Grand Canyon hiker dies after water run runs out
Gregory De Young of Grandville Michigan died after his party ran out of water while hiking the Grandview Trail two miles above Grand Canyon Village. The body was recovered with no companions found. three others in the group, Lee Meister Aurelia Ohio, Pave Smith Santa Rosa California, and Ronald Phillips Aurelia Ohio, were unable to be rescued as they attempted to reach the Colorado River. De Young fell about 125 feet and authorities said rescue efforts were halted until the following day.
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Auroria
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Santa Rosa
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Ronald Phillips
Grandview
Colorado River
Phillips
Fozen
Fire near Susanville scorches 1500 acres in Plumas National Forest
Nearly 500 men battled a blaze south of Susanville in the Plumas National Forest that blackened about 1500 acres of brush and timber. U S Forest Service reported 485 firefighters on the lines with six air tankers dropping retardants as winds gusted up to 20 mph. Containment date was not estimated.
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U.S. Forest Service
Charges Dropped In San Jose Ford Speech Disruption
John F. McCarthy 25 son of former state senator was arrested April 20 at the LeBaron Hotel during Vice President Ford's San Jose speech while seeking the Republican nomination for Congress. Deputy District Attorney cited lack of evidence and justice as the reason for dropping charges ahead of the June 4 primary.
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Congress
Nixon
Gerald Ford
Dist
Atlv
Randy Hey
John F
McCarthy
John F. McCarthy
San Rafael
LeBaron Hotel
Ford
Greyhound Wins Most Of Interim Rate Hike In California
The California Public Utilities Commission approved most of Greyhound Lines 11 percent interim fare increase for intrastate passenger and express rates. An immediate 1.36 percent rise took effect March 5, plus a 10.48 percent boost approved for the first step. Hearings continue on the second stage of the request as PUC staff and Greyhound differed on necessity and timing.
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UPI
California Public Utilities Commission
Greyhound Lines
Corm Party
PUC
Man charged in transient shooting near Susanville
Lassen County deputies report six held in the fatal shooting of a transient riding a freight train near Susanville. Steven Puckett, 27, of Westwood, charged with murder. bond set at 100000. Victim Jack Stimeinski was shot at a crossing. another transient Wesley Green wounded. Five others released from custody.
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Lassen County
Sheriff's Deputies
Steven Puckett
Westwood
Puckett
Jack Stimeinski
Wesley Green
Garry Yarbrough
Jolena Yarbrough
Patricia Balderston
Lar! Balderston
Revecca Weeks
National reach planned for People’s Lobby group
The Los Angeles based People’s Lobby, creator of Proposition 9, vows nationwide expansion with offices in New York and Washington and plans for a 1976 tax loophole initiative, PG amp E public utility move, and followup bills to Prop 3. It seeks to become a rational organization in 1974 to push initiative referendum and recall in a federal constitution. Prop 9 won over 2 to 1 in the June 4 primary, and the group aims to curb lobbyist spending and regulate campaign fundraising.
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People 8 Lobby
New York
Washington
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Union Raps Sex in the Sky Ads Overhaul
Washington AP: The Association of Flight Attendants protested sex in the sky airline advertising, warning it degrades women workers and could sap stewardesses’ enthusiasm. The union targets National and Continental, citing a stewardess line a slogan about flying like never before and a Continental campaign promising to move their fall for you.
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Kelly Ruyck
Association of
National
Continental Airlines
Continental
Saxbe Confesses Second Thoughts On Hearst Case
Spokane UPI reports Attorney General William Saxbe at Expo 74 says if he could redo the Hearst matter he would stay silent. He maintains Hearst was a common criminal and a not reluctant participant in a San Francisco bank robbery but notes he now avoids personal opinions.
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UPI
William Saxbe
Patricia Hearst
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Washington, D.C
San Francisco
Saxhe
Nixon's brother blasts Watergate backers as lightweights
Donald Nixon, 69, breaks silence in a Los Angeles Times interview blaming political rivals for Watergate. He accuses the Palace Guard and certain advisers of narrowing access to his brother, cites personal toll, and defends past loans and loyalties amid the probe.
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H. R. Haldeman
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Wherisela
Niven
Saul
New child care bill labeled radical by Nixon
Six lawmakers from both parties unveiled a revised Child and Family Services Act of 1974, a plan Nixon called the era’s most radical federal welfare proposal. Mondale Brademas Javits Hansen Mink Heckler touted modest funding at 1.8 billion over four years to expand day care, health care, meals, and parental counseling for working families.
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UPI
Nixon
Congress
Waller F. Mondale
D-Minn
Ohm Braderuas
D-Ind
Dneo K. Javits
Ark
Nyon
Chase
Mondale and Brademas
Thes Ritlion
Court narrows citizen suit rights against government
The Supreme Court reaffirmed that mere citizenship and taxpayer status do not grant standing to sue the government. In two opinions by Chief Justice Warren Burger, the court barred antiwar veterans from joining 105 congressmen to give up reserve commissions and blocked a Pennsylvania man from compelling the CIA to reveal how it spends money.
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Washington
UPL
Supreme Court
Warren
Burger
Pennsylvania
Central Intelligence Agency
Baker probes CIA bugging role in Watergate inquiry
Senate Watergate panel member Sen Boward H Baker Jr leads his own probe into CIA involvement in the Watergate break in amid committee agenda items. The panel supported a permanent special prosecution force and cash limits for contributions as it nears release of its final report.
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Sen. Baker
CIA
Washington
UPI
Boward H. Baker Jr
Rtenm
Senate Watergate Committee
Economic index up last month in May reports
The leading economic indicators rose 0.2 percent in May, suggesting the US economy is easing pressure from the Arab embargo. April’s large drop was erased by revised figures, with mixed signals from building permits and stock prices, while new durable goods orders and unemployment insurance claims improved.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
May
Commerce
Frederick B.oere
Dent
Liberals Push Tax Cut and End to Oil Depletion
Senate liberals press a slim chance plan for a small income tax cut and ending the oil depletion allowance amid debt ceiling fears. The measure, cut down from a larger version, would raise the personal exemption and offer a modest credit for low income. Depletion on natural gas would end by Jan 1, 1966.
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Washington
Senate
Tiberals
Ford urges curb on computer files across government
Vice President Ford called for broad federal legislation to limit government use of individuals’ computerized data. He warned that without safeguards, private information could be exposed and misused, urging access rights, prior consent, and strong security for personal records stored in federal systems. He opposed FEDNET and announced a privacy panel will draft guidelines.
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House Judiciary Committee
CIA
Richard Bast
Nixon
Charles W. Colson
Bast
White House
Ervin
CLA
CTA
B. Howard Hunt
Severaemaber Committee
Washington
UPI
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
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