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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1975
Page
4
Judge approves that Miss Hearst may have a mental debility but can stand trial. Attorneys discuss limitations and readiness for trial on January 26 as Hearst provides hair and handwriting samples for government testing. The court considers a publicity gag order and urges restraint in public statements.
Andretta refused to purge himself in the grand jury room citing a need to confer with attorney Bufalino. Freeman ordered him jailed as immunity shields the witness from Fifth Amendment claims while prosecutors sharpen questions about July events and Teamsters figures linked to Hoffa.
A group led by L A doctors warns four million Californians could lose access to medical care without a fix. They plan nonviolent protests and a paperwork boycott to pressure lawmakers while stressing emergencies and good faith care. Insurance costs loom, with rates rising sharply next year.
LeBlanc a Vietnam veteran and narcotics enforcement officer argues two Marine review boards cleared him of homosexual charges in 1969 and 1973. He alleges high Marine officials in Washington issued a discharge order despite earlier findings. His lawsuit remains active as U.S. attorney prepares a response within 20 to 60 days.
President Ford's nominee Judge John Paul Stevens of Chicago won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee chaired by James Eastland. The panel vote clears the way for a Senate floor confirmation to fill Justice William Douglas's vacancy on the Supreme Court. Stevens, 55, has served on the Seventh Circuit since 1970 and is seen as reinforcing the court's moderate to conservative balance.
United Air Lines machinists face a depleted strike fund as IAMAW says funds are nearly exhausted. United negotiators, after breaking off talks, plan to rely on a strike insurance scheme with other airlines. The carrier has canceled all flights through Christmas Day and charters through January 2, affecting about 1,000 daily travelers seeking alternatives.
The Senate approved Elliot L. Richardson as secretary of Commerce in a voice vote, his fourth Cabinet post after Defense, HEW, and attorney general. He previously served as ambassador to Great Britain and under secretary of State. Richardson may be a 1976 Republican vice presidential candidate favorite.
President Ford met with Senators Muskie Long Bellmon and Curtis to discuss a tax cut tied to a federal spending ceiling. The group rejected Ford's bid for a higher tax cut with a lower ceiling, while Muskie and Long said the president stood firm on a spending cap. Curtis alone supported Ford, predicting House support for a veto may occur.
Ambassador Daniel Patrick Moynihan told the General Assembly the United Nations is becoming a theater of the absurd as it accepts what he called lies about the United States and NATO. The assembly backed a report criticizing NATO bases in the Caribbean, with only the United States, Nicaragua, and Israel voting no on the resolution. Fifteen countries abstained. Moynihan cited two small U.S. Coast Guard stations in the Virgin Islands as evidence of a threat to Caribbean independence.
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