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Ford checks books
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The nation’s bookkeeping held
President Ford’s attention today, his last full day in the
United States before leaving for China.
He scheduled a Rose Garden welcome in the morning
for the touring women’s basketball team from Peking, but
set aside at least two hours in the afternoon to work on the
budget for the 1977 fiscal year, a subject preoccupying
him even on the eve of the China visit.
The President, his wife and daughter Susan leave
Saturday for a 10-day trip that will take them to Alaska,
China, Indonesia, the Philippines and Hawaii.
After attending church Thursday morning, Ford spent
several hours of Thanksgiving day with James Lynn,
chief budget architect for the White House, and with other
key aides, including national security affairs adviser
Brent Scowcroft, before enjoying a traditional turkey
dinner.
The presidential budget message goes to Congress
shortly after the first of the year.
Press secretary Ron Nessen said Ford will take Lynn
with him to China, and expects to spend at least three
hours a day during the trip on budget and other domestic
matters.
Rain puts out fires
GLENDALE, Calif. (UPI) — Light rain brought victory
Thursday over brush fires that ravaged 100 square miles .
of southern California, but warned of a possible worse
disaster to follow — floods and mudslides that could
engulf whole neighborhoods.
Worried officials scheduled a meeting today to discuss
emergency plans to meet the threat.
Some 4,000 firefighters battled for five days against the
two main blazes that swept from the Angeles National
Forest into suburban canyon neighborhoods and
destroyed or damaged 43 houses, chasing an estimated
5,600 persons from their homes.
Preliminary damage estimates rose to more than S2O
million, including sl4 million in damage to the watershed
in the major blaze, the Tujunga fire.
Helped by cool weather and light rains, firefighters
Thursday contained both the 46,500-acre Tujunga blaze
and the 19,500-acre Mt. Baldy fire 30 miles to the east.
Both fires were surrounded by fire breaks, although
continuing to bum inside the perimeter.
Fromme to appeal
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (UPI) — An attorney for Lynette
Fromme, convicted of attempting to assassinate
President Ford and facing a possible life sentence, says
she will appeal the decision of the eightwoman, four-man
jury.
If U.S. District Judge Thomas Macßride sentences the
follower of convicted mass murderer Charles Manson to
the maximum prison term Dec. 17 it will be the first life
sentence he has levied in 14 years on the bench.
Defense attorney John Virga said he would immediately
file notice of the appeal, based on grounds the prosecution
suppressed evidence crucial to the defense, but another
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Midwest digs out
By United Press International
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snowstorm that hampered Thanksgiving holiday travel.
Other snowstorms swept the Rocky Mountain states and
the Northeast.
At least 15 weather-related deaths were recorded since
two to nine inches of snow blanketed the Midwest late
Wednesday. The Chicago area reported four heart attack
deaths among snow shovelers or motorists trying to push
drifted cars.
St. Louis, where Lambert Field was closed for a time,
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man died of a stroke after snow shoveling. At least one
icy-road death was reported in Indiana.
Thousands of travelers, eager to get an early start on
the holiday, were forced to delay their trips for several
hours.
Chama, N.M., reported 15 inches of snow early Friday
and Streamboat Springs, Colo., had nine inches.
Travelers were advised that snow accumulations could
be heavy Friday from northern and central Nevada
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U.N. to renew mandate
By United Press International
U.N. diplomatic sources say Syria will renew the U.N.
peacekeeping mandate on the Golan Heights if it gets a
Security Council resolution calling for new talks on an
— Griffin Daily News Friday, November 28, 1975
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overall Middle East peace settlement.
The sources said Thursday Syria gave conditional
approval to the mandate in talks between U.N. Secretary
General Kurt Waldheim and Syrian President Hafez
Assad in Damascus earlier this week.
But the sources said Syria wants a Security Council
resolution linking the mandate to a call for early
negotiations on an overall Middle East peace settlement.
The mandate allows the United Nations to station a
1,250-man peacekeeping force in a buffer zone between
Israeli and Syrian forces on a 42-mile long stretch of the
rocky Golan Heights.
The Council was to open private consultation at the
United Nations on the mandate at 10:30 a.m. EST, today
with Waldheim reporting on his talks with Assad.
If the Council cannot pass a resolution Friday,
deliberations will continue Saturday or even Sunday, U.N.
diplomatic sources said. The mandate is scheduled to
expire Sunday at midnight.