Panel may probe domestic spying under Ford plan
White House officials say President Ford will appoint a blue ribbon panel to probe CIA domestic spying after William Colby's report left key questions unresolved. Richard Helms met Ford and Kissinger as Colby defended limited agency actions while denying illegal activity.
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Fire Marshal Office Notes Preventive Role Over Arson Investigations
The state fire marshal’s office emphasizes fire prevention over detective work. Investigators handle post fire inquiries, while inspectors perform annual safety checks in schools hospitals and prisons. Funding relies on insurance taxes and staff includes 13 inspectors and investigators.
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Russell Colllins
Robert Wolfe
Viet forces clash as Phuoc Binh battles continue
North and South Vietnamese troops fight in the streets of Phuoc Binh as commanders deny reports the provincial capital has fallen. The 26 000 population city remains a key government foothold in Phuoc Long province amid a three week Communist push.
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Phuoc Long
Phan Hoa Hiep
Joint Military Commission
Nuyyen van Thieu
le Trung Hien
Hien
Mekong
Hon Soc
North Vietnam
United States
Straggler will get 11 700 from Tokyo government
The Japanese government will pay 2 million yen 6700 and 1.5 million yen 5700 to Teruo Nakamura the Taiwanese WWII soldier who surfaced in the Philippines after 39 years. He will also receive 227 for 34 years service plus homecoming costs. Literary references to Yokoi and Onoda noted. A high official will deliver the funds in Jakarta.
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Indonesia
Teruo Nakamura
Philippines
Nakamura
Shoichi Yokoi
Guam
Hiroo Onoda
Jakarta
Masami Tanaka
Taiwan
Milk output in Kansas drops again in November
Kansas milk production fell 4 percent in November to 111 million pounds as the Crop and Livestock Reporting Service released figures. The state also reported 143000 milk cows on farms, down from 151000 a year earlier.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Solar elderly housing project planned in Connecticut
The National Science Foundation and Connecticut agree to build a solar heated housing project for the elderly. The program, totaling 40 units with half solar and half conventional heating, includes $131,000 from NSF for site selection and design. Funds for solar equipment come from the Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act of 1974.
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Lawrence
HUD
NSF
Clean-up crew man thwarts hijacker on empty flight
In Pensacola, a National Airlines cleaner overpowered a man with a .22 rifle who boarded an empty jet after a Pensacola stop. Paul Landers of Tampa, held on 15000 bond for armed robbery, with federal charges possible. He cited drug problems and personal issues.
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Pensacola
Fla
National Airlines
FBI
Howard Gibbs
Paul Thomas Landers
Tampa
Gibbs
Landers
Pinckney Group Plans Committees as Garage Referendums Grow
The Pinckney Neighborhood Assn. meets at Pinckney School to form committees and hear a progress report on a petition drive to stop the garage at Second and Indiana. They已 collected more than 2250 signatures for two referendums and continue to gather names today and Sunday at downtown tables Hillcrest and Gibson Discount Center plaza. Betty Larson, secretary, notes a buffer of extra signatures will be added if needed before submission to city clerk for validation by the Douglas County Clerk.
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Pinckney
Betty Larson
Douglas County
Hillcrest
Gibson Discount Center Plaza
Larson
Ex-con Morgan Leach Finds New Life With Keary Allison
In Oakland California Morgan Leach 55 served nearly a decade for voluntary manslaughter and now lives with Keary Allison 10 and his family. Leach teaches leathercraft and helps Keary with a special brace from a deerskin lined design. The pair hike daily in Roberts Regional Recreational Area where a bond formed during Leach’s prison leather program work.
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Oakland
Calif
Morgan Leach
Keary Allison
Redwood
Leach
Keary
Folsom
Burns
Harlan Donald Baxter
Allison
Roberts Regional Recreational Area
George Allison
Morgan
Allisons
Libya lifts U.S. oil ban amid price cuts to meet Gulf competition
Libya quietly ends its ban on oil shipments to the United States as Iraq and Algeria trim prices by 30 to 50 cents a barrel to compete with Persian Gulf freight rates. The move aids Libyan exports after sales slumped, with production dipping to 960,000 bpd in November from 1.88 million bpd in early 1974.
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Lebanon
Libya
United States
Middle East
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Algeria
Persian Gulf
U.S
New 1975 Vehicle Tags Go On Sale In County Office
New navy blue license tags for motorcycles trucks trailers and mobile homes go on sale in the county treasurer’s office. A-tags start January 15 with renewal notices sent between the 10th and 15th and a February end deadline. Special lettering up to six characters may be requested for a 25 dollar extra fee, with 60 days prior to renewal. the fee is paid at application and sent to the state motor vehicle department.
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Edythe Norman
Norman
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