Miller nomination held up by Iran pay probe
Senate Banking Committee probes Textron Inc payments to Air Taxi of Iran tied to Gen. Mohammed Khatemi. A $2.9 million payment, ownership links, and possible influence on a $1 billion contract delay Miller’s Fed Chair confirmation. Miller proposes blind trust for $1.7 million Textron stock.
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D-Wis
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Arthur Burns
H. John Heinz
Bert Lance
Lance
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Imperial Iranian Air Force
Air Taxi Inc
Bell
Second trolley accident injures 66 in Philadelphia
A trolley car rear ended another at 30th and Market underground station injuring 66. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority probes the collision, the second such crash in four days following a Norristown line derailment with 23 hurt.
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Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
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Senators split on Alton locks and dam waterway fees
Senate split between Adlai Stevenson and Charles Percy over waterway user charges for Locks and Dam 26. Stevenson backed House bill with a six cent fuel tax. Percy urged compromise. Over 50,000 farmers from 38 states petitioned against stiff charges and delayed construction, urging support for the Alton project.
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Capitol Hill
Washington
Senate
Illinois
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D-Ill
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Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Congressional
National Committee
Alton
Peatedly
Congress
Stevenson
Percy
Tom Eagleton
D-Mo
John Danforth
R-Mo
Justice probes Eilberg role in Marston firing case
Washington AP reporting that after Carter and Bell were cleared, the Justice Department probes whether Rep. Joshua Eilberg pressured for U S attorney David W. Marston's ouster while under investigation. Investigators seek what Bell’s aides knew and why Eilberg sought aid for a Philadelphia hospital expansion.
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Bell
Marston
Eilberg
Washington
Griffin B. Bell
Justice Department
David W. Marston
U.S
Philadelphia
Rep
Joshua Eilberg
D-Pa
Department
Hahnemann Hospital
Michael E. Shaheen Jr
Office of Professional Responsibility
Thompson on TV rekindles national hopefuls talk
Springfield AP reports Governor James R. Thompson appears Friday on CBS with two Republican governors to analyze President Carter's State of the Union. GOP officials say the broadcast is not an admission of 1980 candidacy and participants were selected as bright young leaders by GOP leaders and the national committee. Thompson tapes with Robert D. Ray of Iowa and Pierre S. du Pont IV of Delaware. Baker and Rhodes will respond on ABC Thursday.
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CBS
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Peter E. Teeley
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Senate
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National Gop Committee
Thompson
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Pierre S. du Pont IV
Delaware
Howard Baker
Tennessee
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
Brock
ABC
NBC alters Saturday Night at the Movies airing
NBC shifts its Saturday night film due to fears of a psychopathic killer theme. Some Florida Georgia and Alabama affiliates will not show Stranger in the House and instead televise Doc Savage The Man of Bronze, an adventure mystery about five great brains traveling to a small South American country.
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