Economic committee urges six month surtax extension
The Committee for Economic Development urged Congress to extend the income surtax six months longer, arguing a substantial budget surplus is needed to fight inflation. It called for curbing space and farm subsidies, delaying new construction, and redirecting any savings to cities, race, and poverty programs.
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Washington
Congress
Committee For Economic Development
CED
Vietnam
Nixon
Olmsted County Adopts County-Wide Zoning Ordinance
Olmsted County commissioners approve a county wide zoning ordinance set to take effect January 2 amid threats of violence and legal action. An attorney for the Association of Concerned Taxpayers warns of possible court challenges. Crank letters have appeared and one threats a violent revolution if adopted. Rural commissioner Gerald Tiedeman received police protection for his wife after anonymous threats. The 1959 legislature allowed county zoning in unincorporated areas. no advisory vote was held despite an attorney general opinion permitting one. The board consists of three Rochester and two rural commissioners.
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Rochester, Minn
Olmsted County Board of Commissioners
Association of Concerned Taxpayers
Olmsted County
Gerald Tiedeman
Oronoco
Minnesota
Olmsted County Attorney's Office
Rochester
Nixons to Fly to California for Holiday Home Stay
President and Mrs. Nixon plan to fly to their San Clemente home in Southern California the day after Christmas, spending about 10 days there if plans hold. Nixon told Congress he may call a special session on December 26 if pending appropriation bills aren’t enacted, otherwise he will stay in Washington with lawmakers during the holidays.
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Washington
Nixon
California
Congress
Nixons
San Clemente
Schedule of Pages Editorials to Women and Sports
The page layout shows sections Editorials Area News VS Mkts Comics Women and Sports across pages. It outlines where each topic appears, guiding readers to Page 4 for editorials and related features.
End of war would aid U S economy
economist Walter W. Heller said ending the Vietnam war would ease constraints and unleash growth through the 1970s. He cited backlogs in housing, airport expansion, and utility plant investment driven by ages 25 to 48, and urged easing Federal Reserve controls to permit stronger expansion.
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U.S
Associated Press
San Francisco
Walter W. Heller
Heller
Council of Economic Advisers
John F. Kennedy
University of Minnesota
Investment Outlook
Pacific Union Club
Federal Reserve
Fed
Small nations press disarmament at United Nations
The United Nations General Assembly session saw a bloc of small nations push two disarmament resolutions and a seabed proposal despite U.S. and Soviet objections. They urged a moratorium on nuclear testing, ban on new weapons deployment, and affirmed that tear gas and defoliants violate the Geneva Conventions. They also won a call to halt ocean-bottom exploitation until an international regulatory regime is set.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
United States
Soviet Union
Small Nations
Assembly
Geneva Disarmament Committee
White House
Nixon
U.S
Doll factory aids Toys for Tots drive in El Cajon
Mrs Kenneth Stephanus of El Cajon California touches up one of about 500 dolls for the Marine Corps Reserve annual Toys for Tots campaign. Her sister Mrs Earl Brown Jr and mother in law Mrs Earl Brown Sr sew doll clothes in the Stephanus garage as Marines say the women help brighten Christmas for underprivileged girls.
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Kenneth Stephanus
el Cajon
Calif
Marine Corps Reserve
al “Toys For
Earl Brown Jr
Inlaw
Earl Brown Sr
Stephanus
Desegregation funds showdown in Senate over amendment
The Senate faced a clash over an HEW appropriations amendment banning federal funds to force school closures, busing, or pupil assignments against parental wishes. Senator Scott proposed constitutional language backing the measure, while southern Democrats and President Nixon aides sparred over its scope and administration backing. The Whitten amendment, approved by the House, drew passage support from the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Health, Education and Welfare
Robert H. Finch
Scott
Finch
Nixon
Spessard L. Holland
D-Fla
John Stennis
D-Miss
United States
Bor
House
Nixon lights 5000 lights on Christmas tree at White House
President Nixon dedicated the nation's Christmas tree as a symbol of America's hope for peace during the Pageant of Peace. About 50 demonstrators chanted peace slogans outside the Ellipse ceremony as police detained seven people for disorderly conduct before the event.
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Washington
Nixon
America
White House
Ann Spelt
Washington Area
Grinch Resistance
Grinch
Indictment in $20 Million New Jersey Gambling Ring
Grand jury indicts 55 people including Simone DeCavalcante in a Newark case tracing an alleged $20 million gambling operation. DeCavalcante, a reputed Cosa Nostra leader, released on bail. 51 of 55 apprehended. Four new extortion-related charges tied to a prior loan sharking case. Other grand juries probe IRS connections and Newark city government corruption.
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Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Simone “Sam
Cosa Nostra
Internal Revenue Service
DeCavalcante
U.S. Atty
John N. Mitchell
Ruggerio “Ritchie
Boiardo
U.S. District Court
FBI
Princeton
Brooklyn
N.Y
Aid bills stall as Formosa and Korea items move
Washington AP report on two unbudgeted military aid items worth 54.5 million for Formosa planes and 50 million for South Korea. The authorization and appropriations bills face Senate-House clashes as conferees seek agreement before year end. The House backed Formosa and Korea funding, the Senate opposed the planes for Formosa, while the Appropriations Committee approved the foreign aid bill, retaining Korea aid but deleting Formosa planes.
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Washington
Formosa
South Korea
Senate
House
Korea
Appropriations Committee
Multiple US news briefs from AP wire with varied topics
AP summaries report Charles T. Smith forfeiting bond after failing to appear in court on a May arrest at a draft office. J P Parise of Minnesota North Stars to miss 1 3 weeks due to a left shoulder injury. Newark officials including Mayor Hugh Addonizio indicted by a federal grand jury on extortion and tax counts. Air Force closes Project Blue Book on UFOs. UC Berkeley faculty vote to discard 1950 ban on Communist party members from teaching posts in a statewide mail ballot.
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Chicago
Charles T. Smith
Wabasha
Minn
Selective Service
U.S. District Court
Smith
Hubert L. Will
Minneapolis-St, Paul
J. P. Parise
Minnesota North Stars
National Hockey League
Wren Blair
Oakland
Calif
Parise
Larry Chahan
Los Angeles
Washington
Hugh J. Addonizio
Newark, N.J
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Addonizio
Newark Area
Berkeley
University of California
Extra $100 million planned for school lunch programs
The Nixon administration plans a $100 million boost to school lunch programs to provide free or low cost meals to needy children by year end. About 6.6 million youngsters are identified as needing meals, with 3.1 million served last year.
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Washington
White House
Agriculture Department
Herbert D. Rorex
Rorex
Congress
Northeast
Southeast
Task force weighs bigger oil imports to cut American price
A presidential task force nears final recommendations to raise imports of foreign oil and impose a tariff system to lower U.S. oil costs. It plans a three year program from July 1970 to July 1973 with initial Latin American imports at 600000 barrels daily and tariffs around 80 cents per crude barrel.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
United States
Task Force
U. S
Venezuela
Latin America
Judge seeks probe of news in Viet case
At Fort Benning the military judge for Lt. William L. Calley Jr's My Lai murder trial asked for a Justice Department probe into two former soldiers and five news organizations over discussions of the case. The order seeks possible prosecutions for violations of a ban on witness publicity as pretrial motions proceed.
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Fort Benning, GA
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Reid W. Kennedy
Justice Department
Calley
Kennedy
Herbert L. Carter
Ronald L. Haeberle
National Broadcasting Co
Life Magazine
Time Magazine
The
Houston Chronicle
Associated Press
Girl in Tate slaying pleads not guilty in Los Angeles
Susan Denise Atkins, 21, classified as a member of Charles Manson’s group, enters a not guilty plea to charges of murdering actress Sharon Tate and five others. Prosecutors may seek separate trial if statements are used and Atkins’ attorneys request, court set for Feb. 9. other defendants await extradition.
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Los Angeles
Charles
Tate
Leslie van Houten
Lena la Bianca
Rosemary
Hollywood
la Bianca
Miss Atkins
Dist
Aaron Stovitz
Keene
Manson
Kasabian
Miss van Houten
Correction of mill rate typo in Herald tax boost story
A correction notes a transposed digits error in School Dist 492 mill rate. The correct figure is 248.25, not 284.25, though the published percentage of the total remains 54.74 percent.
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Herald
Variable clouds and light snow in unsettled weather
Weather forecast notes variable cloudiness tonight and Thursday with a slight chance of light snow. Temperatures rise slightly tonight but little change is expected Thursday.
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John M. Pearce
Senate Finance Committee
Cistiaas
U.N
Soviets
Doll Factory
Simone
Sam) Rizzo de Cavalcante
la Cosa Nostra
Frankie DePaula
S. Korea
North Stars
Air Force
Blue Book
Robert C. Seamans Jr
U of Calif
Viet
Frosty
Williamsport
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