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75,000 Shriners Stage Colorful Street Parade
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery The nobles of the Mystic Shrine take over the Automobile Cty for a huge and colorful parade witnessed by hundreds of thousands along the line of march. The parade is a highlight of the order's three-day national convention.
National Guard Troops Move Into Steel Strike Zone
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery National guardsmen move into the strike torn city as the governor proclaims martial law during the steel strike. The troops throw up a tent city and dig in for the duration of the strike which appears to be still far from any settlement.
Chinese Troops Move To Block Mongol Invasion
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery Thousands of soldiers from the Provinces, reinforced with crack ranking division are rushed to the border to stand by for a rumored fresh invasion of China by Mongolian irregulars. Field maneuvers keep the soldiers on their toes.
July 18, 1995 - Part 1
(09:24:57) Opens to wide shot of Senate hearing room where crowds, press, and eventually Senators mill about - no at the beginning of this opening shot (09:35:07) Hearing begins: INVESTIGATION OF WHITEWATER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND RELATED MATTERS VOLUME I TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1995 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AF FAIRS, SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE WHITEWATER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND RELATED MATTERS, Washington, DC. The Committee met at 9.30 a.m., in room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building, Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato (Chairman of the Committee) presiding. OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN ALFONSE M. D'AMATO The CHAIRMAN. If the Committee will come to order. First, let me say that this has not been an easy process, but it is one that has been made much easier due to the cooperative efforts and manner in which my colleague, the Ranking Member, Senator Sarbanes, has worked with us, and we have worked in a cooperative effort to bring us to this point in terms of laying out the methodology and the scope of the hearings and the manner in which we would proceed. I would hope that we can continue in this manner. I have every confidence that we can discharge our duties in the manner that brings credit to the Senate and represents the best interests of all of our citizens. We have agreed that each side will make opening statements for a half hour, then it will revert to 10 minutes to one side, 10 minutes to the other. We anticipate that each side will take up to an hour and a half before we get to our first witness. Today the Senate Whitewater Committee begins its first round of public hearings. The Senate has authorized the Committee to ascertain the full facts about Whitewater and its many related matters. We intend to conduct fair, impartial and thorough hearings. That's what the American people want, expect and deserve. Three years ago, the American people first learned of Whitewater, the Arkansas real estate development in which Governor Bill Clinton and Mrs. Clinton owned a 50 percent interest with Mr. James McDougal, the owner of the other 50 percent of Whitewater. Mr. McDougal was also the owner of Madison Guaranty, the Arkansas savings and loan that's at the heart of Whitewater, The whole story of Whitewater is very complicated. This matter 2 stretches from the early 1980's when the Clintons and the McDougals embarked on their real estate venture to the financing of the 1990 Clinton gubernatorial campaign and on to Washington in the first 2 years of the Clinton Presidency. In authorizing the Committee's investigation by a 96 to 3 vote, the Senate has made clear that Whitewater is not a partisan issue, The entire Whitewater matter raises very serious questions that the American people want answered. The Independent Whitewater Counsel, Judge Starr, has obtained a number of guilty pleas from a number of close Clinton associates, During last summer's Whitewater hearings, the Banking Committee uncovered many previously unknown facts. We learned that certain top Clinton Administration officials were not candid and forthcoming to Congress about Whitewater. That's troubling. We also discovered that senior Treasury Department and White House officials mishandled confidential law enforcement information relating to Madison and Whitewater. That's even more troubling. With each passing month, more and more questions are being raised about Whitewater. This past Sunday The New York Times asked two central questions concerning Whitewater. First, did the Clintons pay their share of the venture's losses? Second, did Mr. Clinton, as Governor of Arkansas,. help his business partner Mr. McDougal get any favors from State officials? Based on its review of newly released documents,- The New York Times reported that McDougal "shielded the Clinton's to an extent far greater than previously reported from paying their fair share of Whitewater losses." Question: Is The New York Times right? The American people have a right to know. The Senate has authorized the Special Committee to investigate a number of areas in this round of hearings. We will examine whether White House officials interfered with the Park Police investigation in the office of Vincent Foster. The death of the number two lawyer in the Clinton White House on July 20, 1993 shocked and bewildered the nation. This marked the first time since the death of Secretary of Defense James Forrestal in 1949 that such a high-ranking U.S. official took his own life. Later this Committee will examine other areas of Whitewater. For example, we will look at whether Members of the Clinton Administration tried to obstruct criminal referrals involving Madison and Whitewater.
60,000 Women Vow Loyalty To Mussolini
Rolling - Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery - D.O.S Sixty thousand women from all parts of the country mass in the Piazza Venetia to take an Oath of Allegiance to Mussolini. Strangely enough, not one dissenting voice is heard as the hysterical crowd cheers one of ill Duce's rare (?) balcony appearances.
City Goes Goofy As Old And Young Play Patty-Ball
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery Now it's hi-li-a game as batty as any to undermine the sanity of the country. You've seen the wooden paddles with the captive balls-but if you've never played the game (lucky person) here's how it's done by everybody from 7 to 70. paddleball
Typist Sets New World's Record 141 Words Per Minute
Rolling - Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery Albert Tangora of New York, World's Champion Typist sets a new record for speed writing by tapping out an average of 141 words a minute for an hour, six words better than the old mark. In winning his sixth title, the champ was 99.99927% Accurate.
Hell Drivers - Thrill Orientals By Real Smash-Up
Rolling - Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery Seven spectators are injured as Dick Acton, American stunt driver, loses control of his car and ploughs into the crowd after completing a hair-raising stunt, part of the exhibition by touring 'Hell Drivers', here from the United States.
July 18, 1995 - Part 1
(09:40:26) Moving to matters in Arkansas, we will examine whether James McDougal improperly diverted Madison funds to Whitewater or to Governor Clinton's campaign. We will also examine Judge Hale's charges that Governor Clinton asked him to make an improper loan to Mrs. McDougal to prop up Whitewater. The American people have a right to know the truth about these matters. As we turn to the subject of these hearings, the handling of the papers in Mr, Foster's office, I will briefly outline some of the relevant facts developed by the Committee's highly professional staff These facts fall into two categories: Facts that are known and undisputed, and facts that are subject to sharp and vigorous dispute. Let me begin with some facts that are known and undisputed. Vincent Foster was born in Hope, Arkansas in 1945. He was in the same kindergarten class as President Clinton and former White 3 House Chief of Staff Mack McLarty. Vincent Foster was first in his class at the University of Arkansas Law School. He received the highest score on the Arkansas Bar the year that he took that examination. In 1971 Vincent Foster joined the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock. He became a partner in 1973, just 2 years later, From what we know, Vincent Foster was well liked and well respected. Evidently, he placed high value on his professional reputation. His coworkers have described him as careful and precise. At the Rose Law Firm, Vincent Foster formed friendships and professional relationships that profoundly affected his career and future. His partners included Webster Hubbell and Hillary Rodham Clinton. He was a close personal friend of both the President and Mrs. Clinton. After Bill Clinton was elected President, one of the first things he did was to name Vincent Foster to the critical position of Deputy Counsel to the President. Vincent Foster came to Washington. At the White House, Vincent Foster joined a small group of lawyers who worked for the White House. He had an office in the West Wing, not far from the Oval Off-ice. Let's turn to how Whitewater fits into Vincent Foster's story. Although now is not the time to develop the full Whitewater picture, which will be the subject of future Senate hearings, we now know that Vincent Foster played an important role in advising the Clintons about Whitewater. In March 1992, during the Presidential campaign, stories first appeared in the national press raising serious questions about the Clintons' investment in the Whitewater real estate development. The press reported that the Clintons owned 50 percent of Whitewater but that most of their financial losses were covered for by their partner Jim McDougal, who also ran the Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan. The press raised questions about whether then Governor Clinton gave preferential treatment to McDougal's savings and loan. The Clinton campaign responded to these news stories. Vincent Foster, along with others whose testimony you will hear in the coming days, helped gather Whitewater-related documents. Mr. Foster helped to prepare the campaign's response to press inquiries. Another close friend of the Clintons who responded to the Whitewater reports for the campaign was New York lawyer Susan Thomases. But Vincent Foster's involvement with Whitewater did not end with the campaign; it followed right into the White House. At the end of 1992, the Clintons decided to end their investment in Whitewater. Mr. Foster assisted the Clintons in selling their Whitewater investment to James McDougal. Once Vincent Foster became Deputy White House Counsel, he devoted energy and effort to advising the President and the First Lady about how to deal with Whitewater transactions on their 1992 tax returns and mandatory public financial disclosure statements, Mr. Foster spent a lot of time working on the personal financial matters of the Clintons. More was at stake in Whitewater than simple routine tax preparations. Mr. Foster was confronted with some of the difficult and tangled legal arid factual questions that lay at the heart of Whitewater. As you will learn during these 4 hearings, at the time of his death, there were a large number of documents in Vince Foster's office relating to Whitewater and the Clintons' personal finances.
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Only the Beginning: PT1
Only the Beginning: PT1 - A mix of B/W & color footage documenting the war in Vietnam.
July 18, 1995 - Part 1
(09:45:25) Between 5 and 6 P.M. on July 20, 1993, Vincent Foster was discovered in Fort Marcy Park in Virginia. After 8:30 p.m. that same night, White House officials first began to receive word of Vincent Foster's death. As of 9:15 that night, the White House Counsel's Office was empty. In keeping with routine normal security procedures, the office's door was locked and the alarm was set. What happened in the office of Vincent Foster in the following hours and days will be the subject of these hearings. Because of Vincent Foster's high office and important responsibility, the implications of his suicide reach beyond the personal and private tragedy of his family and friends. There was both a national interest and a law enforcement interest in examining why Vincent Foster took his life. The facts that I've just outlined are not in dispute, but many of the events that took place at the White House after Vincent Foster's death are in dispute-and sometimes these facts are in sharp conflict. I will now briefly outline the three major areas the Committee will look at during this round of Whitewater hearings. First, what happened in Vincent Foster's office on the night of July 20, 1993. The Committee will hear conflicting testimony about whether the police asked the White House to safeguard Mr. Foster's office so that investigators could later examine its contents. We do know, however, that Vincent Foster's office was unlocked and remained open between the hours of 10:45 and 11:45 on the night of his death. The White House undertook no special effort to secure Mr. Foster's office until the next morning. The Committee staff has established that at least three people entered Vincent Foster's office at some time between 10:45 and 11:45 p.m. on July 20, 1993: Bernard Nussbaum, the Counsel to the President and Mr. Foster's senior colleague; Margaret Williams, Chief of Staff to the First Lady; and Patsy Thomasson, then Special Assistant to the President and a long time friend of the First Family from Arkansas. The Committee will want to ask why wasn't Mr. Foster's office sealed? Who entered the office and when? What were they looking for? Were they looking for the Whitewater documents? Was anything removed or destroyed? The Committee will have to resolve differing accounts by various White House officials concerning their movements in Mr. Foster's office on the night of his death. The next major episode to which this round of hearings will turn occurred on Thursday, July 22, 2 days after Vincent Foster's death. That morning, top Justice Department prosecutors, FBI agents and Park Police arrived at the White House. These law enforcement officers expected to search and review the documents in Vince Foster's office. There is a dramatic contradiction among the witnesses about the events relating to that search. On the one hand, there is testimony of the White House officials; on the other hand, the testimony of career Justice Department prosecutors, FBI agents and police. 5 What we do know is that the Justice Department officials were not allowed by the White House to review the contents of Vincent Foster's office. Instead, Bernard Nussbaum, the President's top lawyer, insisted that the Justice Department officials, FBI agents and police sit by as lie and his own staff examined the Foster papers. After the law enforcement agents left the White House, Nussbaum and the First Lady's Chief of Staff, Margaret Williams, returned to Vincent Foster's office. They searched the office and selected files relating to Whitewater and the First Family's finances to be removed to the White House residence. These files remained there for 5 days before being sent to the First Family's personal attorney at Williams & Connolly. The Committee will want to ask why did the prosecutors, including the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, the number two Justice Department official, believe that it was important that the career Justice Department attorneys review the files in Vincent Foster's office? Why did the White House reject their request? Why were the documents moved from Mr. Foster's office to the residence? Who made the decision about the White House? Who would handle the documents and the investigation?
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Franklin Jr. WEDS DUPONT HEIRESS IN COLORFUL NUPTIALS
Rolling - Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery The President's son, Franklin D., Jr. Is married to Ethel Dupont, heiress, in a simple ceremony at the Dupont Estate, 'Owl's Nest.' The ceremony unites two families that were bitter political rivals during the last campaign.
25,000 Boy Scouts Capture Capital For Big Jamboree
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery Boy Scouts Gather In D. C. Thirty thousands scouts from all parts of the world come to the nation's capital for the national jamboree. Living in a huge tent city on the monument grounds, the boys plan elaborate pageants during the ten day convention. One boy holds an armadillo.
It May Be July To You But How's This For Summer
Rolling - Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery At Lake Helen, far up on the slope of Mount Lassen, skiers find the trout fishing excellent after racing over the snows. A perfect antidote for the summer heat wave that has swept through the far west. Shot os skiers moving down a hill at night. They carry torches to light their way.
Floating Zoo Hits Port With Oddest Cargo Since Noah
Rolling - dull in contrast and imagery 584 Assorted jungle animals are landed in New York a load that originally was an order for two leopards. The animals are a gift to the zoo, but the shipping charges from Africa come to a little matter of $25,000.
Real Copper Cloth Makes Its Bow At Novel Style Show
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery Beach Sirens In Cooper Suits. The first copper style show is held at this center of the copper mining industry. Made of rolled copper that is so thin that it looks like cloth, the clothes appear set to be a fleeting fad-but can openers will be good to keep away from.
July 18, 1995 - Part 1
(09:50:46) Finally, the hearings will address the discovery by White House officials of a torn, undated page of writing by Vincent Foster that was eventually located in his briefcase in the White House office. White House witnesses have maintained that on Monday, July 26, an Associate White House Counsel accidentally found this torn-up note in the briefcase while packing the contents of Mr. Foster's office. But, here again, there is a difference in testimony. There is evidence that at least two White House lawyers actually saw the torn paper in Vincent Foster's briefcase 4 days earlier on July 22 and that they kept this discovery to themselves, The Committee will want to ask when did White House Counsel Nussbaum and his staff first learn of the existence of the torn-up note? Why was the note not discovered during the search that Mr. Nussbaum conducted on July 22 when he opened the briefcase and removed documents from within it? After the note was removed from the briefcase on July 26, why did the White House wait another 24 hours before notifying law enforcement officials? These questions and others will arise during the testimony and documentary evidence presented to the Committee during these hearings. In the final analysis, the Members of the Committee will have to judge whether anyone improperly handled the Foster documents or interfered in the police's investigation during the days following Vincent Foster's death. These are very important questions. We owe it to the American people not to prejudge any facts. We must be fair, impartial and thorough. We must be committed to the pursuit of truth. That's the American way; that's what we intend to do. I'll now turn to Senator Mack. OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR CONNIE MACK Senator MACK. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The central question I intend to focus on for the next 3 weeks is going to be why the White House seemed so desperate to get into Foster's off-ice and re 6 retrieve the White-water files and why they can't give us the full story now. In December 1993, they told us that any records taken from Foster's office were made available to Park Police investigators for review. At the same time, they stated that no documents related-to Whitewater were contained in the inventory of items found in Foster's office. Only last week White House officials allowed reporters to review the 71-page Whitewater Development file that officials removed from Foster's office after his death. A White House official said last Tuesday that the file was the only Whitewater material in Foster's office. That's this 71 pages. That was the only Whitewater material in Foster's office. Later last week White House officials began leaking handwritten notes of Vince Foster. They claimed the reason they hadn't given them over sooner was because the notes referred to the Clintons' tax records rather than Whitewater. The White House claimed reporters misunderstood if they thought the White House was showing them every document related to Whitewater that Foster had in his office when they handed over the first 71 pages. They're still only giving us half the story. Let me show you what a partial stack of the real Whitewater file looks like. This is a partial stack. Just a few days ago we were told that this was the entire Whitewater file. These papers were provided to the Committee by David Kendall, the President's personal lawyer, and they only represented a portion of what the White House gave him. He and the White House maintained that we are not entitled to all the files removed; some are privileged. Senator Hatch will get into that issue later. What I intend to explore is the fact that this is much more than just an innocuous set of documents as claimed by the White House. This pile of documents raises some serious questions about why Whitewater mattered so much back then and why it matters now. We have already established that Vince Foster was intimately involved in the Clintons' personal finances and that other White House officials were well aware of this involvement. Those same officials were very concerned that a Federal investigation into Foster's death might uncover the evidence we now possess. That evidence is Vince Foster's handwritten notes detailing his own concerns about a number of things. First, the difficulty of filing truthful tax return, for the President and the First Lady; second, Foster's fear of an audit of the First Couple's tax returns; and third, the First Lady's possible involvement in covering losses at Madison Guaranty,
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July 18, 1995 - Part 1
(09:55:53) White House officials worried that someone at the Department of Justice or the FBI might find Foster's own notes which establish that Vince Foster worried about the connection between the Clintons, Madison Guaranty and Whitewater Development Corporation, If this evidence was discovered, they worried it would trigger a Federal investigation. Sitting here today, I must say there was ample reason to worry. The Clintons have always claimed they suffered a loss on their Whitewater investment, that they were 50/50 partners with McDougal on the venture and that they bore substantial financial risk from the investment. Based on Vince Foster's own words, we 7 now have good reason to question these claims. The Clintons have maintained publicly that, although they sustained a significant loss on the venture, they reported a $1,000 gain from the investment so as to be absolutely ethical and above board in filing their 1992 tax returns. It wasn't ethics. It was their fear of an audit. Mr. Foster's own notes, which are part of the enormous stack of Whitewater documents that the White House has hidden until now, established that Mr. Foster knew the Clintons were caught in a trap. The Clintons' public statements that they had suffered a loss on Whitewater were at odds with everything he or any of the accountants knew about the venture. In 1993, in the months before he died, Mr. Foster had the impossible job of proving a tax loss for the Clintons without supporting documents while at the same time avoiding an IRS audit. No matter how good a lawyer Vincent Foster was, he couldn't prove something that wasn't true. The only thing he could rely upon was the figure of $1,000, which was the surn that McDougal paid the Clintons for their share of Whitewater in December 1992. Ultimately, Mr. Foster chose to claim a $1,000 gain so as to avoid an audit. What I'd like to do now is to take a look at a few documents. The documents I'm about to show you were taken from the Whitewater files in Vincent Foster's office. Again, these are only three pages out of at least 450 that were only recently produced for our review. I might suggest to you that the documents are going to show up on the television screen. The handwriting that you will see on these documents is that of Mr. Foster. If you would put up document number 234 and focus in on "sometimes relied on Clintons' return on evidence. Don't want to go back into that box." Here Foster is distressed over the options for reporting either a loss or a gain on the Clintons' Whitewater investment. We see his concern about the fact that the accountants sometimes relied on the Clintons' returns as evidence, and, as he put it, they "don't want to go back into that box." As a matter of public record, we also know that the Clintons have always claimed that Madison Guaranty and Whitewater Development were separate. If you could focus in on "was McDougal trying to circumvent bank losses, why HRC is getting loans from others." As we look further down on that page, which you have just focused on, this can only mean that Foster was raising the extremely serious questions we are still trying to answer. Again, his notes raise the following question: "Was McDougal trying to circumvent bank loss? Why HRC is getting loans from others." The questions that I think he was raising-were federally-insured S&L bank funds used to cover Whitewater losses and was Hillary Rodham Clinton borrowing money to help McDougal circumvent Madison losses? Now, if you would put up document number 236 and focus in on "more importantly would result in ail audit of proof of basis," and "can of worms you shouldn't open." Here Mr. Foster was trying to figure out how to avoid an IRS audit of the First Couple's tax returns. On this page of notes, he seems to finally determine that, when all is said and done, the options they have that coincide with their public statements "more importantly would result in an audit 8 of proof of basis." Which, he says, is a "can of worms you shouldn't open."
Caterpillar Army Ravages Big Area Near Hudson Bay
Rolling - Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery Insect Pests Ravage Farms. Millions of tent caterpillars invade the district, making life glum for the farmer and spoiling the vacations of city folk by attacking the foliage around summer cottages. Forest-land presents a wintry aspect with all the leaves chewed away.