Ford uses Bicentennial role as nonpolitical campaign strategy
President Ford adopts a nonpartisan Bicentennial image to start his 1976 campaign, embracing patriotic appearances in Philadelphia and Charlotte. He garners applause for crisis handling like the Mayaguez incident, while touting national rededication and southern appeal to bolster GOP prospects.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington
Ford
Philadelphia
Charlotte
N.C
Mayaguez
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Gerald R. Ford
South
California
Ronald Reagan
Continental Congress
April
Lexington
Concord
Massachusetts
Boston
Old North Church
Paul Revere
United States
Baader Meinhof gang members go on trial in West Germany
The Baader Meinhof group leaders Andreas Baader Ulrike Meinhof sit in the dock at Stammleheim Prison as a 354 page indictment accuses them of leading a 1970s campaign including bombings robberies and shootings. Several co leaders and dozens of followers remain jailed or awaiting trial after the 1972 police dragnet.
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Buidings
Andreas Baader
Ulrike Meinhof
Baader-Meinhof
Stammleheim
Meins
Lam Mer
West Germany
West Om
Oslo
Kennedy warned on CIA Castro plot probe details surfaced
Former high official says Robert Kennedy learned in 1962 about a CIA linked plan to kill Fidel Castro involving Mafia figures Sam Giancana and John Roselli. The Justice Department later dropped prosecutions. Kennedy reportedly asked to be consulted before any Mafia dealings.
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Washington
Arts
Robert F Kennedy
CIA
Fidel Castro
High
Justice Department
Kennedy
Sam Giancana
John Roselli
Department
Giancana
Chicago
Feder
Roselli
William K. Harvey
Sheffield Edwards
Harvey
Indianapolis
Ind
Edwards
Maryland
Castro
Jack Anderson
Cuba
Burk urges early action on Social Security taxes in 1976
James A. Burke chair of the House Ways and Means subcommittee on Social Security says Congress must raise Social Security taxes this year to shore up the system that serves 31.3 million Americans. He criticizes the Ford administration for delaying action while deficits grow and trust funds risk depletion. Weinberger warns against new payroll taxes before 1977 to aid the economy, but Burke says strong steps are needed now to avoid relying on general revenues in 1977.
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Washington
House
Social Security Panel
Ford Administration
Congress
James A. Burke
D-Mass
Ways and Means Subcommittee On
Social Security
Burke
Health, Education and Welfare
Caspar W. Weinberger
Ford
White House presses to override veto on strip mine bill
Washington AP reports the Ford administration campaigns to sustain veto of a bill to ban strip mining. The House faces a veto override vote seen as toss up. sponsors claim enough votes though privately less optimistic. Ford warns job losses and higher energy costs if enacted.
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Senate
House
White House
Ford
U.S
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
Udall
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