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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1975
Page
2
A Mekong convoy attempting to supply Phnom Penh was sunk by Khmer Rouge mines nine miles inside Cambodia. Three tugs and two ammunition barges went down, with unknown losses, as efforts to reach the Cambodian capital were halted for a second time this year.
President Ford appealed to Congress to reconsider suspending Turkey aid, warning of serious adverse effects on Western security. The White House statement said the administration will comply with the law while urging resumption of the aid relationship.
President Ford intends to nominate John T. Dunlop Harvard economist and former Cost of Living Council director to head the Labor Department, replacing Peter Brennan. Brennan may become ambassador to Ireland or return to New York. The move signals restored labor policy influence and Dunlop’s broad labor relations credentials.
Pope Paul VI met Hortensia Bussy de Allende, widow of Salvador Allende, during the kissing of the hand ceremony after his weekly general audience. A Vatican spokesman called the meeting pastoral in character.
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed James T. Lynn to head the Office of Management and Budget. Betty Southard Murphy of Virginia was approved for the National Labor Relations Board and is expected to become chairwoman.
The Al Wah deh newspaper reported U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers will make a three day visit to Abu Dhabi starting February 21. It said he will be accompanied by Harry Anderson, chairman of Merrill Lynch.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto said after a 70 minute meeting with President Ford that 300000 additional tons of grain will be available, supplementing 100000 tons promised earlier, to meet a 400000 ton need amid potential arms embargo decisions. Greek magnate Aristotle Onassis was placed in an oxygen tent amid illness. officials say influenza with possible improvement. Chesty Morgan and two other strippers were arrested in Miami for exposing parts of their bodies to arouse sexual desire.
Jordan Louis Jordan, famed for Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby, died at his Los Angeles home on Tuesday from an apparent heart attack. The big band legend, 66, had a history of heart trouble and was hospitalized last September after being stricken during a Sparks Nevada performance.
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