Reagan challenges Ford from the Right for 1976 nomination
Former California Governor Ronald Reagan formally challenges President Ford for the 1976 Republican nomination. He plans a 9:30 a.m. press conference at the National Press Club followed by a rapid nationwide tour touching primary states Florida New Hampshire North Carolina Illinois and Los Angeles. Goldwater offers cautious support pending Reagan’s formal decision. Reagan cites eight years as California governor and his Hollywood publicity as assets.
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California
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Reagan
National Press Club
Aca Key
Florida
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Illinois
Los Angeles
Sen
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
Hollywood
Franco Dies at 82 Ending Francoist Era in Spain
Generalissimo Francisco Franco died at age 82 after a month of grave illness. Premier Arias Navarro arrived at the hospital as a regency council was convoked. Juan Carlos is to be installed as king, with his burial planned at the Valley of the Fallen after lying in state at the National Palace.
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Francisco Franco
Spain
Carlos Arias Navarro
Franco
Europa Press
Juan Carlos de Borbon
Juan Carlos
Pardo Palace
National Palace
Prince Juan Carlos
FBI Chief cites surge of New Left bombings in 1974
FBI Director Clarence Kelley told a Senate subcommittee that 46 bombings occurred in the first six months of 1974, one more than all of 1974, with new groups forming and existing radicals like Weather Underground and the Black Liberation Army active. He noted anti Castro exiles and Cuban ties as part of rising terrorism trends and gave 634 incidents from 1971 to 1974.
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FBI
Clarence M. Kelley
Senate Internal Security
Chicago
New York
Weather Underground
New World Liberation Front
Black Liberation Army
Miami
Cuba
Kelley
Ford ties New York aid to city and state progress
President Ford moved toward federal help for New York City but tied any action to continued city and state progress. He rejected loan guarantees and urged a $200 million city tax increase, with Albany pressing for a one cent sales tax hike to fund aid and avert default ahead of a Thanksgiving recess.
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Ford Ties OK
N.Y
State Progress
Washington
Ford
New York City
New York
House
Hugh Carey
Albany
Carey
Congress
Democrats reject antibusing constitutional amendment
The Democratic Caucus votes 172 to 9 to block action on a busing constitutional amendment. Rep Don Edwards says no hearings will be held. he cites a pending San Jose court decision and argues busing can promote fairness. Rep Norman Mineta votes to table the measure.
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Washington
House
House Judiciary
Don Edwards
Dcalif
Subcommittee
Edwards
San Jose
America
Norman Mineta
D-Calif
Democratic
Olin Teague
D-Tex
Conserv
Westside Rapist Slaying Claims 70 Year Old Woman
A 70 year old woman, Annette Weingarten, was found dead in her Wilshire apartment with hands tied. Police label the case as the work of the Westside Rapist, with a 17 man task force and a history of over 30 attacks and eight murders in Hollywood Wilshire areas.
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Annette Weingarten
Wilshire Area
Westside
Peter Hagan
Hagan
Hollywood
Wilshire
Man keeps son's body at home in casket with clear top
William Sneed of Louisville says his son William B. Sneed III died November 8 from auto crash injuries and will remain at home in a casket with a clear plastic top in a room off the family kitchen. He plans a small private chapel and a trust to care for remains, with the body eventually sealed if no longer presentable.
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Louisville
William Sneed
Sneed
William B. Sneed III
Junior
White House and CIA push to block CIA report release
An eleventh hour White House and CIA effort sought to delay or block the Senate Intelligence Committee report on assassinations. CIA Director Colby urged Senator Stennis to strike all names or narrow the report, while Rogovin warned of danger to named individuals and families if revealed. Church rejected the tactic, noting the panel would publish names involved in assassination plots. Colby said 20 names would be deleted and 12 kept in the final report.
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White House
CIA
Senate Intelligence Committee
William E. Colby
Senate Armed Services
John Stennis
Senate
Mitchell Rogovin
Colby
Rogovin
United States
Associated Press
Admin
Istration
Intelligence Committee
Frank Church
Idaho
Church
Cleaver Flown to California Jailed After Booking
Eldridge Cleaver was flown to California, booked, and jailed. Other briefs note most illegal aliens pay U.S. taxes and send money home, while a group anti Kennedy accuses a senator of trying to manipulate the Democratic convention.
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Eldridge Cleaver
California
U.S
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