Ford Faces Somber Congress With Bleak State of the Union
President Ford presented a grim State of the Union warning of unemployment, inflation, and slow sales. He proposed a $12 billion one time personal tax rebate and a long term $16.5 billion tax cut with priority on investment tax credits. He called for a new bipartisan partnership with Congress though foes signaled resistance to his spending cuts.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
al Ullman
D-Ore
House
Jos and Means Committee
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Bar Organization
Arch Booth
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Econo
Democratic Congress
Colby confirms CIA domestic spying in United States
CIA director William Colby testified before a Senate subcommittee that the agency infiltrated undercover agents into antiwar and dissident groups within the United States as part of counterintelligence programs. He acknowledged about 22 CIA officers involved and files on about 10,000 U.S. citizens, while denying the Times report of illegal domestic operations.
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Washington
William Colby
Central Intelligence
Senate
United States
Colby
Senate Alions Intelligence
New York Times
CIA
Ateast
Richard Helms
Iran
Counterintelligence
Windfall for western ranchers as grazing fees frozen
The Ford administration froze grazing fees for public lands at 1974 levels, sparing western cattle and sheep producers about nine million dollars. Interior’s Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service administer these fees, with 25 000 ranchers paying roughly 18.3 million annually. without the order they would face 27.3 million in 1975. The 1974 rates stood at about 1 dollar per animal unit month on Interior land and roughly 1.11 dollars per cent unit on Forest Service land.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Agriculture Department
Forest Service
AUM
Forest Service Nd
Montana official cites high pay for work camp probe leader
Helena AP Montana House leaders clash over funding for the work camp investigation citing higher pay for local special prosecutor Dick Dzivi than the Watergate era chief investigators. Dzivi earned 44 400 in 1974 while Jaworski received 38 000 per year. Driscoll notes the nearly 1 million proposed funding and challenges Lockrem Woodahl on cost.
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Jaworski
Associated Press
Driscoll
Lloyd C. Lockrem Jr
Billings
Lockrem
Ford proposals aim to lift family fuel bills about 250 dollars
President Ford urged Congress to raise the average family’s annual fuel costs by about 250 dollars a year, a 26 percent increase, to curb energy use. He proposed offsetting measures including energy credits and staged oil price increases, with deregulation and standby authority for rationing if needed.
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Washington
Ford
William Seidman
White House
Aan Gas Association
Federal Energy
Dee Trator
Frank G. Zarb
Tae Eg Energy Energy Program
Congress
Mining school study okayed by Northwest Mining Association
The Northwest Mining Association will back a multi state study into a regional institution for minerals education. NMA president Wallace McGregor said trustees approved the study due to reductions in mining and mineral curricula at Northwest universities.
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Spokane
Wash
Northwest Mining Association
NMA
Wallace McGregor
Northwest
McGregor
Butte hires three new policemen and city moves on
Butte City Council confirmed three mayoral appointees to the police force Daniel Skuletich Kent Fargher and Joseph Lee. The council discussed bids for three police cars the 1975 Bel Aire and Impala models with trade-ins and noted a radar duty plan. Mayor Micone pushed for extra speed bump surveillance and possible removal if hazards persist.
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Butte
Mike Micone
Daniel Skuletich
George Skuletich
Kent Fargher
John S.W. Fargher
Police
Joseph Lee
Bob Lee
Lee
Bob
Joe Lee
Silver Bow
Copper City
Chevrolet
Larry Connors
Micone
Police Department
Ames
Ontana
Red rebels tighten grip near Neak Luong siege
In Cambodia heavy Khmer Rouge forces press toward Neak Luong and dominate over 40 miles of the Mekong shipping channel to Phnom Penh. A civilian airliner carrying government reinforcements was hit wounding an American crewman and 13 Cambodians. U.S. supply planes from Thailand have increased to 10 runs daily to Phnom Penh, while no Saigon convoys have moved upstream for 26 days.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Mekong River
Maryi
U.S
Phnom
Crilly
Battambang
Thailand
Mekong
Saigon
War drives civilians of Neak Luong to the brink in Cambodia
Near Luong Cambodia amid daily shelling 30,000 refugees endure hunger and fear as the town, battered by insurgent advances, fights to hold. Hospitals flood with wounded while aid bars river transport and air drops replace a fragile relief lifeline.
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Neak Luong
Neak Lanne
Catholic
Mekong River
Gantlet
Ae Ee
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Harry Mainard
Terry Shurtliff
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