Union Loan Review Sparks AFL-CIO Access Debate
WASHINGTON AP The Labor Department quietly submits private loan applications to the AFL-CIO for review arguing it lacks manpower to vet every case. Senator Hansen says the practice gives the union unusual government influence and protests to White House and Congress.
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Washington
Labor Department
Afl-Cio
Labor Federation
Department
Clifford P. Hansen
Rwyo
Wyoming
Agriculture Department
Farmers Home Administration
Hansen
Labor
Peter J. Brennan
Brennan
White House
Senate
House Agriculture Committees
Fr McLaughlin Denies He Is Being Used
Washington AP Jesuit priest on White House staff denies being used by President Nixon and predicts a detente in the dispute with his religious superior. McLaughlin says a resolution is in process and he looks forward to detente while Guindon suggests he may be used to signal church backing. He calls claims of a public relations stunt unfounded and notes autonomy over finances was reaffirmed in 1971.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
John McLaughlin
William G. Guindon
McLaughlin
Vatican City
Father McLaughlin
Father Guindon
Richard Nixon
Richard T. Cleary
Jesuit Fathers of
New England
Boston
Cleary
Watergate Apartments
Burial Law Pusher Sees Husband Buried
Widow Cecile Abbott of Sacramento honors her late husband Capt John Abbott a Navy flier killed in North Vietnam April 1966 at Arlington National Cemetery. Her efforts helped pass a law reimbursing POW families travel costs to funerals. Senator Dole and President Nixon propelled swift passage.
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Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Cecile Abbott
Sacramento
Calif
Jay
John Abbott
North Vietnam
U.S
Abbott
White House
Washington Post
Robert J. Dole
Brian
Senate
House
Nixon
Jaycees Hit Road For Spring Cleanup Mexico June Highway Sweep
The Mexico Jaycees plan their annual spring cleanup on June 2 to stress a litter free community. After the cleanup a picnic will be held at the Jaycee shelter house for members with refreshments provided by Ben McAllister Falstaff Brewing Co. distributor.
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Mexico Jaycees
Ben McAllister
Falstaff Brewing Co
Lawyer says four paid to kill King in 1968 plot
Nashville AP report states attorney for James Earl Ray heard an intermediary claim four wealthy Americans funded two gunmen to assassinate Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis. Skeptics caution the tale, with officials saying they would take such allegations seriously if proven.
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Nashville, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Robert L. Livingston
Jin
King
Memphis
Livingston
Ray
U.S. 6Th Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Shelby County
Hugh Stanton
Asst
Henry Haile
Haile
Washington
James Lesar
Bernard Fensterwald
Detroit
Boy 17 Pleads To Manslaughter In Family Shooting
Albany Missouri AP Robert Dean Huffstutler Jr., 17, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for shooting his father, 39, on March 3 1973. He faced two to 10 years, with prosecutor seeking five years minimum. Judge Kenneth R. Lewis ordered a presentence investigation.
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Albany, Mo
Robert Dean Huffstutler Jr
Robert Huffstutler, Sr
Kenneth R. Lewis
Arkansas Cadet Wins Fry Churchill Awards at MMA
Dean Cary of Fayetteville won both the W Wallace Fry Speech Cup and the Westminster College Churchill Award during Missouri Military Academy’s 85th anniversary Commencement Weekend. The Fry Cup marked its 42nd presentation. Oakleigh Adkins III finished second in the Fry Cup. other top finishers tied for third. The day featured a battalion parade, awards, and a final ball as Lt. Col. E R Jackson was honored before a Sunday baccalaureate and diplomas.
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Dean Cary
Fayetteville
Ark
W. Wallace Fry
Westminster College Churchill
Missouri Military Academy
Field House
Academy
John Marshall
Fulton School
Winston Churchill
Oakleigh Adkins III
Chandlerville
Bob Cole
Norman
Okla
Evan Ames
St. Joseph
W. Earl Dougherty
Lou Leonatti
Mexico
MMA
Frank Park
Memorial Chapel
Herbert Schooling
University of Missouri At Columbia
Towns Talk About Solid Waste Removal
Representatives from Aux vasse Benton City Rush Hill Vandiver Village Mexico and the county met in Mexico City Hall to discuss a county solid waste collection plan. A 1973 state law requires each area to have a disposal plan by June 30 and the county will submit an interim plan for two systems, Mexico and Vandalia areas, with Mexico likely to operate the collection and landfill and other towns enacting ordinances to collect fees.
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Auxvasse
Benton City
Rush Hill
Vandiver Village
Mexico
Mexico City
Missouri Division of Health
Vandalia
West End
Jaworski Goes To Supreme Court Over Watergate Subpoenas
The Supreme Court is asked to decide whether Nixon may withhold Watergate tapes and documents sought for the trial of Ehrlichman Colson and others. Prosecutor Jaworski urges urgent jurisdiction bypassing the Washington circuit court as trial looms September 9. White House counsel argues executive privilege. Judge Gesell pushes presidential responsibility to resolve the matter.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Nixon
White House
Watergate
High Court
Leon Jaworski
Washington Circuit Court
John D. Ehrlichman
Charles W. Colson
California
Daniel Elisberg
House Judiciary Committee
Peter W. Rodine Jr
Gerald R. Ford
Judiciary Committee
Ford
ABC News
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Gerhard Gesell
James D. St. Clair
Ehrlichman
Colson
Gesell
Memorial Day edition cancelled by The Ledger
The Ledger will not publish Monday in observance of Memorial Day with the plant and office closed. In other notes, a break in trial opens June 9 accusing five men of civil rights violations against Dr. Lewis Fielding, Ellsberg's psychiatrist, amid Pentagon Papers disclosures. The Watergate cover-up case seeks court resolution on a subpoena as the term nears closure. Colson, Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Mitchell and others face obstruction of justice claims.
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Lewis Fielding
Ellsberg
Pentagon
Ehrlich
Ford Warns White House on Nixon Impeachment Policy
Vice President Gerald R Ford publicly warned the White House that Nixon refusal to supply more Watergate material risks turning a closely divided House against him. In a TV interview Ford urged the President to provide tapes if relevant and pressed for moderation in handling impeachment inquiries as Sparling prepares another run for Congress after a defeat by Traxler.
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Washington
Gerald R. Ford
White House
Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
Ford
ABC
Bill Zimmerman
House
House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee
Wilmington
Del
Nixon to name economic coordinator in White House plan
President Nixon will address the nation at noon on economic problems and proposes naming Kenneth Rush as White House economic coordinator to oversee policy. Rush, 64, formerly head of Union Carbide, would replace duties of George P. Shultz. Inflation hit 11.5 percent in early 1974.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
White House
Kenneth Rush
Secretary of the Treasury
William E. Simon
Rush
Bayside
Florida White House
Ron Ziegler
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Union Carbide Corp
Duke University
West Germany
Kissinger Wins Tentative Israeli OK for Syria Talks
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger won tentative Israeli agreement on a key disengagement issue and travels to Syria for a last effort to separate Israeli and Syrian forces. A three hour session yielded a favorable reaction to an undisclosed plan thinning forces, with final stance depending on Syrian President Assad's reply. Meanwhile Israel forms a new government under Rabin with a two seat Knesset majority and a dovish tilt.
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Jerusalem
Henry A. Kissinger
Syria
Kissinger
Israel
Abba Eban
Hafez Assad
United Nations
Shimon Peres
Yitzhak Rabin
Golda Meir
Eban
Defense
Moshe Dayan
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Jaycees
Legion of Honor
Ted A. Baer
Washington, I
Donna Ehrhardt
Charles Stribling
Elmer R. Jackson
C. R. Stribling Jr
Col. Jackson
Col. Stribling II
Baer
Major Baer
Richard Vance
Arkansas
K&m
Jaworski
Michigan
Saginaw, Mich
James Sparling Jr
Sparling
Bob Traxler
New York
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