Ford to Sell Economic Plan to the People Across Nation
President Ford plans a nationwide speaking tour to sell his economic recovery program as opposition grows in Congress. Reports say housing starts in December fell to the lowest in eight years, with 1974 starts down sharply from 1973 and 1972 records.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Ron Nessen
Michael Sumichrast
National Association of Home Builders
Ford Motor Co
U.S
Donald Bastian
Commerce Department
First National City Bank of New York
Texaco Inc
New England
Boston
Watergate Four Appeal Convictions
Four ex Nixon aides including John Mitchell and H R Haldeman seek reversal of Watergate cover up convictions alleging pre trial publicity prejudice and trial errors Judge Sirica faced claims of inadmissible hearsay and unproven tape authentications while other Watergate actions saw Jack Gleason sentenced and Connally jury sequestration rejected ahead of an April trial start.
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Washington
John J. Sirica
Haldeman
Sirica
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Jack Gleason
Gleason
Bowling Reshapes Franklin County Sheriff Office Roles
Sheriff Rex Bowling reorganizes the Franklin County department into specialist posts with officers assigned to specific duties. Undersheriff Fred Vogler will handle administration and court executions, Brad Gilges issues civil processes, Warren Yackle becomes the full time investigator, Bill Owens files and serves warrants, Ron Sheffield assists, dispatchers Randy Hamerickhouse and Mary Ann Cavender coordinate with agencies, and Dorothy Cook manages taxes jail records and prisoners. Bowling aims for smoother operations, 24 hour patrols, and in house training with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
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Don Lambert
Rex Bowling
Franklin County
Bowling
Brad Gilges
Sheriff's Department
Warren Yackle
Miami County
Randy Hamerickhouse
Mary Ann Cavender
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Police and
Sheriff's Departments
Oil Worker Strikes Mount Across Nation
More than two thousand Union Oil Co workers walked off jobs while about eight thousand other union members without contracts threaten strikes at refineries across California Illinois and Texas. Negotiations with Standard of Ohio Ashland Oil and others continue as unions press for higher wages and benefits amid a broad wave of labor action.
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Union Oil Co
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
California
Illinois
Texas
Sylvania
Continental
Tenneco Oil Co
Chalmette
Charles Armin
Los Angeles
Gulf
Atlantic Richfield
Amoco
Texaco
Ohio
Nederland, Tex
Wilmington
Calif
San Francisco
Lamont, NL
Mobil
Ashland Oil
Standard of Ohio
Buffalo
N.Y
Ferndale
Wash
Torrance
Beaumont
Tex
Unio
Kissinger Plans Mid East Trip After Talks With Allon
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger works this weekend on a potential Middle East journey likely within weeks. After talks with Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon, Kissinger and U S officials hint Egypt may be ready to discuss an interim settlement in return for Egyptian concessions. The plan may include a Sinai withdrawal of up to 30 miles and a five year pact, with Egypt to ease political and economic warfare. Lebanon reports three Palestinian gunmen killed at a roadblock near the Israeli border. Israeli forces kill three guerrillas inside Israel. Observers call the clash isolated.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Yigal Allon
Kissinger
Egypt
Israel
Allen
Syria
Allon
Hermann Eilts
U.S
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Sinai
Lebanese Defense Ministry
Lebanon
Mild Kansas Weather With Light Rain in Spots
Weather conditions across northern and eastern Kansas show scattered light rain with partial sunshine in much of the state. Temperatures remain mild for mid winter with highs in the upper 40s to 50s and overnight lows mainly in the 20s. little precipitation is expected into Wednesday as delays and cooling are forecast for Sunday through midweek.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
National Weather Service
Pittsburg
Garden City
Emporia
U S Embassy On Cyprus Is Attacked
Five thousand demonstrators stormed the U S Embassy in Nicosia hurling stones and setting fires amid widespread attacks on British offices in Nicosia and Athens. Police and Cyprus National Guard deployed. casualties not immediately known. Demonstrations targeted Britain over Turkish-Cypriot refugee evacuations and the Turkish invasion aftermath.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
U.S
Athens
State Department
Washington
Cyprus National Guard
U.N
British Council
Britain
Ankara
Credit Limit Blamed For Soviets Trade Breakup
Seattle AP report says a $300 million credit cap, not emigration terms, drove the Soviet Union to reject a U S trade pact. Sen Henry Jackson insists MFN ties to Russia allow freer emigration. Russian officials and Tass blame Jackson amendment for the breakdown.
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Seattle
Soviet Union
United States
Henry Jackson
Jackson
D-Wash
Tass
Congress
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H. R. Haldeman
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John D. Ehrlichman
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Ehrlichman
William G. Handley
Plato Cacheris
George L. Hart
Treasury
John B. Connally
Bill Owens
Ottawa Police
Ron Sheffield
Gilges, Yackle and
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Dorothy Cook
Vogler
Kissinger Maps
Mideast
Robert Anderson
Henry Kissinger
Senate Finance Committee
Leonid Breshnev
Vladivostok
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