Ford pledges CIA oversight plan details reveal
President Ford announced a Rockefeller Commission report urging a joint congressional committee to supervise the CIA and a separate executive-branch oversight body. The panel would mirror the Joint Atomic Energy Committee, with evidence on assassinations to be handled by the Justice Department and intelligence committees. Ford said the CIA findings would be public, while assassination material would be kept secret. He urged no cover up and noted possible prosecutions, citing Fidel Castro and Rafael Trujillo as alleged targets. Democrats on the House panel won a promise of a separate CIA subcommittee, while Rep Nedzi faced pressure to resign. Ford also expressed optimism unemployment may have bottomed and signaled a future presidential bid.
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Washington
Congressional Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
Rockefeller Commission
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Executive
Ford
Commission
CIA
Assassina
Tion
Justice Department
Senate
House Intelligence
Eisenhower
Kennedy
White House
Fidel Castro
Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Frank Church
Senate Intelligence Committee
Senate Committee
Robert A. Maheu
Howard Hughes
Maheu
Castro
House Intelligence Committee
Lucien N. Nedzi
D-Mich
Nedzi
Rose Garden
Ten killed in Florida jail blaze at Seminole County
A 16 year old inmate suspected of starting a fire at Seminole County Jail in Sanford killed himself and 10 others. The blaze injured 34, with 5 in intensive care. Authorities noted the suspect complained minutes earlier that his case had been continued. The fire began in a hospital cell, and rescue efforts were hindered by bicycles blocking the rear entrance. A stolen TV and a home break in were also noted in related police reports. Another item references U.S. Middle East policy reassessment following talks with Israeli PM Rabin and Korea troop levels remain under review.
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Sanford, Fla
Seminole County
Sanford
George Proudfoot
Ray McCall
Proudfoot
McCall
Cedar Street widening due start in late fall
The Texas Highway Department plans a 0.9 mile widening of U.S. 285 Cedar Street from 14th St. to SH 20 south of town into a full four lane highway with contracts set this fall. The project, part of a broader funding program approved by the Texas Highway Commission, includes right of way purchases and curb and gutter work at an estimated total of about 520,600 dollars for Pecos County.
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Cedar Street
Cedar St
Texas Highway Department
Marshall Huffman
THD
14Th St
SH 20
Pecos
Texas Highway Commission
Paul H. Coleman
Odessa
Coleman
Highway Commission
Pecos Onion Harvest Nears After May 18 Hail
Pecos area onions, once nearly wiped out by hail on May 18, are being harvested at the Cayanosa farm area. Workers moved through the fields last week, continuing to bring in the crop despite damage and ongoing efforts to salvage production.
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Pecos
Cayanosa
Grand jury indicts eight in Reeves County case
A Reeves County grand jury on Friday handed down ten indictments against eight defendants. One man remains a fugitive. Charges range from forgery and theft to murder and assault with intent to murder. Vicente Lopez Rodriguez is charged with murder in a May 28 east side bar stabbing that killed Bea.
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Reeves County
Vicente Lopez Rodriguez
East Side
Rodriguez
Bea
Local arrests and crop report from Pecos area
Bonds totaling 20000 are set for Rodriguez after an affray and stabbings outside a bar. Hagar Smethers face theft charges with 2500 bonds. Jimmy Wright jailed on burglary theft. Corralles Jaquez indicted for theft by taking. Consuela Garcia charged with forgery after passing a 40 check. bail set at 1500. Pecos onion harvest near 65 percent, Pecos Produce shed operating with 250 bags daily. 25 percent of onions are number two grade but saleable. Market prices favorable. farmers remain active amid hail losses.
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Trice Hadderton
Juan Florez
Rodriguez
J.H. Starley
Reeves County
Larry Dan Hagar
Vernie Lee Smethers
C. T. Spence
Jimmy Lee Wright
L.A. Reed
Oscar Corralles
Freddie Joe Jaquez
Gary Freeman
Consuela Garcia
Popular Thriftway
Garcia
Cayanosa
Pecos Produce Company
N. Willow St
Pecos
Pecos Produce Shed
Drinan Obtains CIA FBI Files Under FOIA Actions
Massachusetts Democrat and priest representative Robert F. Drinan says CIA and FBI files on him are a disjointed grab bag of clippings memoranda and notices. He obtained copies under the Freedom of Information Act after FBI director Kelley noted a flood of such requests. The CIA 18 page file includes a 1973 campus address review and a dispatch about an anti war speech, but lacks references to his Paris trips or Colby interview. FBI files dating to 1958 detail civil liberties work and antiwar speeches.
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Washington
Robert F. Drinan
FBI
Central Intelligence Agency
Congress
Drinan
Massachusetts Democrat
Boston College Law School
Freedom of Information
Clarence M. Kelley
CIA
Drian
Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar
Pathet Lao
House
Paris
William E. Colby
Colby
Saigon
Vietnam
Drinian
Fire crews battle early morning house fire in city
Firemen responded to a blaze at N. Ash and D streets around 3:17 a.m. and worked about 35 minutes. The fire was reported out and trucks returned to the hall at 3:52 a.m.
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N. Ash
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Doug Fernandez
Pecos Park
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Hector Jaquez
Mulberry St
U.S
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South Korea
SLA
Sacramento
Calif
Oakland
William Sprague
Superior Court
Elvin Sheehy
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