State rescues New York City from financial disaster
After 19 hours of talks New York's legislature enacted an emergency plan placing strict budget controls and authorizing about 23 billion in public and private funds to keep the city solvent through November. Gov. Carey signed the bill creating an Emergency Financial Control Board with power to approve the city budget and curb spending.
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Albany
New York City
Hugh L. Carey
Charles Cook
Schoharie
Justice Dept cites reasons for Nixon papers custody
The Justice Department says Congress believed Nixon official papers might not remain intact if he held custody, supporting the government’s custody and ownership claim. A 100 page brief argues Nixon wouldn’t be a trustworthy custodian, citing taped gaps and transcript differences. Oral arguments set for Sept. 22 before a three judge panel.
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Justice Department
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Supreme Court
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White House
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H. R. Haldeman
FBI
Morton Halperin
National Security
Halperin
Giacalone invokes Fifth Amendment in Hoffa probe
Detroit AP report says Anthony Giacalone, a reputed Mafia leader, declined to testify before a federal grand jury investigating Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance. The Fifth Amendment claim follows his indictment on tax evasion and mail fraud charges related to a Teamsters medical plan. Witness accounts place Giacalone near the club where Hoffa vanished, with timing around 2:25 to 3:30 p.m. on July 30, as other witnesses corroborate.
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Detroit
Anthony
Tony Jack
Giacalone
Teamsters
Jimmy Hoffa
Hoffa
Ralph Freeman
Doug Ryan
Southfield Athletic Club
Giacal
Louis C. Linteau
Ryan
Meany urges oil for wheat exchange with USSR
AFL CIO President George Meany urged an oil for wheat trade with the Soviet Union. Speaking to 1,200 delegates at the United Transport Unions convention in Miami Beach, he said the United States should use its food-production edge to counter Soviet energy bargaining power.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Aflcio
George Meany
Soviet Union
United Transport Unions
Meany
America
National scene on city debt plan faces GOP objections
Senate Republican leader Warren Anderson warns the plan is dangerous and criticizes inaction while acknowledging buying time may be necessary. A control board will include Carey, New York Mayor Beame, state Comptroller Levitt, City Controller Goldin, and governor appointees to address investor confidence and refinance New York City's debt after Municipal Assistance Corp. failed to market securities.
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Warren Anderson
Carey
New York
Abraham D. Beame
Arthur Levitt
Senate panel balks at new JFK probe urged by Schweiker
Senate intelligence leaders Frank Church and John Tower say there is not enough new evidence to reopen the Kennedy assassination inquiry. Schweiker argues CIA and FBI concealed material from the Warren Commission including Castro plots and a threatening Oswald letter.
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Washington
Senate Intelligence Committee
John F. Kennedy
Frank Church
D-Idaho
John Tower
R-Tex
Ricard Schweiker
R-Pa
CIA
FBI
Schweiker
Fidel Castro
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Dallas
Tex
Bank robber mugged after Wilmington trust heist
In Wilmington a teen robber fled Wilmington Trust Co. with 1500 to 2000 dollars. Three youths attacked him on the way home and stole the loot, Det. Lt. John Doherty said. The suspect John Satterfield, 17, is jailed on 7500 dollars bail. The muggers escaped.
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Wilmington
Del
Wilmington Trust Co
John Doherty
John Satterfield
High school graduates to face literacy test
Jacksonville officials consider making a practical literacy exam a graduation requirement. Dr. Donald Johnson said the test measures everyday reading skills such as understanding street signs and ads. If failing, students receive remedial reading and retake with forms A B and C until they pass.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Donald Johnson
Johnson
Florida
Welfare rolls shrink in May signaling economic turn
Washington AP reports May AFDC rolls fell to 11,357,442, down 1 percent from April as unemployment concerns eased. Cash payments dropped to 735.7 million, down 9 percent from April, first decline since May 1974. Twenty one of 25 states saw decreases in payments to jobless father headed families.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Department
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