Nixon confident on welfare reform and revenue sharing
President Nixon told Rochester news executives he is confident Congress will pass revenue sharing and welfare reform this year, with at least a start on reorganizing the federal bureaucracy. He cited public desire for change, urged editors to warn about drug addiction, and noted regional race relations progress amid his reform push. The trip included a stop at Gannett/AP head Paul Miller’s home and a weekend in Florida for his 31st wedding anniversary.
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N.Y
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Paul Miller
The
Gannett Co
Associated Press
Key Biscayne
Fla
Florida
Washington
Atlantic City
N.J
American Medical Association
Birmingham
Ala
South
Senators push pullout plan amid Vietnam war debate
Senators, failing to halt Vietnam funding cuts, weigh a non-binding pullout resolution by July 4, 1972. Senator John O. Pastore contemplates a sense of the Senate amendment to the draft extension, seeking a faster withdrawal but no firm decision has been reached.
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UPI
U.S
Southeast Asia
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Senate
Pastore
Sen
Marlow W. Cook
R-Ky
Congress
Cook
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Davis May Move to Get Interim Prison Repairs
Davis Administration moves to seek $170000 in emergency repairs for the 162 year old Windsor maximum security prison. Warden Smith warned evacuating inmates could take 15 minutes at night. Repairs include 52 cell block doors, basic fire detection, improved mechanical systems and roof work to stop pigeon intrusion.
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Windsor
UPI
Davis
Deane C. Davis
Robert Smith
Smith
Ruling Split Over Pentagon Vietnam Reports Publication
Federal judge denied the Justice Department bid to halt the Washington Post from publishing stories based on a Pentagon study on U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Gesell found no precise evidence of harm yet warned the Post faces possible criminal action. Gurfein studies the same 7,000-page document as the Times fights a permanent injunction.
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UPI
Justice Department
Washington Post
Pentagon
U.S
Vietnam
U.S. District Court
Gerhard A. Gesell
United States
New York
Murray I. Gurfein
New York Times
Gurfein
The
Times
Southeast Asia
the Times
Post
John E. Moss
D-Calif
House
Freedom of Information Subcommittee
Gesell
Murray I. Gurfe
Congress
Bradlee
Eisenhower
Drug abuse counteroffensive targets Vietnam servicemen
UPI reports the U S command announces a drug abuse counteroffensive requiring all soldiers leaving Vietnam to take chemical tests for heroin use. The program, ordered by President Nixon, aims to rehabilitate rather than punish, with medical withdrawal wards and possible extension of service for treatment.
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United States
Vietnam
Russia proposes five power nuclear talks
Washington Rome United States Britain France Russia and China would join a proposed five power nuclear disarmament conference, per a Soviet delivery to the White House. The United States will study the plan and consult allies while pursuing ongoing SAT talks in Vienna and Helsinki. China’s reluctance to join nonproliferation efforts colors U.S. skepticism about Beijing’s commitment to a broad disarmament conference.
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Soviet Union
United States
Vienna
Helsinki
Russia
White House
U.S
China
Weather outlook with warm, stormy Saturday forecast
Variable cloudiness and warm today with a chance of afternoon thundershowers. Highs reach 85 to 90. Tonight stays fair and warm with lows in the 60s. Sunday remains cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs again 85 to 90.
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R-Ove
Milson Young
R-N.d
George Aiken
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Warren G. Magnusen
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Allen J. Ellender
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Hale Boggs
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