Council Predicts Dollar Shortage
At a regular meeting City Council discusses the city's tight finances and rising obligations. Finance director Benjamin Calderone urges opening budgeting sessions next Monday at 7 30 p.m. to address the shortfall. Council approves Ray Weber as arbitrator for police contract talks. The group debates Weber's suitability given prior costs from his negotiations.
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Ight
Benjamin Calderone
Council
Robert Grice
Ray Weber
Weber
Calderone
Corry
Congress Readies Ford Tax Cut Plan as Debate Opens
Congress moves to act on President Ford’s $28 billion tax cut proposal for 1976 with extending current cuts. The Ways and Means Committee weighs individual and corporate relief while insisting on accompanying spending reductions, amid Democratic doubts over feasibility and potential impacts on Social Security, veterans' benefits, and food stamps. The debate centers on extending or expanding current cuts and the political clash over spending tradeoffs.
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Oval Office
White House
Ford
Congress
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Legislative Branch
al Ullman
D-Ore
Cbs-Tv
Morning News
Ullman
CBS
Treasury
William Simon
Peope
Simon
Brock Adams
D-Wash
House Budget Committee
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Firefighters End Kansas City Strike After Rehire Promise
A four day strike by Kansas City firefighters ended as the city agreed to reinstate 59 members dismissed for not returning to work. The union will cooperate with authorities on arson probes amid ongoing tensions over pay and staffing. National Guardsmen and police maintained patrols as talks continued with a federal mediator.
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Kansas City
Charles B. Wheeler Jr
International Association of Firefighters
Wheeler
National Guardsmen
Robert Kipp
Edinboro State College official charged with embezzlement
Vaughn Herbel business manager at Edinboro State College faces 68 charges alleging embezzlement larceny fraudulent conversions and false financial statements related to a bookstore and vending operations between 1969 and 1972. He was released on recognizance pending a October 16 preliminary hearing. A second arrest is pending as investigators say the probe could reach $100,000 with additional suspects at the campus.
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Edinboro, Pa
Vaughn Herbel
Edinboro State College
State Justice Department
Herbel
Student Services, Inc
Erie County
Robert Chase
Justice Department
Auditor General's Department
Chase
R. Gordon Kennedy
Herber
Canning Lid Shortage Continues Across U S
Minneapolis AP reports Goodwill Industries offered 2.8 million canning lids in August but filled only a fraction of demand. They still process about 10,000 checks daily as customers await refunds. Al Thompson cites Commerce Department reliance on Goodwill to ease the shortage and hopes for more lids to fulfill orders.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Goodwill Industries
U.S. Commerce Department
al Thompson
Goodwill
Commerce Department
Thompson
Mourning Hijacker Yields In Manila Flight Standoff
A Filipino hijacker, Camilo Morales, who seized a Manila bound BAC-111 jet over his kidnapped 4-year-old daughter, surrendered at the airport after nearly nine hours without firing. Morales, armed with a pistol, grenade, and ammunition, demanded passage to Libya but was promised government help and released passengers and crew unharmed. He cited his son's alleged arrest as motive. two passengers recalled his calm demeanor as negotiations continued.
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Manila
The
Philippines
Libya
Camilo Morales
Morales
Davao
Mindanao
Philippine Airlines
Charles
Ann Leland
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Leland
Sam
Kiss Lesson Helps Save Dad Life in Ventnor NJ
Thirteen year old Lyn Kraft learned CPR in health class and used it to revive her 50 year old father after he suffered a heart attack. Leonard Kraft is recovering at Atlantic City Medical Center. Lyn followed the class method, giving four rescue breaths, chest compressions, then breaths, keeping him alive until help arrived.
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Ventnor
N.J
Lyn Kraft
Leonard Kraft
Atlantic City Medical Center
Lyn
Ventnor Middle School
Atlantic Shore
Kraft
Sandy
Marie Paludi
Experts Say One Gun Likely Used in RFK Killing
A panel reviewing 1968 RFK ballistics concluded there is no proof of more than one firearm. Three test bullets aligned with Sirhan Sirhan’s Iver Johnson revolver, though not positively conclusive, suggest his pistol could be the sole weapon. The panel noted seven bullets were available but only three could be reliably compared.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan Sirhan
Iver Johnson
Superior Court
Robert A. Jenke
Alfred A. Biasclti
Sirhan
John Howard
Hostages Freed After Eight Hour Bank Siege
An eight hour siege at a Greenwhich Village Bankers Trust branch ended with ten hostages released and gunman Ray Olsen captured. Olsen, who claimed sympathy for the SLA and said he was a fan of Patricia Hearst, demanded 10 million in gold and Hearst's release, and later claimed the idea came to him. He was verbally rambunctious but distraacted by a negotiator and seized by police.
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NEW York
Greenwhich Village
Symbionese Liberation Army
Patricia Hearst
Ray “Cat” Olsen
Merrick
N.Y
Miss Hearst
California
Frank McLoughlin
Olsen
Bankers Trust Co
Lower Sixth Avenue
SLA
Scott Muni
Wnew-Fm
Hearst
Frank Bowles
Baréfoot
Bankers Trust
New York City
Cal
William and
Emily Harris
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