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...exact wealth of Nelson Rockefeller has been a guarded family secret. Now, however, the extent of his assets will be disclosed to the Senate Rules Committee and the House Judiciary Committee as part of his confirmation as Vice President. In the meantime, the best estimates of Rockefeller's holdings confirm his status as the Croesus of American public officials...
...Today the Vice President-designate's assets are widely scattered in various foundations, family trusts and securities. Aside from holdings in the Exxon Corporation, Nelson is said to own stock in the Chase Manhattan Bank, whose chairman is Brother David, although the bank's officials refuse to confirm this. Rockefeller's aides will not disclose his other holdings, but he reportedly has substantial investments in Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan and the International Basic Economy Corporation, which invests in developing countries...
...consumer more in the past three years than wildfire food-price inflation. Last week what little hope remained that it would be eased by bumper crops this year vanished. On the fourth day of the Ford Administration, the Department of Agriculture released new crop forecasts that seemed to confirm the worst fears about the effects of the blistering drought that has gripped the Midwestern Farm Belt this summer after heavy spring rains spoiled the planting season (TIME...
...much the U.S. wants to assist the Shah in expanding Iran's sphere of military influence. Though it can operate from land bases, the F-14 is designed to be flown primarily off aircraft carriers, and Iran does not now have any-but high Pentagon officials confirm privately that the Shah is in the market for two carriers. If he can buy them, they probably would be deployed not in the waters of the Persian Gulf but in the Indian Ocean, extending the Shah's power outside the Middle East...
...acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots. So I ask you to confirm me as your President with your prayers. And I hope that such prayers will also be the first of many. If you have not chosen me by secret ballot, neither have I gained office by any secret promises. I have not campaigned either for the presidency or the vice presidency. I have not subscribed to any partisan platform. I am indebted to no man, and only to one woman?my dear wife?as I begin this very difficult...