Ford signs $3.7 billion foreign aid bill despite misgivings
President Ford signed a $3.7 billion foreign aid and related programs bill, below his requested total for the fiscal year. The measure includes over $1 billion for the Middle East and $440 million for Indochina postwar reconstruction, but provides no military aid for South Vietnam or Cambodia. Congress completed action earlier in the week.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Middle East
Indochina
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Rocky Mountain quake rattles 400 mile swath of U S
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake, the strongest in the United States since 1971, shook the Central Rocky Mountains and Salt Lake City at about 8 31 p m The National Earthquake Information Center in Golden Colorado notes the quake caused only minor property damage and no serious injuries.
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Salt Lake City
United States
Rocky Mountains
California
San Fernando Valley
National Earthquake Information Center
Golden
Colo
SEC sues Howard Hughes over Air West deal
The Securities and Exchange Commission files a multimillion dollar suit against Howard Hughes, Jimmy Snyder, and seven others alleging securities law violations in the Air West acquisition. It seeks 45 million to 48 million in allegedly illicit profits and accuses defendants of misleading publicity to sway votes and hiding related conflicts.
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San Francisco
Securities and Exchange Commission
Howard Hughes
Las Vegas
Jimmy
Snyder
Hughes
Air West
Nevada
Robert Maheu
Chester C. Davis
Hughes-owned
Summa Corp
Hughes Airwest
SEC
Hank Greenspun
Las Vegas Sun
David B. Charney
Beverly Hills
Calif
George Crockett
Patrick J. Hillings
Hughes Air Corp
Senate panel weighs CIA role in Kennedy assassination
An aide to Senator Frank Church said the Senate Intelligence Committee may probe CIA involvement in President John F. Kennedy's death. The panel aims to exonerate the agency of unjust claims while conducting a preliminary staff inquiry amid widespread press attention.
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CIA
Kennedy
Washington
Senate Intelligence Committee
John F. Kennedy
Frank
Church
Idaho
Bill Hall
Hall
Brother insists Oswald fired shots in Kennedy case
Robert Oswald says nothing since 1963 alters his belief that Lee Harvey Oswald killed President John F. Kennedy. He maintains the Warren Commission findings are valid. Interview conducted by Murphy Martin of KRLD in Dallas.
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Dallas
Tex
Robert Oswald
Lee Harvey
John F. Kennedy
Warren Commission
Oswald
Robert
Texas
Oklahoma
Murphy Martin
KRLD
Ford eyes Hathaway for interior secretary post
President Ford plans to nominate Stanley Hathaway of Wyoming as interior secretary to replace Rogers Morton who will move to commerce secretary and energy adviser. Hathaway, 50, touted job growth in Wyoming and environmental protections while governor amid a Cabinet shakeup under Ford. Confirmation required for both posts.
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Ford
Stanley K. Hathaway
Wyoming
Hathaway
Rogers C. B. Morton
Commerce
White House
Morton
Ron Nessen
Energy Resources Council
Nelsen
Federal Energy Administration
Senate
Departments of Transportation, Justice
Labor and Housing and Urban Development
Teen 15 Charged In Extortion Plot In Ohio
Olmsted Falls police arrested a 15-year-old Warren boy in connection with an extortion attempt to obtain 10,000 from a local businessman. The caller threatened to kidnap the businessman's daughter and demanded the cash in a suitcase at a service station. The call lasted 90 minutes while tracing continued.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Olmsted Falls
Warren
Tion
Lordstown
Dennis McCaffert
Omsted Falls
Mamie Eisenhower Shows Definite Improvement in Augusta
Doctors report Mamie Eisenhower has definite improvement with no new internal bleeding. The former first lady, 79, is at Mamie’s Cabin at Augusta National Golf Club where she spent the winter. Maj. George Foster of Ft Gordon said her condition is good after episodes of bleeding that started and stopped.
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Augusta
Mamie Eisenhower
George Foster
U.S. Army Medical Center
Ft. Gordon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mamie
Augusta National Golf Club
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