Ford to address CIA report amid energy talks in Colorado
President Ford indicated he would speak publicly about the CIA report on domestic spying after receiving the Colby document. He was meeting with energy advisors in Vail as part of a work and ski holiday and planned a State of the Union focus on energy and the economy.
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Cetral
CIA
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Henry A. Kissinger
Colby
Ron Nessen
Energy Resources Council
Washington
Nessen
Energy
Interior
Rogers C. B. Morton
Treasury
William E. Simon
Frank Zarb
Alan Greenspan
Council of Economic Advisers
L. William Seidman
Congress
Smith Seeks Charter Change for Winchester Mayors Office Start
Del. Alson H. Smith Jr. files two bills, one from Winchester City Council to shift council take office to June, and another from Frederick County Board of Supervisors. The county aims to place zoning under historic preservation laws. Smith notes a lean session focusing on carry over bills and local matters.
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Winchester
Frederick
Wendell L. Seldon
Seldon
Smith
General Assembly
Mother Four Children Slain as Laborer Is Charged
Eddie Lee Shanghai Thomas, 34, is charged with five counts of murder and one count of rape in the execution style deaths of Sally Aliff and her four children Peggy Marie 10 Charlotte Ann 8 James Alvin 4 Vernon Darrell 2. The victims were found near their Cliff home in Henry County Virginia after the mother was strangled following sexual assault. The suspect, who lived nearby and worked at a factory, is held on $100 000 bond with no hearing date set.
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Henry County
C. P. Witt
Eddie Lee
Shanghai
Thomas
James Vernon Aliff
Sally
Cliff
Witt
Aliff
Peggy Marie
Charlotte Ann
James
Alvin
Vernon Darrell
Cliff House
Virginia
John P. Bing
Unemployment Claims Drive Down Leading Economic Index
Washington reports a 1.5 percent November drop in the Index of Leading Indicators, with unemployment claims rising 12 percent to 450,000. Five other factors fell, including new durable goods orders and factory spending, while stock prices rose. The U.S. trade balance also slipped to a $113 million deficit in November.
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Commerce Department
United States
Labor Department
Department
Jack Benny Dead at 80 After Cancer Battle
Comedian Jack Benny dies in Beverly Hills at age 80 from pancreatic cancer. Wife Sadie Marks Benny and longtime manager Irving Fein at his bedside. Governor Ronald Reagan, Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Danny Kaye attend. Benny, born Benny Kubelsky in 1894, built a 60 year career from vaudeville to radio and TV. Continuous on page 2.
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Calif
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Benny
Irving Fein
Rex Kennamer
Fein
Sadie Marks
Mary Livingstone
Joan
California
Ronald Reagan
Frank Sinatra
Bob Hope
Danny Kaye
George Burns
Los Angeles
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Dallas
Hollywood Women’s Press Club
Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson
Dennis Day
Waukegan, Ill
Benny Kubelsky
Russia
Martinsville Home Slaying Leaves Four Children Dead
In Martinsville Virginia James Vernon Aliff returns home to find his wife Sally Davis Aliff dead in the bedroom and four children missing. Neighbors locate the children two hours later buried in leaves near the end of a path from the house. The victims ages 2 to 10 were shot in the head.
Explosion Kills 36 Miners in Lievin France
A coal dust explosion at a Lievin mine in northwestern France killed 36 miners and injured six. Rescue teams faced dusty air and ongoing cavern danger as relatives gathered and coffins were moved through crowds near Lievin, about 20 miles from the Belgian border.
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France
Lievin
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