Government wins Nixon tapes ownership ruling
A three judge court ruled that millions of documents and White House tapes from Nixon's presidency belong to the government not Nixon. The decision upholds a law for public access while records remain sealed for possible Supreme Court review.
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Washington
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Supreme Court
Ing
U.S. Court of Appeals
Carl MacGowan
Edward A. Tamm
U.S. District Court
Aubrey E. Robinson Jr
Starling Named SBI Director
RALEIGH AP Alty Gen Rufus Edmusson announces Haywood R Starling as director of the State Bureau of Investigation effective immediately Starling has been acting director since last October and joined the SBI in 1947 He says no major changes are planned and praises the bureau as highly competent He also seeks a new SBI building with staff housed in six old houses north of the Capitol in Raleigh
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Raleigh
Alty
Rufus Edmusson
Haywood R. Starling
State Bureau of Investigation
Starling
Charles Dann
Edward O’herron Starling
SBI
Dunn
Charles Dunnn
Bureau
Capitol
Edmiston
Reagan Plans Budget Cut Tour In New Hampshire
Ronald Reagan winds up his first 1976 campaign in New Hampshire telling voters on ski slopes and in churches that cutting the federal budget by about 90 billion dollars can be done without new state taxes. He leaves for North Carolina as Ford stays in Washington and Jackson expands his Democratic bid in Massachusetts.
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Dave Riley
Associated Press
California
Ronald Reagan
Hampshire
Reagan
New Hampshire
North
Carolina
Ford
Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Massachusetts
Presidents who vetoed and did not veto in history
The record lists presidents who never vetoed a bill, and ranks those with the most vetoes. Franklin D. Roosevelt vetoed 633 bills, Grover Cleveland 583, Truman 250, Eisenhower 181. Others include Grant 94, Theodore Roosevelt 82, Coolidge 50. Most presidents used veto power less often than these leaders.
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John Quincy Adams
Jefferson
van Buren
Harrison
Taylor
Fillmore
Garfield
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
Truman
Eisenhower
Grant
Teddy Roosevelt
Coolidge
Automatic Banking Works Out in North Carolina
North Carolinians will have pay checks deposited automatically by midyear and fixed payments like mortgages or insurance debited automatically thereafter. The North Carolina Automated Clearinghouse Association forms with seventy three banks backing the project, signaling a major step toward electronic banking and funds transfer.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Icy Western North Carolina Sees Hundreds Of Crashes
Freezing rain sparked a day of traffic chaos across 17 western NC counties with 300 to 350 accidents reported. Three people died, including Teresa Sprouse and Eva Carswell Fox. Dozens of vehicles, school buses, and streets were affected. several counties shut schools as temperatures rose later.
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North Carolina
State Highway Patrol
Asheville
Teresa Sprouse
Rt. 5
Candler
Eva Carswell Fox
Rt. 2
Morganton
Burke County
McDowell County
Charlotte
Charlotte- Mecklenburg
Marriage falls into disfavor with young Americans
Washington AP reports the Census Bureau finds marriage faring poorly among those aged 25 to 34 in the first half of the 1970s. More remain single, divorces rise, and female‑headed families grow as children live with single parents. unmarried 25–34 year olds climbed from 2.9 million in 1970 to 4.2 million, while young households nearly doubled to 1.8 million.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Bureau
Sisters foil bank holdup in small Indiana town
In AmBoy Indiana two sisters Griggs and Rowland attempted a bank robbery. They disabled the getaway car and restrained a suspect with a belt while bystanders watched. The bank manager Sued for help. Police later captured a second suspect.
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Amboy
Ind
Indiana
Re- Griggs
Shirley
Casey” Rowland
Western Hemisphere to back MPLA in Angolan civil war
U S intelligence sources say Jamaica and Guyana are poised to recognize the Soviet backed MPLA, joining Brazil and signaling broader support ahead of a possible OAU recognition in Addis Ababa. A Soviet guided missile destroyer and tank landing ship are observed off West Africa, seen as a symbolic show of Soviet interest. The MPLA recently visited Jamaica and Guyana to secure assurances of moral backing from leaders.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
U.S
Angola
Jamaica
Caribbean
Guyana
South Americas
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
MPLA
Brazil
Organization of African Unity
OAU
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Africa
Guinea
Conakry
Offea
Threemas Mpla
Jamada
Italian Coalition Doomed After Socialist Defection
AP reports the Italian Socialist Party withdrew support from Premier Aldo Moro's minority government, leaving the Christian Democrats and Republicans with only 310 votes in the 630-seat Chamber of Deputies. A resignation was expected by Thursday, with possible negotiations to form a new emergency administration or call elections a year early if no coalition is formed.
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Christian Democrats
Socialist Party
Italy
de Martno
de Martino
Moro
Chamber of Deputies
Veetino
Soalitlins
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