Rockefeller gifts and memoir probe delay Rockefeller VP hearing
Senate Rules chair How ard W. Cannon said he would likely recall Nelson Rockefeller to testify on gifts totaling about 2 million to political associates from 195? to 1974 and use of funds for a derogatory Goldberg book. Rockefeller pledged to respond to committee requests. Buckley called the book disclosure dirty and noted new questions. hearing delay possible into December as committees review.
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Dirty Ricks
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RTD settlement aims to ease transit strike impact
Settlement ends RTD walkout with a plan for a cost-of-living rise and wage payments. Officials expressed optimism that Prop A’s 1 cent sales tax measure will fund future rapid transit expansion, including 49 percent more buses and 145 miles of fixed guideway in Los Angeles County. The county subsidy supports a 25 cent flat fare, costing about 32.6 million now and rising. the strike crippled travel across four counties and hurt local business and student transit.
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Los Angeles County
Kissinger Squeeze Raises Tensions Across Middle East
Kissinger's five hour visit with Israeli leaders sparks protests as Israelis fear concessions may cede West Bank. Shelling near Lebanon border reported with no casualties. Sisco briefs King Hussein after talks with Israeli and Syrian leaders ahead of returns to Damascus and onward to Europe.
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Police trap backfires in $4,200 scam
POMONA AP Police trap backfires as two suspects walk away with $4,200 after an operation in San Bernardino County. Sheriff Capt. Charles Follett noted many similar raids succeed but this one failed to unfold as planned.
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Surtax politics and a drug bust collide in brief
Senator Henry Jackson said President Ford would not secure GOP support for a 4 percent income tax surcharge, arguing it fails to tackle inflation. Nearby, undercover officers attempted a drug sting in Ontario, resulting in a car-ram episode and a suspect fled with $4,200. Suspects sought include George Todd 22 Roland Wo le y 28 and Valdez 28.
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UPI
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Valdez
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Sharp rise in price of pork seen
Chicago based UPI reports at the American Meat Institute meeting that pork prices may soar due to higher feed costs from corn and grain shortages. Howard C. Madsen notes pork production is down about ten percent while beef supply remains steady and cattle herds are increasingly grass-fed.
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UPI
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American Meat Institute
Madsen
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Placerville Fire Controls 212 Acres in Canyon Blaze
Firefighters on Sunday contained a brush fire that burned about 212 acres of brush and scattered timber in the rugged Consumnes River Canyon, around six miles southeast of Placerville, California.
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UPI
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Military hit on fishing resorts in Alaska and Canada
Sen. William Proxmire accused the Army and Air Force of spending taxpayer dollars to maintain exclusive fishing camps for high ranking officers in Alaska and Canada. He urged a General Accounting Office probe into who used the camps and the costs. A Pentagon spokesman defended DoD policy to provide facilities for morale and effectiveness.
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Hepatitis outbreak dampens Navy birthday fete in San Diego
A hepatitis epidemic at the San Diego Navy training center has hospitalized over 100 recruits and curbed the city’s Navy birthday celebration. The 6 acre base is under strict quarantine to prevent spread to civilians and other bases as 15 to 20 new cases are reported daily. Most patients are teen enlistees in Balboa Park hospital wards.
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Burger seeks remedy as Supreme Court workload grows
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger urged finding a solution to ease the Supreme Court’s rising workload after conferences yielded a record 1,000 appeals. He noted the court will schedule few for oral arguments and rely on written decisions, amid a decade of expanding caseloads from about 2,000 to over 5,000 cases last term.
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UPI
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William J. Brennan
Earl Warren
Richard Nixon
Lewis F. Powell Jr
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Explosion at Mitsui and Co Office in Tokyo Injures Ten
A bomb blast hit the Mitsui and Co trading house in downtown Tokyo injuring ten people, two seriously. Police said a warning call preceded the explosion in a third floor corridor near the Emperor’s palace as many workers evacuated. Glass shattered upstairs.
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