Rockefeller to lead CIA probe as Ford forms commission
President Ford appoints eight members led by Vice President Rockefeller to examine CIA domestic activities. The panel will report in 90 days and findings will be public. Congress intends to continue its oversight investigations alongside the commission.
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Gaylord Shaw
Associated Press
Washington AP
CIA
Ford
Nelson A. Rockefeller
United States
White House
Ron Nessen
Congress
California
Ronald Reagan
Army
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Erwin N. Griswold
Afl-Cio
Joseph Lane Kirkland
University of Virginia
Edgar F. Shannon
Commerce
John T. Connor
Treasury
C. Douglas Dillon
Senate
Hugh Scott
Commission
Scott
Congressional
Lucien N. Nedzi
D-Mich
House
CIA Oversight Committee
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nedzi
Presidential Commission
Stennis
Sparkman
Howard H. Baker
R-Tenn
Baker
Rockefeller
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger's Middle East Oil Threat Draws Arab Fury
Arab governments and press condemn Henry Kissinger after Business Week quotes him warning of U S military intervention against oil producers. In Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya and Iraq editors and officials decry actions while calling for new economic and military strategies and lower oil prices.
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Lebanon
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Middle East
Business Week
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Libya
Iraq
al Moharrer
Kissinger
Ford
America
Abdel-Salam Jalloud
Abdel Aziz Hussein
Cairo
al Ahram
Israel
France
Britain
Suez Canal
U.S
Jiddah
al Nadwah
Washington
Today In History Highlights January Sixth 1975
Key historical events listed for January 6 include Joan of Arc’s birth in 1412 Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne of Cleves in 1540 George Washington’s marriage in 1759 Morse’s telegraph demo in 1838 New Mexico statehood in 1912 Roosevelt’s death in 1919 FDR Four Freedoms in 1941 a 10 year ago wing fold test of the F 111 in Fort Worth five years ago school desegregation progress in Mississippi one year ago London Heathrow security after threats Tensions and incidents are summarized as a daily historical capsule.
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Associated Press
Joan of Arc
Henry the Eighth
England
Anne of Cleves
George Washington
Martha Dandridge Custis
Samuel F. B. Morse
Morristown
New Jersey
New Mexico
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
New York
Franklin Roosevelt
Fort Worth
Texas
Mississippi
London
Heathrow
Weather outlook for Snyder and Texas regions
High Saturday 53 with a 25 low and 7 am Sunday reading of 36. High Sunday 55 with 27 low and today 29 at 7 am. Northwest and Southwest Texas expect clear to partly cloudy skies, warmer south, windy north tonight, cooler by Tuesday with Panhandle lows in the 20s to upper 30s and highs from the Panhandle to near 70 in the extreme southwest. North Central and Northeast Texas mostly fair tonight, fair west and central, partly cloudy east Tuesday, warmer tonight, cooler west Tuesday with lows 30 to 41 and highs Tuesday 56 northwest to 72 southeast.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
Government Auction Opens Bids On 2 Million Ounces Of Gold
Bids opened on two million ounces of gold aimed at curbing imports as of this morning. Early offers ranged from 45.10 to 188 dollars per ounce for 400 ounce bars with Austern and Paul and Vito De Marino among bidders.
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G. David Wallace
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Austern & Paul
New York
Vito G. de Marino
San Diego
Calif
Leslie E. Ellisson
Wayne
N.J
George Jamieson
Jamieson
U.S
Freighter Hits Tasman Bridge Killing At Least Ten
A British ore freighter struck the Tasman Bridge at Hobart Tasmania during a rain and collapse left at least ten dead. Five crew members were recovered, two missing, and several cars plunged into the Derwent River from the 130 foot drop. The Lake Illawarra remained afloat minutes after impact as 35 crewmen escaped. captain and chief engineer survived.
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Hobart
Tasmania
Tasman
Derwent
Lake Illawarra
Air Force halts bombing on Matagorda Island for cranes
The Air Force will stop all bombing and gunnery on Matagorda Island Texas where near extinct whooping cranes winter. The move aims to give the birds exclusive year round use of the island reversing decades of military practice beginning in 1942.
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Washington
Air Force
Texas
Matagorda Island
Corpus Christi
Tex
Army Air Force
Interior Department
Department
Gold Prices Hold Steady on London Zurich Markets
Gold prices stayed steady on the London and Zurich markets ahead of a U.S. government bullion auction. London fixed at 173.50 dollars an ounce, down from Friday but up from this morning, while Zurich closed around 174 dollars after intraday fluctuations. The dollar edged higher against the Swiss franc on Swiss rumors of central bank intervention.
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Treasury Department
U.S
Treasury
London
Zurich
Washington
Phuoc Binh Defenders Hold Out For Fifth Day
South Vietnamese defenders of Phuoc Binh repelled a heavy North Vietnamese mortar barrage and clung to the provincial capital on the fifth day of fierce fighting. In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge rebels reportedly broke a blockade to assist a trapped 400-man force near Phnom Penh as rockets struck the airport and western approaches.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Phuoc Binh
Cambodia
Mekong
Phnom Penh
Phu Lam International Communications Center
Phuc Long
Phuoc Long
Nguyen van Thieu
Agriculture Dept Reports New 1975 Crop Figures Friday
The Agriculture Department will release its first 1975 crop production report Friday, updating 1974 cotton harvest figures and providing a new estimate for 1974 75 production of oranges and other citrus fruit.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Judge Rules Bell Men Must Reply
A Texas state district court judge ordered Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. executives to answer questions on political slush funds and related areas in a $29.2 million defamation case. The ruling requires deposition testimony on wiretapping, hunting lease funds, voucher abuse, contractor kickbacks, and pre 1974 personal political contributions, keeping depositions public.
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San Antonio, Tex
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Peter Michael Curry
Bell
Curry
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