Council Predicts Dollar Shortage and Budget Talks
At the City Council meeting, finance director Benjamin Calderone warned of scarce funds and mounting obligations. He urged opening next week’s budgeting sessions and questioned appointing Ray Weber as negotiator with the police department. The vote to appoint Weber was unanimous.
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Benjamin Calderone
Council
Robert Grice
Ray Weber
Weber
Calderone
Corry
Ajax Iron Works
David Johnson
Philadelphia
Environmental Protection Agency
Congress Press Action on Ford Tax Cut Proposals
Washington Republicans and Democrats debate a $28 billion tax cut bid from President Ford as Ways and Means outlines potential $12 billion in individual cuts and $2–3 billion for corporations. Treasury and GOP leaders push spending curbs to fund relief, while skeptics warn of veto threats and social program impacts.
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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 Reinstatement Promise
In Kansas City, a four day strike by Local 42 firefighters ended as the city vowed to reinstate 59 dismissed members and the union agreed to aid investigations into arson during the walkout. Talks with a federal mediator followed as National Guardsmen and officers kept patrols.
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Kansas City
Charles B. Wheeler Jr
International Association of Firefighters
Wheeler
National Guardsmen
Robert Kipp
Edinboro State College book shop embezzlement case
Vaughn Herbel business manager at Edinboro State College faces 68 charges of embezzlement larceny fraudulent conversions and making false financial statements alleging more than 45000 misappropriated from Student Services Inc over 1969 to 1972. A second suspect is pending arrest as investigation ends.
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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
MINNEAPOLIS AP The 2.8 million jar canning lids offered by Goodwill Industries in August filled only a fraction of demand as the firm still processes about 10 000 checks daily. Goodwill’s Al Thompson said the Commerce Department relied on them to ease the shortage but did not anticipate the surge in orders.
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Minneapolis
Commerce Department
U.S. Commerce Department
Mourning Hijacker Yields Over Manila to Libya Sought
Filipino hijacker Camilo Morales, grieving over his kidnapped 4 year old daughter, seized a BAC-111 jet from Davao to Manila. He demanded Libyan flight, surrendered after nine hours as authorities promised help. Passengers unharmed. Morales cited son’s arrest as motive.
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Manila
the Philippines
Libya
Camilo Morales
Morales
Davao
Philippines
Mindanao
Philippine Airlines
Charles
Ann Leland
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Leland
Tam
Kiss Lesson Helps Save Dad Life in Ventnor
Thirteen year old Lyn Kraft learned the kiss of life in health class and used it to revive her 50 year old father after a heart attack. Leonard Kraft is recovering at Atlantic City Medical Center. Lyn described giving four breaths, then 15 chest compressions, followed by two more breaths as she acted.
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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 in RFK Killing
A panel of experts reviewing 1968 ballistic evidence said there is no proof of multiple guns in the RFK assassination. They found all bullets similar and possibly from the Sirhan Sirhan revolver, with three suitable for comparison, though not conclusive proof.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan Sirhan
Iver Johnson
Ifia Ee
Superior Court
Rober Wenke
Alfred A. Biasotti
Sirhan
John Howard
Hostage Free Bank Siege Ends With Gunman Captured
Eight hour bank siege in Manhattan ends with 10 hostages freed and gunman Ray Olsen captured. Olsen claimed sympathy for the Symbionese Liberation Army and was a fan of Patricia Hearst. Police negotiator distracted him. three officers grabbed him from behind as others entered. Hostages released gradually, including six employees and four customers. Assistant manager John Moriarty described Olsen as unstable.
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NEW York
Greenwhich Village
Symbionese Liberation ‘Army
Patricia Hearst
Ray ‘Cat’ Olsen
Merrick
N.Y
Hearst
California
Frank McLoughlin
Olsen
Bankers Trust Co
Lower Sixth Avenue
SLA
Miss Hearst
Scott Muni
WNEW
Gunman Holds Six Hostages in Bankers Trust Holdup
Police in New York confront a barefoot gunman calling himself Cat during a brazen Bankers Trust branch heist. Lt. Frank Bowles urges surrender with a megaphone as officers in bullet proof vests stand by. The robber seeks 10 million dollars in gold and the release of SLA members Patricia Hearst and William and Emily Harris.
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Frank Bowles
Barefoot
Bankers Trust
New York City
Cat
Symbionese Liberation Army
SLA
Patricia Hearst
William and
Emily Harris
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Congress Press Action
Thompson
Dad
Robert Kennedy
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