Former Justice Douglas Hosts Christmas Eve at Home
William C. Douglas shared a Christmas present with his wife Cathy at their Washington DC residence Tuesday night. Later that evening the home hosted the wedding of Douglas secretary Marty Clare Bagby to Dewey Kopp, with Bagby noted as Douglas' college roommate.
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Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
Cathy
Washington, D.C
Douglas
Marty Clare Bagby
Dewey Kopp
Dunlop considers resignation over picketing veto
Labor Secretary John T. Dunlop reportedly plans to resign after President Ford vetoed a bill extending picketing rights for construction unions. An associate and AFL-CIO officials discuss the likely move as Meany weighs his own action, with timing set around Ford's return from holidays.
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Washington
John T. Dunlop
Ford
Cambridge
Mass
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Congress
Meany
Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford.’ Meany
Robert Georgine
Afl-Cio Building and Construction Trades Department
Organized Labor
Richard L. Lesher
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Vail
Colo
Aid agency clears Wallace in campaign matching funds
The commission audited candidates including Alabama Governor George C. Wallace and found him eligible for federal matching funds after reviewing donations and distribution. Others approved for aid included Birch Bayh Jimmy Carter Fred Harris Henry Jackson Morris Udall Sargent Shriver and Ronald Reagan.
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Sanford
Commission
Alabama
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Birch Bayh
Indiana
Georgia
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Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Sargent Shriver
California
Ronald Reagan
Second-worst auto year but 76 looks better
Detroit AP reports 1975 auto production fell to 6.73 million, the second-lowest in 14 years, down 8 percent from 1974 and 30 percent from 1973. Despite plant closings in January, 1976 starts stronger as auto makers shut for holidays through January 5 under UAW contracts.
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Trade Journal
Automotive News
United Auto Workers
Ford OKs metric conversion act
President Ford signed the Metric Conversion Act declaring a national policy to increase metric use in the United States. He noted World War II era calls for a standard system and cited that over 90 percent of the world uses metric. The act emphasizes a voluntary conversion coordinated by a new U.S. Metric Board.
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Vail
Colo
United States
Ford
Great Britain
National Bureau of Standards
U.S
President Ford ski trip reports icy, rocky conditions at Texas slope
Ford and First Lady skied on a 25 inch base, but conditions were icy with exposed rocks and tree stumps. The party stayed at Texas oilman Richard Bass family home, meeting Bass’s children Mike 25 Steve 19 Susan 18. Jack 23 flew in from the West Coast.
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Texas
Richard Bass
Fords
Bass Home
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Steve
Susan
Jack
Reds seek U.S. aid in exchange for war dead recovery
A U.S. congressional delegation in Bangkok and Hanoi reported North Vietnam linked aid for reconstruction to cooperation in recovering American war dead. Leaders Rep. Montgomery and colleagues said Hanoi offered to help locate missing airmen and promised to facilitate repatriation of some veterans, signaling a potential thaw in U.S.-Vietnam ties.
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Thailand
North Vietnam
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Cials
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Vientiane
Laos
Rep
G. V. Montgomery
D-Miss
House Select Committee On
Southeast Asia
Pham van Dong
United States
Vietnam
Montgomery
Cambodia
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Saigon
Paul McCloskey Jr
Rcalif
Richard Ottinger
D-N.y
Benjamin A. Gilman
R-N.y
Kissinger urges Angola talks as solution to crisis
Kissinger advocates African led negotiation over Angola and rules out halting grain shipments to the Soviet Union as leverage. He criticizes Congress for restrictive amendments on the Soviet Union and cites impacts of curbs on Jewish emigration and arms shipments to Turkey in Cyprus disputes.
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Kissinger
Soviet Union
Moscow
Congress
U.S
Angola
Turkey
Cyprus
Algiers siege ends with hostage release after OPEC attack
Algerian officials report 3 killed as terrorists stormed OPEC headquarters triggering a 20 hour siege. They released 41 hostages including 10 oil ministers before sails to Tripoli and Algiers, while claiming ties to a group named Arm of the Arab Revolution.
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Venezula
Valentin Hernandez Acosta
Carlos
OPEC
Hernandez Acosta
Paris
Tripoli
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