Federal panel debates free services at party conventions
The Federal Election Commission staff urged banning corporations from giving free services at national conventions. they say hotel rooms hall rental cars and police protection could violate law. Democratic and Republican chairs note 1972 costs about 2.75 million each excluding donated services. The panel met briefly then voted to study privately, while some officials argue openness is needed.
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Federal Election Commission
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The
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Republican National Committees
Robert S. Straus
Thomas B. Curtis
Missouri
Bat
Neil Staebler
Michigan
Robert O. Tiernan
Rhode Island
Skid Row Resident Arrested In Fire And Arson Charge
Portland police arrested 61 year old Skid Row resident John Joseph Newvine on murder and arson charges after a blaze ripped through the Pomona Hotel killing eight and injuring 26. The fire, deemed incendiary, caused about 135000 dollars in damage. Most victims died from smoke and heat as occupants sought escape in dim hallways.
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Portland
Ore
Portland, Ore
Skid Road
Pomona
John Joseph Newvine
Skid Row
Tom Potter
Man Stashes Trash Bags in Car Amid Secret Service Scene
Gourley hurriedly loaded five plastic trash bags onto his car after finding them on a sidewalk near a guarded house. A Secret Service agent shouted as Gourley spoke to the agent and secured the bags in his trunk. Cosper stated that once trash is left beyond a private home it is no longer private property.
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Gourley
George Cosper
Secret
Ashland Cash Fund Deposits Revealed From 1971 73
Investigators show a sequence of cash payments totaling 50 468 made to Ashland via checks and cash between February 1971 and March 1973. Coopers Lybrand states the cash was placed in a safe at Ashland's home office and not recorded until October 1973 when 55 300 was withdrawn and deposited in a corporate bank account. Some contributions came from a cash fund kept in a safe at Ashland's headquarters.
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Ashland
Coopers & Lybrand
Administration Eyes Tax Cuts For Electric Utilities
The administration proposes to permanently raise the investment tax credit to 12 percent on electric utility property excluding petroleum fueled generating facilities. It also seeks a minimum taxable income rule and a limit on artificial accounting losses to curb tax shelters.
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Simon
Grain market activity and price limits on Chicago Board of Trade
Grain trading heated on the Chicago Board of Trade as buyers and sellers handled futures contracts. Prices hit the daily limit twice, closing near the top as sellers were scarce. Wheat for delivery this month closed at 3.22 dollars a bushel, up 20 cents. The article notes the overall grain dealings would total a small fraction of 1975 harvests.
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U.S
Chicago Board of Trade
Ford Update Mixes Campaign News With Market Talk
Ford announced Robert C. Moot as campaign treasurer with no fanfare in the Oval Office. Wheat prices fluctuated, trading near $6 a bushel after earlier dips below 82.4, with some experts attributing gains to farmers delaying sales. Sosland and Bell discussed Soviet grain purchases, tanker bookings, and possible changes in the 1975 Soviet harvest and U.S. export potential.
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Robert C. Moot
Defense
Oval Office
USDA
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Sear
South Carolina
Lamar
Dillon
Pamplico
U.S. Agriculture
Earl Butz
Demonstrators Gather in New Delhi Over CIA Links
About 200 protesters outside the US Information Service in New Delhi shouted Shame on the CIA and waved flags of Indira Gandhi's Congress party during a half hour sit in They backed a pro government interview in Current and aimed at implicating the CIA in India's political crisis with Mrs Gandhi's support in the Bombay weekly.
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India
Indira Gandhi
Congress Party
CIA
Information Service
Reagan and Gandhi talk politics amid CIA protest in New Delhi
California Governor Reagan dismisses third party bids and questions Ford’s odds, urging defeat of Democrats. In New Delhi Mrs Gandhi faces anti CIA demonstrations as citizens accuse the agency of meddling, while police observe under a decree banning political protests.
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George Wallace
Alabama
Reagan
Ford
White House
CIA
Rabin First Israeli Leader Visits Germany and Bergen-Belsen
Yitzhak Rabin arrived in Bonn as Israel’s prime minister becoming the first Israeli leader to visit West Germany. He toured the Bergen-Belsen memorial, wreathing graves and lighting candles for 50,000 killed Jews, amid strong security. He planned talks with Chancellor Schmidt on Sinai and continued Middle East discussions with Henry Kissinger in Bonn.
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Yitzhak Rabin
Bergen-Belsen
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East Germany
Berlin
Rbin
Helmut Schmidt
Sinai
Henry 4. Kissinger
Kissinger
Middle East
Estrango Nachama
Interior Bill Sparks Debate On Military Oil Needs
Rep. John Melcher argues the bill serves urgent needs and would be shielded by the Defense Production Act. Proponents say Navy reserves lack readiness for war delays. Opponents recall the 1973 oil embargo when military oil supply was cut to about 40 percent, awaiting months.
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D-Mont
Melcher
House
Pentagon
Agnew Identified After Warrant Sworn for Arrest
A man arrested after posing as John Johnson was identified as Agnew by St. Joseph's Hospital records. Agnew had a previous marriage ending in divorce and a 7-year-old daughter.
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Frye
John Johnson
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Agnew
Riccardo Named Chrysler Chairman in Board Change
John J. Riccardo was chosen as Chrysler Corp chairman with Eugene A. Cafiero set to become president. The board accepted Linn Townsend’s retirement effective Oct 1 and ratified Riccardo and Cafiero to guide the company out of slump. Townsend cited no pressure to quit and noted the firm must avoid domination by a single leader.
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Detroit
John J. Riccardo
Chrysler Corp
Linn Townsend
Riccardo
Townsend
New York
Eugene A. Cafiero
Cafiero
Automotive
Ued
Two Who Were Stranded On Raft Keep Their Vow
Robyn Fairfax-Ross and Anthony Pike wed in Miami Beach after surviving a Caribbean raft ordeal when their 52 foot schooner Gypsy sank off Haiti. Pike proposed on the raft after a cruise ship rescued them on June 23, and the couple married quietly with about 30 guests at a friend's home.
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Tony Pike
Robyn Fairfax-Ross
Miami Beach
Fla
Gypsy
Haiti
Pike
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