Knifework on tax bill through Senate committee action
The Senate Finance Committee finished revising the tax bill with lobbyist scrutiny. the draft shifts most relief to 1972 and softens capital gains rules while protecting banks and railroads. It preserves some industry favors, drawing criticism for limited reform and inviting about 40 amendments on the Senate floor.
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House
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Mills
Russell B. Long
Senate
Oregon Public Defender System Cuts Prisoner Appeals
A 1963 Oregon program providing state public defenders for post conviction appeals reduced prisoner petitions from about 100 to 25 annually and cut nonmeritorious filings. Courts also saw fewer petitions and better papers. Justice McAllister urges broader adoption, especially in Iowa.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oregon
Public
State Supreme Court
Federal
Minnesota
William McAllister
Oregon Supreme Court
Iowa
Countdown Re elected Mayor Lindsay Says Running New York
The piece quotes Mayor Lindsay calling the city job the second toughest in the nation and quipping that the toughest is revealed by asking any housewife. It also notes the Pentagon claiming efforts to curb inflation involve large cuts in jobs and spending.
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Lindsay
New York
Pentagon
Nixon timetable sparks Congress election drive
Paul Harvey analyzes how Nixon's ambitious campaign promises meet a Congress already in campaign mode. He explains that every member has stakes in next year's election, with majority party power, chairmanships, and patronage at play. Republicans seek 30 House seats and seven Senate seats to control Congress as Nixon aims to look good for re election.
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Nixon
Congress
House
Senate
White House
Haynsworth delays and partisan politics shape 1970 agenda
In a pointed assessment the piece argues Haynsworth confirmation stalled by Congress and laments partisan delay. It notes Nixon urges welfare reform and other bills, while predicting real progress will await a more favorable political landscape next year. The analysis frames Vietnam and recession as the 1970 key issues shaping strategy.
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Haynsworth
Nixon
Congress
White House
Vietnam
Radicals on Campus Lose Deep Support in Polls
Russell Kirk argues that despite campus fervor, most students are not in hearty sympathy with activists. He cites Psychology Today survey results showing many students mildly or strongly disagree with radical ideas and express satisfaction with their colleges. He predicts graduates will remain conservative and avoid disruptive, ideologically driven innovation.
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Psychology Today
Vietnam
Harris
America
Half Submarines and Jokes in Punch Parody
British humor column satirizes naval woes with a half submarine Nelson gag and a mock crowds scene. It then shifts to Russian jokes about nightlife and embalmment, concluding that Russians are not ready for Laughing.
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Tourissts
Lenin
Red Square
Castro Forges Latin American Guerrilla War Pierrefully
A broad view details Fidel Castro's intensified guerrilla campaign across Latin America and U.S. property sabotage. It cites the Nov 4 killing of Carlos Marighella in Sao Paulo, the kidnap of Ambassador Elbrick, and subsequent actions tied to MR-8 networks in Rio. The report outlines Cuban influence, Puerto Rico attacks, and waves of anti-U.S. sabotage from Argentina to Venezuela, framing Cuba as a Soviet-aligned Belligerent base near U.S. shores.
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U.S
Sao Paulo
Carlos Marighella
Ameriia Ean
Rio
A Noticia
Eibrick
Havana
Marighella
Helena Bocayuva
Fernando Goldfarb
Carlos Fayal de Lyra
Castro
October & Revolutionary Movement
MR-8
Ernesto
Che”) Guevara
TRE
Elbrick
Mexico City
Cuba
Russia
Alaska
Brazil
South America
U.S. Woolworth
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Woolworth
Pueblo
Ponce
Pue Rico
Amassador
Latin America
Argentina
Swift & Company
Columbia
Uruguay
Bolivia
Guatemala
Gilberto Vieyra
Venezuela
National Liberation Front of
This Day In History Highlights Major Events
On this day in history 1800 Congress convened in Washington for the first time. 1869 the Suez Canal was formally opened between the Arabi Desert and the Sinai. 1881 Samuel Gompers organized the forerunner of the American Federation of Labor. 1948 the British House of Commons nationalized England's steel industry. A thought by Elbert Wilcox on health and mortality.
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Washington
Suez Canal
Arabi Desert
Sinai’ Desert
Samuel Gompers
Fpcration of Organized Trades and Labor Union
American Federation Labor
It Commons
England
el Wheeler Wilcox
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