Senators Seek Ford Tax Audit Amid Nomination Fight
The Senate Rules Committee asked the IRS to audit Gerald Ford’s tax returns for five years and urged Nixon to release seven years of returns. The move accompanies efforts to scrutinize Ford’s background ahead of a likely House vote, with investigations including medical records and campaign reports. The panel, led by Sen. Howard Cannon, plans in-depth inquiries and possible hearings late October.
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Washington
Senate Rules Committee
Gerald Ric
Ford
Internal Revenue Service
Nixon
Michigan
House
White House
Sen
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
Rules Committee
Spiro T. Agnew
Cannon
IRS
FBI
Ford Sty: Ford Psychiatric Story Labelled 'Sheer Fantasy'
Vice President-designate Gerald R. Ford dismisses a lobbyist book claim that he underwent a year of psychiatric treatment as a categorical inaccuracy. Ford confirms he helped Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy secure a Treasury job as a political favor to a GOP candidate, after a brief meeting with psychiatrist Arnold Hutschnecker is disputed as nonpatient work.
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Washington
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Watergate
G. Gordon Liddy
Treasury
Arnold Hutschnecker
New York City
Robert N. Winter- Berger
House
Hutschnecker
Winter- Berger
Winter-Berger
Liddy the Treas
Connally Says He's Happy About Not Getting VP Job
John B. Connally told reporters in Portland he is very happy he was not nominated by Nixon to succeed Spiro Agnew as vice president. Speaking to the National Association of Retail Druggists he said, I didn't get it, and I might add I am very happy about it.
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Portland
Ore
John B. Connally
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
National Association of Retail Druggists
Texas
Secretary of the Treasury
Connally
The
Business Council
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Payroll Deduction Plan Aims To Boost Community Chest
Commerce Bank of Mexico yesterday promoted payroll deductions to lift Community Chest donations. Jim Frazer noted last year’s $41,121 could have topped $55,000 with 10c daily or 50c per week from more contributors. Eight firms already participate, including Southwestern Bell, Florsheim, Wetterau, A P Green Refractories, Kaiser Refractories, Audrain Medical Center, Commerce Bank, and City of Mexico. He urged broader adoption, projected 60 percent participation, and 14 agencies relying on 12 month budgets.
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Community Chest
Jim Frazer
Commerce Bank of Mexico
Frazer
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Florsheim Shoe
Wetterau Foods
A.P. Green Refractories Co
Kaiser Refractories
Audrain Medical Center
City of Mexico
Mexico
Don Manning
Manning
Jim Cooper
AMC
Robert Ligon
Don Dempski
Wetterall Foods
The
Green Company
Harold Pipes
Cattle Cars Now In Use To Haul Grain
Burlington Northern livestock cars with slatted sides are staged at grain elevators to haul wheat corn barley oats and soybeans. About 425 cars have been cleaned steamed and assigned to elevators in the Minneapolis St Paul and Omaha regions due to a boxcar shortage. Elevators pay to install and later remove plywood linings to hold grain.
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St, Paul, Minn
Burlington Northern
West Fargo
N.C
Superior
Wis
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Omaha
Agnew Watches Selling Better Across US
In Anaheim California the Dirty Time Co reports booming sales of its Spiro T Agnew wrist watch after his resignation as vice president. President Dr Hale Dougherty says the 17 000 to 25 000 stock of the $19 95 timepieces will be gone in under two weeks at the current pace.
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Anaheim
Calif
Dirty Time Co
Dirty Time
Hale Dougherty
Nixon aides fear to end wage price controls
An AP analysis notes the Nixon administration dislikes wage price controls yet dreads immediate removal. It outlines gradual withdrawal as the proposed path, with officials fearing inflation spikes and political resistance as key concerns.
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Bill Neikirk
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Edgar Fiedler
Treasury Department
Council
Shultz
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur F. Burns
Agnew Data To Maryland Grand Jury
Anne Arundel County Maryland prosecutor Warren Duckett asks grand jury to weigh investigating former Vice President Spiro Agnew’s governance as governor. He cites four factors: national interest expenses evidence and fair trial, with no charge specified. Federal prosecutors provide a 40 page evidence summary including kickback allegations. Duckett will seek county and city cooperation and plans to hear independent views next Tuesday. He criticized Agnew’s televised address as unsatisfactory.
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Annapolis, Md
Anne Arundel County
Spiro T. Agnew
Warren B. Duckett Jr
Duckett
Baltimore
Agnew
Baltimore City
Billings Resigns As MA Curator
Jefferson City Missouri Judge William H Billings resigns as a curator of Missouri University citing inability to devote time. He will remain until year end while a replacement is chosen. Billings, 51, previously served five years as a Kennett circuit judge and was named a Springfield Court of Appeals associate judge last January.
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Jefferson City
William H. Billings
Missouri University
Christopher S. Bond
Billings
Missouri Court of Appeals
Springfield
Kennett
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Beall Faces Threats Over Agnew Case Fallout
Baltimore US Attorney George Beall reports physical threats tied to Maryland political corruption probe that led to Vice President Spiro Agnew's resignation. He notes an electronic office lock installed after Agnew's grand jury inquiry may become permanent.
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Baltimore
U.S
George Beall
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Beall
Agnew
Chance Sales Earnings Up For Quarter
A. B. Chance Co. reported third quarter net earnings of 1 13,000 or 69 cents a share, up 53 percent from 1972. Sales rose 15 percent to 23,770,000. For nine months, earnings reached 3,024,000 or 1.88 a share on 68,243,000 in sales, up 28 percent. President L. C. Hansen credited market strength, product mix and efficiency from past capital additions. The firm supplies equipment and services for electric utilities and is expanding overseas, including a Brazilian stake and study of opportunities in the Common Market.
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Centralia
A.B. Chance Co
L.C. Hansen
Chance
U.S
A.B. Chance Company
Hansen
IBM Judgment Set Aside
In Tulsa Oklahoma a $352.6 million antitrust verdict against International Business Machines Corp. was set aside by U.S. District Judge Sherman Christensen who will determine a new amount later after IBM argued the Telex award was based on erroneous information. The decision follows a day of arguments in which IBM contended the figure should not stand.
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Tulsa
Okla
International Business Machines Corporation
U.S
Sherman Christensen
IBM
Telex Corporation
Mexicoan's Son Badly Hurt In Crash
Charles Griggs, 16, son of Mrs. Mary Griggs of 731 W. Jackson St., remains in critical condition at Cox Medical Center in Springfield after a head on collision on Highway 65 two miles north of Urban. Murphy L. Yocham, 31, Urbana banker and former Skyline school principal, died at the scene. The crash occurred as Griggs attempted to pass on a hillcrest. Mrs. Griggs and other relatives were traveling with him. his aunt and grandmother were injured.
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Charles Griggs
Mary Griggs
W. Jackson St
Cox Medical Center
Springfield
Highway 65
Urban
Murphy L. Yocham
Urbana
Skyline School
Highway Patrol
Griggs
Hillcrest
Yocham
Chuck
Hawthorne, Hardin Junior High
Mexico High School
Columbia
Virginia Sprague
Anna Jacobs
Morell Chick
Bill Johnson
Walnut Grove
Edward Griggs
David
Macon
Donny
Bobby
Angel
Rebozo Bank Case Prompts Patman Inquiry
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency rejected a bank charter in Key Biscayne that would have rivaled Charles G. Rebozo’s institution. House Banking Chair Wright Patman seeks an explanation, citing allegations of influence and monopolistic leverage by Rebozo with the President. The deputy comptroller says the file will be public Thursday.
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Washington
Nixon
Charles G
Bebe
Rebozo
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Key Biscayne
Fla
House Banking Committee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
James E. Smith
Patman
Smith
Thomas DeShazo
Charters
DeShazo
Comptroller’s
Comptroller
Mortimer Fried
Key Biscayne Bank and Trust Co
Fire at Chain of Rocks Fun Fair Park in St Louis
A three alarm blaze at the Chain of Rocks Fun Fair Park on the North Side was brought under control about two hours after breaking out in the Showboat Room. Police reported no immediate injuries. Firefighters fought the flames near the Mississippi River.
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ST. Louis
North Side
Chain of Rocks
National Heroin Hotline Number Reprinted
The reader asked for the drug pusher tip line number and the answer repeats the Washington DC hotline. The National Heroin Hotline in Washington is 600 368 5363, provided for suspected drug dealers and public help.
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Washington, D. C
FPC Official Tore Up Records On Gas Shortage
Senate investigators hear from FPC official accused of ordering destruction of documents on natural gas reserves and uncommitted gas data. Disciplinary action underway. security officer testified he ripped papers after Mangen ordered destruction to protect oil companies. Records sought by Sen Hart to assess reserve ownership.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Power Commission
Senate Judiciary
Lawrence Mangen
FPC
Bureau of Natural Gas
Webster Maxson
Mangen
Maxson
Commission
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee On Antitrust and Monopoly
Office of Economics
George B. Vivian
Vivian
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Antitrust
Penn Central Receives Partial Reprieve on Track Standards
Federal Railroad Administration grants Penn Central a partial reprieve but orders upgrading all substandard track on passenger and mainline routes within 30 days. The railroad sought exemption from safety rules covering about one sixth of its 38 000 miles of track.
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Washington
Federal Railroad Administration
Penn Central
MHS News Parent-Teacher Conferences Start Tomorrow
The annual conferences begin tomorrow at 8 a.m. with 15 minute sessions for parents to meet teachers. Conferences run through Friday with students dismissed for two days. Bake sale by golf squads and Girls Athletic Association funds the Arthur Hills grass greens fund. Latin Club members sell decorated cylindrical candles for 2 dollars each.
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MHS News
MHS
Girls Athletic Association
Arthur Hills Grass Greens Fund
Bottomlands Under Water
The Missouri River flooded about 15000 acres of corn and soybeans in Callaway County bottomlands. River rose to nearly 33 feet above flood stage near Jefferson City as 30 inmates and city workers placed sandbags at the airport. Forecast crest passed Hermann and St. Charles with six to seven feet anticipated, but residents faced no expected difficulties.
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Associated Press
Callaway County
Clarence Sundermeyer
Government Sues For $474,000 In Income Tax Case
U.S. government seeks 474825 in back taxes interest and penalties from A Henry Tager a Kansas City lawyer after his tax evasion conviction was upheld by appeals courts He surrendered to federal marshal in Denver on Sept 19 awaiting transfer to prison Tager had prior 1972 convictions for tax evasion false returns and for orchestrating the transfer of a stolen 100000 treasury note with conspiracy to cash it He received 33 months jail for tax crimes and three months plus five years probation for the note scheme
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A. Henry Tager
Tager
U.S. Marshal
Denver
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Treasury
Las Vegas
Kan
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