Ford to veto rail reorganization plan
President Ford would veto a pending ConRail funding bill seen as too costly. Coleman said the Hartke measure would pay grants and broaden creditor claims, while Ford favors government stock instead and opposes a $6 billion high speed upgrade between Washington and Boston as part of $12 billion northeast corridor plan.
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Washington
Ford
Transportation
William T Coleman Jr
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Senate
House
Coleman
ConRail
Treasury
Hartke
Boston
Northeast Corridor
Stevens nomination draws favorable early reaction
President Ford's pick John Paul Stevens to the Supreme Court is poised for swift confirmation. Senate hearings are set to begin December 8 before Christmas recess, with lawmakers signaling little opposition and urging prompt action to fill Justice Douglas's seat.
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Washington
John Paul Stevens
Supreme Court
Senate
Ford
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Stevens
High Court
James C. Eastland
D-Miss
7Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Eastland
Roman L. Hruska
R-Neb
Slevelds Hadalkuipacu
House
Phlip Buden
John C. Marsh Jr
Stevens Seemed ‘Very Pleasant and Capable.” Eastland
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Judiciary Committee
Byrd
William C. Douglas
FBI informant claims FBI watched Klansmen attack Black rights workers
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr. testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee about repeated FBI warnings of Klan violence that were not acted on, including a 1961 Birmingham attack on freedom riders. He recalls one instance when the FBI acted, while others involved Viola Liuzzo’s 1965 murder case.
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Washington
FBI
Freedom Riders
Birmingham
Ala
Rowe
Viola Liuzzo
Selma
Nixon Feared Hoover Blackmail Ties Wiretap Files Move
Former President Nixon ordered secret wiretap files on journalists and officials moved from the Justice Department to the White House, fearing FBI Director J Edgar Hoover would use them for blackmail. The Ehrlichman transcript excerpt cites Nixon’s personal involvement in concealing the material.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Justice Department
White House
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Ehrlichman cites blackmail claim over Nixon files
In a deposition, John Ehrlichman said H R Haldeman urged moving wiretap files to the White House at Robert Marcian's urging. Ehrlichman claimed Mardian feared Hoover might use the files against the President. The 1971 files were later found in a White House safe amid a suit over wiretaps.
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Ehrlichman
Nixon
White House
Robert C. Marcian
Mardian
FBI
Hoover
Morten Halperin
Henry A. Kissinger
Halperin
Cities fear Congress may end revenue sharing funds
At the National League of Cities convention in Miami Beach nearly 3 000 city officials, White House representatives, and lawmakers voiced concern that renewal of federal revenue sharing may fail. James Falk said optimism is low while Rep Norman Mineta warned of a real possibility the program will not be continued without strong local effort. The current $30 billion five year program expires in 1976, having given cities and states flexible federal aid.
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White House
Congress
Paso
National League of Cities
James Falk
League
Carlos Romero Barcelo
San
Norman Mineta
D-Calif
San Jose
Calif
House
L. H. Fountain
D-N.c
House Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee
Ford
Fountain
Wealand
Jack Brooks
D-Tex
Mineta
Brooks
AMA to vote on strike issue at convention
The American Medical Association considers whether to support doctor strikes for economic gain as it weighs malpractice and national health insurance. President Dr. Max H Parrott notes strikes are not tradition but may arise, with a plan for a negotiations department if collective bargaining becomes necessary.
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Honolulu
American Medical Association
Spok
AMA
Max H Parrott
Portland
Ore
Association
House of Delegates
Aiwu
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
Cook County
Parrott
Europe
New York City Aid Plan Moves Through Congress
President Ford's 2.3 billion plan for federal aid to New York City wins support as House leadership changes the bill to an amendment bypassing committee. Mayor Beame to meet leaders as Congress returns from Thanksgiving recess to vote on loans over three years at low interest rates.
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Ford
New York City
Congress
New York
Abraham Beame
House
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