National aid hike urged to curb Communist attacks
Tran Van Lam, president of the South Vietnamese Senate, urged Congress to approve Ford's $300 million supplemental aid at a National Press Club luncheon. He warned against open ended commitments and argued the aid is small compared with past war costs. In Washington, a Soviet official questioned U.S. credibility after the collapse of a trade agreement and Congress was accused of undermining commitments. In New York, Nassau County obstetricians refused abortions beyond 12 weeks unless the mother's life is at risk, citing concern over a manslaughter conviction in a fetal death.
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Legal action seeks to bar payment to John W Dean III lecture
A New York suit seeks to block the $3,000 fee for Watergate figure John W Dean III at St John s University. State Supreme Court Justice Daniel Fitzpatrick ordered the sponsors to show cause why the payment should not be banned, arguing the fee to a convicted felon risks implying that crime pays.
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Freight Sideswipe Injures 21 on Silver Star Train
A southbound freight sideswiped the Amtrak Silver Star near Woodbridge Virginia wounding at least 21 of 442 aboard. No serious injuries reported. One passenger said disaster could have struck if the collision occurred five minutes earlier as trains would have been over the Inland Waterway.
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Indicted in alleged scheme to sell influence with Albert
A federal grand jury in Dallas charges Pauline Girvin secretary to House Speaker Carl Albert and Joe Ben Champion of Lewisville Texas with five counts of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud The indictment says Champion posed as a lawyer and claimed he could fix cases via Albert and Gilvin would refer clients to him and the speaker but no real action was taken and fees were collected The case unsealed by U S District Judge Robert Porter outlines a six count accusation involving defrauding defendants and their families
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Lewisville
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Albert
Dallas
U.S. District Court
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Pauline Girvin
Alexandria
Joe Ben Champion
Champion
Miss Girvin
Timothy Leary to Write Sequel and Memoir of Escape
A friend in Berkeley reports Timothy Leary is writing a second book about life beyond Earth and a memoir detailing his prison escape and travels. Meir Kahane, leader of the Jewish Defense League, was sentenced in New York to a year in prison for parole violation. Lilian Fontaine, mother of Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland, dies at 88 in Santa Barbara.
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Jewish Defense League
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Mrs. Fontaine
Reading
England
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Mitchell separation suit delayed as judge denies quick trial
A Manhattan Supreme Court judge refused Martha Mitchell a speedy trial in her separation suit against former attorney general John Mitchell. She faces about a six month wait while her estranged husband’s Watergate related sentencing occurs in Washington.
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McCloskey Sworn In as Assistant Secretary of State
Ambassador at large Rob ert J. McCloskey was sworn in Friday as assistant secretary of state for congressional relations. A former State Department spokesman he previously served briefly as ambassador to Cyprus and was recalled to join Kissinger’s inner circle when he became secretary of state. A year ago he was named ambassador at large.
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State Department
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Ethiopian civil war rages across Eritrea province
In Eritrea, 30 American personnel evacuate Asmara base under fire as Moslem secessionists and loyalist troops clash with artillery and mortars. The onetime secret facility relays messages to Polaris subs in the Indian Ocean amid heavy casualties.
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