Ford to unveil CIA reform plan on national TV
President Ford will address a nationwide audience to outline reorganizing the CIA and other U S intelligence agencies. He will present recommendations to tighten government control, streamline authority, reduce costs, and issue executive orders with possible accompanying legislative proposals.
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Nelsen
Ford
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House
Senate Intelligence Committees
Rumsfeld says Russia ahead of U S on weapons
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said at a White House briefing that the Soviet Union leads the United States in developing all major conventional weapons. He noted Russia is ahead in every category except helicopters and cited defense budget figures and statements by Senate leaders. Ford spoke on education policy after the briefing.
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UPI
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Ford
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White House
Rumsfeld
Senate
Hugh Scott
Scott
John B. Anderson
R-Ill
Pearl Harbor
Anderson
Robert Griffin
R-Mich
House
Hearst Testimony Details Kidnap Saga and Family Pressure
Patricia Hearst testifies about SLA captors anger at her father's 2 million dollar pledge. She describes life in captivity and a tape from DeFreeze demanding 4 million more in food while she feared for her life. Weather update notes light rain tonight, then partly cloudy Wednesday with highs in the 60s.
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UPI
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
SLA
Donald
Hearst
Hearst Corp
Iran
Cinque
Bailey
Miss Hearst
FBI inmate stabbed to death at federal prison
William Allen Lewis, 24, died from multiple stab wounds found on a third floor landing at FCI Vandenberg. He had been serving 17 years for bank robbery and escape. autopsy pending. FBI investigating with no suspects named.
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William Allen Lewis
Vandenberg Air Force Base Hospital
Air Force
John D. Klarich
Sheldon Gee
FCI
Jerry Martin
Lewis
Eugene Cage
Meridian
Mississippi
Cleveland
Ohio
Church urges Ford to press Moscow on Soviet Jews
Senator Frank Church leads a five member U S delegation at the World Conference on Soviet Jews in Brussels urging President Ford and Secretary Kissinger to push for humane treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union. He cites past U S action against Russia and condemns dissident confinement in mental hospitals. Church meets with Golda Meir ahead of her conference closing rally.
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Belgium
UPI
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D-Idaho
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Henry A.) Kissinger
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Russia
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Israel
Golda Meir
Kissinger Warns Cuba On New Interventions Abroad
Venezuelan President Perez says he and Kissinger discussed Cuba's role in Angola. Kissinger warned the U S will not tolerate any new Cuban military intervention overseas as he travels a six nation Latin American tour. Perez expressed that Venezuela is very upset by the Angolan situation and condemned Cuban and South African involvement. Kissinger arrived in Venezuela for a policy speech and will meet Perez again before departing for Lima.
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South Africa
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Lima
Peru
Brazil
Colombia
Central America
Washington
Marubeni Executives Resign Over Lockheed Payoffs
Two Marubeni managing directors Toshiharu Ookubo and Hiroshi Ito resigned after parliamentary hearings on Lockheed payoffs in Japan. They acknowledged signing receipts but said they saw no payoffs, claiming the amounts involved were misinterpreted. Parliament concluded two days of testimony amid a U S Senate subcommittee probe into more than 12 million dollars spent to boost aircraft sales in Japan.
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UPI
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Hiroshi Ito
Marubeni
Taiichiro Matsuo
Lockheed
Japan
Ookubo
Ito
U.S. Senate
Marabeni Trading Co
Senate
Lompoc Officials Readying Public Hearing on Animal Keeping
Lompoc Library staff report a surge of patrons after a holiday. City council prepares for a large attendance at tonight’s continued public hearing on an animal keeping ordinance. Several holiday outings shift indoors Monday due to cold winds.
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Lompoc
France Recognizes Angolan Marxist Regime First Western Nation
France announces recognition of the Marxist People’s Republic of Angola led by Agostinho Neto, citing control over most of the territory. Sweden and The Netherlands pledge upcoming recognition while Britain contemplates action with EU partners. South Africa pledges a sharp response if further clashes occur near Namibia.
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France
Foreign Ministry
Angola
Paris
Agostinho Neto
Sweden
European Common Market
Hague
Johannsburg
Piet Botha
South West Africa
Namibia
Rand Daily Mail
Assembly opens hearings on overhauling ALRB
The Assembly began hearings on a grower sponsored bill to overhaul the farm labor relations law. Republicans vow to resist changes while Democrats seek amendments and temporary funding with no vote expected.
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Sacramento
UPI
Briggs
Assembly Labor Relations Committee
Bill Lockyer
D-San Leandro
Growers
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers Union
Fred Heringer
California Farm Bureau Federation
Ken Meade
Berkeley
Heringer
House panel defeats two national handgun registration proposals
The U S House Judiciary Committee voted 16 to 11 against a national handgun registration plan within the Treasury Firearms Division and 18 to 13 against requiring states to enact their own plans by 1977. The move follows a Bureau study noting 45 percent of street gun crimes involved cheap Saturday Night Specials.
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UPI
House Judiciary Committee
Treasury Department
Firearms Division
Robert Drinan
D-Mass
Don Edwards
Dcalif
Robert McClory
R-Ill
McClory
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Rex D. Lee
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