Private U.S. contractor to train Saudi guards for oil fields
Vinnell Corp of Los Angeles to lead a 1000-man Saudi National Guard training contingent under a $77 million Defense Department contract. Recruitments include hundreds of former U.S. special forces and Vietnam veterans to train three mechanized battalions and a 105 howitzer artillery unit beginning July. The deal, tied to a $335 million Saudi-US package, aims to modernize oil-field protection and royal family guard duties.
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Dunlop to be nominated as Secretary of Labor
Hazard economist John T. Dunlop will be nominated as Labor Secretary to succeed Peter Brennan who has resigned. Dunlop originally balked at returning to government but agreed after appeals. Brennan, former head of building trades unions, was offered ambassadorship to Ireland but preferred a labor post in New York. Meany accuses Brennan of abandoning union principles, cutting AFL CIO dealings with the labor secretary.
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Cost of Living Council
White House
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Ford
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Richard F. Schubert
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Unfair Budget Drawn Up for Cities Says Mayors
The U S Conference of Mayors and National League of Cities denounce President Ford’s proposed 1976 budget as harmful to urban areas. They warn cuts to federal services and higher local taxes will worsen unemployment and welfare rolls while public service jobs are created elsewhere. The analysis says local and federal policy may clash with national economic recovery efforts.
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Ford
America
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National League of Cities
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Ford Administration
Weekend Snow Flurries Give Way to Sunshine
The forecast calls for light snow flurries early today with increasing sunshine this afternoon. Highs are in the 20s, with overnight lows around 10. Monday brings sunny skies and warmer conditions with a high near 30.
Oil prices may drop say Saudi and Algerian ministers
Saudi Arabia oil minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani favored a price freeze beyond September and hoped for a decrease from 10.12 dollars per barrel while an Algerian trade minister argued price cuts would fail due to rising demand. U.S. officials noted Ford might shift 1975 import reduction plans from quotas to price actions.
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Associated Press
Saudi Arabia
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
New Delhi
Layachi Yaker
Dakar
Senegal
Military jobs look good as recruiters fill quotas
Police report details a New Jersey home where 13 month old Dennis was found dead from injuries not caused by natural causes. The article notes that 50,000 children die annually from child abuse and directs readers to page 24 for the full report.
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Dennis
Kissinger Starts Last Mideast Diplomacy Tour
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger launches a week long fact finding mission aimed at a renewed Sinai settlement. He plans talks with Rabin Sadat Assad and others to test concessions on Gidi and Mitla passes and Abu Rudeis oil fields before possible March negotiations.
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Sinai
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Gidi
Mitla
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Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
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Damascus
Hafez Assad
Transition Allowance Runs Out for Nixon Aides
After six months, Nixon loses his San Clemente office complex, 11 cars, and most aides. Only four payroll staff remain plus two secretaries without pay. Secret Service protection continues.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Nixon
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Rose Mary Woods
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
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