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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1975
Page
1
Ford Motor Co. says 39,900 hourly employees laid off since Jan 10 will return to work Monday while 22,875 hourly workers face possible temporary or definite layoffs next week. New housing starts dropped to eight year low, 35 percent below 1973 levels, signaling broader recession.
Paul Woessner aged 22 and Steven Neulander 41 piloted an 8 story high gold and orange balloon 90 miles from Wheeling Illinois to a bullseye landing near South Haven Michigan in 3 hours 19 minutes. The water crossing is described as the first of its kind and the longest successful hot air flight over a body of water.
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved the first major cut in domestic air fares in over two years. An excursion plan from American Airlines reduces economy fares on routes 1500 miles plus by 20 percent in summer and 25 percent in other periods, with 14 day advance booking and 7 to 21 day destination stay rules. The agency urged similar cuts on routes 750 miles and above, provoking criticism from United Air Lines.
President Ford plans a national campaign this month to win public backing for his economic and energy proposals. Officials say he will explain the program to the people with a series of appearances as Congress considers tax cuts and fuel taxes to raise revenues, with rationing debated on Capitol Hill.
Sen. Henry M. Jackson says he will lead a Senate challenge to President Ford energy plans aimed at taxing or tariffing imported oil. He calls the proposed oil tariff and price decontrol inflationary and ruinous, and says Congress should block moves expected to raise energy costs for families.
Three ex Nixon officials John Mitchell H R Haldeman and Robert Mardian filed motions asking US District Judge John Sirica to overturn their guilty verdicts for conspiring to obstruct the Watergate investigation. Ehrlichman also sought relief earlier. They argue pre trial publicity denied fair trials and challenge trial rulings including Nixon testimony and tape custody. Jack Gleason received one month unsupervised probation after pleading guilty to running a secret 1970 campaign fund.
Union Oil workers struck plants in Wilmington and refineries in San Francisco Santa Maria Illinois and Texas over a proposed cut in the profit sharing contribution from two percent of profits after taxes to one and a half percent The OCAW had pressed for a pension provision while other oil companies faced unsettled negotiations with Shell Mobil and Standard Oil of Ohio as a California strike continued at Standard Oil of California in El Segundo
The Senate moved toward a rule change forcing chairmanships to be decided by secret ballot by the Democratic Caucus, mirroring a House shift that toppled several long seated chairs. The plan preserves seniority but makes chairs accountable, with ballots to challenge nominees and possible new selections. Abraham Ribicoff was named chairman of Government Operations under the new seniority based process.
Skitch Henderson is sentenced to six months in prison in a tax case. The ruling highlights the musician's legal trouble amid a broader series of investigations affecting media figures and government policy discussions.
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