Indians Seek Nixon or Sioux Emissary for Wounded Knee Talks
Indian leaders demand talks with President Nixon or a Sioux emissary to end the 2 day siege at Wounded Knee. AIM rejects a three point plan and vows to defend themselves if federal forces advance. Interior negotiators will meet AIM leaders at Pine Ridge rather than Sioux Falls. A group in Los Angeles pledges to keep supplies flowing to protesters as shipments are blocked.
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Wounded Knee
Nixon
Interior Department
Pine Ridge
American Indian Movement
AIM
Sioux Falls
Dick Wilso
Uiteal
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BEA
Wilson
United States
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Area
Constance Uri
ITT TRUST SUIT WITNESSES SETTLEMENT DETAILS
Testimony concerns ITT gains in a trust suit with William E Casey as former SEC chairman. ITT kept Hartford Wire Insurance Co control while divesting parts of smaller units. Richard McLaren defended the settlement as favorable vs court outcomes and later became a federal judge.
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SEC
William E. Casey
ITT
Hartford Wire Insurance Co
Richard McLaren
Gray nomination sparks debate over FBI chief selection
Liddy and Gray figures crop up in Watergate fallout as senators challenge executive privilege and access. Tunney questions nonpartisan suitability of Gray while Bayh and Weicker are blocked from FBI files under a new Kleinzeug policy. Byrd warns of a tight vote as Ervin presses to hold Gray until probes finish. ITTSEC study release follows panel vote to publicize details of meetings and disclosures.
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Liddy
Dean
Tunney
Gray
Nixon
FBI
White House
Senate
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
Richard Kleindienst
Judiciary Committee
James C. Eastland
D-Miss
Eastland
Weicker and Bayh
David Kenley
Kenley
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
Lazarus
Ervin
Weicker
Kleindeinst
Kleindevist
Congressional
UPI
Wich
Howard H. Baker
R-Tenn
GOP
Special Committee
POWs Reunited as Thompson Leads Homecoming Flight
Maj Floyd M Thompson, longest-held POW, led 11 repatriated servicemen from a McGuire AFB hospital plane. Freed POWs arrived aboard two C141 Starlifters, one at Travis AFB and one at McGuire, with Thompson later at Valley Forge Army Hospital. Thompson called his record a dubious distinction while praising supporters at the welcome.
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U.S
Free
Floyd M. ‘Thompson
Vietnam
McGuire Afb
Green Beret
Thompson
Travis Afb
San Francisco
McGuire
Trenton
Valley Forge Army Hospital
Philadelphia
Hudson
Mass
Army
Theodore Gustas
Sheridan
Wyo
Clark Base
Clark
Saigon
Joint
Miitary Commission
Mechanic claims widespread cheating in auto repairs
A Detroit area veteran mechanic, unnamed for safety, described extensive cheating in auto repair shops. He urged state regulation and worker pay by hourly wage, accusing service writers of manipulating jobs and rewarding cooperation with larger commissions. The Michigan Citizens Lobby released his statements after a study showed inflated repair estimates for minor issues.
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Detroyt
Munday
Michigan Citizens Lobby
Court OKs vote law across states for nonpresidential elections
Supreme Court rules 6 to 3 that states may require 50 days of residency and prior registration for voters in non presidential elections. Test cases from Arizona and Georgia preview constitutional impact on 12 states with longer registration cut offs. Also notes contempt sanctions, party ballot access, veterans hiring, and a Missouri university action involving a graduate student with an underground publication.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Arizona
Georgia
Newark
N.J
Peter Bridge
Ecame
Indiana
Communist Party of Indiana
Minnesota
University of Missouri
Barbara Susan Fapish
Mitchell claims aide approved many wiretaps
Former Attorney General John Mitchell testified that his executive assistant often signed his initials to authorize federal wiretaps. He said he did not authorize a wiretap signed by Richard Klein. The hearing involved several top officials as 27 defense attorneys seek to invalidate 397 wiretap authorizations across narcotics gambling extortion racketeering and fax complaints.
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SEC
Harold
Geneen
Colson
Ellichman
McLaren
ITT
John Ryan
Stans
Merriam
Washington
Ryan
Richard Kleindienst
Mitchell
Nixon
Senate
Special
Congressional Investigations
Justice Department
Miami
UPD
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Cials
William 0. Mehrtens
U S to play role in joint Soyuz mission control
A Soviet scientist said American technicians will work at the Russian mission control during the first joint Earth orbital flight. Americans may not need to be at the launch site in July 1975, while Soviet cosmonauts plan training at Johnson Space Center this fall. Brig Gen Thomas Stafford heads the American crew with Donald Slayton and Vance Brand.
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Mission Control Center
Johnson Space Center
The
Space Center
Vladimir A. Shatalov
Aleksey S. Yeliseyev
Thomas P. Stafford
Donald K. Slayton
Vance D. Brand
Russia
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Noent Daly
EJ. Gerrity
TET
Agnew
Gerrity
Willian Merriam
Connally
Peterson
Gelling
Watergate
Committee
Harley G. Staggers
SHC
Staggers
Tne Hee
Saggers
Ronald Ridgeway
Hanoi
JMC
North
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
International Commission For Control and Supervision
Air Force
North Vietnamese
Aler
Miitary Angeomead
T. Sat
Roy Madden
Beale Afb
Cobh
Mitchell Claims Aide
Shatalov
Pacific Coast Highway
Long Beach
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