Lucey hears calls for higher pay over saving
Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey faced a public hearing on the 1975 77 budget focusing on inflation and the state economy. UW faculty urged salary increases in line with faculty association aims with proposals to raise average professor pay from 21 500 to 27 950 and associate professor pay from 16 317 to 21 100 over two years.
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Madison
Patrick J. Lucey
Wisconsin
Jerry Culver
la Crosse
Edward Muzik
Eau Claire
University of Wis
Consin
Lucey
Muzik
Culver
Eileen Over
UW Madison Teaching Assistants Association
Would-be robber frees five hostages in San Francisco
A man seeking Christmas homecoming released five hostages unharmed and surrendered after police agreed to fly his mother from Dallas. Gilliam, 26, and accomplice Tompkins, 25, were booked on robbery kidnapping and burglary charges following the stand off at Petrini Plaza Market near the Panhandle. Local officers described the failed plan as a catastrophe that escalated quickly.
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San Francisco
Dallas
Tex John L. Gilliam
Raymond J. Tompkins
Marie Maxwell
Gilliam
Texas
Louise Gilliam
Tim Casey
Petrini Plaza Market
Golden Gate Park Panhandle
Rockefeller fortune exceeds 1 billion in family disclosure
UPI reports 84 Rockefeller family members hold a total net worth of just over 1 billion dollars. Adviser J Richardson Dillworth testified before House Judiciary on Nelson Rockefeller’s vice presidency nomination, noting 738 million in trusts and 295 million held by individuals, with Exxon as the major investment. The disclosure marked the first time the family’s net worth was made public.
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Washington
UPI
Rockefeller
J. Richardson Dillworth
Dillworth
House Judiciary Committee
Nelson A. Rockefelller
John D. Rockefeller Sr
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Exxon
Standard Oil Co
John D. Rockefeler Sr
Ford admits pact lets arms race continue
Washington AP report on the Vladivostok strategic arms pact between the US and the Soviet Union. Ford acknowledges ceilings of 2400 long range missiles and bombers per side with up to 1320 MIRVs, noting the agreement limits growth yet permits expansion within ceilings. Jackson criticizes the total warhead buildup and costs, while Ford emphasizes domestic focus and inflation as the primary threat.
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Washington
Ford
Siberia
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Moscow
United States
Vladivostok
Henry M. Jackson
Dash
Jackson
Washington Democrat
New rules to equalize fuel prices later this year
Federal Energy Administration issues rules to equalize crude oil and fuel oil costs introduce changes over two months. East Coast especially New England could save about 30 million dollars monthly by access to price controlled oil, while central and northern states may see higher prices. Senate report notes seven major oil firms pay five percent or less of net income in federal taxes.
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Washington
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Robert E. Montgomery Jr
New England
Senate
U S to auction two million ounces of gold bars
Treasury Secretary William E. Simon announced the U S will auction two million ounces of government held gold valued officially at 844 million dollars. The sale ties to ending the ban on private gold ownership and may include future smaller sales.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
William E. Simon
Simon
General Services Administration
House Banking and Currency Subcommittee
Congress
U.S
Ministers oppose sixth grade home economics course
Two Baptist ministers in New Milford Connecticut threaten a lawsuit claiming sixth grade home economics courses push boys toward homosexuality. School officials defend the program as part of general education and note both home economics and industrial arts are required for 18 weeks with weekly 45 minute sessions.
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New Milford
U.S. Supreme Court
James Clemmons
Saith Baptist
Clemmons
James
Schaghticoke Middle School
Daniel Center
Center
Guerrilla Leader Lucio Cabanas Dies in Mexican Mountains
In a five month army pursuit 20 000 troops killed Lucio Cabanas and 10 other guerrillas in a Sierra Madre del Sur battle. Cabanas once a sixth grade teacher near Acapulco led a guerrilla band and sought a socialist Mexico. The clash near Otatal Ranch ended his activities, though some Mexicans doubted his last chapter.
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Mexico City
Lucio Cabanas
Mexico
Cabanas
Latin America
Che Guevara
Acapulco
Genaro Vazquez Rojas
Vazquez
Sierra Madre del Sur
Emiliano Zapata
Sen
Rube Figueroa
Figueroa
Otatal Ranch
Atoyac
Guerrero
Pioneer 11 Passes Jupiter On Way To Saturn
Mountain View Calif UPI reports Pioneer 11 rode a rapid orbital motion from Jupiter and sped toward Saturn in its first look at the ringed world. The 570 pound craft brushed Jupiter radiation belts at 26 000 miles above cloud tops, a closer pass than Pioneer 10.
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Mountain View
Calif
UPI
Jupiter
Pioneer
Saturn
South Pole
North Pole
Cold Tonight With Overnight Teens Lows
Fair and cold conditions persist with overnight low temperatures in the teens. A weather update notes continued chilly air tonight, urging readers to bundle up as temperatures dip after dark.
Sirica urges written questions to Nixon in Watergate case
UPI reports Judge John J. Sirica proposed submitting written interrogatories to former President Richard M. Nixon if illness prevents oral testimony. The idea follows Ehrlichman’s request to pause the trial for a deposition or testimony, with Haldeman's proceedings ongoing. A medical panel may decide Nixon’s ability to respond in writing, while prosecutors reserve the right to file their own questions.
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Washington
UPI
John J. Sirica
Richard M. Nixon
Sirica
John D. Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman
Nixon
White House
R. Haldeman
James F. Neal
U.S
Gerhard A. Gesell
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Winnebago State Mental Health Institute
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