Ford budget cuts altered by House
The House rejected most of Ford's proposed cutbacks, voting 371 to 17 to preserve full funding for cancer research, drug abuse, mental health and HEW programs. The panel approved only 16.5 million of 1.248 billion in suggested HEW rescissions, sending the measure to the Senate.
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Foreign aid bill cut by 2.5 billion dollars
The House faces a $3.5 billion foreign aid bill cut from administration requests and last year. Rep. Otto E. Passman calls the reduction the largest since World War II, with $2.8 billion for aid and related programs and $736 million for related efforts.
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Rockefeller panel asks Ford for brief extension on CIA probe
Vice President Nelson Rockefeller said the Rockefeller commission will ask President Ford for a few weeks beyond the April 4 deadline to finish its inquiry into CIA spying, as three undercover agents testified. White House officials urged letting Senate investigations, led by Sen. Church, handle assassination plot allegations.
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Author claims Oswald innocent after tape analysis
George O'Toole a former CIA employee says his psychological stress evaluation of 10 seconds of Oswald's Dallas police hallway statement and other police recordings indicate stress signaling innocence and suggest a conspiracy of up to a dozen people. He cautions the method is not admissible in court.
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White male wins reverse discrimination case at Labor Dept EEOC office
Robert J. Neyhart won a reverse discrimination ruling against the Labor Department’s Office of Equal Employment Opportunity. He received back pay and a delayed promotion after a Civil Service Commission finding that a Spanish surname influenced selection for deputy director, highlighting the reach of Title VII and the Civil Rights Act.
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Washington Becomes 42nd State in 1889
Washington admitted to the Union as the 42nd state on November 11, 1889 with Olympia as its capital.
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Bolivian Catholic Bishops Call Birth Control a Genocide
In a pastoral letter 22 Bolivian bishops denounce USAID birth control programs as modern genocide. They claim funds from an $8 million rural aid plan fund contraception, sterilization, abortion, and economic pressure on large families to reduce the poor nations' future.
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