Haig defends NATO command appointment amid favoritism charges
Gen. Alexander Haig Jr. rejects the charge that President Ford named him to NATO Europe role as a political favor. He says he is qualified, citing Korea and Vietnam service, and seeks judgment on performance. Goodpaster missed Stuttgart ceremony amid surgery reports and offered no praise for Haig.
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Miners Return as Strikes Ease Across Regions
About 1000 workers across Kentucky Indiana Pennsylvania weigh renewed action after 4000 UMW construction workers retreat from picketing. Some locals in Washington and Indiana counties vote to return or keep lines, while injunctions curb activity. Contract talks stalled as management blocks union demands.
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Blue Laws Struck Down For Overbroad Police Powers
Ocean Grove area residents gain Sunday freedoms as Superior Court Judge Merritt Lane Jr. rules long standing Blue Laws unconstitutional. The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association had barred newspaper sales and Sunday driving for over a century.
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Husband Hunters Best Bets in Nation New Atlas
New York California and Alaska offer the best odds for single women seeking husbands. Statictions from Metropolitan Life show eligible men rising from 14.3 million in 1952 to 22.4 million in 1970, with over 4 million in New York and California and Alaska leading in male surplus.
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Greeks To Pick Provisional President Next Week
Athens officials expect the Greek parliament to choose a provisional president to replace the sidelined Gen. Phynedanikis. A government spokesman said Glakis would remain in office until parliament elects a new provisional president around midweek, with an elected president to follow.
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Auto industry relief as materials costs level off
General Motors reports raw material costs for Detroit automakers leveled off and possibly declined through December signaling easing inflation. Despite the drop, GM warns price cuts for 1975 models are not guaranteed as demand remains weak with extensive layoffs and a record 1.75 million unsold cars.
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Former Congressman questions RFK killer in new evidence
Former Rep. Allard Lowenstein urges Los Angeles to reopen the RFK case citing new evidence he says disputes Sirhan Sirhan's guilt. He claims nine shots may have been fired at the Ambassador Hotel and calls for ballistics tests and release of investigative reports.
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LA Officials Probe Bogus City Check Theft Case
LA authorities search for an unknown person who cashed a $902000 city check after 18 blank checks were stolen from the city treasury. Two men, Morton Freeman and Bernard Howard, were arrested while attempting to exchange stolen checks at a Los Angeles hotel. The case centers on computer versus typewriter generated checks and involves grand theft fraud and conspiracy charges.
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House Leaders Spotlight 75 Tax Cut Priority in 1975
House leaders from both parties say a tax cut for low and middle income Americans will top the 1975 agenda. They caution any relief must fit a broader reform package that could raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations to fund the plan. The interview emphasizes balanced measures and the need for eventual comprehensive reform.
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Carter accuses rivals of skirting new campaign law
Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter says Senators Henry Jackson and Lloyd Bentsen are soliciting $3000 plus gifts before the year end to build large campaign war chests ahead of the January 1 1976 campaign finance reform. He cites a Times report and compares the tactic to the Nixon era fundraising scandal.
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