Confirmation Near Washington Ford To Become Vice President
Gerald R. Ford will become the 40th vice president late Thursday after 25 years in the House and nine as Republican leader. House confirmation under the 25th Amendment is expected that afternoon following Nixon's nomination to replace Spiro Agnew who resigned after tax evasion pleas.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Prime Minister in This Week's Newsname Quiz
The week’s quiz features a prime minister who heads a country that imports most oil from the Middle East. The nation urged Israel to withdraw from territories occupied in 1967. The item appears in THE QUIZ on Page 6, part of the Daily News current events program.
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Weekend Traffic Accidents Leave Tehama County One Dead
CHP reports ten accidents Friday through Sunday in Tehama County with one fatality. Melvin F Martin, 23, Gerber, died in a one car crash Saturday on San Benito Avenue. Several other drivers sustained injuries or property damage in crashes on Hooker Creek Road State Route 36 and nearby roads amid snow and ice.
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Melvin Francis Martin
Gerber
San Benito Avenue
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Martin
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital
Walter Vernon Carpenter
Red Bluff
Hooker Creek Road
Interstate 5
John Gibson Spencer
Tehama
99E
Jack Lee McDonald
CHP
Rickie Dale Chriss
Cottonwood
John Sutter Square
Frederick Charles Dee
Loleta
Chriss
Dee
Dave Lewis Hurlburt
Plum Creek Road
Giant Mill Road
Milton Sylvester McFall
Red Bank Road
Corning Memorial Hospital
Mill Creek Road
Chico State College
William Johnson Hollis
Herlong
Central Line
John Edward Baretta
West
United Press International
Texaco
Greensboro N.C
Florida
New Jersey
New Jersey Turnpike
Sirica to Hear Nixon Watergate Tapes in Private
UPI reports Judge John J. Sirica will listen to exact copies of the Nixon White House Watergate tapes in private with only his law clerk present. He will use earphones and resume hearings on Tuesday into an 18 minute hum on one tape as prosecutors seek to question Alexander Haig and John Bennett.
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Sirica
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Watergate Grand Jury
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Alexander M. Haig
John C. Bennett
Top Energy Advisers To Resign Positions
John A. Love and his chief deputy will resign as presidential advisers after a reshuffle creating the Federal Energy Administration. William E. Simon will head the new agency. Love and DiBona reportedly left their posts amid policy shifts. Gasoline rationing and Sunday station closures drew public reaction as motorists faced shortages and traffic slowdowns nationwide.
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William E. Simon
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Charles DiBona
Federal Energy Administration
Colorado
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DiBona
Elmer T. Klassen
New England
Louis Harris
William E. Proxmire
D-Wis
Egypt demands Israeli withdrawals before Geneva conference
Highly placed Egyptian sources in Cairo say Egypt will skip the Geneva peace conference unless Israel agrees to unilateral troop withdrawals to near the October cease fire lines. Israel rejects preconditions, signaling possible stalemate until Kissinger’s December visit.
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UPI
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Brussels
Anwar Sadat
Ismail Fahmi
U.S
Herman Eilts
Vladimir Vinogradov
Fahmi
Hussein Shafei
Kissinger
Algiers
Searchers Fail To Find Bombs After Warning
Post Office officials said a scan of all mail bound for Washington and Houston found no letter bombs. The warning, from the U S Postal Service on a FBI tip, suggested bombs sent from Toronto by Black September might target U S oil firms and government energy agencies. No devices were detected.
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Houston
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Nation Pays Tribute To David Ben-Gurion
Israel halted work as 250000 mourners filed past Ben-Gurion's coffin in a simple funeral at the Knesset courtyard. Sirens sounded and a moment of silence was observed as Brig Gen Mordecai Piron led the service and the Declaration of Independence was read.
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Mordecai Piron
Meat Cutters Strike Shuts California Supermarkets
Four unions reject a contract and unleash a statewide strike lockout in California's retail food sector. Teamsters machines and operating engineers join meat cutters in a walkout from San Diego to San Luis Obispo, affecting over 60 chains and nearly 100000 workers. Initial targets include Safeway Lucky and Thriftimart.
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Los Angeles
UPS
California
Food Employers Council
Teamsters
Retail Clerks Union
San Diego
San Luis Obispo
Safeway
Lucky
Thriftimart
Red Bluff Stores Report No Strike Impact
Red Bluff supermarkets including Safeway Wentz Raleys and Holiday reported normal operations Monday morning despite a statewide strike lockout by Teamsters meat cutters machinists and operating engineers. Union officials disputed pay offers and warned of open-end cost-of-living clauses and overtime demands could raise prices if concessions are granted.
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Red Bluff
Safeway
Wentz, Raleys
Holiday
Robert K. Fox
FEC
Variable Cloudiness and Warmup With Showers Possible
Variable clouds today then partly cloudy tonight with scattered shower chances tomorrow. Night and morning fog patches, slightly warmer with highs in the mid 50s to low 60s and lows in the 30s to low 40s. Winds 5 to 15 mph. Wednesday outlook calls for more rain in the forecast. River levels shown at several gauges including Lake Red Bluff and Bend Bridge with readings around 16.7 and 28.2 feet above mean sea level. Sunset 4 44 pm, sunrise 7 15 am PST.
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Bend Bridge
Tehama Bridge
Woodson Bridge
Dear Santa Letter Sparks Whimsical Community Wish List
A playful plea from residents invites Santa to judge wishes for the year, highlighting a lighthearted yearend mood. Local groups collect notes and share hopeful messages about gifts, service projects, and community improvements.
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