With gratitude to SFDon who loaned me an ECU, I was able to swap out the ECU in my '74 which I suspected was bad. Sure enough, it was. My coupe started and ran for a few minutes with Don's ECU before I turned it off. This is the second ECU that has gone bad in my car, the first one back in 2011.
The ECU has dozens of transistors, diodes, and other semi-conductors which can't last forever, and only one component needs to blow for an ECU to crap out. Forty plus years for stereo electronics is way too long, the same would apply to auto electronics. I need to consider getting a re-built ECU, which will still have old components, or go back to carbs, a thought which is most unpalatable. But carb problems are sure much easier to diagnose...for the price of constant fiddling with idle adjustments, poor cold running, etc.
Thanks again Don for your assistance, I will get the ECU back to you asap.