Kennedy Says Banks Won't Readily Roll Back Prime Rate
Treasury Secretary David M Kennedy reported after a two hour meeting with top bank executives that banks are contributing to inflation fight by turning down many loan applications. He said there was no discussion of cutting the prime rate and the session remained closed to the press despite calls for openness.
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Wright Patman
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House Banking Committee
Lake Tahoe level stabilized to aid Indians and water pact
Interior Secretary Hickel with Governor Laxalt and Governor Reagan tours Lake Tahoe aboard a Harrah casino vessel. Officials say lowering the lake to about 70 000 acres would allow lakefront development while paving the way for a California Nevada water compact amid Pyramid Lake Indian protests.
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Ronald Reagan
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Kern River Claims Hollywood Swimmer
A North Hollywood man aged 19 or 20 drowned in the Kern River about 25 miles east of Bakersfield after swimming near Miracle Hot Springs. Victor George Moreira was to turn 20 Thursday when swept away by the swift current.
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Kern River
Here
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Court Rescinds Death Penalty of Cop Killer
The California Supreme Court converted Donald F. Ketchel’s death sentence to life in prison after ruling jurors with opposition to the death penalty were excluded. Ketchel and Thomas E. Sears were convicted for the June 9 1961 killing of off duty Officer George Elder after a grocery robbery in Monterey Park.
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UPI
Southern California
Donald F. Ketchel
Ketchel
Thomas E. Sears
George Elder
Monterey Park
Nixon considered Finch for vice president before Agnew selection
White House press secretary confirmed Robert H. Finch, then HEW secretary, was Nixon's first VP running mate prospect. Finch declined citing nepotism fears. other contenders included Ronald Reagan John Volpe and John Lindsay, with Spiro Agnew ultimately chosen.
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Agnew
Ronald Reagan
Massachusetts
John A. Volpe
New York
John V. Lindsay
Health and Welfare cancels Boston trip for major medical costs talk
HEW canceled a Boston trip and conferred with President Nixon for 90 minutes over rising medical costs. Ziegler gave no details. Discussions covered welfare social security medical costs and higher education especially community colleges. Finch’s office announced the change minutes before a 2:30 conference in Boston.
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UPI) — Health, Education and Welfare
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White House
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Bostom
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World Health Organization
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HEW
Quake Reshaped Alaska Mountains and Islands
A UPI report from Washington notes that the 1964 Good Friday quake caused the Chutach and Kenai Mountains to shift about 50 feet south, sank adjacent terrain nearly 9.84 feet, and moved Ushagat Afognak and Kodiak islands east and south. Montague Island rose over 30 feet, the Matanuska V settled 1.6 feet, and offshore floors lifted Kodiak and Montague by about 50 feet.
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UPI
Shelikof Strait
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Chutach
Kenai Mountains
Anchorage
Ushagat
Afognak
Kodiak
Montague Island
Matanuska
Kodiak and
Jail 155 in Resort Flareup
In a Fourth of July weekend disruption at the Russian River resort area, police from two counties arrested 155 of about 2,000 beer-drinking youths. The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors revoked the dance hall license where the trouble began Saturday night.
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Rionido
UPI
California
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
Hoover Urges Probe of Rich Donors to SDS
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover says wealthy individuals and foundations gave large sums to SDS and other New Left groups. He disclosed names turned over to the IRS to bar tax deductions and called SDS a Communist anarchist group. Hoover cited several unnamed donors and noted gifts mainly ranged from 10 to 50 dollars but totalled over 100 thousand dollars.
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Hoover
SDS
Washington
UPI
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
New Left
Students For A Democratic Society
Internal Revenue Service
House Appropriations
United States
Cleveland
Chicago
New England
New York
Subcommittee
Charles S. Joelson
D-N.j
Disneyland Unveils Haunted Mansion Debut Planned
Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, a multimillion project started over a decade ago by Walt Disney and team, is set for a late summer opening. Ed Meek says the haunted tour will feature 999 ghosts and other spirits guided by a ghost host through eerie labyrinths and phantom dancers.
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Edward Meek
Walt Disney
Cleaning Piano Keys With Alcohol and Muslin
A Norwalk reader asserts damp muslin with rubbing alcohol cleans piano keys without yellowing or loosening ivory. Mrs. R. J. endorses the method, noting 15 years of use with no adverse effects on her instrument.
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R. J
Norwalk
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