Senate debates tax reform proposals amid debate on exemptions
Senate Finance Committee members discuss proposed tax reforms with a Democrat urging higher personal exemptions to $1,000 per person as the fairest relief. In San Diego a Russian spy ship has settled in the Pacific missile range area drawing Navy comment on range operations. Nixon visits dentist with OSU Michigan game on TV. Paris reports severe traffic jams slowing new car sales across the city and country.
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Laird Cuts Jan. Draft Call By 22,500
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird reduces the January draft call to 32,500, closing three bases and disbanding training companies as Vietnamization progresses. Nixon plans immediate action to implement the new random selection lottery, replacing oldest-first drafting, with a transitional year for 19 to 26 year olds.
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Inquest of Air Force Act Asked
Sen. William Proxmire urged a Justice Department inquiry into alleged federal law violations by Secretary of the Air Force Robert C. Seamans over the ouster of an efficiency expert tied to large cost overruns. The move concerns A Emmett Fitzgerald whose job was cut for economy reasons after 1968 testimony about a 2 billion overrun in a 3 billion contract.
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Disputed My Lai Massacre Claims Escalate In Vietnam
South Vietnam's Defense Ministry and the Pentagon clash over March 1968 civilians’ deaths at My Lai. Vietnamese and U.S. accounts differ on civilian fatalities, while U.S. charges target officers for alleged killings during Task Force Barker operation.
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Apollo Moon Explorers Bring Lunar Treasures
SPACE CENTER Houston reports Apollo astronauts return from lunar mission with samples and insights. Commander Charles Conrad Jr. notes time limited their ability to complete all planned tasks while crew members Richard F Gordon and Alan L. Bean field questions on lunar geology. Post flight briefing follows after safe homecoming.
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Rhodes Willing to Debate Taft in Senate Primary
Ohio Governor James A Rhodes signaled willingness to debate U S Rep Robert Taft on any platform or statewide television during the Republican Senate primary. He defended his record as governor and auditor, disputed a Life magazine piece on taxes, and said penalties paid stemmed from bad tax advice and IRS rules.
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Tnternal Revenue Service
Fragmentary quotes from Rhodes on Agnew and Friman remarks
The text shows disjointed dialogue referencing Toledo mobster commutation and Vice President Agnew's criticism of the news mode. It mentions Rhodes declining to present evidence to a grand jury and recalling a presidential remark about keeping peace in the kitchen, with garbled phrases and unclear context.
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Nixon Charged With Intimidation Attempt
Buffalo AP report cites Verter Undersecretary J Samuels saying the Nixon administration uses sophisticated McCarthyism to stifle antiwar dissent and intimidate reporters. He notes Agnew attacks on media, Mitchell saying Washington protests may be nonviolent, and Bluemont pressing protesters as harming American servicemen while calling for loyal support from a silent majority.
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