Ford outlines 1975 goals amid Middle East tensions and economy
President Ford tells UPI he aims for reduced inflation and a better economy in 1975 while pursuing peace in the Middle East. He signals possible 1976 ambitions, comments on Nixon pardon, cabinet changes, and foreign policy priorities with Kissinger, Schlesinger, Levi, Lynn, and Levi cited.
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Vail
Colo
UPI
Ford
Middle East
Richard M. Nixon
Betty
James T. Lynn
Roy Ash
Edward Levi
University of Chicago
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Defense
James Schlesinger
Congress
United States
National Security Council
Israel
California political reform act ends lobbyist perks
California’s Political Reform Act takes effect January 7 ending lavish lobbyist entertaining in Sacramento. The act caps monthly lobbying spend, bans contributions by lobbyists, requires registration and reporting, and restricts deception aimed at officials. It also broadens campaign limits and tightens conflict of interest rules amid constitutional challenges.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California Labor Federation
Afl-Cio
Assembly overpaid for furniture buy at Sacramento
The Sacramento Union reports the Assembly buys almost all its office furniture from E F Corbin Co without bids, paying 50 to 100 percent more than the state General Services Department for identical items. It cites a five drawer file cabinet bought for 411.11 vs 271.20 through competitive bidding and notes a San Francisco dealer offering about 362. The Assembly defends flexibility and lack of formal bidding.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
Sacramento Union
E.F. Corbin Co
Corbin
State Department of General Services
General Services
Frederick Taugher
General Services Department
San Francisco
Brando to Gift Land Back to Indians Amid Protest
Marlon Brando plans to donate 40 acres in northwestern Los Angeles County to Survival of American Indians and return his Los Angeles home and an Anaheim apartment building to tribal ownership. His sister Mrs Richard Loving of Mundelein Illinois opposes the move stating the land will not be given away. Brando has long championed Indian causes since declining his 1973 Oscar.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Marlon Brando
America
Brando
Richard Loving
Mundelein, Ill
Chicago
U.S
Los Angeles County
Anaheim
Calif
Snow and fog grip wide regions as storm wanes
A weakened snowstorm lingers in the West while dense fog blankets the Southeast. Snow persists in the Colorado mountains and travel advisories rise for southern Colorado. Visibility drops near zero from the south Atlantic coast to Texas as clouds cover the Southeast and Mississippi Valley.
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United Press International
Colorado Mountains
Colorado
Atlantic
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Forbes balloon launch postponed by bad weather
Santa Ana CaliforniaUPI says publisher Malcolm Forbes postponed the planned launch of an enormous balloon due to bad weather as he hoped to fly from California to Europe.
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Santa Ana
Calif
UPI
Malcolm Forbes
California
Europe
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