Ford to explain pardon before committee
President Ford agreed to testify before Rep. William Hungate's Judiciary subcommittee to detail his pardon of Richard Nixon. The open session could be televised, with limits on questions about transition finances, while Ford aims to “tell the truth” and set the record straight on Watergate.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Richard M. Nixon
House
Capitol Hill
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Congress
William L. Hungate
D-Mo
Nixon
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Hungate
Mansfield
George Danielson
D-Calif
Danielson
Philip Buchen
Buchen
Five on trial for Watergate cover-up in 1973 proceedings
UPI reports five Nixon aides go on trial in the Watergate cover-up case as Judge Sirica asks prospective jurors. Nixon may not appear. Ehrlichman shifts to claiming Nixon ordered the cover-up. Demonstrators outside number about a dozen amid a quieter start.
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Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
John J. Sirica
Nixon
John D. Ehrlichman
No. 2
Ehrlichman
California
Sirica
White House
Guerrillas Harden Demands In Dominican Consulate Hostage Crisis
Leftist guerrillas holding a U S woman diplomat and six other hostages at the Venezuelan Consulate in Santo Domingo stiffened their position amid slow negotiations. They demand a $1 million ransom and free 37 political prisoners with safe exit, though sources say demands narrowed to freeing one prisoner, underground leader Plinio Matos Moquete, and safe departure. Archbishop Polanco Brito delivered supplies to the consulate as talks continued with authorities.
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Plinio Matos Moquete
Dominican Republic
Teachers union to sue over time discrepancy
Lompoc Federation of Teachers Local 3151 AFT AFL-CIO will sue Lompoc Unified School District for discrimination in daily teaching minutes. Intermediate teachers must teach 325 minutes with no prep period versus 280 minutes for secondary teachers who receive prep time and extra pay.
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Josie Carpio
Barbara Culberson
Clarence Ruth
Crestview
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la Honda
Miguelito
Westwings
Ruth
Buena Vista
Fillmore
Hapgood
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la Mesa
Los Berros
Los Padres
Cabrillo
Lompoc
Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc Federation of Teachers
AFT
Afl-Cio
Lompoc Unified School District Board of Trustees
Victor J. van Bourg
Stewart Weinberg
LFT
Norman Larson
Business Department
Lompoc High School
Larson
California pension bills push reforms amid lawmakers' pensions
In Sacramento a drive to end early retirement bonuses for lame duck lawmakers and slash Gov. Reagan’s pension sparked rapid committee action. Bills AB7 AB9 ACA1 RB5 and SB1 moved through panels as Democrats push pension cuts and the idea of an independent salary commission gains momentum.
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Sacramento
UPS
Ronald Reagan
Assembly
Capitol
Senate Rules and Finance
Omer L. Rains
Ventura
Assembly Public Employer and Retirement Committee
Reagan
Bob Wilson
San Diego
Ways and Means
Edwin L. Z’berg
Ed Reinecke
Ways and Means Committee
Louis J. Papan
Daly City
GOP
Robert McLennan
Downey
Assembly Democrats
Ford orders 5.52 percent federal pay raise in force
President Ford, under congressional pressure, mandates a 5.52 percent raise for 3.5 million federal workers and military personnel. The increase, retroactive to today, goes into effect at the start of the next pay period, despite his initial push to delay until January 1. The move follows a Senate vote to proceed on schedule after a failed postponement bid.
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Senate
Cannon
Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
Office of Management and Budget
Civil Service Commission
White House
Simon tells bankers no curb on exports amid inflation plans
Treasury Secretary William E. Simon told IMF World Bank governors that the United States will not tighten spending or curb grain exports to fight inflation. He pledged open markets with no subsidies or obstacles to capital and urged Congress to act this year to maintain momentum toward freer world trade.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
William E. Simon
United States
U.S
Simon
Ford
Congress
Nixon too sick to travel amid Watergate trial
Nixon’s doctor says the former president is too ill to travel for at least a month and perhaps three months. He should avoid long sittings and travel until convalescence progresses. The Watergate trial of aides begins in Washington with Nixon subpoenaed.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Richard Nixon
Nixon
John C. Lungren
Lungren
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
Robert Flora
Watergate
Washington, D.C
U.S. District Court
John Sirica
Leon Jaworski
John Ehrlichman
Ford
Campaign reform bill compromise reaches agreement in Congress
Senate and House negotiators announce a breakthrough on key issues in a sweeping reform package. The plan provides taxpayer subsidies for presidential elections and primaries, imposes contribution limits, and creates a full time independent commission with civil enforcement powers to oversee Watergate era reforms.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
Cannon
Ford
White House
Senate House
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