Nixon Seen Ready To Kill OEO Fight For Antipoverty Agency
Congress members debate President elect Nixon potential bids to scuttle the Office of Economic Opportunity amid talks of dismantling or reassigning antipoverty programs. Ayres predicts a bid to abolish OEO, while others foresee a lengthy congressional battle and possible retention of Harding. Source notes a Washington Post report of a task force proposing broad welfare changes.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
William H. Ayres
Ohio
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Washington Post
the Post
Sam Gibbons
D-Fla
Albert H. Quie
R-Minn
White House
Gibbons
Carl Perkins
D-Ky
Johnson to seek extension of 10 percent surtax
President Johnson plans to extend the 10 per cent income tax surcharge beyond June 30 in the 1970 budget proposal and will seek a small surplus. He will deliver the State of the Union in person and submit a budget with a surplus, plus a special message proposing Congress salaries around 42,500.
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UPID
Johnson
White House
Congress
George Christian
Richard M. Nixon
Commission
Frederick Kappel
American Telephone and Telegraph
Kappel
Christian
Czech unions act to preserve reforms after invasion
In Prague the Czech unions show readiness to mobilize to safeguard the Communist reforms sparked by the Soviet Bloc invasion. The printers union on Sunday refused to print a magazine in protest.
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UPI
Czechoslovakia
Union Sunday
Communist Party
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Czech
Sirhan Trial Opens Week Two With Jury Seekers
In Los Angeles UPI reports the Sirhan B. Sirhan murder trial resumes as defense lawyers begin jury selection. Grant Cooper leads motions challenging selection procedures amid heavy publicity. Judge Herbert V. Walker plans private voir dire to probe jurors opinions on guilt, media exposure, and capital punishment.
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UPI
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Robert F. Kennedy
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Herbert V, Walker
American Efforts Fail To Break Talks Deadlock
PARIS American efforts to break the Vietnam talks deadlock failed as Cyrus Vance pressed two allied procedures for North Vietnam in a 44 hour session with Cole Ha Van Lau. The Viet Cong rejected the proposals arguing for four equal parties while the United States urged a two sided format with Viet Cong on the Hanoi side. Vance offered to drop speaking order lotteries if a simple baize divider split the circular table or other table designs, but the crux remained unresolved ahead of Nixon's January 20 inauguration.
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Cole Ha van Lau
Washington
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Col. Lau
Saigon
South Vietnam
Israel plans 22 more settlements in Golan Heights
United Press International reports that Israel will build 22 additional settlements in the Israeli occupied Syrian Golan Heights, raising total settlements to 32. Observers in Jerusalem say the move constitutes permanent annexation of the heights. The report notes the Israeli occupation of the region continues.
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Jewish Agency
Jerusalem
Sea of Galilee
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al Ahram
Jordan
Johnson
White House
U.S
Richard M. Nixon
Sweden Upgrades Cuba Mission to Full Embassy in Havana
Sweden announced it will upgrade its Havana mission to a full embassy headed by a chargé d’affaires reporting to the Swedish ambassador in Mexico City. The move follows Sweden’s earlier recognition of North Vietnam and comes as U.S. displeasure is anticipated. The government already runs a Havana consulate and noted Sweden’s interests there.
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UPI
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United States
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Mexico City
Tord Gueransson
Riksdag
Gustav IV Adolf
Hanoi
Torsten Nilsson
Foreign Ministry
U.S
U.S. State Department
Vietnam
Saigon
South Vietnam
Daley May Teach Social Studies In Rutland
Rutland City School Board to consider appointing Democrat John J. Daley as a permanent social studies teacher at the junior high. If approved, he fills a vacancy created by Alderman Howard Douglas who resigns to become Rutland probate judge on Feb 1. Daley is in a Boston hospital for diagnostic tests for an undisclosed ailment.
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UPI
Rutland City
John J. Daley
James Tinney
Daley
Howard Douglas
Boston
New York Law Proposed To End Building Rackets
Albany reports Atty. Gen. Lefkowitz will seek legislation requiring home improvement contractors to obtain licenses from the secretary of state and follow his rules. He cites frauds like completion-before-work and substandard materials, noting down payments lost and unpaid suppliers as common complaints. Other states have tightened controls to protect consumers.
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Albany
N.Y
Louis F. Lefkowitz
New York
Secretary of State
Lefkowitz
Better Business Bureaus
Inside Interstate 89 completion by late 1970 column notes
Page 4 reports columnist Gerald Raftery says experience is the only valid teacher while page 6 covers Hoosick Falls Lions learning about the plastics industry in Arlington.
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