NOW attacks Stevens nomination over gender bias remarks
The National Organization for Women urged President Ford to withdraw John Paul Stevens' Supreme Court nomination after he said blacks are a more disadvantaged group than women. Stevens testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee amid calls for confirmation despite NOW's strong criticism.
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National Organization For Women
Ford
Supreme Court
John Paul Stevens
Stevens
Senate Judiciary Committee
Committee
Senate
High Court
DeCrow
Tax veto threat called chicken in tax cut dispute
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Russell Long criticized President Ford for tying 1976 tax cuts to a 1977 spending ceiling. Treasury Secretary Simon defended the plan as spending restraint, while lawmakers weighed overriding a potential veto and the impact on job losses if the veto stands.
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Ford
Senate Finance Committee
Sen
Russell B. Long
D-La
Treasury
William E. Simon
Long
Simon
Ford Administration
Congressional
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Ron Nessen
Finance Committee
Scott
GOP
Robert P. Griffin
Economic Policy Board
Cabinet Room
Nessen
Max
Defense bill trimmed eight billion from Ford budget request
A conference committee sent to Congress a Pentagon appropriation bill about 8.2 billion below Ford's request for fiscal 1976. The package allows limited B1 bomber production funds and expands AWACS to four aircraft. It preserves Perimeter Acquisition Radar operation and rejects a five year phaseout of military base commissary subsidies.
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House
Senate
Ford
George Mahon D-Tex
House Appropriations Committee
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Mahon
Grand Forks
N.C
North Newton Council Reorganizes Planning Bodies
North Newton City Council froze 24th Street load limit action for further study and delayed drainage and sewer renovation referenda. It approved three ordinances abolishing the old planning bodies and creating new commissions and a joint appeals board. The council seeks EPA funding for a sanitary sewer study and plans an infiltration study with Newton representatives. A Dec 29 special session is set.
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24Th St
City Hall
Environmental Protection Agency
Newton-North Newton
Kissinger Still Deliberating Moscow Trip Timing
Secretary of State Kissinger waits for Soviet assurances on breaking the nuclear arms deadlock before finalizing a Moscow visit. President Ford discussed options with Kissinger, who may travel after Western Europe or separately to see Brezhnev, aiming for a pre Christmas meeting. Brezhnev stressed preventing nuclear conflagration.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Moscow
Soviet Union
Ford
Kissinger
White House
Warsaw
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
U.S
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Brezhnev
Europe
Cuba
Havana
Halstead Band Heads to Cotton Bowl Parade in Dallas
Halstead High School marching band 119 players plus 21 sponsors depart Dec 30 on three chartered buses for the Cotton Bowl Parade in Dallas. They plan New Year’s Eve events, a bowl game visit, and return Jan 2, after fundraising surpassing six thousand dollars with community support and corporate gifts.
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Halstead
Dallas
Tex
Halstead High School
Don Cody
Newton
Irvin H. Myers
Myers
Topeka
Rincipal
Eugene Busse
Bob Dole
Garner Shriver
State Fair Committee
Kansas_ State University
University of Kansas
Orvin Kuhlman
Joan Welch
Rhonda Holman
David Friesen
Kansan
Kissinger Describes Accusations as Total Falsehoods
Henry A Kissinger branded current claims that he kept President Ford in the dark about Soviet violations of nuclear arms accords as total falsehoods. The Bulletin of State quotes Kissinger defending his handling of sensitive information amid ongoing controversy.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Ford
Kissinger eyes Moscow talks on nuclear limits and missiles
Kissinger returns from the Far East and weighs a Moscow visit on December 18 if the Soviet Union agrees to limit bomber placements and exclude thousands of cruise missiles from the treaty. He may also travel to Spain or Brussels and Paris for related consultations. The Soviets demand counting the U.S. cruise missile against the Vladivostok ceiling of 2,400 delivery vehicles.
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Moscow
U.S
Kremlin
Fair East
Dobrynin
Washington
Europe
NATO
Brussels
Paris
Spain
Ford
Brezhnev
Vladivostok
Aviation fuel shortages warn Midwest private fliers
The Federal Energy Administration regional office warned private pilots in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa they may face aviation gasoline shortages until after Jan. 1. Acting administrator William H. Smith Jr said suppliers of 80 and 100 octane aviation gasoline have exhausted 1975 allocations.
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Kansas City
Federal Energy Administration
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Midwest
William H. Smith, Jr
Sunny Wednesday and Clear Tonight Weather Update
South Central region reports sunny Wednesday with mostly clear conditions tonight. Lows upper 20s to lower 30s, Wednesday highs 50s. At Arpt KJIRG and KIRG, high 52, humidity 55 to 73, low 28 to 30, barometer 30.04 to 30.14, wind southerly 5 to 9 mph.
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