Congress weighs Ford aid request for Indochina crisis
President Ford seeks 522 million dollars in new aid to South Vietnam Cambodia and humanitarian relief for Indochina orphans as Congress returns. Senate leader Mansfield doubts military funding while urging swift action on humanitarian aid. Defense officials stress continued support depending on will to fight and public opinion.
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Bomb incidents revealed in Hollywood and Beverly Hills
Explosive device damaged the Iraqi Airlines office in Hollywood causing extensive front damage with no injuries reported. A second device at a Beverly Hills building malfunctioned. police could not confirm a link between the two incidents. A later blast report in Hawthorne details a fatal crash near Hawthorne Municipal Airport killing a flight instructor and student.
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Mourning for Chiang Kai-shek Opens in Taiwan
Officials announce a 30 day national mourning after Chiang Kai-shek dies at 87 in Taipei. Crowds file past a memorial hall as 24 gun salutes and heavy security mark the first day of tribute. Chiang Ching kuo and C.K. Yen lead the Nationalist government amid ongoing policy tensions with Communists.
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Josef Stalin
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Sun Yat-sen
Machinists Accept McDonnell Douglas Contract Extension
Machinists at the McDonnell Douglas Electronics Co. St. Charles plant voted 235 to 33 to extend the contract instead of joining the nationwide strike at McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis. The St. Louis strike began Feb 10 and remains unresolved. The St. Charles talks continue during the extension which lasts indefinitely.
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Experts see earthquakes follow domino theory at conference
About 1,200 scientists at Cal State Los Angeles discussed recurrence patterns and interconnections of quakes. MIT researchers linked large shifts across the Pacific, noting 1964 65 and 1973 74 periods with major activity and expecting inevitable large quakes on major faults including San Andreas.
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Thomas E. Landers
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Howell
Bakersfield
Calif
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Jackson Udall Attack Ford Policies At Democratic Meeting
UPI reports presidential rivals Henry M. Jackson and Morris K. Udall blasted President Ford's economic plan at a Democratic State Committee executive meeting. Udall said four more years of Nixon Ford Rockefeller Reagan policy would harm the country and Jackson accused Ford of flip flopping on unemployment benefits.
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Ford
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Ford wrote Indochina policies policy shift amid Nixon era
Washington reports Gerald Ford as author of the 1973 compromise ban on U.S. military involvement in Indochina. Ford says Nixon understood differently while White House aides pushed to retract. The transcript from Inside the House notes Ford aimed to ban all Southeast Asia actions after August 15, 1973 to aid a spending bill.
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Hawaii Pays Tribute to John A Burns On Death
Hawaii lowers flags to half staff in mourning for John A Burns a three term governor who calmed anti Japanese hysteria during World War II and shaped statehood. Governor George Ariyoshi ordered a 30 day mourning period for the Democratic leader who died after a long colon cancer fight. Burns a Montana native moved to Hawaii in 1913 served as police captain and headed state security during Pearl Harbor. He helped avert mass jailing of Japanese Americans strengthening his political standing.
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UPI
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University of Hawaii
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Statutes run out on prosecutions in Watergate cases
The statute of limitations expired for further Watergate prosecutions of donors who funded Nixon's 1972 re election, with pre April 7 1972 contributions tied to a third of the total 60 million raised. A 1974 reform trimmed the window for corporate violations from five to three years. Indictments for post April 7 1972 violations remained possible. Maurice Stans testified contributors sought anonymity. Stans pleaded guilty to campaign finance misdemeanors. Several corporations including American Airlines Braniff Gulf Phillips Ashland Oil Carnation Goodyear Greyhound and 3M pled guilty.
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Rainy day for state budgets across the nation
Inflation and recession shrink state surpluses as lawmakers face deficits. Texas sees its surplus fall to 750.6 million while California Minnesota and Oklahoma report healthy balances. Massachusetts New Jersey and Connecticut seek funds or cuts amid lean times.
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West Virginia
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Oklahoma
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Kansas
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Iowa
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Arkansas
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Michael Dukakis
New Jersey
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Tragedy Aboard Ship Aboard Refugee Rescue
A cargo ship Trans Colorado carried 18 000 refugees fleeing Vietnam to Vietnamese ports. Desperate mothers offered infants as aid scarce water and food. Lyndsey Davis, a former U S Army sergeant, describes scenes of extreme suffering and crew shortages overcome by 1 million gallons of water and 600 liters of rice soup prepared for passengers.
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UPS
Lyndsey Davis
U.S. Army
Trans Colorado
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Cam Ranh Bay
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