Rockefeller Delays Blasted
President Ford leads Republican push to blame the Democratic Congress for delaying Nelson Rockefeller's nomination as vice president. He pledged to seek a year end vote, while Senate Rules Committee probes the Goldberg financing affair and related ethics questions. Byrd signals cautious support amid ongoing questions about legality and ethics of gifts and loans.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Senate Rules Committee
Supreme Court
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Phoenix
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Southeast Asia
Byrd
Senate
Justice Goldberg and Rockefeller at VP nomination hearing
Former Supreme Court Justice Goldberg and Nelson Rockefeller shake hands as Goldberg prepares to testify before the Senate Rules Committee on Rockefeller's vice presidential nomination. Goldberg testified yesterday on the 1970 New York gubernatorial campaign between himself and Rockefeller.
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Supreme Court
Goldberg
Nelson Rockefeller
Senate Rules Committee
Rockefeller
New York
Himself
Small city traffic incidents occupy police overnight
Police handled six minor vehicle incidents with no serious injuries. A 71 year old man backed into a parking meter post causing $12.50 damage. A 29 year old woman swerved to avoid a cyclist and hit a stop sign. A 17 year old male reported a truck threw a fist sized object at his windshield and later turned in the truck’s details. Two more cars collided on East South street with $170 and $250 damages. A hit and run hit a parked car. police have the suspect’s license number. Thomas H Watson, 18, was charged with running a red signal.
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Baccus
South Center Street
Donna Ann Hartel
West Smith Street
Mead Avenue
Robert W. Baker
Union City
Bennink
Patricia Ann Black
East Smith Street
Timothy M. Amoroso
Sherman Street
East South Street
James Weidner
R.D. 2
Spartansburg
Thomas H. Watson
R.D. 1
Columbus
Porter Auer
Bell Seeks Rate Hikes in Broad Telephone Increase
Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania asked the Public Utility Commission for higher residential rates from 10 cents to 1.33 dollars monthly and for coin phone calls from 10 to 20 cents. The package would lift rates across most services, with coin calls rising for the first time in 22 years as Bell blames inflation.
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Harrisburg
Bell Telephone Co
Pennsylvania
Public Utility Commission
Bell
Ford Rejects Gas Tax Amid Auto Layoffs
President Ford rebuked Interior Secretary Morton for reviving a gasoline tax proposal as auto industry layoffs mount. GM and Chrysler announce widespread furloughs including 36,000 at GM and 8,800 at Chrysler. Ford confirms no tax increase and critics in Congress oppose the plan.
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Washington
Ford
Rogers CB
Morton
White House
Phoenix
Ariz
Secretary of the Interior
Sources Council
Michigan
General Motors
Chevrolet
Vega
Lordstown
Ohio
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler
Son Arrested In Amityville Family Slaying On Long Island
Ronald DeFeo Jr. aged 23 was arrested on six counts of second degree murder for fatally shooting his father Ronald J. DeFeo Sr. and mother Louise along with four siblings in their Amityville home. Police found the victims wearing nightclothes with no sign of forced entry.
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Hauppauge
N.Y
Long Island
Ronald DeFeo Jr
Suffolk County
Robert C. Rapp
Amityville
Rapp
DeFeo
Ronald J. DeFeo Sr
Louise
Howard Adelman
DeFes
DeFeos
Pot Smokers Not Criminals Says White House Official
Dr. Robert L. DuPont, head of the White House drug program and director of the Institute on Drug Abuse, plans a nationally televised speech to NORMAL arguing against criminalizing pot smokers for small possession while noting new medical evidence of marijuana risks. He will call for a balanced approach and not punish individuals for minor use.
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Washington
White House
Robert L. DuPont
National Organization For Reform of Marijuana Laws
Normal
DuPont
National Institute On Drug Abuse
Special Action Office For Drug Abuse Prevention
Map Adult Education Plan Here in Corry
A pilot adult education program in the Stairways building on North Center street grows into a larger plan. Mrs. Hugh McKnight notes local interest in reading writing language and arithmetic classes and calls for signups at the state employment office or by mail. A tentative January 1975 start is planned.
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North Center Street
Hugh McKnight
Erie
Corry
Snowmobile Law Q&A Clarifies Pennsylvania Rules
The Journal grills Sgt. Edward Pass to explain who enforces the Snowmobile Act in Pennsylvania, registration requirements and fees, where to obtain forms, where and how numbers must be affixed, operator age and training rules, street use, game land riding, and mandatory accident reporting.
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Edward Pass
Corry State
State Department of Environmental Resources
Pennsylvania
DEA
Department of Environmental Resources
Harrisburg
DER
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