Congress Sets Tax and Treaty Hearings in Early Session
The 91st Congress opens with House Ways and Means preparing tax code reform hearings led by Rep. Wright Patman and Senate Foreign Relations starting talks on the nuclear nonproliferation treaty with Sec. of State Rogers testifying. President Nixon backs ratification after prior delay amid postwar tensions. The day also marks the Senate House Economic Committee review of the President’s Economic Report and battles over committee name changes and hunger funding.
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Washington
91St Congress
Capitol Hill
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
William P. Rogers
Senate
Czechoslovakia
Nixon
House Economic Committee
Lincoln
House Committee
Committee On Un-American Activities
Committee On Internal Security
Judiciary
United States
Rules Committee
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Laird Seeks Study of Democrat Pentagon Urban Proposals
Secretary Melvin Laird asks President Nixon’s urban affairs advisers to review Democratic era Pentagon efforts to aid big cities. He wants to know if inherited programs fit Nixon plans for alleviating poverty and ghetto conditions while keeping defense primary. A council spokesman says review will occur in coming weeks.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Pentagon
Johnson
Defense Department
Laird
Urban Affairs Council
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Grid Star Roosevelt Grier to Testify in RFK Assassin Trial
Los Angeles AP Roosevelt Grier the 280 pound former Rams star testified at the Sirhan Sirhan murder trial as witnesses arrive. Grier rushed the pantry scene where Kennedy was shot and restrained Sirhan shouting for him to live. Other witnesses include hotel staff and a waiter son of a maitre d.
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LOS Angeles
Roosevelt Grier
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Grier
Los Angeles Rams
Ambassador Hotel
Kennedy
Sirhan
Vincent Thomas Dipierre
Angelo Dipierro
Martin Patrusky
Jesus Perez
Kennedys
California
New York
Embassy
Truce Ends as Bombers Hit Saigon Front Lines
After a 24 hour Tet ceasefire ends at 6 p m allied forces resume operations near Saigon with B52 raids 31 miles north and ground actions in the central highlands near Kontum City and Da Nang. U S and South Vietnamese troops report enemy attacks and casualties while continuing air reconnaissance and shelling.
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Saigon
U.S
Higha Nly
Klentaierrs
Central Highlands
Kontum City
Marine Command
da Nang
Cunningham
A Shau
Associated Press
Richard Pyle
Shaw trial delays amid sickness and Mardi Gras
U S and world briefs report Clay Shaw's Kennedy assassination conspiracy trial running late due to illness and Mardi Gras. District Attorney Jim Garrison's team postponed calling former Texas Governor John Connally and his wife as witnesses, amid transport issues from Carnival crowds.
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New Orleans
P— Clay Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Dist
Atty
Jim Garrison
Texas
John Connally
Houston
Abolish capital punishment debated in Ohio Senate hearing
In Columbus the 108th General Assembly scheduled a first hearing on a resolution to abolish capital punishment. The Judiciary Committee planned to hear testimony on a separate bill to permit limited wiretapping as the session entered its seventh week. In related notes Franklin Junior High reported near normal attendance amid parental concerns about safety. Col. George Mingle, 69, former State Highway Patrol head and ex-Portsmouth city manager, was hospitalized in fair condition after a heart attack.
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Ohio
Senate Judiciary Committee
108Th General Assembly
Judiciary Committee
Franklin Junior High School
Franklin
George Mingle
State Highway Patrol
Grant Hospital
Mingle
Portsmouth
Bureau of
Attorney General’s Office
Ohio Weekend Traffic Toll Climbs to Seventeen Deaths
The Associated Press reports Ohio weekend traffic deaths rose to seventeen by midnight Sunday, all in separate accidents. Two victims died Friday, four on Saturday, with the remainder on Sunday.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Strike At Stauffer In Point Pleasant
T R Friar plant manager announced a strike at the Stauffer Chemical Plant in Point Pleasant. A final offer from Stauffer to Local 859 of the Rubber Workers Union was made on February 14, the union met on February 15 and did not ratify. Staff were informed the strike would start at 11 p.m. February 16, and it did occur.
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Point Pleasant
Stauffer Chemical Plant
T. R. Friar
Stauffer To Chemical Co
Rubber Workers Union
Inside Today Ex Ohio University Student Probation Case
A Mansfield Reformatory probation case involving an ex Ohio University student is outlined. The report notes a Mansfield disciplinary matter and references the probation process within the correctional facility.
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Ohio University
Mansfield Reformatory
Nelsonville
Boss Hague Heirs Win Post Office Contracts in New Jersey
In Jersey City, heirs of Boss Hague secure major contracts for a $40 million U S Post Office mail processing complex. Winners include a Democratic mayor allied with the Hudson County machine, and firms tied to political and criminal figures, with construction, automated equipment, and site preparation funds totaling the project.
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Jersey City
Boss Hague
U.S. Post Office Department
Hudson County
John V. Kenny
Jersey City-Newark
Hudson River
Manhattan
John L. O’marra
New Jersey
Dominick Daniels
Kenny
House
Post Office Department
Comparetta and Kenny, Inc
Bernard F. Kenny
John V
Jersey City Redevelopment Authority
Robert J. Burkhardt
Richard J. Hughes
Burkhardt
Secre
Tary
Daniels
Gallagher
Valentine Electric Co
Anthony
Tony Boy) Boiardo
Boiardo
Ruggiero
Ritchie) Boiardo
US. Senate
Action Ads Prompt Readers to Sell Hay
A Athens Route 5 resident Robert Coates reports that placing a Messenger Action Ad to sell hay resulted in quick sales and continued phone calls. The ad, praised for effectiveness, encourages others to use Action Ads despite the ringing phones.
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Robert Coates
Athens
Route 5
San Francisco State hit by bombs as term begins
San Francisco State College starts spring term with acting president S J Hayakawa promising to keep the campus open. Two explosions at the administration building damaged windows and sparked fires, injuring a security officer who fended them off. Witnesses saw two youths flee. Police made no arrests. The strike and protests continue as the black studies department is delayed due to claimed sabotage.
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SAN Francisco
San Francisco State College
Derek Pitts
S. J. Hayakawa
Hayakawa
Nathan Hare
S. I. Hayakawa
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