Dean Testimony Claims CIA Reports to White House
Former White House counsel John W. Dean III testified that the Nixon administration received regular intelligence on demonstrators and radicals from the FBI and sometimes the CIA. The Senate Watergate record notes a 50 page CIA Colby report alleging illegal U.S. domestic spying, with Angleton and Ober linked to the effort. Dean, 35, is serving a 1 to 4 year term for conspiracy to obstruct justice.
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Washington
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Central Intelligence Agency
John W. Dean III
Dean
Nixon
Congressinal Committee
FBI
CIA
Associated Press
Howard Hunt Jr
Los Angeles Times
William F. Colby
Ford
U.S
Senate
James J. Angleton
Richard Ober
Intelligence Committee
Ober
Angleton
National Security Council
Uncle Sam's Deficit to Hit 22 Billion
A staff study by Congress Joint Economic Committee projects the federal budget deficit rising to 22.8 billion dollars in the year ending June 30 and a postwar peak next year. The forecast for fiscal 1976 is 36 billion, the highest since 1968.
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Washington
Congress
Joint Economic Committee
Richmond Fire Damages Sporting Goods and Law Offices
A fire in Richmond Missouri damaged a sport shop and adjoining law offices on the town square, with heavy smoke strikes at J C Penney. Fire units from Lexington Carrollton and Hardin joined local crews and had the blaze under control by 10 30 p m after starting in Rogers Sports Shop. Fire officials believe much of the store burned before discovery.
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Richmond
Richmond, Mo
Sporting Goods
Richmond’s Square
J. C. Penney’s
Lexington
Carrollton
Hardin
Rogers Sports Shop
Sugar Price Drops Again in Missouri New Year
Jefferson City AP report shows Missouri average price for a 10 pound bag of sugar fell to 5.54, continuing a two week decline from 9 weeks of higher prices. Other grocery items mostly declined with rib steak 1.49, T bone 1.81, sirloin 1.67, ground beef 0.80, milk 1.46, eggs mixed by size, and bread steady at 0.63.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Farm Bureau
Kansas City
Ashland Oil pleads guilty to illegal political gifts
WASHINGTON AP Ashland Oil Inc admits concealing political donations to Democratic Chairman Robert Strauss and senators Humphrey Tower and others for over a year. It pleads guilty to five counts, fined $25,000, with executives Atkins and Vinson also penalized. Prosecution notes false statements and undisclosed gifts to several campaigns. ST. LOUIS AP Airline mechanics strike over stalled contract talks at Ozark Air Lines seeking 17.9 percent raise. picketing at two offices and facilities.
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Washington
Watergate
Ashland Oil Inc
Robert Strauss
Hubert H. Humphrey
John G. Tower
Ashland
U.S. District Court
Watergate Special Prosecution Force
Orin Atkins
Fred M. Vinson Jr
Nixon
Atkins
Charles McNelis
Senate
House
Internal Revenue Service
Minnesota
Strauss
Democratic National Committee
Carl F. Arnold
Tower
Texas Republican
Louie B. Nunn
ST. Louis
Ozark Air Lines
Ozark
Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association
Ford returns to Washington after Rockies ski trip
President Ford heads back to Washington from a New Year ski holiday in the Rockies amid a fast moving session where fewer than a dozen of 115 bills await action. He aims to sign a long sought trade bill by Saturday and may also tackle two other major measures on unemployment and public service jobs.
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Vail
Colo
Ford
Washington
Rockies
Turkey
Cyprus
Ron Nessen
Betty
Joplin School Board Ordered Over Teachers' Pay Dispute
A Missouri judge ordered the Joplin R&School Board to raise teachers pay or justify the denial by next Tuesday after the JCTA sued claiming state funds earmarked for salaries were withheld. The suit seeks $316,000 to fund about $430 more per faculty member for 1974-75, with a 1 p.m. show cause hearing set.
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Joplin
JCTA
Teachers’ Association
Nancy Niess
Neiss
Guerrillas Free Hostages After 242 Day Siege In Cuba Flight
A captive says Nicaraguan guerrillas who freed 13 hostages and fled to Cuba with about $500,000 and 14 prisoners released from jail were "cool, calm professionals." The attackers entered a suburban home during a Friday cocktail party, killed one guest and two police guards, and seized 33 others. They released 20 women, children, servants, and musicians over the weekend, with the remaining hostages freed Monday afternoon.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Cuba
Brando Surrenders 40 Acres to Indian Group in California
In Agoura California Marlon Brando presented the deed to 40 acres in the Santa Monica mountains to Indian representatives amid drums and chants. He handed the title to Medicine Man Semu Huaurte of the Red Wind Association and Hank Adams of the Survival of American Indians Association. The land is valued around 112000 dollars and Brando has owned it five years. He noted the gesture as remorse for past portrayal of Indians in films and referenced his Oscar 1972 refusal.
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Agoura
Calif
Marlon Brando
United States
Brando
Santa Monica Mountains
Semu Huaurte
Redwind Association
Hank Adams
Survival of American Indians Association
Tacoma
Wash
Los Angeles
Richard Loving
Mundelein, Ill
Fran
GI Insurance Will Pay Higher Dividend In 75
The Veterans Administration will start paying higher GI insurance dividends for World War I and II veterans beginning Wednesday. Korea era veterans will receive dividends for the first time. VA Administrator Richard L. Roudebush announced that nearly 4.5 million veterans will be paid automatically on policy anniversary dates, with the first checks on January 1. Total dividends amount to $335.6 million, up $31.8 million from before.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Richard L. Roudebush
Roudebush
U.S
NSLI
VSLI
Congress
Fertilizer Spill Kills 16 000 Fish in Big Piney River
A phosphoric acid spill at Ozark Fertilizer Co. triggers a call for a state attorney general fine. About 16,000 fish died in a 2.25 mile downstream zone after the plant failed to notify authorities. Lime was dumped to curb further kills. Local officials report the area near the spill extends four miles downstream.
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Frank Ryck
Conservation Department
Don Jones
Ryck
Heath To Caribbean Talks With Caribbean Premiers
Britain's Conservative opposition leader Edward Heath flies to the West Indies for four days visiting the Bahamas and Jamaica. He will meet Premier L O Pindling in the Bahamas and Premier Michael Manley in Jamaica to discuss sugar supplies and regional ties.
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London
Britain
Edward Heath
West Indies
Bahamas
Jamaica
Heath
Caribbean
L.O. Pindling
Michael Manley
One Of Top Wanted Men Is Captured
Thomas Otis Knight, 23, one of the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives, was captured by the FBI in an apartment in New Smyrna Beach Florida after escaping from Dade County jail in a mass breakout. He was charged with two counts of first degree murder false imprisonment and using a weapon to commit a felony in the July 17 slaying of Sydney and his wife after a ransom of 50000 dollars was paid.
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Miami
FBI
New Smyrna Beach
Fla
Thomas Otis Knight
Clarence M. Kelley
Knight
Sydney Gans
Gans
Dade County
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Delores Taylor
Tom Laughlin
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