CIA panel to hear dirty tricks chief testimony
Washington AP reports Thom as H Karamassines the former deputy CIA director of plans from 1967 to 1973 led the agency s dirty tricks unit supporting opponents of Chile s Allende and is to testify before the Rockefeller commission investigating domestic espionage He retired in 1973 and had not before been linked to spying. Separately a CIA agent was used in efforts tied to freeing financier Vesco from a Swiss jail with higher US officials named in a confidential memo. Vesco later fled to Costa Rica and was released on bail in Geneva. In New Mexico Robert Ferguson sworn in as lieutenant governor in 1975 noted the cold ceremony and warm reaction to his thermal clothing.
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CIA
Rockefeller Commission
Thomas H. Karamassines
Agency
Chile
Salvador Allende
Karamassines
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Robert L. Vesco
U.S
Mitchell
Vesco
Hans Walder
Richard D. Vine
Berne
Walder
Costa Rica
Geneva
Santa FE
N.M
Robert Ferguson
Artesia
New Mexico
More payoffs revealed in Bell lobbying case
A former Texas House Speaker Claude H. Gilmer was paid up to 3650 dollars monthly as an occasional lobbyist for Southwestern Bell, per a Bell lobbyist Ward Wilkinson sworn statement. The claim ties Gilmer to lobby work since before 1965 in a 29 million dollar damage suit involving Bell executives and Dallas operations. Gilmer chairs the legislative committee of the Texas Telephone Association representing smaller independents.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas House of Representatives
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Bell
San Antonio Light
Texas Bell
Ward Wilkinson
Claude H. Gilmer
Rocksprings
The
Light
Wilkinson
Southwestern Bell
James H. Ashley
T.C. Gravitt
Dallas
Texas
Gilmer
Texas Telephone Association
S W A T debuts as tense police show with harsh dialogue
New York AP report reviews ABC s S W A T a mid season series featuring an elite blue unit. Lt Hondo Harrelson played by Steve Forrest leads scenes of ambush and pursuit while dialogue strains credibility. The piece notes real life SWAT publicity and questions future ratings.
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New York
ABC
S.W.A.T
D.R.A.T
Hondo Harrelson
Steve Forrest
Hondo
Watts
Symbionese Liberation Army
NBC
Syria says it will sign peace treaty on 1967 borders
President Hafez Assad told Newsweek he would sign a peace treaty with Israel if it returns all territory captured in the 1967 war and endorses a Palestinian state comprising the West Bank and Gaza. Israel rejects the two terms and Kissinger reportedly aims for a new Sinai and Golan withdrawal with a Geneva revival in April.
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Associated Press
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West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Israel
Hafez Assad
Newsweek
Rose al Youssef
Henry A. Kissinger
Andrei A. Gromyko
Sinai Desert
Golan Heights
Kissinger
Gromyko
Middle East
Falastin Al-Thawra
Beirut
Palestine Liberation Organization
East Jerusalem
Sinai
Burger blasts Congress over Speedy Trial Act funding
Chief Justice Warren E Burger criticized Congress for passing the Speedy Trial Act without adequate funding. He warned of a potential crisis in large districts if tools are not provided, estimating a need for about $10 million for equipment and personnel to meet the act's 100 day trial deadline.
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Warren E. Burger
Congress
Burger
American Bar Association
U.S. Supreme Court
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