Congress moves to approve refugee funds for Indochina
Congress edges toward final approval of refugee aid measures as Ford administration officials push for funding to transport and settle South Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees. Key actions include a House Appropriations vote on a 405 million dollar bill and a Senate panel backing similar ceilings amid deployment concerns.
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Sparkman
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D-Mont
Government says more people are going broke
The government reports a record rise in bankruptcy filings in March 1975 with 24,970 petitions, 13 percent above October and 42 percent higher than March 1974. For the first nine months of fiscal 1975, filings totaled 184,655, up 35 percent year over year, prompting concerns of a possible yearly total near 231,660.
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Amtrak chief dismisses media disclosed service complaints
Amtrak president Paul H. Reistrup told a House panel he does not investigate complaints unless he learns of them from riders letters or on-site visits and would not probe issues first reported by CBS or other media. Rep. Edward Koch called the stance rigid and surprising.
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D-N.y
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CIA panel member defends agency on domestic spying claims
Former Treasury Secretary C. Douglas Dillon says the Rockefeller commission found CIA domestic spying to be largely improper only in one or two major exceptions. He notes no new wrongdoing beyond press-reported items and expects findings to align with Colby’s public statements on CIA domestic activities.
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