Senate votes to limit debate on trade bill and aid programs
The Senate approved a cloture motion 71 to 19 to limit debate on the administration's trade bill enabling President Ford to negotiate broader international trade terms with the Soviet Union and other nations. It also advanced an antibusing provision tied to an $8.6 billion supplemental bill and faced potential further votes, with a Saturday session possible to meet Dec. 21 adjournment. In separate action, unemployment aid extensions and public service job programs were advanced by both chambers. A Willits deputy Jim Thom died at 6:50 p.m. from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. he leaves a wife Sandra and one child. Arrangements are pending.
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William G. Milliken
Milliken
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Houses
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Nabatieh Hit by Israeli Shelling Wounding Ten
Israeli artillery shelled Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, wounding ten and destroying fifteen houses in a two hour barrage. Lebanese antiaircraft fire met warplanes while rescue crews searched wreckage and witnesses spoke of three attacked residential quarters and markets.
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Nabatieh
Beirut
Rashid Solh
Tel Aviv
Aharon Yariv
Palestine Liberation Organization
WAFA
Israel
Safad
House panel approves Rockefeller nomination for vice president
The House Judiciary Committee voted 26 to 12 to recommend Nelson A. Rockefeller's confirmation as vice president despite concerns over potential conflicts of interest from a family fortune worth about 1 billion dollars. The panel sent the nomination to full House for eight hours of debate before a final vote next week.
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UPI
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House Judiciary Committee
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Gerald R. Ford
Rockefeller
Charles R. Wiggins
R-Calif
Fire calls report stove wiring and gas heater ignition
A Thursday 7:17 p.m. fire on West Street Talmage involved wiring in a stove at Linda Holman’s home causing stove damage only. A Friday 4:23 a.m. blaze at 763 Apple Street Mike Van Fleet’s residence started atop a gas heater from a dropped material, waking the family dog.
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Talmage
Linda Holman
Apple Street
Mike van Fleet
Kissinger warns NATO of economic crisis threatening West
Kissinger told a NATO foreign ministers meeting that worsening inflation recession and high oil prices threaten Western defense. He urged decisive action to cut oil costs and urged consumer nations to cooperate and diálogo with oil producers. He warned U.S. aid to Turkey must not be cut as it serves common defense.
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UPI
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U.S
Martinique
Ford
Valery Giscard d
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
Congress
NATO
Joseph Luns
Russia
Luns
OPEC raises crude price in Vienna signaling higher fuel costs
OPEC meeting in Vienna raised the crude oil price from 10.15 to 10.46 a barrel under a new pricing system. The move follows similar actions by Saudi Arabia Qatar and Abu Dhabi and could push up gasoline and heating fuel prices in the United States.
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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New York
OPEC
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
Abu Dhabi
California firm fleeced unsuspecting investors
The SEC alleges Pacific Coast Coin Exchange sold $1 billion in silver and coins not owned, backed by ads and books. It consents in Los Angeles court to disgorgement of profits and monies from 25,000 unsophisticated investors amid a nationwide marketing push and margin schemes.
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Harry Browne
PCCE
Louis E. Carabini Jr
PCOE
U.S
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