Ford tells panel no deal made to pardon Nixon
President Ford testified before the panel that no agreement existed to pardon Nixon and that he made no commitment. He said tape negotiations and pardon talks were handled separately and noted Watergate lessons. Rep Holtzman pressed critical questions while others defended the President. Edwards found Ford’s performance generally satisfactory.
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Ford
Nixon
Elizabeth Holtzman
D-N.y
Lawrence Hogan
R-Md
Rep
Edwards
White House
Owever
Haig
Holtzman
Ford vetoes Turkish aid cutoff again in Cyprus dispute
Ford again vetoed a bill to cutoff military aid to Turkey unless progress occurs in Cyprus. The House sought a compromise after Ford’s veto while Speaker Carl Albert said they would “play it by ear.” Brademas blamed Kissinger for pressuring Ford to veto the compromise.
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House
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Newsten
Font
Turkey
Cyprus
Ford
Richard M. Nixon
John Brademas
D-Ind
Henry A. Kissinger
Brademas
Kissinger
Grisly ritual linked to Indian murder case in Ventura
Ventura AP) A taxi driver was murdered at an Indian camp, the body scalped and subjected to a ritual. Sheriff’s Detective Braden McKinley detailed a grisly postslaying sequence as six men faced murder charges, with two fugitives remaining at large and bail set for several defendants.
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Ventura (Ap
Braden McKinley
Ventura County Municipal Court
George Aird
Inglewood
Box Canyon
McKinley
Aird
Albert T. Blandford
Marvin W. Oglaluta
Fletcher A. Ball Jr
Richard Mohawk
Rolling Thunder
Paul Leonard Durant
Blue Cloud
Four Families Evacuated as Southland Brush Fires Rage
Record temperatures in Southern California fueled multiple fires forcing evacuations on Wednesday. In Montecito four families fled as a hillside brush fire grew out of control, according to Santa Barbara County Fire Captain Dan Gaither, with about 100 acres burned.
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California
Montecito
Santa Barbara County
Dan Gaither
Seoul hotel fire kills 19 in downtown blaze
AP reports a downtown Seoul hotel fire killed 19 people and injured 2 early today. About 1200 residents were in the first floor lobby when the fire broke out at the 1 story New Namsan Hotel. Several victims were overcome by smoke. five Japanese and one Chinese among the dead.
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Seoul
South Korea
Polien
Namsan
Nixon aides urged to button up as tapes played
On his second day on the stand, the government's star witness retold the Watergate sequence after June 17 1972 arrests to Sept 15 1972 meeting with Nixon. Prosecutors prepared to introduce the White House tape from that meeting, first offered in the cover-up trial of five Nixon aides. A recess allowed jurors to hear the tape.
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Richard Nixon
White House
Nixon
Dean
Nixon suit seeks control of presidential papers in GSA case
The suit names General Services Administration and Secret Service director H Stuart Knight seeking Nixon access rights over documents. It cites a Sept 6 agreement to house Nixon materials near San Clemente with Nixon as custodian receiving a key while government holds another. Record notes Nixon cannot answer subpoenas as materials are not in his custody and cites prior FBI and White House involvement in depository rulings. Professor Neal mentions juror bias due to Nixon’s pardon, and Judge Sirica plans a hearing on whether Nixon must testify in California.
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General Services Administration
Secret Service
H. Stuart Knight
Nixon
White House
Sampson
GSA
San Clemente
California
Watergate
Washington
Patrick Gray III
FBI
Dean
Ehrlichman
John N. Mitchell
H.R Haldeman
Robert C. Mardian
Kenneth W. Parkinson
Mitchell
Mardian
Parkinson
FHI
James F. Neal
Pact OKd as RTD workers end strike with pay raise
RTD workers voted last week to approve a new contract granting a 24 percent wage increase over two years plus fringe benefits. The settlement begins March 1 with a cent per hour rise and 8 cents more on the day work resumes, reaching top scales by May 1, 1975, ending the strike and allowing service to resume.
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RTD
Rockefeller's Wife Undergoes Radical Mastectomy
Nelson Rockefeller disclosed his wife underwent radical mastectomy after a biopsy confirmed breast cancer. He cited 90 percent recovery if non spread to lymph nodes, 70 percent if it had. He praised her handling of the illness and noted President Ford and Betty sent their support.
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Rockefeller
Ford
Arthur V. Greeley
New York
Jerome Urban
Kettering
Betty
Sareed Sehroad
Rogkefeller
Muckraker in the Running as Liar and Swindler
The piece portrays Simpson as a self styled nonpartisan reformer labeling himself Scourge of both parties. He claims Californians have been gulled by Democrats and Republicans and pledges to live modestly while vowing to picket the legislature if elected.
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Simpson
Supreme Court
Mrnkraker
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