Ford studies clemency pleas from Watergate figures
President Ford said any clemency review will be on individual requests from Watergate defendants. He noted no blanket pardon and cautioned that studies carry no implied outcome. The inquiry arose amid questions about a plea from the wife of John W. Dean, the former White House counsel jailed in the Watergate cover up.
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White House
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Ford
Scott
Nixon
Alan Cranston
Cy Calif
Edward Brooke
R.mass
Senate
John J. Rhodes
Rhodes
Jaye
Mushen
Robert Tartmann
Sam Ervin
D-N.c
Rockefeller seeks net worth disclosure for VP nominee
The Senate Rules Committee voted to ask Nelson Rockefeller to disclose his net financial worth instead of mandating a blind trust. FBI findings reportedly show no major issues for confirmation, with hearings set to open Sept. 23 and completion expected before mid-October. House leaders indicated possible delays, and Rockefeller’s camp pledged full disclosure.
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UPI
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Howard Cannon
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Rockefeller
Cannon
Senate
House
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D-Mj
House Judiciary
New York
Hugh Morrow
FBI
Mother and son murdered in mobile home attack
Police said TK Gates bought a car from the Burnetts weeks earlier. The car was found near the scene after the mobile home was ransacked. Gates was arrested at about 7 am hiding under boxes near the trailer park. Blood and a butcher knife were found at the site.
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TK Gates
Gates
S.L. Roy Stevenson
Jet crash kills 69 with 13 survivors in North Carolina
From Atlanta crew aboard a jet that crashed near an airport, 69 people died and 13 survived. The pilot Capt. J. E. Reeves 48 copilot James Miller Daniels Jr 36 and stewardesses Judy Watson 26 Eugenia Kerth 24 were among the crew. Witnesses described survivors dragged from a burning fuselage as emergency crews struggled through traffic to reach the site. A temporary morgue was set up as rescuers worked amid scorched debris and collapsed wreckage.
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Barker
Atlanta
J. E. Reeves
James Miller Daniels Jr
Judy Watson
Eugenia Kerth
Calvin Kenley
Jim Stanley
Stanley
Jim
North Carolina
Hendersonville
Wil- Thinglon
Panel urges Senate to end pay delay
WASTINGTON AP The Senate Civil Service Committee recommended that the full Senate override President Ford's deferral of a 5.4 percent pay raise for federal employees. The committee voted 7 to 0. Ford postponed the October 1 increase until January 1 to save about $700 million.
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Wastington
Senate Civil Service Committee
Ford
Long Beach Police Face Blue Flu Slowdown Crisis
Long Beach officers reportedly fall ill en masse while the city negotiates a wage clash with the Police Officers Association. The POA claims a 16.8 percent raise. the city offers 7 percent plus 2 percent later, with calls for more hires. Health officials verify sick leave checks and potential extensions to nonresidents as the standoff drags on.
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Robert Rankin
Rankin
John R. Mansell
Long Beach
Mansell
Police Department
Long Beach Police Officers’ Association
POA
Marty L. Duple
Duple
Dupe
Incumbent nominees swept primaries in varied states
The results show incumbents like Reubin Askew Wendell Anderson Patrick Lucey and Thomas Salmon winning renomination. Governors Sargent Thompson Vanderhook Wilson and Mathias plus Goldwater Saint and others were unopposed. In New York Rockefeller led a string of GOP victories while Carey Krupsak and other races shaped upcoming November contests. Cincinnati death notes Paul J O Connor, former Xavier leader, died at 65 after a brief illness.
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Maryland
Barry Gold
Water
R-Ariz
Jacob K. Saints
R-N.y
J.peter
H. Dominic
Gaylord
Nelson
District of ‘Columbia
Mapoe
Walter Washington
Wills
News Yorky
Rockefeller
Cincinnati
Paul J.o'connor
Xavier University
O'Connor
Man found stabbed to death in Long Beach alley
A man about 60 years old was stabbed in an alley near Fourth Street and Linden Avenue in Long Beach. He died minutes after surgery at St Mary Medical Center without regaining consciousness. Detectives Mickelson and Woodward traced a blood trail to an alley behind the First Church of Christ Scientist at Elm Avenue. The victim, a 2 Caucasian man wearing a brown sport jacket, had no wallet or identifying papers.
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Lewalk
Fourth’ Street
Linden Avenue
St.Mary Medical Center
Mickelson
Mike Woodward
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