Among those pardoned Wednesday was Richard Arthur Morse of Rowley, Mass., who was sentenced to five months in jail in 1963 in Mississippi for interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle.
Others pardoned were:
# Meredith Elizabeth Casares, of Kansas City, Kansas, who was convicted in 1989 of embezzling U.S. postal funds. She was placed on probation and ordered to pay $1,534 in restitution.
# Gerald Douglas Ficke, of Lincoln, Nebraska, for a 1992 conviction on charges of evading federal currency reporting requirements.
# Fred Dale Pitzer, of Xenia, Ohio, who was sentenced to three years in prison in 1976 for interstate transportation of fake securities.
# Cecil John Rhodes, of Dallas, Texas, sentenced to six months in jail in 1981 for making a false statement on a bank loan application.
# Russell Don Sell, of Independence, Missouri, placed on probation in 1995 for aiding and abetting the making of a false statement to a credit union.
Bush also pardoned two turkeys named Biscuits and Gravy.