Ford son seeks ordinary citizen role amid amnesty talk
Logan Utah AP reports Jack Ford says he may have influenced his father’s presidential amnesty decision but aims to act as an ordinary citizen. Cambridge AP notes Harvard Kennedy School hosts a week-long course for a dozen newly elected Congress members on debating, press releases, and Washington politics.
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Jack Ford
Ford
Cambridge
Mass
Congress
Harvard
Washington
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Private colleges face closures as enrollments dip in 1980s
New York report notes nationwide college enrollment will rise to 10.8 million in 1980 from 10.1 million this year, driven by postwar baby boom. Officials warn declines in the 1980s could force private closures and consolidation of state campuses amid aging birth rates and shifting demand.
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New York
National Center For Educational Statistics
Senate confirms Seamans as head of ERDA agency
The Senate approved Robert C. Seamans Jr. as chief of the newly created Energy Research and Development Administration. Seamans, 56, is a former Air Force secretary and ex deputy administrator of NASA. The AEC is abolished with duties split between ERDA and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The Senate also approved William A. Anders to join the NRC by voice vote.
Thirteen Indicted in $100 Million Securities Swindle
A federal grand jury charged 13 people including Robert S. Trippet founder of Home Stake Production Co. and 12 former officers in a 39 count fraud case. The scheme allegedly duped millionaires stars and others out of 100 million through a phony oil drilling program.
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Los Angeles
Robert S. Trippet
Oklahoma
Home Stake Production Co
Butz says he expects to stay in cabinet shakeup
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz, age 65, says he does not expect to be replaced next month in a cabinet shakeup. At a Grand Rapids news conference for the Michigan Farm Bureau Federation, he quips that it is a young 65 and jokes about staying on only until senility becomes obvious in Washington.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Earl L. Butz
Butz
Washington
Bulz
Michigan Farm Bureau Federation
Hornbeak Post Office Pets Lick Stamps for Carriers
In Hornbeak Tennessee the post office dog Rex owned by Postmaster Jerry Short licks stamps for rural carrier Jerry Tucker inside the white concrete building. The dog’s quick nips replace the carrier’s lick before stamps are affixed. Rex’s antics remind residents of the old practice and the post office routine.
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Hornbeak, Tenn
Hornbeak
Jerry Short
Rex
Jerry Tucker
Tucker
Congress pushes emergency unemployed aid as tax plan stalls
Congress moves quickly to broaden unemployment compensation and halt a multibillion-dollar tax bill. Lawmakers swift actions aim to extend relief for jobless Americans while blocking higher taxes on petroleum profits and delivering tax relief for low and moderate income individuals.
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Washington
Congress
America
Mansfield in Peking with Chou En-lai and Mansfield
U S Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield and his wife met Chinese Premier Chou En-lai in a Peking hospital. The official Xinhua dispatch offered no details of the discussion. Chou, 76, reportedly suffered a heart attack last May.
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Tokyo
Chou En-lai
U. S. Senate
Mike Mansfield
Peking
Hsinhua
Mansfield
Chou
Ford reportedly picks Edward Levi for attorney general
President Ford reportedly selected Edward Levi, a conservative Democrat and University of Chicago president, as the next attorney general. It was unclear if Levi would leave his post to join Ford's Cabinet as the first appointee.
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Washington
Ford
Edward HI. Levi
Levi
University of Chicago
White House to Send 40000 Christmas Cards
President and Mrs. Ford will mail 40,000 cards to heads of state dignitaries lawmakers and officials. The ecards feature a color image of the President's House as it looked in 1831 with a gold embossed border and the greeting With best wishes from our family for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year The President and Mrs Ford.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Prince Charles completes helicopter course at Yeovilton
The heir to the throne Prince Charles finished a three month helicopter training program in Yeovilton England and received a trophy for best progress He thanked Lt Cmdr P A Youte the commanding officer and expressed hope for an aviation career The prince led a fly past with 16 helicopters from his squadron.
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Yeovilton
England
Prince Charles
Charles
Cmdr
P. A Youte
Senate to vote on Ford trade authority
The Senate prepares to decide if President Ford will gain authority to negotiate trade agreements. Ford argues the power is needed to stave off international economic disaster amid food shortages and soaring oil prices. The bill blocks adjournment of the 93rd Congress.
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Washington
Senate
Ford
Pouring Techniques for Beer Head Formation
The guide explains two methods to form a beer head. Pouring straight into the glass creates a quick head, while tilting the glass and pouring down its side then into the glass yields a finer creamy head.
Cavett Headlines Nebraskans on NETV Bookshelf
Nebraskan Dick Cavett and his new book are featured on The Bookshelf with hosts Clarence Forsberg and Otis Young. The program, taped at the Nebraska City Public Library, airs Friday December 20 at 9 p.m. and repeats December 25 at 3 30 p.m.
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Dick Cavett
Cavett
Christopher Porterfield
Cavell
Nebraska City Public Library
Vick Cavett
Clarence Forsberg
Otis Young
Nebraska
ETV
Yale
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