Ford Seeks VP Pick Amid Deliberations and Rival Hopes
President Ford weighs a qualified, ideologically aligned running mate to counter Carter Mondale. Connally supporters pressure for No 2 spot while others warn of potential vulnerabilities from bribery acquittal. Reagan Schweiker's choice shifts dynamics as Rockefeller revival hopes surface.
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Connally
Ronald Reagan
John Sears
Reagan
Sen
Richard Schweiker
R-Pa
Congress
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Carter's Outreach Shapes Early Congress Talks
Washington United Press International report notes Jimmy Carter acting like president in three issues before inauguration. His phone urging voter registration by mail drew Republican complaint while his influence on the bomber delay and Humphrey Hawkins bill shows Democrats shaping proposals to fit his likely administration.
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Washington
UPI
Jimmy Carter
White House
Congress
Carter
Carl Albert
House
John Anderson
R-Ill
House Republican Conference
Humphrey- Hawkins
Senate
Mr. Clean Miki faces peril over Lockheed scandal in Japan
Premier Takeo Miki, 69, dubbed Mr Clean, drives a full Lockheed probe amid political backlash. The scandal ties to payments alleged by Lockheed and involves LDP leaders, with arrests including an airline president and ex-Premier Kakuei Tanaka. Miki seeks to restore public faith and avert a general election as internal foes press to oust him.
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Tokyo
UPI
Takeo Miki
Lockheed
Miki
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Japan
Liberal Democratic Party
LDP
Etsusaburo Shiina
Shiina
Kakuei Tanaka
Moses
Diet
U.S. Senate
Takeshi Sakurada
Japan Employers Federation
Toshio Doko
Keidanren
Tanaka
Nance
Masayoshi Ohira
United States
Ford
Matsuko
Joe O Connor Beats The Odds In California Shooting
Joe O Connor survived a chest wound after an armed robbery in Torrance California. Surgeons used a river bed like technique to divert blood and repair the liver vein and vena cava. The operation lasted seven hours with 50 units of blood given and hospital staff donating due to a power outage. O Connor returned to work a month later.
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O'Connor
Harbor General Hospital
O’connor
Executive Suite Faces Rising Turnover Pressures
A UPI survey notes a surge in top corporate turnover in 1976 with 60 US firms changing chief executives in the first half and 117 major companies in 1975. Experts cite voluntary retirements rising, intense pressures, and rapid decision cycles driven by instant communications and computing.
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Arnold
United States
Forbes Magazine
Lester Korn
Korn-Ferry International, Inc
Korn
Steven Green
Harry Truman
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