CIA recruiter claim ties to plot against Castro
John T Rose, former Al Capone pal and Mafia operative, testified to a Senate committee that he was recruited by the CIA in a plan to kill Cuban Premier Fidel Castro. He said the CIA hired him for most of his adult life to participate in the assassination scheme.
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Roselli
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D-Idaho
John Tower
R-Tex
Robert Maheu
Maheu
Sam Giancana
Chicago
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Oak Park
Ill
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Capitol
Grand jurors call 2 in Giancana inquiry
Chicago authorities reveal subpoenas for Charles English and Dominic Blasi to testify before a Cook County grand jury investigating the murder of Sam Giancana. Anthony Accardo may be subpoenaed later as part of the probe.
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UPI
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English
Dominic Blasi
Cook County
Sam “Momo
Giancana
Kenneth L. Gillis
Anthony
Big Tuna
Accardo
Blasi
Oak Park
Panel OKs energy plan in House Commerce committee
The House Commerce Committee approved by a wide margin an energy conservation bill authorizing gasoline rationing and auto fuel efficiency standards while pressing down domestic oil prices. Republicans offered a price controls alternative but were rejected. The plan also creates an office to audit oil company dealings and is the non tax companion to the energy tax bill already passed.
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UPI
House Commerce Committee
Sages L. Devine
Ohio
John D. Dingell
D-Mich
Devine
White House
Tim Lee Carter
R-Ky
House
Ford vetoes bill to bolster housing
President Ford vetoed a $1.35 billion housing bill aimed at expanding middle income home buying and job growth. He announced a $2 billion increase in GNMAs mortgage purchase authority, arguing the bill would add $1 billion to the debt while his action costs $60 million. House leaders and opponents urged overrule but acknowledged it cannot be overridden.
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UPI
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White House
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House
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J.S. Norman Jr
National Association of Home Builders
Democratic Pembers
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Debt ceiling raised to 577 billion in partial vote
The House approved a 46 billion increase in the national debt ceiling to 577 billion in a 223 to 196 vote. The ceiling remains in effect through November 15 and moves to the Senate as Congress faces a June 30 deadline on the 531 billion level. A prior partyline clash defeated a bid to lift to 616.1 billion through June 30, 1976.
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UPI
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Court clears way for black cities to annex suburbs
Supreme Court in a 5 to 4 decision opens a path for southern cities under the 1965 Voting Rights Act to annex predominantly white suburbs while requiring preservation of black representation on councils and proof of nonracial motives. Richmond Virginia’s bid to annex parts of Chesterfield County is sent back to federal court for new justification, with potential new elections pending court rulings.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Byron R. White
Richmond
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Federal Aviation Administration
Lewis F. Powell
William J Brennan Jr
William C. Douglas
Thurgood Marshall
Brennan
IRS official defends sex life probes of tax cheaters
IRS officials testified before a House subcommittee amid criticism for snooping into private lives. Assistant Commissioner Warren Bates cited cases of suspected cheaters using lavish lifestyles to justify privacy probes, while the panel pressed for a copy of the investigative report.
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UPI
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House
Bates
Donald C. Alexander
Agency
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
D-N.y
Subcommittee
Congressional Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
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