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WASHINGTON (UPD President Ford, in a final gesture of “compassion,” may be prepared to grant relief to limited categories of Vietnam era offenders but not blanket amnesty for all draft evaders and deserters, ac cording to White House sources. he sources gave no details and said Ford was expected to reveal his decision today — his last full day in office — after word was sent to Mrs. Jane Hart, widow of Sen. Philip A. Hart, D-Mich. Ford’s schedule today was filled with private staff meetings, but he also was expected to ask Congress to lift federal controls from gasoline prices. Mrs. Hart raised the am nesty issue Dec. 26, the day after her husband's death, by asking Ford to order across the board amnesty as a memorial to the senator. Ford promised to reconsider it after opposing the dramatic move throughout his presidency. as The sources said Ford’s “response ‘‘will not be a flat tiradevin” of Mrs. Hart's ingen But they also said his action ias likely to affect a relatively small number of the estimated 80,000 young men who illegally resisted the draft during the war and then chose not to take advantage of Ford’s 1974-75 clemency program. Ford ruled out a general amnesty early this month, the sources said, but then studied ‘many options” for lesser steps. One possibility was said to be restoration of veterans rights to ex-GIs who were wounded in the line of duty and later lost their rights after deserting or committing another offense. President-elect Jimmy Carter has said one of his first official acts will be to grant a pardon to all Vietnam draft evaders, and was considering some action to deal with deserters. Ford told an interviewer last week that ‘there might be some further compassion shown,” and some aides said he wanted to leave office with a last ‘‘gesture’ of goodwill. The President planned to fly to California immediately after Jimmy Carter's Inauguration Thursday to begin private life PYRAMID POWER — Basketball cheerleaders demonstrate an ability on the court comparable to the team they cheer for by successfully con structing this human pyramid. It was a good night for everyone at the high school gyl last everning, where the Redskins beat Ogdensburg in basketball, Details .on today’s sports page. Basketball Jan Coyle, Nanuy Hadley, Patti. How Hoyt, Kathy. Leis, Cheryl McNulty, CJ Jill Cotter, Carla Hewlett, Michelle: Nancy Stringer. . Jane, Carpenter. ‘is: ‘the cheerleading adviser. (Decker Photo “gy ~ PEN) deatobe wats Ted . Ang ge z, Sate las Corerk. Ae cheerleaders this year include: “Bridget Morgan,
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