Nixon to be sidelined from travel tests due to illness
Former President Richard Nixon will not travel for at least a month due to illness doctors say. Dr John C Lungren reports improvement but convalescence could extend up to three months and deposition testimony in the Watergate case is unlikely in the near term.
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Richard M. Nixon
Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Long Beach
John C. Lungren
Nixon
Lungren
Washington, D.C
Vangren
Palm Springs
Coast Guard rescues Los Angeles pilot after ditching at sea
A Lone Beach pilot unharmed after his Twin Bevel aircraft suffered engine trouble minutes after takeoff from Butler Aviation. Coast Guard crews recovered him, and he was brought to a hospital for evaluation before release.
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Coast Guard
Butler Aviation Service
Mann
Fast Way Aly Specially
Spring St
Weather PUNIANT SAIEWEDANESONY
The report lists high temperatures near 78 with mountain and desert areas showing 77 and a low around 18. It notes variable conditions across regions and hints at winds or snaps in the forecast.
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Wall Hield
Wight
Leserts
Ford to face House quiz over pardon
Washington AP report. President Ford agreed to testify before a House Judiciary subcommittee, the first time a sitting president would appear before Congress since Lincoln. Ford plans to answer 14 questions on the Nixon pardon, including timing, promises, and any medical reports.
Trial of Nixon aides opens amid uncertain witness
In Washington five Nixon aides stand trial in the Watergate cover-up case as potential star witness the former president faces possible absence. Judge John J. Sirica questions jurors while Ehrlichman, among the defendants, arrives amid jeers and a sparse public turnout outside the federal courthouse expected to shape the trial’s scope and duration.
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Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
John DB. Ehrlichman
Nixon
No. 2
Senate cuts off Chile arms aid
The Senate voted 47 to 41 to halt all U S military aid to Chile, amid President Ford veto threats. Senator Kennedy urged action over alleged gross human rights violations including torture of political prisoners, as the United States provides about 15 million dollars annually. Ford linked the veto to aid cuts seen with Turkey and cited talks led by Kissinger in New York with Greek and Turkish representatives.
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United States
Chile
Ford
Senate
Turkey
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
New York
Don't Let Ford Charm Halt Probe Warns Solon
Rep. George Danielson warns President Ford's appearance before a House Judiciary subcommittee could shortchange the Nixon pardon inquiry. He says Ford's open manner risks obscuring the full story and urges careful questioning despite praise for candor. He questions mercy as motive and cautions against being swayed by compassion.
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Ford
Solon
Washington
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Richard M. Nixon
George Danielson
D-Calif
Congress
Danielson
William Hungate
D-Mo
Nixon
David Dennis
R-Ind
Three-year-old boy lives in plastic bubble
In Houston a 3-year-old boy named David suffers from severe combined immune deficiency and has never felt a bare hand. He lives in a 9 by 6 foot plastic bubble, eats sterile food, and breathes air filtered to protect him from disease. Doctors say he may never live outside the bubble, though his development remains largely normal. His parents and doctors discuss future care as his condition persists.
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Houston
Dravid
David
Caesareait
Ani Glang
Jottine
David A. Freedma
Haggler Colle of Medicine
Sonia
Hig
Veowriman
Preedman
Murdina Desmond
Texas Children's Hospital
Thorpe
Preddiman
Campaign bill accord reached sweeping reform pact
Washington (UP) Senate and House negotiators reached agreement on all key issues in a broad campaign reform bill. Sen Howard W Chu non said they settled the gut issues and approved the package, ending stalemate after conferees dropped demands for public funding of elections in exchange for a strong independent campaign commission to oversee Watergate era reforms.
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Washington
Senate
House
Howard Wo Chu Non
D-Ney
Federal pay raise set at 5 52 percent by Ford
President Ford approved a five and a half percent pay raise for about one million federal civilian and military employees effective immediately. He rejected larger increases and noted the final amount followed the recommendation of the OMB director and the Civil Service Commission chairman despite Senate action.
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Ford
Senate
White House
Office of Management,and Budget
Civil Service Commission
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