Intelligence Units Revamp Discussed
President Ford met with Vice President Rockefeller and top aides to weigh every option for reforming the intelligence community. Participants included Kissinger Rumsfeld Levi Colby with Buchen saying options ranged from clearer guidelines to unifying agencies under one roof.
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Washington
Ford
Rockefeller
Sand
Henry A. Kissinger
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Atty
Edward Levi
CIA
William E. Colby
White House
Philip Buchen
Buchen
Director of
Central Intelligence
Buden
State of the Union
Action Line answers boots refund and water cut charges
A reader asks if stores may offer store credit rather than cash refunds for misfitting boots bought as a Christmas gift. The reply notes standard merchant practice favors credit and discusses possible alternatives. A separate note explains city water service deposits and a $4 cut on fee, with dispute procedures and a 1975 deposit change.
Name-Calling Mars Summit On Angola
An African summit in Addis Ababa opened amid sharp exchanges over Angola’s split pro Soviet and neutral factions. Mozambican President Machel condemned Western diplomats’ moves and labeled FNLA and UNITA leaders agents of South Africa, while Senghor urged peace talks and free elections. MPLA’s Neto did not attend as Amin chaired the meeting with 16 leaders present.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Angola
Holden Roberto
National Front
FNLA
Jonas Savimbi
National Union
UNITA
Mozambique
Samora Machel
South Africa
Africa
Machel
Popular Movement
MPLA
United States
Leopold Senghor
Senegal
Organization of
African Unity
Russia
Cuba
OAU
Nd Africa Hall
Agostinho Neto
Mache
Savimbi
Roberto
Idi Amin
Hilton Hotel
Explosion at Fremont Hotel Kills Eleven in Blast
A gas smell hours before the blast preceded a powerful explosion and fire at the Pathfinder Hotel in Fremont Nebraska. Eleven people died and more than eighty were injured as the five story brick hotel collapsed in downtown. Police warned that additional victims might be trapped in the rubble as firefighters fought the blaze through the afternoon.
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Fremont, Neb
Fremont
Pathfinder
New Draft Lottery May Be Canceled
Washington AP reports that registration for standby draft and the annual draft lottery may be called off this year due to budget cuts. No proclamation date has been set by President Ford, and Selective Service Director Pepitone declined to speculate. If canceled, 18 to 26 year olds would avoid processing for a second year, a first since the 1998 lapse.
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Public Utilities
Washington
Ford
Selective Service
Byron V. Pepitone
Selective Service Act
Congress
Office of Management and Budget
Marines tighten recruit medicals after trainee death
Washington AP The Marine Corps will require a physical on the first day of basic training after Rep. Toby Moffett investigated the death of Pvt. Lawrence Warner of Plainville Connecticut. Warner collapsed and died two days after arrival at Parris Island from heat stroke linked to a recent viral meningitis.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Toby Moffett
D-Conn
Moffett
Corps
Parris Island
D.C
Lawrence Warner
Plainville
Conn
Marine
Larry
Warner
Reasons Other Than Fighting Motivated Vietnam Deserters
A Pentagon report on Ford’s clemency program shows only 14 percent of Army deserters cited Vietnam as a factor for leaving. Most said personal, family or financial problems, with many absentees without leave. program data covers Sept 16, 1974 to last March 31 and recalls 555 deserters.
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Washington
Pentagon
Ford
Vietnam
Wristband TVs Feasible From Air Force Liquid Crystals
Dayton AP reports Air Force research on liquid crystal technology could enable mass produced wristwatch style televisions. Project director John Mysing explains that tiny dots or pixels form images, each with its own transistor, allowing bright readable displays in bright light. Potential uses include cockpit displays and bright environment readouts with low power use.
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Dayton, Ohio
Air Force
John Mysing
Mysing
U.S. Air Force Avionics Laboratory
Wright-Patterson Air Force
Tie Barantaranme
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U.S. Navy
Herbert
Marine’s Death Starf Corps
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