First Showdown Ford's Veto Likely to Hold
Washington AP reports Congress faces its first foreign policy clash with President Ford over a Turkey aid cutoff. Opponents hoped for a two-thirds House override but expectations favored Ford as vetoes and political dynamics shape the vote prospects.
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Washington
Congress
Ford
U.S
Turkey
Senate
Hugh Scott
House
Cyprus
Mediterranean
NATO
Greece
UN Expects Arafat to Speak at General Assembly
The United Nations invites the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in debate on the Palestine question, with Arafat expected as the first outsider speaker since 1965. The vote drew 105 yes and 4 no amid abstentions and criticism from Israel and the U.S. voicing concerns over implications for Palestinian talks and NATO ties.
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United Nations, N.Y
Yasir Arafat
United Nations
General Assembly
Paul VI
Assembly
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Palestine
United States
Israel
Bolivia
Dominican Republic
U.N
Yosef Tekoah
Black September Group
Munich
Black September
U.S
Khartoum
Sudan
New York
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Nixon Defense Claims President Withheld Watergate Details
Ehrlichman attorney contends Nixon hid information to save his own neck and deceived Ehrlichman. Defense cites White House tapes as pivotal, says jury should consider defendants separately as trial proceeds with first witness John Dean III expected to testify.
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Washington
John D. Ehrlichman
Richard M. Nixon
William S. Frates
Ehrlichman
Nixon
John Ehrlichman
Frates
Richard Nixon
White House
Supreme Court
Robert C. Marcian
Kenneth W. Parkinson
H. R. Haldeman
John N. Mitchell
John Dean III
Dean
Richard Ben-Veniste
Front Royal Council Denies Fund Transfer
Front Royal Town Council refused to move 34000 dollars from three water system items to fund a water line extension to Happy Creek and the Leach subdivision. Mayor William A Lillard opposed reallocating funds for the water line despite state orders and promised equipment.
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Front Royal
Happy Creek
Walter N. Duncan
Leach
William A. Lillard
State Water Control Board
Separate Rates May Be Set by Authority in Frederick County
The Frederick County Sanitation Authority did not act on raising water and sewer rates but discussed establishing separate rates for different areas. A feasibility study was extended, and a letter from attorney William Johnston presented new information on separate rates. The group also weighed mandatory connections for FHA loan feasibility and approved a policy requiring new homes to connect.
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Frederick County Sanitation Authority
William Johnston
FHA
S. Roger Koontz
Authority
Wellington
Jones
Apple Pie Ridge
Bass-Hoover
Stephens City
County Board of Supervisors
Kissinger Heads Home After Middle East Talks
Secretary of State Kissinger flies back from Rabat amid signals of progress toward Arab-Israeli peace. He met King Hassan II and discussed possible Israeli pulls from Arab lands, while tensions over oil prices and diplomatic ties with Algeria were reviewed. The UN invited the PLO to discuss Palestine, and a British paper warned of coups against Saudi and Jordan rulers tied to oil and Israel.
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Rabat
Morocco
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Kissinger
Algiers
Hassan II
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Algeria
Houari Boumedienne
Boumedienne
U.S
Faisal
Hussein
Daily Mail
Value of the Human Body Rises With Inflation
Northwestern biochemist Dr. Donald T. Forman estimates the inorganic components of a 150 pound person are worth about 5.60 in inflated dollars. He notes water dominates body weight and minerals such as sodium and iron are key constituents. Inflation, not scarcity, drives the rise.
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Evanston, Ill
Donald T. Forman
Northwestern University
Forman
Northwestern’s
Medical School
Evanston Hospital
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