Senators See Hope for Normalized Cuba Ties After Castro Meeting
Cuban Premier Fidel Castro hosted Senators Jacob Javits and Claiborne Pell for a three hour session in Havana. The lawmakers emerged saying they sensed Cuba’s interest in moving toward normalized relations with the United States though no commitments were announced. They cited issues including alleged Cuban attempts to export revolution, American political prisoners, and seized properties, while Castro assailed U.S. policy on CIA actions in Chile and warned of imperialist inflation.
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United States
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Ford
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Chile
Pell
Soviet Union
China
New Yorker
Raul Roa
White House
Congress
Revolution Plaza
Salvador Allende
Nixon Offered To Send Pardon Back To Ford
Washington AP report says former President Nixon offered to return the blanket pardon granted by President Ford after controversy. A White House source called the offer casual and not a legal move, noting no clear way to undo the pardon. Ford and Nixon later spoke about foreign affairs and Kissinger.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Ford
White House
Nixon
When does the household tax go off in 1975
Gov Bond signed a bill eliminating the household furnishings tax effective in 1975. County Assessor Holloway says next year private household furniture won’t be assessed, with exceptions for hotel, motel, lodging house, and furnished apartment contents. Other personal property remains taxed.
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Bond
Holloway Neil
Water Lunch Supports Famine Aid At Seattle Luncheon
At the Olympic Hotel a charity luncheon feasted on a themed menu with Chad Kabob and Mauritania marinated items, all served with water to emphasize aid. King's Garden organized the Cup of Cold Water Luncheon to fund food shipments for famine nations in Asia and Africa, with major donors enabling 1400 meals per 10 dollars donated. In New Delhi Sanjay Gandhi and Menaka Anand wed quietly before magistrate and relatives, following a restrained ceremony plan.
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Olympic Hotel
Sudan
King's Garden
Asia
Africa
New Delhi
India
Sanjay Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
Gandhi
Menaka Anand
McNamara calls for $36 billion aid to poor nations
World Bank President Robert S. McNamara urged oil producers and wealthy nations to provide 36 billion over five years to help the poorest nations. He noted inflation, unemployment and disasters worsen conditions, and that the bank plans 5.5 billion for 1975, up a billion. Camdenton votes 1 cent sales tax to fund streets, police and parks.
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World Bank
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Bank
Sacrifices debated at Ford economic summit
AP analysis notes Msgr. Lawrence J. Corcoran offers a 10 percent income cut as a sacrifice if others do so, while delegates push for varied relief without unanimous agreement. Ford promises a ten day program including jobless help and tax adjustments, but funding questions loom. Housing subsidies may require borrowing from credit markets, nudging interest rates higher.
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Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Msgr
Lawrence J. Corcoran
Ford
Msgr. Corcoran
National Conference of Catholic Charities
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Housing and Urban Development
James T. Lynn
Zumwalt Seeks Wider Amnesty For Draft Evaders
Adm. Elmo Zumwalt, retired chief of naval operations, said at Vanderbilt University he would have extended amnesty beyond President Ford’s proposal. He contrasted evaders with those who fled for ethical reasons and noted the need to judge nuance in amnesty. He recently began a visiting professorship at Vanderbilt and had liberalized Navy personnel policies earlier in his career.
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Tenn
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Naval Operations
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Zumwalt
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Navy
Legislators Urge Welfare System Changes
Missouri Senate committee recommends welfare fraud crackdown and federal takeover of Aid to Dependent Children payments. ADC payments in Missouri are 39 dollars monthly for mother, 51 for first child, 30 for each additional child. Proposals include less paperwork, county office independence, better client treatment. Republican and Democrat members named. fraud squad idea endorsed by new Social Services director Lawrence Graham.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
Missouri
Senate Information Office
House
Senate
Robert Young
St. Ann
Raymond Howard
St. Louis
Mary Gant
Kansas City
Ike Skelton
Lexington
Richard Webster
Carthage
Paul Bradshaw
Springfield
Emory Melton
Cassville
Lawrence Graham
Social Services Department
Missouri Welfare Reform Proposals Tackle ADC Failures
A Missouri legislative panel urged annual reviews of major programs to ensure value for tax dollars. Proposals include removing ADC family home value caps, funding for antifraud enforcement, veto inclusion of natural fathers in unemployed parent ADC terms, and vocational training funds. A study cited a 21 percent overpayment and ineligibility error rate, with goals to cut to eight percent.
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ADC
Senate Appropriations Committee
Missouri
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