Democrats Form Own Energy Plan In Congress
Congressional Democrats moved to craft a distinct energy program after Ford urged alternatives. Speaker Carl Albert charged a task force with producing a detailed plan within a month, seeking timetables and cost estimates, while chairmen pledge cooperation and avoid duplicative proposals. Major ideas floated include oil allocation, gasoline taxes with rebates, and rationing, as part of broader energy and economic relief talks.
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Washington
Ford
Carl Albert
Albert
Jim Wright
D-Tex
Congress
Wright
House
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Charles A. Vanik
D-Ohio
Wreht
Amnesty Extension Delivers Fresh Window for Viet Nam Era Deserters
The Ford clemency program for thousands of Vietnam era deserters and draft evaders is extended to March 1. Applications have risen but criticism persists from groups like the American Legion and civil rights and church bodies. About 120,000 eligible individuals may apply to the Presidential Clemency Board led by Charles E. Goodell.
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Washington
Ford
James M. Wagenseller
The
American Legion
Legion
National Council of Churches
American Civil Liberties Union
Central
Canada
Presidential Clemency Board
Charles E. Goodell
Charge Husband In Slaying Try
State police in Meadville arrested 22 year old John Gore for attempted homicide and recklessly endangering the life of another after police say he tried to kill his wife Debbi and himself by asphyxiation by a gas stove late Wednesday night. Debbi Gore phoned 11 p.m. reporting her husband was attempting death by his own action.
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Meadville
John Gore
Gore
Debbi
Crawford County
Navy to Cut Carrier Force Next Year
The Navy plans reductions in its aircraft carrier fleet to 13 ships, the smallest since World War I, with the Hancock and Oriskany likely to be retired. Adm Holloway cited shifting tasks to surface ships as the fleet dips below 500 ships, while modernization proceeds.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
Hancock
Oriskany
Adm
James L. Holloway III
Naval Operations
San Diego
Holloway
Pentagon
Mediterranean
SALT II talks open as U S and USSR seek treaty framing
In Geneva the United States and the Soviet Union began negotiations on a SALT II treaty. A. Alexis Johnson and Vladimir Semonov met outside the Soviet Mission, expressing optimism as both sides aim to have a draft ready for Brezhnev’s visit to Washington next summer. The talks target limits on 2,400 long range bombers and missiles with 1,320 missiles, verification, and scope questions. In Mishawaka Indiana, Mary Lou Schwartz was found unharmed after a $300,000 ransom kidnapping lasting 18 hours. Police said two or more suspects involved and the husband Dennis Schwartz paid the ransom.
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Switzerland
United States
Soviet Union
Ford
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Vladivostok
U.S
A. Alexis Johnson
Vladimir Semonov
Johnson
Semonov
Brezhnev
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Mishawaka
Ind
Mary Lou Schwartz
Elkhart
Dennis
James Martin
FBI
Indiana
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Charles Gillette
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Ronald Cole
Tennessee
Boost Corry
A&p
Mcintosh
Rome
Sultana
WEO
W. Smith Street Plaza
Ethan Allen Sale
Ethan Allen
Ethan Allen Gallery
Ussells : House OF Furniture
North Park Row
Waterford
Uae
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