Witness says Vesco blocked telling on Nixon campaign donation
Harry Sears testified Vesco refused to testify about a $250000 Bahamas loan linked donation to the Nixon campaign. Sears cited Vesco saying investigators would “nail me and the President to the wall” and that he would not blow the lid to avoid media frenzy akin to the ITT affair.
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New York
UPI
Robert L. Vesco
Mitchell-Stans
Harry L. Sears
John N. Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Vesco
Sears
Mitchell
Bob
Bahamas
Barkley’s
Stans
Nixon Finance Committee
Nixon
Fictitious business name CD Electronics declared in Lompoc
Public notice lists Gregory G. Honore and Carl E. Wood doing business as CD Electronics at 107N. V St Lompoc California 93436. The limited partnership is signed by Carl E. Wood and Gregory G. Honore filed February 14 1974 with Santa Barbara County Clerk and published February 22 March 1 8 and 15 1974.
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CD Electronics
St Lompoc
Calif
Gregory George Honore
Hickory Lompoc
Carl Ernest Wood
Agena Way Lompoc
Carl E. Wood
Gregory G. Honore
Santa Barbara County
Howard C. Menzel
Claudia Springer
Bulk transfer notice for Gray Mule Saloon sale in Lompoc
Creditors are informed that a bulk transfer of all stock in trade fixtures equipment and goodwill of Gray Mule Saloon at 1272 South H Street Lompoc is planned. Transferors Robert George Kingston and Gray Mule Saloon name transferees Charlotte Jean Wood and Millard Mills. Escrow to finalize on or after April 1 1974.
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Robert George Kingston
South H Street
Lompoc
County of Santa Barbara
State of California
Gray Mule Saloon
Charlotte Jean Wood
North F Street
California
Millard Mills
North Seventh Street
Transferee
H Street
Norbert Baumgarten
Brown defends campaign committees tax workaround
Secretary of State Edmund G. Brown Jr. defends using multiple campaign finance committees to keep donations at or below 3000 dollars each to avoid federal gift taxes. He says the practice has legitimate purposes beyond tax avoidance, though he acknowledges some tax implications exist. The example of Joan Palevsky donating 33250 through 11 committees is cited.
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Sacramento
UPS
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
Joan Palevsky
Los Angeles
Mas Palevsky
Syrian and Israeli clash on Golan Heights with artillery
Syrian and Israeli forces clashed on the Golan Heights as tanks and artillery exchanged fire for hours. Both sides reported initial antitank strikes and intensified shelling, with Israel scrambling air power amid high alert status.
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United Press International
Golan Heights
Israel
Syria
Miss World Title Taken From Miss Wallace
Indianapolis native Marjorie Wallace the first American to win Miss World has been stripped of the crown amid controversy over her private life. She denied the rumors and vowed to return as she left for Los Angeles where she met Peter Revson. Wallace had been linked to Tom Jones and George Best and Mecca Organization stressed the winner must uphold a first class public image.
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London
UPI
Marjorie Wallace
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Los Angeles International
Peter Revson
Miss Wallace
Tom Jones
George Best
Mecca
Record corporate profits rise to new high in 1973
New York figures show after tax profits of US corporations hit a record 70 billion dollars in 1973, up 27 percent from 1972, with before tax profits forecast at a record 122.4 billion for this year. Experts note inflation erodes real gains and highlight sectors with major earnings increases such as paper steel aerospace metals and oil.
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New York
UPI
Business Week
Economics Department
McGraw- Hill Publications
Douglas Greenwald
Department
McGraw-Hill
Store owner shoots again in fifth robbery attempt
Los Angeles report says Carlos Carbajal, 73, shot the robber for the fifth time in 23 years as a masked man with a double barreled shotgun tried to rob his shop. The wounded suspect Alvin Williams, 27, was later arrested.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Carlos Carbajal
Carabajal
Carlos, Jr
Alvin Williams
Explosion rocks Shell Oil fuel tank in San Jose blast
A group calling Americans for Justice claimed responsibility for an explosion opening a 30 foot tank at a Shell Oil Co distributing yard in San Jose. No injuries. six other tanks held 55 000 gallons each. The group urged stopping price increases and offered a proposed relief plan possibly under Ralph Nader.
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San Jose
UPI
Shell Oil Co
Americans For Justice
San Francisco Chronicle
Shell
Bay Area
Federal Building
San Francisco
Shell Oil
Charles Whitten
Whitten
the Chronicle
Ralph Nader
Consumer Advocate
The
Chronicle
Wallace recalls offers of Democratic vice presidency in 1972
Gov. George Wallace says influential Democrats offered him the VP nomination in 1972 in exchange for delegates but he rejected the bid to oppose McGovern. He hints at a potential 1976 bid or VP possibility while noting staff push to build grassroots groups.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
George C. Wallace
Sen
George
McGovern
Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
California
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Harry J. Crompe
California Missions Chapter of
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Record
Rennie Adam
Valley Club
San Luis Obispo County
America
E Laird. Hayes
Senate
Hancock College
Sporting Goods
Santa Maria
PNG Tees Hancock
Randolph Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Miss Hearst
Chinatown
A. Ludlow Kramer
Hearst Family
Hearst Foundation
Hearst Corp
University of California
Jaji
Lompoc Plaza
Michele Hallmark
Steamco
Andy
Starbuck
McPeek Family Mortuary
North H Street
Order of the Solden
Ags
LA Cumbre Plaza
Santa Barbara
Joe Herron
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