Ford smiles as Mayaguez crew rescued in secret White House dinner
President Ford, hosting a White House dinner with Dutch Prime Minister Jo hannes Van Uyl, learned that all 40 crew members of the cargo ship Mayaguez had been rescued. Secretary Schlesinger called to report the successful operation as Ford moved from somber to happy. In the Oval Office were Kissinger Rumsfeld Scowcroft and Maj McFarland.
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Howard Benedict
Associated Press
Washington
Ford
White House
U.S
Mayaguez
Johannes Ben Uyl
Oval Office
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Henry A. Kissinger
Donald Rumsfeld
Shah of Iran Heads to Washington for Ford Meeting
The Shah of Iran visits Washington to dine with President Ford and confer with Henry Kissinger. He may approve a $300 million Pan Am loan secured by jetliners and hotels, with Pan Am stockholders previously briefed. The couple and a 40‑strong party stayed in Williamsburg. arrival delayed as landing airport was resolved.
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Newport News
Iran
Washington
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Pan American World Airways
Pan Am
Shah
Colonial Williamsburg
Iran Air
Patrick Henry
Langley Air Force Base
United States
Supreme Court to rule on move of Little murder trial
The North Carolina Supreme Court may decide this week whether to overturn a lower court order moving Joan Little's first degree murder trial from Beaufort County to Raleigh. Beaufort County District Attorney William Griffin and special prosecutor John Wilkinson seek to void the change, arguing venue may only move to an adjacent county. Little's lawyers counter that the state lacks right to appeal and that McKinnon's order was proper to assure a fair trial. The judge moved the trial May 1 after pretrial hearings in Washington, D C. Little, a Black woman, is charged in the stabbing death of jailer Clarence Alligood, 62, whose body was found in a cell she fled.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Superior Court
Joan Little
North Carolina
Beaufort County
Dist
Atty
Wiliam Griffin
John Wilkinson
High Court
Henry McKinnon
Miss Little
McKinnon
Washington, D.C
Clarence Alligood
Senate Delays Slow Refugee Aid Funds
Washington AP Senate delays dim prospects for final congressional approval this week of funds for Indochinese refugees though the House approved 405 million for refugee aid. Debate over establishing an Agency for Consumer Advocacy delayed action. the House set a 507 million ceiling with 353 to 54 vote against limiting spending.
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Jim Adams
Associated Press
Washington
House
Congress
J. Edward Roush
D-Ind
Rep
Clarence D. Long
D-Md
Ford
Indochina
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