Ford lifts grain embargo as crops forecast reach record highs
President Ford announced lifting the Poland grain embargo with hopes to do the same for the Soviet Union. Agriculture Department sets record corn 5.737 billion bushels and wheat 2.138 billion, boosting hopes for stable prices and export growth while negotiations on a long term Soviet grain pact continue.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Poland
Russia
Agriculture Department
Soviet Union
United States
Don
Detroit
Earl Butz
U.S
Butz
Ford Attacks Congress Over Tax and Spending Plans
President Ford escalates feud with a Democratic Congress calling it a can t do Congress and vows to keep the label until tax cuts totaling 28 billion dollars and spending reductions of the same are enacted next year. He argues the plan aids those most in need and cites prior budget limits and a Brezhnev summit.
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Detroit
Congress
Ford
House
Senate
Michigan
Leonid Brezhnev
Ron Nessen
Russell B. Long
Dla
Senate Finance Committee
al Ullman
D-Ore
Ways and Means Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Simon
Connally urges federal aid to stave off New York default
Former Treasury Secretary John B. Connally warned that a New York City debt default would trigger a world wide shock and called for a new federal agency modeled on the Reconstruction Finance Corp to loan funds with strings attached. He spoke at a Sales Executive Club meeting as New York’s fiscal crisis deepened.
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New York
Treasury
John B. Connally
New York City
Connally
Reconstruction Finance Corp
International Monetary Fund
Simon Signals Conditional NYC Aid to Ford
Washington lawmaker William E. Simon said he would urge President Ford to sign federal relief for New York City only under strict conditions. He advised the city and state to cut spending and raise revenue, while noting Ford may still reject any measure.
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Washington
Treasury
William E. Simon
Ford
New York City
Simon
Knight News Service
Senate Banking Committee
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Congress
Beame
Israel Turns Over Ras Sudar Oil Wells to Egyptian Handlers
Israel transfers control of the Ras Sudar oil wells near Suez to three American Mobil Oil experts for General Petroleum of Egypt as part of the Sinai interim peace accord. The handover precedes UN and Egyptian control shifts and ends Israeli oil operations at the field.
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Ras Sadar
Egypt
Ras Sudar
Sinai
UPI
Israel
Sinai Desert
Gulf of Suez
Gulf
Elisha Roy
Nativei Nephi Petroleum Co
United Nations Emergency Force
U.N
Suez City
General Petroleum of
Mobil Oil Co
Billy L. Marcum
John F. Harrison
James Ervin
Dallas
Eilat
Red Sea
Abu Rudeis
Plane crash near Sacramento kills six from Long Beach and Orange County
A midmorning crash 30 miles south of Sacramento killed six on a flight from Stockton to Oregon. The group included William J. Mockridge and his son Kevin from Naples Long Beach area, dentist Pierce Thomason, Norwalk director Richard Beaver, Irvine executive Roger Owing, and others. Authorities reported the fuselage broke apart, with a boy found in a compartment and salvage to resume.
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Long Beach
Norwalk
Irvine
Sacramento
Sacramento County
United Press International
William J. Mockridge
Virgil Walk
Naples
Ceme Co
la Mirada
Pierce Thomason
Seaside Walk
Kevin
Richard Beaver
Ceme
Roger Owing
Sacramento River
Aero Commander 500
Oregon
UPI
Klamath Falls
Mockridge
Grants Pass
Ore
Stockton
Riots engulf Oporto as leftist factions clash at UDP offices
A three hour siege in central Oporto saw thousands drawn to battle between Maoist and leftist groups over a grudge killing. Fire, grenades, and projectiles flew as 3,000 protesters faced 50 soldiers in armored cars around the UDP headquarters after a Socialist rally by Mario Soares.
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Oporto
Portugal
Lisbon
Popular Democratic Union
UDP
Mario Soares
Dolwig gets five year term for real estate scheme
Richard Dolwig a former state senator received a five year prison sentence for his role in a real estate financing scheme. The report notes his conviction and the duration of the punishment. Squeaky Fromme hires a new lawyer on page A-5 while reserving the right to change counsel if not consulted. Other entries list patronage jobs, Democratic presidential fundraising, IRS probes in a Texas county, and a new arm device unveiled in Long Beach.
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Richard Dolwig
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