Ford Becomes 40th Vice President Presides Over Senate
On his first full day in office Gerald Ford presided over the Senate for 12 minutes and pledged bipartisan cooperation to heal rifts with Congress. He was sworn by Chief Justice Burger and faced questions about Nixon’s presidency and Agnew’s resignation.
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South Vietnamese Attack Reclaims Kien Duc Amid High Tensions
About 100 South Vietnamese troops entered the Communist held Kien Duc district town after dark to fortify a push with a 600-man battalion nearby. Government planes supported a 2,700-man counteroffensive aimed at recapturing the Central Highlands town 110 miles north of Saigon, as Gia Nghia’s danger was reportedly ended for now but the threat of further Viet Cong strikes remained.
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Nixon Ford team in Washington and Scottsdale
President Richard Nixon and newly named Vice President Gerald Ford pose in a wirephoto. Local reporters Ed Nixon and Jerry Ford mirror the pose, with Ed Nixon as assistant retail advertising manager for the Progress and Jerry Ford as a Progress sports writer.
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Chapin pleads innocent to four Watergate charges
Dwight L. Chapin, former presidential appointments secretary, pleads not guilty to a four count indictment tied to a Watergate grand jury inquiry into 1972 campaign “dirty tricks.” Judge Gesell set trial for February 19 and ordered pretrial motions for January 31.
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Man Mortally Shoots Self at University Medical Center
A 40-year-old man shot himself in the head in an elevator as it opened to the emergency room at University Medical Center in Salt Lake City. A hospital spokesman said the man appeared to want the hospital to have his body for donor transplant use, with a .22 revolver found beside him and a card granting permission for body donation.
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