25 Sep 1975
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1975
Page
1
The Governor's Council for Cost Control proposed a 10 cent increase in retail liquor prices to boost Ohio revenues by about 6.7 million dollars annually. It urged department reforms, local enforcement shifts, longer director terms, and inventory cuts to free funds and improve efficiency.
A U S District Court judge ordered former President Richard Nixon to give an oral deposition in a civil case filed by Morton Halperin, marking the first time a ex-president was compelled to testify in a civil matter. The ruling permits questioning near Nixon's San Clemente home and hinges on presidential confidentiality limits. Nixon faces a separate Senate invitation or potential subpoena over the Huston plan, a domestic surveillance program Nixon approved briefly in 1970. Church's committee pressed for voluntary testimony, warning that a subpoena could be used if Nixon refuses.
A Senate panel plans public hearings on the CIA mail opening program amid disclosures that the agency opened letters to and from Richard Nixon and prominent figures like Edward Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey. Angleton’s controversial remarks on secret agencies were scrutinized, with officials confirming some mail was opened from 1952 to 1973.
Helen Smith, 57, of Uniondale, NY, was stuck a few feet above the fourth floor for 22 hours at Hempstead General Hospital. Porters heard her screams and rescued her after hospital staff and police searched. she was uninjured aside from slight high blood pressure. An investigation was ordered by hospital administrator Charles J. Hackett.
A weather outlook calls for a low in the mid 40s tonight and a high in the low 60s tomorrow with variable clouds. Rain chances are 40 percent tonight and 20 percent tomorrow as unsettled conditions persist.
Two of four Rhodes proposals are in serious trouble, including increases in gasoline and sales taxes for public transportation and urban development. The other two appear secure, needing no immediate voter outlay, one involving forgiveness of certain taxes to new beneficiaries.
A statewide Ohio Poll survey of 419 adults finds strong opposition to transportation bonds and gasoline tax increases while support grows for measures allowing corporate tax forgiveness and funding housing projects via bonds. Support varies by ideology age and race with broad cross‑section gains for nonimmediate costs.
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