Ford to open CIA panel press to reveal assassination probe
Sen intelligence committee hears Maheu as Ford plans to release the Rockefeller Commission CIA report while keeping some assassination plot details secret. Nedzi faces pressure to resign as chair. Levi says Justice will review the Rockefeller findings for possible federal prosecutions.
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CIA
Washington
Robert A. Maheu
Howard Hughes
Senate Intelligence Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
Fidel Castro
White House
Rockefeller Commission
Commission
Senate Committee
John Tower
Rtex
Maheu
Richard Bissell
Department of
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Lucien Nedzi
Dmich
Special House
Nedzi
Call for full abolition of property tax at national meeting
At the National Governors Conference in New Orleans Utah Governor Calvin L. Rampton urged replacing property taxes with alternative revenue sources. He said the property tax should be phased out entirely for all government forms, over two decades, with states relaxing local tax restrictions to diversify revenue.
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Calvin L. Rampton
Utah
Rampton
Louisiana
Edwin D. Edwards
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Saxe pleads guilty to bank robbery in 1970 plea deal
Susan Saxe agrees to plead guilty to robbing Bell Savings and Loan in Philadelphia and to taking part in the Newburyport arsenal robbery in Massachusetts. The deal proposes a sentence under 10 years with possible fines, while prosecutors drop charges on Evanston and Beverly Hills robberies and a flight warrant.
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Susan Saxe
Miss Saxe
Bell Savings and Loan Association
Newburyport
Mass
Federal Arsenal
Brandeis University
Albany
N.Y
U.S
Alfred L. Luongo
Evanston
Ill
Beverly Hills
Calif
FBI
Train collision kills 36 in West Germany near Munich
Police report 36 dead and 86 injured in a head on crash of two passenger trains on the Munich Bad Toelz line near Warngau and Schaaflach. Cars piled and engines telescoped as rescuers and Bavarian authorities investigate the worst wreck in four years.
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Munich
West Germany
Alpine
Bad Toelz
Warngau
Schaftlach
U.S. Army
Supreme Court to review coal miners benefits case
The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on a Kentucky federal court ruling upholding a provision that coal mining firms fund black lung benefits. The court also left intact a pre 1972 copyright non copy rule for musical records and ruled welfare cannot be denied to jobless fathers choosing higher benefit programs.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lexington
KU summer enrollment seen near five and a half thousand
KU records show summer enrollment likely around 5,500, up from 5,141 last year. Dean Gil ber t Dyck notes continuing registrations for Johnson and Wyandotte counties, with journalism and business schools reporting sharp gains. Enrollment figures to be finalized Tuesday.
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Johnson and Wyandotte
Gilbert Dyck
Dyck
Lawrence
School of Journalism
Rhetta Noever
Business School
Girls Staters Begin Week Of Mock State Activities
The 409 Girls Staters arrive at Kansas University by 10 chartered buses for a week of mock state government at Templin Hall Lewis Hall. They receive roles check medical cards and attend city meetings with appointed town criers and reporters. Governors and organizers urged leadership, party organization, and civic participation as the event opens with songs, remarks, and a party-tag drawing.
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Kansas University
Templin Hall
Vera Boyce
Kansas American Legion Auxiliary
Mary Crane
Mary Plank
Plank
Kansas
Nationalist Party
Flood watch issued as Eastern Kansas braces for more rain
A flash flood watch covers Eastern Kansas as the National Weather Service expects more rain tonight and Tuesday. Wakarusa and Kansas Rivers stay below flood stage, but northern streams fill quickly. Farmers fear erosion and delayed wheat, though some ground remains usable after Sunday showers.
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National Weather Service
Lawrence
Wakarusa
Kansas River
M.H. Thompson
U.S. Geological Survey
Earl van Meter
Douglas County
Farley
Lecompton
Manhattan
Baldwin
Tonganoxie
Thundershowers hit region with scattered storms
Weather brief reports thundershowers across the region with localized showers. Forecasters warn of brief gusty winds and possible minor flooding in low-lying areas as the system moves through.
Governor Shapp Aims For 1976 Democratic Nomination
Pennsylvania Governor Milton J. Shapp declared he will seek the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination and enter several early primaries. He cited the economy as the top issue and spoke at the National Governors Conference. Other announced candidates include Senators Bentsen and Jackson, former Senator Harris, Representative Udall, and former Governors Carter and Sanford.
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New Orleans
Pennsylvania
Milton J. Shapp
Shapp
Lloyd M. Bentsen
Texas
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Kansas Supreme Court strikes immunity rule in WSU crash case
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled governmental immunity does not bar damages against Wichita State University for the 1970 crash of two chartered planes carrying the football team and supporters in Colorado. The court voided the prior judgment for the university and sent the case back for further proceedings.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Wichita State University
Colorado
Supreme Court
Segwick County District Court
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