Ford urges faster construction of new power plants
President Ford backed labor management committee recommendations to accelerate utility plant construction and convert oil and gas plants to coal. The plan includes a 12 percent investment tax credit for utilities and tax deferral of dividends, with a potential 500 million to 1 billion dollar tax break in 1976. Nuclear share could rise to 20 percent by the late 1980s if reforms proceed.
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Washington
Ford
John Dunlop
Labor-Management Committee
Congress
Federal Energy
Frank Zarb
Dustry
Sketchy details on CIA role in Trujillo assassination emerge
House intelligence members say they were briefed on CIA involvement in the 1961 Trujillo plot with limited details. Rep Stanton asserts the CIA could be linked to the dictator's murder, while Rep Dellums notes the secrecy and uncertainty among panel members about the extent of CIA action.
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Jim Adams
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
House Intelligence Committee
CIA
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
James V. Stanton
D-Ohio
Ronald V. Dellums
D-Calif
Trujillo
Stanton
Santo Domingo
Philip B. Agee
Miami
House
Michael Harrington
Dmass
Harrington
Lucien N. Nedzi
Dmich
Nedzi
Democratic
Carl Albert
Richard Helms
Iran
Senate Intelligence Committee
Welfare rolls targeted in crackdown on fraudulent cases
The assistant general counsel for the State Health and Social Services Department says 82 percent of Chaves County welfare aid cases may be improper. Investigations by the Fifth Judicial district attorney and welfare officials begin in March to recover support payments and curb fraud with new federal tools. Investigators will cover Eddy, Chaves and Lea counties to locate fathers and reduce federal funds for these cases.
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Marian McQuiddy
State Health and Social Services Department
Chaves County
Fifth Judicial District
Julia Southerland
Chaves
Southerland
Dist. Atty
Michigan
California
Welfare Department
District Attorney's Office
Cathey
Carlsbad
Eddy
Lea Counties
Fields Urges Unity After New Mexico Boys State Inauguration
Tim Fields of Las Cruces was sworn in as the 28th New Mexico Boys State governor at the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell. District Judge Paul Snead administered the oath with Lt. Gov. Kerwin Gober and other officials in attendance. Fields urged delegates to unite to show the state they are responsible.
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Paul Snead
Roswell
New Mexico
Tim Fields
Las Cruces
Robert E
Kerwin Gober
Farmington
Jerry Apodaca
Fields
New Mexico Military Institute
New Mexico Supreme Court
John McManus
Boys
Robert E. Bob’ Ferguson
Artesia
Ferguson
Mike Jasper
Roswell Goddard
Jasper
AIM leader warns of hot summer campaign against BIA
Dennis Banks of the American Indian Movement says the group will intensify its fight against the U S Bureau of Indian Affairs this summer. He asserts infiltration by federal agents and warns of unspecified actions if parade units remind of past Indian injustices during Farmington New Mexico events.
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Farmington
American Indian Movement
Dennis Banks
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Banks
AIM
BIA
National Indian Organization
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Central Intelligence Agency
South Dakota
St. Paul
Minn
CIA
San Juan County
Dians
U.S. Army
Seventh Cavalry
George Armstrong Custer
Ft. Bliss. Tex
Russell Means
Bismarck
N.D
Opposition parties reject Indira Gandhi as India PM
Non Communist opposition in New Delhi refuse to recognize Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as head of government after her conviction for corrupt practices in winning her parliamentary seat. The report notes a political crisis and calls for leadership clarity.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
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