Rockefeller nomination questioned over Goldberg book costs
The $60,000 Laurence Rockefeller paid for a biography of Arthur Goldberg and $2 million in gifts and forgiven loans prompt new hearings on Nelson Rockefeller's vice presidential bid. Goldberg calls the book a hatchet job and seeks reopenings of Senate and House hearings to assess campaign impacts and ethics.
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New York
Rockefeller
Goldberg
Victor Lasky
Laurence Rockefeller
Ford signs sweeping 1974 campaign reform bill
Washington UPI reports President Ford will sign the Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974, reshaping campaign finance for 1976. The law limits individual and committee contributions, funds primaries with public money, and requires central campaign committees and strict reporting. It faces ongoing prosecutions related to Watergate.
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UPI
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White House
Ford
U.S. District Court
Nixon
Money House
Ehrlichman turns accuser in Watergate trial defense cites Nixon complicity
Ehrlichman’s attorney charged that Nixon deceived misled and lied to him and forced his resignation to save Nixon. Frates portrayed Ehrlichman as a victim of the plot and said Nixon withheld information to cover up. Judge Sirica set a hearing on whether Nixon should testify as trial proceeds.
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UPI
John D. Ehrlichman
Richard M. Nixon
No. 2
Ehrlichman
Nixon
William S. Frates
White House
Ford
John W. Dean III
Richard Nixon
John Ehrlichman
Frates
Ehhlichman
U.S
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Camp David
John
Calf shooting planned to hike meat prices protest
Wisconsin farmers plan to shoot hundreds of calves in Curtis as part of a National Farmers Organization protest to lift beef prices. NFO leaders in Iowa and across the country push a get tough policy to curb production until price demands are met, with meetings signaling broad support.
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United Press International
Wisconsin
Curtis
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Steve Pavich
NFC
Oren Lee Staley
Fayette
Iowa
National Farmers’ Organization
Staley
Lompoc’s Veterans Service Officer Handles Wide Range of Claims
Philip Quinn, Santa Barbara County’s lone Veterans Service officer in Lompoc, runs a busy two room office that handles 937 interviews monthly, opening 34 new files and delivering 1590 service actions. Veterans seek pensions disability and home loans while local VA reps assist at Hancock Vandenberg La Verne Colleges. Cal Vet loans attract more buyers due to lower interest rates though future rates remain uncertain.
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Stan Tulledo
Santa Barbara County
Veterans Service Office
Lompoc
Philip Quinn
Veterans Service
Veterans Memorial Building
H Street
Veterans Administration
Quinn
Santa Barbara
Santa Maria
Los Angeles
Hancock
Vandenberg
la Verne College
Veterans Administration Office
State of California Veterans Board
Ward's withdraws from Lompoc retail project plan
Montgomery Ward's canceled a planned 10.18 square foot store and automotive center on Oak Avenue at North H Street in Lompoc after approving plans and securing a building permit. A partial permit fee refund is expected. High costs and inflation cited. Parker noted bids exceeded budgets. Ward's Chicago office approved the Lompoc project prior to a regional decision in Oakland.
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Oak Avenue
North H Street
Planning Commission
Lompoc Plaza
Santa Maria
Ward
King Parker
Parker
Chicago
Lompoc
Oakland
J M union and company discuss new pact for 500 workers
Johns-Manville Products Co and the International Chemical Workers Union Local 146 negotiate a contract due to expire Oct 24. Wages are key but details are scarce. The union accuses the company of trying to rewrite the pact to cut worker rights as 15 meetings have occurred. Paul Burnum says progress is hoped. former head John Gadway may join negotiations in Lompoc later this week.
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Johns-Manville Products Co
International Chemical Workers Union, Local 146
Paul Burnum
Burnum
John Gad
Glimpses of drivers at Olive Avenue boulevard stop signs
Motorists skid through new stop signs on Olive Avenue as Republican women gather for GOP candidates dinner and forum tonight.
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Don Brookshier
Olive Avenue
Hapgood School
Don Anderson
H Street
Locust Avenue
E Streets
Olive
New Boulevard
GOP
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