Clemmency Plan Yields Slow Result in Vietnam Draft Case
Nine months after Ford offered clemency to about 120000 draft resisters and military absentees, 165 applications have been acted on and 11 men are in alternate service. The program faces criticism for limited reach and uneven administration across the Presidential Clemency Board, Defense, and Justice departments, with many enrollees unprocessed or unable to find work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford
Defense Department
Department of Justice
Presidential Clemency Board
Mia
Westside Industrial Council forms to push redevelopment plan
A Long Beach group of 457 Westside business owners creates the Westside Industrial Council to demand a voiced role in redevelopment. Co chair Joel Friedland says the group will mobilize a large, organized effort and plans a July 8 meeting at the Veterans Memorial Building to coordinate among firms ahead of a public hearing.
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Long Beach
Westside
WIC
Veterans Memorial Building
Broadway
Cedar Avenue
City Council and Redevelopment Agency
Friedland
Westside Industrial Council
Long Beach hostile territory for liberals
A fragment notes political climate in Long Beach with reference to liberal perspectives. The brief item hints at regional tension and electoral context, without specific events or figures.
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Long Beach
Oil profit tied to senator amid embargo sales
Cox papers report Alabama oil operator Bart Chamberlain earned about 8.3 million dollars during the Arab oil embargo by selling cheap domestic crude at inflated Bahamian prices to a refinery controlled by Edward Carey. Senator Sparkman and Hugh Carey allegedly pressed for approvals, aiding licenses that circumvented price controls. Carey denied direct involvement. Sparkman acknowledged intercession.
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Washington
UPI
Alabama
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Cox
Jean Heller
New York
Hugh Carey
Federal Energy Office
Heller
Sparkman
Commerce Department
FEO
Office of Export Administration
Bart Chamberlain
Bahamas
Edward M. Carey
United States
Chamberlain
Carey
Patrick O'Donnell
Ford
Albert Says Congress Won’t Pass Major Programs This Session
Speaker Carl Albert acknowledged that the 94th Congress cannot enact broad policies to restore full employment and social progress. He urged committee chairs to develop policy broadly for the Democratic platform and 1977 program, while stressing the note is not surrender but recognizing legislative difficulties.
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Washington
Carl Albert
House
Albert
Sayiy
White House
Congress
Demo showdown falters over N H Senate seat dispute
Senate Democrats pressed for a showdown on the disputed New Hampshire Senate election with a Saturday session ending early due to a quorum gap. Absentee Republicans and Democratic opposition blocked GOP efforts to broaden the inquiry and link it to the presidential campaign platform.
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Washington
Senate
New Hampshire
GOP
Giancana Killed to Silence Grand Jury Talks
Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana, 67, shot six times in his Oak Park home, while cooking sausages and spinach, as investigators say he was killed to prevent him from testifying about CIA assassination plots and overseas mob investments. The killing contrasts with protection questions raised by lawmakers.
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Sam Giancana
Grand
Senate Intelligence Committee
CIA
Fidel Cestro
Giancana
Peter F. Vaira
Justice Department
Chicago
John G. Tower
R-Tex
John Roselli
Phyllis McGuire
Singing McGuire Sisters
Social Security Sweepstakes Winners Announced in I P T Papers
Contest results will publish the first 11 winning numbers in the Independent Press Telegram. Winners must claim by 5 p.m. Wednesday at 604 Pine Ave. Enter by postcard with name address phone number and Social Security number to P O Box 420 Long Beach California 9601.
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Independent Press-Telegram
I,pt
Pine Ave
I.pt
Social Security
P.O. Box
Long Beach
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James T. Wooten
New York Times Service
Justice
Department of Defense
So Ellis
Carlton
Westside Project Committee
Abby
Jeane Dixon
Reese
Southland Life/Style
Scherer Park
Seal Beach
Huntington Beach
Santa Monica
Tom Shaw
Federal Energy Administration
Man
N.H. Senate
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