Nixon appraiser fined for aiding Nixon tax deduction
UPI reports federal judge fined Ralph G. Newman 10 000 for helping former president Nixon claim about 450000 in income tax deductions. Newman 64, former president of the Chicago Library Board, was convicted November 12 of falsifying documents and lying to federal agents. The judge rejected prison or probation and noted potential eight year sentence and 15000 fine.
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UPI
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Richard Nixon
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Chicago Library Board
U.S. District Court
Frank J. McGarr
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Internal Revenue Service
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National Archives
Jay Horowitz
Watergate
Ralph Newman
Patricia
Federal
Pittsburgh Board Cancels Classes Over Strike
Pittsburgh education officials cancel classes for a second day as 4,400 striking teachers and aides refuse a back to work order. The district seeks contempt penalties, with a hearing set and talks framed around contract issues despite federation leader Albert Fondy saying no return until a contract is reached.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Pittsburgh Board of Education
Donald Ziegler
Allegheny County Common Pleas Court
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Ziegler
Federation
Albert Fondy
Philips records head held for huge ransom
Six gunmen abducted Louis Hazan Phonogram director general at Philips records and cassettes. They demanded a $3.5 million ransom, failing to contact authorities at the scheduled time. Vergne freed. police report several prior frauds and a bomb attack near headquarters.
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UPI
Philips
Phonogram
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Phonogram Company
Rene Vergne
No oil price rise for OPEC members until June
Venezuelan Mines Minister Valentin Hernandez said there will be no further increases in crude oil prices by OPEC members until June. He noted Iranian ambassador Ardeshir Zahedi’s warnings while recalling OPEC’s September agreement to freeze prices through June 1976 and that a world situation review will occur next June before any decision.
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Venezuela
UPI
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
Valentin Hernandez
Hernandez
United States
Ardeshir Zahedi
OPEC
SST ruling within 30 days on Concorde flights
Washington hearings and international stake over Concorde landing rights conclude with 70 witnesses. Transportation Secretary Coleman faces a written ruling in 30 days on four daily flights to New York JFK and two to Dulles, amid EPA reversal urging ban and mixed national support from Britain, France, Virginia, and New York.
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UPI
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National Council of Jewish Women
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PTA
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Virginia
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Coleman
John F. Kennedy
Dulles
America
Britain
France
United States
United Kingdom
AMC challenges California air fine over 1976 V8 cars
American Motors denounces California’s 4.2 million dollar fine and ban on Matador Hornet and Gremlin models with the 304 V8 as unreasonable. ARB cites 85 percent of 39 tested AMC cars emitting excess CO or NOx, with only about 1,000 such cars sold in state in 1976. EPA and U.S. attorney may pursue further action.
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UPI
American Motors Corp
California
California Air Resources Board
AMC
ARB
Tom Quinn
American Motors
Quinn
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Air Resources Board
Storms whip Twin Falls roofs and windows in 50 mph winds
A Twin Falls Idaho storm blew roofs from homes and stripped trees as 50 mph winds raged. Sears Roebuck windows shattered and storage buildings toppled. No injuries reported. Snow fell in several western states and parts of the Great Lakes region amid a bitter cold front.
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Voters favor conservative shift in U S politics
The Harris Survey of 1,475 Americans found 43 percent prefer a more conservative direction while 19 percent favor liberalism and 20 percent reject either extreme. Pollster Louis Harris cites beliefs that federal spending is excessive and past liberal approaches failed to solve problems as key reasons.
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New York
UPI
United States
Harris
Louis Harris
Woman to be U S envoy to Great Britain
President Ford selected Anne L. Armstrong to be U S ambassador to Great Britain. If confirmed she would be the first woman in the post, succeeding Elliot L. Richardson who moves to Commerce. Armstrong, 48, is a former White House counselor and GOP official with close Nixon and Ford ties.
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UPI
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King Ranch
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