Patty Hearst trial hearings focus on competence and bail
A hearing set for Tuesday will weigh the competence of Patty Hearst to stand trial with three psychiatrists and a psychologist evaluating her mental state. Her attorneys seek bail while contending she was tortured by the Symbionese Liberation Army and is near insanity. They propose moving her to a private neuropsychiatric center for treatment, while prosecutors and defendants clash over transfer timing and court orders as Hearst faces 11 felony counts in Los Angeles.
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West
Patty
Symbionese Liberation Army
U.S
James L. Browning Jr
Miss Hearst
SLA
Johnson
McAvey
St. Mary's Hospital
Carter
Los Angeles
Samuel Mayerson
Poisonous turkey haul sparks police search in Canton
Canton police late Tuesday hunted seven cases of poison marked Not for Human Consumption found in a truck on a Compton street. About 3500 pounds of turkeys in 11 boxes were taken from a factor-trailer near Atlantic Blvd. Four cases were recovered nearby. the rest feared sold as edible food. The birds were bound for Escondido Dog Food Co. in Escondido, California. The toxin level and potency were not known, with decay suspected.
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Canton
Compton
Atlantic Blvd
Liberty Pacific Freight Co
Sacramento
Escondito Dog Food Co
Escondido
San Diego
Fromme urges judge replace public defender in Ford plot case
Lynette Fromme demands that Judge Thomas MacBride replace public defender John Walker with Robert Holley to aid her defense in the charge of aiming a loaded pistol at President Ford. Walker agrees to hand the case to Holley if ordered. Bail debates and grand jury testimony access remain unresolved as trial looms.
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Sacramento
Lynette
Fromme
Partie
Ford
Visi
Thomas MacBride
Vail
U.S
MacBride
Walker
Robert Holley
Miss Fromme
Vaart
Holley
Hut MacBride
U.S. Supreme Court
US. Court of Appeals
Miss Frame
Congress Overrules Ford on School Lunch Bill
Congress moves to override President Ford on the school lunch bill amid broad support for expanding free and reduced price meals. Senators and representatives argue the program is fiscally responsible with modest cost increases, while some warn about abuse and revenue implications.
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Congress
Albert Quien-Minn
House Education and Labor Committee
House
Que
Ford
Senate
Carl Curtis
Curtis
Nerman Talmadge
D-Ga
Senate Agriculture Committee
George McGovern
D-S.d
Senate Nutrition Committee
McGovern
Robert Morgan
D-N.c
Morgan
Ford presses all-out tax and spending cut fight
President Ford tours the Tennessee hill country urging a large tax cut tied to a strict spending limit. He proposes 522 billion in tax cuts and 395 billion in spending restraint for the next fiscal year, vows to veto bills not tied to the plan, and presses governors and GOP leaders to back a balanced budget and hard choices.
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Ford
Knoawville
Tennessee
White House
Congress
Foard
Appalachian
Arch Moore
West Virginia
Appalachian Commission
Governors Conference
Washington
Nessen
Air Force One
Knoxville
McGhee Tyson Airport
Senate Gop
Hugh Scott
Seatl
Bd Michel
Thingis
Scott
Ford tax plan attack cited as Congress wrangles over budget
The report details President Ford's budget push and a proposed tax plan including a $12 cap on income tax credits, a $1,000 personal exemption, and a 21,800 standard deduction for singles or 2,500 for couples. Key figures Rep. Bob Michel and Rep. Ullman oppose the plan arguing for negotiated cuts and extended current relief, while Speaker Carl Albert supports action to balance spending and taxes. The Ways and Means Committee faces jurisdiction limits as budget committees set next steps.
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Ford
White House
Bob Michel
Illinois
Uiman
Congress
Padgett
Ullman
Ways and Means
Congressional Budget Committees
Pard
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Turkey
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Huntington Beach
Hsanta Ana
Canoga Park
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