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— Griffin Daily News Saturday, December 14,1974
Page 14
( I feel stood vibes about the White House’
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
George Harrison, the Beatles’
guitarist, visited the White
House Friday.
Harrison, who now has his
own band, wore tennis shoes of
red, white, blue, green and
yellow, burnt orange trousers, a
greenish-blue jacket, and hair
down to his shoulder blades.
He came to have lunch with
Jack Ford, 22, and meet his
father, the President. With him
were Indian guitar player Ravi
Shankar, singer-organist Billy
Preston and saxaphonist
Tommy Scott. Also invited were
Harrison’s father, Harry; his
manager, Denis O’Brien; pub
licity agent Michael Sterling;
and two of Jack’s friends, Ken
Smith and Sandy Laughlin.
Jack, a senior at Utah State,
met Harrison and the others
Nov. 16 after seeing their show
in Salt Lake City. He invited
them to come to the White
House when they played in
Washington. “I just wanted to
Ford plans
to veto
mine bill
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
President Ford, accepting the
recommendation of his new
energy administrator, plans to
reject a bill to place environ
mental controls on strip mi
ning.
The House gave final approv
al to the measure Friday. If the
Senate does not get to the bill
today, it will act early next
week.
A top White House official
says Ford will veto the bill if it
reaches his desk, citing energy
considerations. Two procedural
votes on the bill indicate that
he will succeed. A test vote
Friday resulted in a 198-129
tally, far short of the two thirds
needed to override a veto.
Rep. Morris K. Udall, D-
Ariz., floor manager for the
bill, said Ford was “selling out
to some of the most greedy,
backward forces” in deciding to
kill the legislation.
Udall asked Ford to veto the
measure quickly, if it gains
expected Senate approval, so
Congress may attempt to
override it.
Strip mining involves scrap
ing away the topsoil, then
gouging out coal with giant
shovels. The bill would set
standards for land reclamation,
authorize a reclamation fee on
all coal production, and give
surface rights to western
ranchers who have federally
owned coal on their lands.
Frank Zarb, the new head of
the Federal Energy Adminis
tration, told a news conference
shortly after the House vote
that Ford said: “I am not
prepared to make a decision
which will limit the flexibility
for our design of a national
energy program at a time when
energy and development of
energy is so critical to our
future.”
Zarb said he advised vetoing
the bill. “Our principal prob
lem,”, he said, “is really its
adverse impact on domestic
coal production."
Carl E. Bagge, president of
the National Coal Association,
said the coal industry was
“gratified that President Ford
had the courage to take a stand
which may be unpopular but
which will avoid a crippling
and inflationary reduction in
the supply of coal this nation
must have.”
Deputy administrator John R.
Quarles said his Environmental
Protection Agency had recom
mended that Ford sign the bill,
despite objectionable provi
sions, because of the environ
mental consequences of
unregulated strip mining.
CARACAS HONORED
PANAMA CITY (UPI) - The
XII Inter-American Travel Con
gress concluded Nov. 27 with
the selection of Caracas,
Venezuela, as the site of its
next meeting in 1977.
The 23 participating delega
tions elected the following
nations to serve on its
permanent steering committee:
Panama, Venezuela, Honduras,
Mexico, Chile and the United
States.
Jose Rogelio Arias, Jr.,
general manager of the
Panamanian Tourism Institute
was elected chairman of the
steering committee until the
Caracas Congress.
Caracas was chosen after
four ballots when Mexico City
and Santiago, Chile, which also
were vying for the honor,
withdrew.
return the hospitality,” said
Jack as he greeted his guests.
Harrison said he had never
been to the White House before,
that he was “very flattered” to
have been invited and “I feel
good vibes about the White
House.”
The meeting with President
Ford in the Oval Office was a
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meeting of cultures more than
of generations. “I don’t think
he’s too familiar with my
music,” Harrison said.
As reporters and photogra
phers were leaving, Jack told
his father, “I promised George
a WIN button.” Ford immedi
ately told his appointments
secretary, Terry O’Donnell,
“get one out of the right
drawer” of his desk. O’Donnell
said he couldn’t find any.
Harrison finally got his
button, and in return pinned a
blue “Eastern Mystic button”
with moon circles on Ford’s
lapel. He told reporters he
thought Ford seemed “in
excellent physical shape ...
surprisingly open and friendly.”
And Harrison, nearly always
surrounded by crowds, said he
could feel the pressures on
Jack Ford, protected by the
Secret Service. “I can relate to
Jack now,” he said. “Every
thing Jack does is watched by
the public. I understand that
myself.”
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Former Beatle George Harrison (left) was guest at a White House luncheon hosted by
Pres. Ford’s son, Jack.