Ford says he is confident in probe into campaign finances
President Ford told reporters in the Oval Office he is confident the Watergate inquiry will show he is free of any impropriety and hopes it can be resolved quickly. He denied diverting contributions for personal use and expressed pride in his record of personal integrity while backing special prosecutor Charles Ruff.
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Washington
Ford
Oval Office
Watergate
Jimmy Carter
Charles Ruff
Ruff
Medicare Raises Patient Costs 19 Percent for 1977
The Social Security Administration announces a 19 percent increase in patient cost sharing for Medicare in 1977. The upfront first day charge rises to 124 dollars, with daily fees for days 61 to 90 at 31 dollars and skilled nursing home post-hospital daily costs at 15.20 dollars. Lifetime reserve days cost 62 dollars daily, while overall Medicare hospital insurance is projected to grow to 16.1 billion next year with about 25.3 million beneficiaries.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
James B. Cardwell
Medicare
Balloonist Gabel Aims Smoky Mountain Dawn Flight
Tom Gabel of Knoxville plans an 8 story balloon flight from Gatlinburg Tennessee before dawn to Mt. Rest in South Carolina. He seeks a dramatic early morning crossing across the Smokies as the launch approaches tomorrow.
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Tom Gabel
Knoxville, Tenn
Smoky Mountains
Gabel
Gatlinburg
Tenn
Mt. Rest
South Carolina
Questions and tips from Action Line readers
Action Line offers gardening advice on when to set onion bulbs and how to sow seeds and thinnings. It also answers a caller about toll free state numbers, listing current active lines and suggesting local branches for reporting a damaged bridge, plus a teacher’s anonymous closing note on respect and public schooling.
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Raleigh
Department of Transportation
B.C. A
Governor's Office
General Assembly
Governor's Ombudsman
Insurance Dept
Consumer Information
Consumer Protection (Justice Dept
Transportation Dept
Highway Patrol
Highway Division
House Overrides Presidential Veto on Labor HEW Bill
The House voted 312 to 93 to override President Ford's veto of a 56.6 billion dollar Labor and Health, Education and Welfare appropriation. The margin exceeded two thirds, sending the bill to the Senate for prompt action.
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Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
House
Ford
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Senate
Russians Warned On Africa
United Nations Kissinger warned non African powers against fanning war and racial hatred in southern Africa. He urged Africa to shape a future of peace and progress. Gromyko dismissed foreign gimmicks and financial handouts aiding liberation movements. Ford pushed revenue sharing and two jobs bills, while vetoes and overrides shaped congressional action.
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United Nations, N.Y
Henry A. Kissinger
Africa
Kissinger
31St General Assembly
Soviet Union
Assembly
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Ford
House
Congress
British Bible fully metric in new Good News edition
The British Bible Society announced a metric edition of the Good News Bible to be published October 11 1966. Noahs ark measurements shift to 133 meters long 22 meters wide and 13 meters high while Goliaths height becomes nearly three meters and his armor 57 kilograms in place of biblical cubits and shekels.
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Lendon
Goliath
British and Foreign Bible Society
Britain
Noah
David
American Bible Society
United Bible Societies
Autumn Brings Brilliant Display In Mountains
In Asheville North Carolina parkway chief naturalist Bob Bruce says fall colors on the Blue Ridge Parkway should peak around mid October due to warm sunny days and cool nights. He notes possible risks from frost drought and delays in peak viewing and highlights sourwood dogwood maple and hickory turning color near Grandfather Mountain and Mt. Mitchell.
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Asheville
N.C
Blue Ridge Parkway
Bob Bruce
Buncombe County Civil Preparedness
National Guard
Bruce
Parkway
North Carolina
Grandfather Mountain
Mt. Mitchell
Women withstand daily work stress in heart disease duel
AP reports Dr. William Hazzard of the University of Washington told an American Heart Association symposium that women show remarkable resistance to coronary disease despite rising work pressures. He notes men are four times more likely to suffer heart disease in middle age and that the life expectancy gap between sexes is widening.
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Los Angeles
William Hazzard
University of Washington
American Heart Association
Hazzard
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Social Security
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