Ford silent on blanket amnesty after Hart widow call
In Vail Colorado President Ford weighed amnesty for Vietnam drafts after a condolence call to the widow of Senator Hart. Ford said he would review the issue but reaffirmed opposition to blanket amnesty and noted the matter would be settled before he leaves office.
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Vail
Colo
Ford
Mr. Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
U.S
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
The
Star
Balaam
Israel
Ellen G. White
Mrs. DO
Stephens City
Oil Spill At Sea Prompts Legal Fight And Public Fear
The Argo Merchant spill off Nantucket draws Cape Cod fishermen seeking 60 million dollars in damages while ship owners seek liability limits. Captain testifies gyrocompass malfunctioned and fix was not obtained for 15 hours. Authorities note earlier Delaware spills were contained and discuss need for stronger navigational safeguards.
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Atlantic Coast
Argo Merchant
Cape Cod
Venezuela
Delaware River
Carter and Used Faces A Norman New York Imbroglio
Jimmy Carter browses a shop of political faces from past administrations and officials to assemble a new public image. The clerk models faces for Vance Brezhinski Adams Califano Brown and others while Carter weighs fresh and used options amid a broader debate on leadership and policy.
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New York
Jimmy Carter
Cyrus Vance
James Schlesinger
Johnson
Nixon
Kennedy
Ted Sorensen
Zbigniew Brzezinski
State Department
Washington
Brock Adams
Joseph Califano
Harold Brown
Ford
Carter Opposes Controls as Steel Price Rise Tension Grows
President-elect Carter rejects standby controls and moves toward voluntary measures after National Steel raises prices. Lance urges restraint while major business figures push for price increases, with advisers divided on the path ahead.
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Washington
Carter
Thomas Bertram Lance
Pierre Rinfret
Bert Lance
Georgia
Rinfret
Richard Nixon
John Connally
National Steel Corp
Atlanta
Lance
National
Bendix
Not Worth a Continental Depreciation Warned 1780 Petition
A 1780 Winchester petition warned that paper currency depreciated rapidly, with prices like a tavern dinner at 30 dollars and a hat and suit at 2000 dollars. The article notes Congress minted large sums, coins circulated, and reliance on hard money grew by 1781, foreshadowing modern inflation concerns.
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State Assembly
Winchester
Bryant Brian
James Dowdall
Charles Haynes
James
William Holladay
John Kaine
William Kincaid
Samuel May
Patrick Murray
John Reynolds
Benjamin Shreve
Lewis Wolfe
Samuel Adams
Continental Congress
Congress
England
France
Spain
Portugal
Holland
America
Viewpoint on Kennedy and King investigations wasteful
Dr and Mrs Donald McNeill urge Congress to end probes into the Kennedy and King killings as unnecessary and wasteful, arguing the country cannot afford further investigations. They publish their Front Royal, Virginia address.
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John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Congress
Mrs
Donald McNeill
P.O. Box
Front Royal
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Nature
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By Russell Baker
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By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Plains
W. Michael Blumenthal
Arthur Okun
Brookings Institution
John Dunlop
Harvard
Dunlop
Winchester Evening Star
Thomas T. Byrd
Wire
Lewis H. Ebert
Douglas
Connel
Eugene P Miller
Laura Virginia Hale
Lutheran Church
Frederick County
Colonies
Robert T. Barton, Jr
Richmond
Barton
Wright
Apple Pie Ridge
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