Ford outlines economics at NAACP meeting
President Ford told black leaders that hard times are ending but vowed not to ignore the poor. He stressed full economic opportunity for equality, warned against long term short sighted fixes, and urged fiscal restraint while tackling employment housing transportation health care and education.
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UPI
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Lyndon B. Johnson
America
Indian newspapers ignore censorship in Madras cartoon
Reports from New Delhi say Madras papers defied censorship by publishing a cartoon portraying Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as Adolf Hitler. Travelers in New Delhi also showed a Tamil Nadu opposition resolution criticizing the emergency and calling for press freedom.
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UPI
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India
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Tamil Nadu
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Soviet Missile Accident Reported in Pacific
Washington reports that a dummy SS18 missile reportedly struck the deck of the U S S Vandenburg in the Pacific last month during a Soviet test. Columnist Jack Anderson cited crewmen confirming debris and warned of a planned Soviet test zone, while Defense Secretary Schlesinger said debris fell 100 yards from a monitoring ship.
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Amin frees British lecturer Hills after Mobutu talks
Ugandan President Idi Amin pardoned British lecturer Dennis Hills who faced a firing squad for treason after calls from African leaders and Mobutu Sese Seko. Amin left Hills’ status as a possible 12 month detention in doubt as discussions continued with Britain.
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Dennis Hills
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Great Britain
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Brown Signs State Budget After Major Trims
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed the record 11.47 billion state budget early today at 2:58 a.m. after trimming 100.34 million in spending. The package includes salary cutbacks for administrators and faculty and raises for some workers, with a projected end year surplus and 46 million in additional cost of living boosts for elderly and disabled recipients. Brown plans a news conference to discuss the budget amid a nine percent to nine percent boost debate.
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UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
California
Oil firms raise gasoline prices in New York
Three major oil companies announced wholesale price hikes. Atlantic Richfield added 2 cents per gallon across markets, Texaco raised all grades by 1.4 cents, and Standard Oil of Indiana increased by 3 cents. Shell Oil Co followed with a 3 cent rise in gasoline and small boosts in distillates and jet fuel amid cost pass through rules and tariff impacts.
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UPI
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Texaco, Inc
Standard Oil
Indiana
Houston
Shell Oil Co
Shell
Federal Energy Administration
U.S. Treasury Gold Sale Attracts Wide Bids In 1975 Auction
The Treasury conducted its second 1975 gold sale inviting about 750 bids from bankers investors and dealers for 500000 ounces valued around 83 million dollars at 166 per ounce. Foreign bank Credit Luis of Zurich sought the entire allotment while many small investors bid the minimum 250 ounce bars.
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U.S
Credit Luis of
Zurich
David McDowell
St. Louis
Treasury
Firing of State Auditor Cited Over Unauthorized Pay Increases
Sacramento UPI Assemblyman Bob Wilson says State Auditor General Harvey Rose was fired for giving himself unauthorized pay raises. Rose defends the raises as legal under his contract and says Wilson seeks political gain. Wilson charges Rose with inaccurate reports as a committee review unfolds.
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UPI
Walter W. Taylor
California State
Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Harvey Rose
Bob Wilson
San Diego
Rose
Senate
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Wilson
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