Nixon aides discuss Fifth Amendment and CIA bioweapons evidence
The committee weighs invoking immunity if Gottlieb refuses to answer under the Fifth Amendment while Helms and Karamessines defend prior actions on a 1970 biochemical weapons project at Ft. Detrick. Gordon recounts retaining toxins despite a presidential order. The panel plans Army officials’ testimony on the operation.
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United States Army
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Ft. Detrick
Karamessines
Nathan Gordon
Technical Services Division
Gordon
Washington
Department of the Army
Contained Intelligence Disputes and White House Records
A fragmentary summary describes tensions over releasing intelligence material, CIA input, and a committee's push for a public report. It references a Ford administration aide, a staff letter, and concerns about sensitivity and timing amid Middle East crisis context.
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Pike
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Ibinet
Ills
Urban Dovel
Ex Viet generals live in exile amid new American life
About 50 former Vietnamese generals and brigadiers, flee with personal fortunes, settled in the United States five months ago. Lt Gen Ngo Dzu, accused of opium trafficking, stays with relatives in Sacramento and studies business administration. Maj Gen Nguyen Van Chuc runs a Sacramento gas station with family help while pursuing business courses.
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U.S. Army
Ngo Dzu
Vietnam
Sacramento
Dzu
Nguyen van Chuc
Chuc
Ford wins on arms issues in Congress
President Ford scored victories over congressional opponents in the fight to lift the Turkey embargo and to sell 250 million dollars of Hawk missiles to Jordan. The House International Relations Committee voted 20 to 9 to partially lift the embargo, allowing Turkey to possess 185 million dollars in equipment bought before the embargo. Senators Case and Bingham dropped opposition to the Jordan sale after a compromise to place missiles in fixed defensive positions.
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Ford
Turkey
Jordan
House: International Relations Committee
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Clifford Case
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Repenna Bingham
D-Ny
Case
Hughes fails to show up in court to prove life
Billionaire recluse Howard Hughes did not appear in a New York court to prove he is alive. Summa Corp. argued the suit aimed at declaring Hughes dead resembles blackmail. Judge Nadel reserved decision as Hughes reportedly remains alive per Summa statements.
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Hughes
New York
Howard Hughes
Summa Corp
Air Liquidation Co
State Supreme Court
Bernard Nadel
Davis
Los Angeles
City to reexamine Lite-O-Line Clock-A-Line gambling issue
The Pike G ames case leaves the city blocked from action while awaiting a 60 day return to trial court. City Prosecutor Robert W. Parkin says the council can review the games anew, testing whether they are gambling or skill with experts from Long Beach State FBI Nevada Gaming Commission and others. Parkin vows to press preservation before council and courts and to test Clock A Line first as its license nears expiry.
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Robert W. Parkin
Parkin
Long Beach State
FBI
Nevada State Gaming Commission
Kenneth Mumm
Long Beach
Superior Court
Ky criticizes Thieu regime corruption after Saigon collapse
Former South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky told about 1,000 University of Virginia students in Fairfax County that Thieu’s corruption and inefficiency caused Vietnam to lose the war. He said his goal was to raise Saigon era corruption to international standards.
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Nguyen van Thieu
Fairfax County
University of Virginia
Saigon
Thieu
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