Arabs Split On Moderate Or Hard Line At UN Debate
At UN headquarters a five member Palestine Committee of moderates and radicals was named to draft a resolution for the Security Council on the Arab Israeli dispute. Egypt Syria Jordan Libya and the PLO will influence the draft as debates open, with divisions over seeking a moderate approach or a hard line. The council admitted the PLO to the debate 11 to 0 to extend the Golan peacekeeping force.
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Palestine Committee
Security Council
A. Esmat Abdel Meguid
Egypt
United Nations
Oars
Syria
Jordan
Israel
Libya
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Council
Meguid
Farouk Kaddoumi
Middle East
Palestine
U.S
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Kaddoumi
U.N
Golan Heights
Questions and Answers in The Enterprise Action Line
A reader requests help on several topics including school years and grade changes from 1941 42, riverboat reservations via AAA, armed robbery minimum sentences, and obtaining a combination lockbox. The column notes response patterns and clarifies that penalties are decided by judges. Also shared is a beagle accident story ending with a heartfelt tribute to a kind Samaritan jogger.
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CIA Agents Cut Funds Stay Same
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield reports large manpower cuts at U S intelligence agencies from 142000 in 1969 to 80000 today while overall funding remains largely unchanged. Helms hires top trial lawyer Edward Bennett Williams amid possible charges over a 1971 Fairfax Virginia break in.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Mansfield
D-Mont
CIA
Congress
Richard M. Helms
Tes
Helms
Edward Bennett Williams
Treasury
John Connally
Morton Named For Aide
Washington AP President Ford named Rogers C Morton as presidential counselor on economic and domestic policy with incidental duties as liaison to the Ford Committee and the Republican National Committee. Morton, 61, will leave as commerce secretary to take a Cabinet rank post at 44 600 yearly. He retains Economic Policy Board Energy Resources Council and Domestic Council memberships. Morton’s political duties are described as incidental as Ford sought expertise from a former congressman and former interior and commerce secretary. The move shifts political tasks from Chief of Staff Cheney and aide Hartmann. Morton’s salary drops by 18 400 from his former amount.
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Ford
Rogers C. B. Morton
President
Ford Committee
Morton
Commerce
Ron Nessen
Nessen
White House
Economic Polcy Board
Energy Resources Council
Domestic Council
Nelsen
Howard
Bo” Callaway
Hirt
Interior and
Commerce Departments
Richard Cheney
Robert Hartmann
Tallest hotel opens in Atlanta at Peachtree Center Plaza
AP reports the 70 story Peachtree Center Plaza circular hotel in downtown Atlanta opens with a 74 foot atrium lake. Portman designed, Portman Properties owner, Western International Hotels manager, cost 35 million dollars, 1100 rooms, half the rooms currently open, expected completion February 1. Lake leaks remain unresolved as reservations and daily use begin.
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Atlanta
Peachtree Center Plaza
John Portman and Associates
Portman Properties
Western International Hotels
South
Kissinger says he relied on others over 1969 wiretaps
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger asserts he did not question the legality of wiretaps on his aides in 1969, instead trusting assurances from John Mitchell and J Edgar Hoover. He claims President Nixon ordered the taps to curb leaks about the war and arms talks while answering legal questions for Morton Halperin, who sues Kissinger and other officials over the program.
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Washington
Henry A Kissinger
Atty
John N Mitchell
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Kissinger
Fitchard M. Nixon
Indochhna
Reagan Backs $9 Billion Federal Spending Cut Plan
Former California governor Reagan defended a phased transfer of major federal programs to states and localities, pledging to campaign on the idea though conceding earlier wording may have caused misquotation. He spoke in Wisconsin amid Ford campaign criticism and indicated continued support for the proposal.
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Walter R. Mears
California
Howald Reagan
Midwest
Reagan
Chicago
Lyn Nofzger
Janesville
Wis
Ford
Tom
Udall urges foreign oil use to delay U.S. shift
Rep. Morris Udall proposes buying and using more foreign oil to stretch U.S. reserves while delaying a shift to domestic sources. He aims to cut joblessness to under 4 million in a year if elected, with an estimated cost around 11 billion dollars. The plan includes competitive bidding with exporters and possible defense cuts or tax hikes to finance it.
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Washington
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
United States
Udall
U.S
Adair
Congress
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Candarahabiv Sat
Fradostion
Orirve
Health Tied to Habits in Government Report
The Department of Health Education and Welfare released a three volume report stating health status improves mainly through personal behavior. It cites excessive alcohol and tobacco use and lack of exercise as major disease contributors while medical care plays a smaller role. Infant mortality has declined since 1960s, with the 1974 rate at 165 per 1000 live births, ranking US 15th globally.
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Washington
Theodore Cooper
United States
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