Saily as an FBI informant who shot at President Ford. She had ties to Symbionese Liberation Army and Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and was fired from radical groups after her cover was blown.
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San Francisco
Sara Jane Moore
FBI
Ford
Symbionese Liberation Army
United Prisoners Union
Vietnam Veterans
Ellen Hume
Fred
Moore
Sleepy Bailey
Ladies' Aid Society
Mrs. Moore
Judge Rules Squeaky Fromme Fit to Act as Own Attorney
Lynette Fromme, charged with attempting to assassinate President Ford, was ruled competent to act as her own lawyer by Judge Tomas MacBride after a psychiatric report. Co-counsel E Richard Walker remains appointed, with trial set to begin Nov 4. Fromme, wearing her red hooded robe, has been held on bond.
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Sacramento
Calif
APT
Lynette
Fromme
Will
Ford
U.S. District Court
Tomas MacBride
Charles Manson
James Richmond
MacBride
E. Richard Walker
Miss Fromme
Maclride
Mylke
Manson
Walker
Misa Fromme
San Francisco
Dwayne Keyes
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Psychiatric Exam for Patty Hearst Ordered by Judge
In San Francisco US District Judge Oliver Carter ordered a psychiatric examination of Patty Hearst to assess her mental competence for cross examination. Hearst’s attorneys claim torture and brainwashing by abduction captors and filed an affidavit detailing imprisonment hardships. The hearing follows debates over bail while a psychiatrist panel would evaluate her ability to respond to cross examination based on the affidavit.
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San Francisco
Patty Hearst
Twesdey
Herevel
U.S
Oliver Carter
Miss Hearst
Misa Hearst
Carter
Terence Hallinan
James Browning
Committee Tells Library To Hold Line on Access
An Abearian ad hoc committee urged Cedar Rapids public library trustees to maintain current access rules. The policy keeps youth under seventh grade on juvenile cards and adults may checkout any book. The issue arose after a complaint over a pornographic novel.
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Tom Froehling
Cedar Rapids
Eloise's 130 mph Winds Roar Across Gulf Coast
Eloise struck Florida's panhandle with 130 mph sustained winds and higher gusts causing 6 to 10 inch rains and 10 foot tides. Evacuations stretched from Louisiana to Florida as thousands fled to shelters. A fatality occurred in Point Clear, Alabama, after electrocution while securing a boat. tornadoes were reported near Panama City.
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Eloise
Gulf Coast
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Florida Panhandle
Pensacola
Panama City
Fort Waiton Beach
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Cedar Key
National Hurricane Center
Miama
Locong
Louis
Iana
Florida
Pence
Tom McAuley
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Cuba
U.S
West Bay
Kennedy Tops Write-Ins In Linn County Precinct Cacus
Spot checks show Linn County Democrats tally Kennedy as not a candidate on straw ballots sent to precinct chairs. Kennedy drew one write-in vote. Harold Hughes and Hubert Humphrey led the field among unprinted and printed names, with Wallace and others also appearing in the results.
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Linn County
Ted Kennedy
Kennedy
Democratic
the Gazette
Sen
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Hughes
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Henry Jackson
Washington
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Mortis Udell
Arizona
Sargent Shriver
Frank Church
Idaho
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
George Wallace
Alabama
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Betty Ford Joins Flight After Presidential Assassination Attempt
Betty Ford asked her husband if he had a nice time as she boarded Air Force One to return to Washington from San Francisco. The president had just left a hotel after an apparent assassination attempt in Monterey. The event delayed the trip and Mrs. Ford learned of the incident upon boarding the jet. she handled the news calmly per White House officials.
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Washington
Betty Ford
Air Force One
San Francisco
St. Francis
Ford
Stockholders to Vote Oct 31 on Paxall Cherry-Burrell Sale
Paxall Inc stockholders will vote at a Oct 31 special meeting in Chicago on selling the Cherry-Burrell division to a new AMC International subsidiary, a Canadian Dominion Bridge unit. The sale, at book value less assumed liabilities, includes pension obligations and may yield about 12 million in cash after expenses. Proceeds may retire 2.75 million in long-term debt and fund short term government securities. The board also declared a 15 cent quarterly dividend and a 4 percent preferred cash dividend payable Oct 31.
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Cherry-Burrell Division
Paxall, Inc
Chicago
Paxall
AMC International Corp
ILS
Dominion Bridge Gy., Ltd
Paxail
AMCA
Dominion Bridge
Gherry Burrell Division
Powall
Board of Directors
Cherry-Burrell
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William Taylor
Fin
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Patty
Donald Witherell
Birchwood Drive
Witherell
Linn
Ted
Ture
Betty
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