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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1974
Page
6
Lawmakers clash over AB 7 to curb pensions and save funds. Senator Millay argues a legal challenge may doom the measure while a state official projects up to 600 000 in two years. Debate centers on 60 age thresholds, years of service, and cost of living adjustments for governors and others.
Finest reports 155 District of Columbia residents summoned as prospective jurors. He repeats the presumption of innocence before the court as Haldeman, once a rising figure, leaves for lunch smiling but later appears despondent, gazing out at Washington from an unfamiliar viewpoint.
Sen. Joseph Montoya said the federal government spent about 316000 supporting former President Richard Nixon in his first two days as a private citizen. He noted daily costs of roughly 150000 and questioned White House payroll draws and staff expenses, citing Office of Management and Budget data and a House appropriations subcommittee review.
Taktenan Nixon aide Enitich nan and co-defendants Mardian and Parkinson face 142 hours of questioning as Judge Sirica screens jurors for the Watergate case. Prospects were dismissed for health and family reasons while others disclosed prior government service and jury experience. The panel will number 12 with six alternates, with deliberations to follow after extensive voir dire and looming challenges.
Three oil companies cut pump prices briefly as the move spread across the Midwest. Mobil and Solin trimmed several grades while Chevron Oil Co lowered by a penny per gallon, with Hy prices dropping 2.5 cents and Chevron cutting two cents in three states. Officials cautioned the cut may not signal a trend, noting foreign producers resist lower crude costs and expect higher crude oil prices to be passed to consumers.
AFL-CIO leader George Meany assails Soviet detente policy during a Senate hearing. He urges a hard line against Moscow, arguing detente fails to curb aggression and threatens U S interests and wartime peace.
Associated Press reports household food costs climbed about 12 percent from the start of the year with increases in eggs sugar cookies and detergents. In Los Angeles area September prices rose on orange juice towels peanut butter cookies sugar and detergent while items like pork chops chopped chuck coffee and hot dogs fell. Eggs were unavailable and most food commodities still faced price pressure as the US weighs export market development.
Senators Javits and Pell after Havana talks say full diplomatic ties with Cuba are distant but small steps are possible. They cited family visits and tourism as initial moves while noting obstacles include seized American properties, exports, prisoner treatment, and Cuban-Soviet influence.
House and Senate conferees reach a compromise on campaign reform limiting spending and creating a public funding framework for presidential primaries general elections and national conventions The plan preserves present funding practices while establishing an independent commission to supervise reforms and expects presidential approval before the November elections but faces republican doubts about final enactment.
Senator Hubert Humphrey urged President Ford to reconvene the Paris Peace Conference this week to pursue tangible implementation of the January Vietnam truce. He called for immediate negotiations with the Soviet Union and China to advance diplomacy amid a broad foreign aid debate.
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