Congress Conferees Battle Over Compromise Tax Reform Bill
Congressional conferees from the House and Senate met to hammer a compromise tax reform bill ahead of Christmas. Key sticking points include personal exemptions, tax rate cuts, and social security benefits. Nixon threatens veto if the plan upsets the budget, with revenue impacts shown this year and effects delayed into future years.
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Nixon to Present Updated Vietnam War Report Tonight
President Nixon will address the nation at 6 p.m. EST, with networks carrying the update on recent Vietnam developments. He is expected to announce further troop withdrawals, possibly up to 40,000, bringing total withdrawals to about 100,000 by year end. Senate Leader Hugh Scott predicted 35,000 to 38,000 and total withdrawals near 100,000. Defense Secretary Laird called progress in Vietnamization encouraging as some infantry remain post-withdrawal to protect support forces.
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ABM Foes In Futile Fund Battle in Congress
In Washington UPI reports Senate opponents led by John Sherman Cooper and Phillip Hart seek to cut 378.5 million from ABM deployment in the 69.3 billion defense bill, leaving 400.9 million for research. They expect a rerun of last summer but anticipate House approval and conference odds favor ABM funding restoration.
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Coastal New England Hit By Season's First Nor'easter
A early winter Nor'easter swept across New England, delivering heavy snow from Massachusetts to Maine and causing slick roads and travel disruptions. Airport readings peaked with 12 inches at Bradley in Connecticut, while Worcester and Springfield logged seven inches and Boston area suburbs saw five to six inches. One death occurred and a prisoner escaped a Connecticut facility while snow plow crews faced staffing disputes and picket lines. Racing at Narragansett Park was canceled but expected to resume Tuesday as warnings persisted along the coast from Maine to Eastport. Temperatures were forecast to drop into the 20s and 30s with continued cold on Tuesday.
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GE Strikers in New York Prepare For Jobless Benefits
GE strikers in New York state prepared to sign up for unemployment compensation amid claims the company will withhold earned vacation pay. Federal mediators called a meeting with GE and major unions as the eight week strike enters a new phase. Approximately 25,000 NY workers become eligible. checks start in January with weekly benefits up to 65 dollars for 26 weeks. Union leaders allege blackmail over vacation pay while GE says rules tied to vacation cash apply only to those with 20 years service and only upon return to work.
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Inside View Credits Stafford With Medals at Event
An Inside feature highlights Congressman Robert Stafford earning medals in a formal ceremony. Gerald Raftery notes that early Vermonters drank cider due to unsafe water. The Pownal Tanning Co faces a new pollution charge over Hoosic River contamination.
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Young Democrats Oppose Party Policy at Nevada Convention
At a four day Las Vegas convention the Young Democrats Clubs of America passed a resolution calling for immediate withdrawal of all U S troops from Southeast Asia and elected David Sternoff of Bellevue Washington as president on the 10th ballot. They also backed repealing abortion laws, pardons for war objectors, marijuana regulation rather than criminal penalties, extending voting rights to 18 year olds, and admission of Red China to the United Nations.
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Soviet Envoys Report On Talks With Red China
Soviet Union top negotiators Vasili Kutznetsov and Vadim Matrosov returned to Moscow to report progress on Sino Soviet border talks begun Oct 20. They attend supreme Soviet session. talks recessed with no official updates. John Hodgkinson dropped 2,600 leaflets in Bradford seeking his missing Siamese cat.
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Sinking of Marpessa, 104,400-ton tanker off Africa
ROTTERDAM, UPS. The $14.9 million tanker Marpessa, 879 feet long and built in Japan, sank about 50 miles northwest of Dakar after a fire and explosion. Of 44 aboard, two are missing presumed drowned. remaining crew including two officers’ wives were rescued. The ship, delivered two months ago to Shell, was the largest loss at sea.
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Violence report shapes gun limits urged by Eisenhower
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, head of the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence, said the nation will have to take pistols from private citizens. He urged a national commitment to rebuild cities, upgrade law enforcement, curb television violence, and support a national firearms policy to reduce handgun availability. He noted dissenters favored state rather than federal restrictions and cited urban frustration and television influence as drivers of crime. He predicted vast costs for rebuilding and targeted the Vietnam War as another major expense. Page 14.
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