Panel seeks rules to curb Congress scandal
A House task force proposes reforms to curb misuse of funds and expose staff roles. Reforms include certifying staff duties, ending cash withdrawals for personal use, removing the House Administration Committee’s benefit-adding powers, cutting automobile mileage to 15 cents, eliminating postage allowances, consolidating seven allowances into one, and publishing three monthly expenditure reports. A special bipartisan commission would study further and report by December 31, 1975.
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UPI
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House
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Norman D'Amours
House Administration Committee
Senate
D’amours
Viking Mars photos show possible landing site
Viking 1, in its third Mars orbit, sent back the first frames of a planned July 4 touchdown from 940 miles up. Scientists began frame by frame analysis, eyeing hazards like craters and slopes at the Chryse basin as the water-rich Mars revealed unexpected moisture readings.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
America
Mars
George Sands
Mission Control
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
Viking 1
Martian
Chryse
Red Planet
Swine flu advisory on children still unclear
Washington reports that two Public Health Service advisory panels favor adult swine flu vaccination next fall and winter but remain unsure if children should be vaccinated. CDC director Dr. David Senser notes recommendations on vaccinating children are at least two months away. Adult immunization is stressed due to higher expected mortality in those aged 35 and older.
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UPI
Public Health Service
David Senser
Center For Disease Control
Senser
Robert Frost Home in N H to Be Restored
Concord New Hampshire UPI report says efforts seek 20000 from state and federal funds to repair the Robert Frost homestead in Derry. Governor Meldrim Thomson and the Executive Council will consider the request after a local push by the Robert Frost Foundation to preserve the landmark once scarred by junk yard debris and renovations.
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N.H
UPI
Robert Frost
Derry Limestead
Frost
Meldrim Thomson
Executive Council
George Gil
Man of the Resources and Economic Development Dept
Gilman
Robert Frost Foundation
Winds slow as Tall Ships head to Newport race
Newport officials and crews forecast a delayed arrival as Gulf Stream winds limned slow progress for the Bermuda to Newport transatlantic race. Kukri led the field from Bermuda with 292 miles to finish, while Gorch Fock II and Camalot battled for Class A positions amid light winds and radio outages.
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UPI
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British Sail Training Association
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Eagle
Kukri
Great Britian
Bermuda
Gorch Fock II
West Germany
Allison
United States
Camalot
Gladan
Sweden
Christian Radich
Olinka
Poland
U.S. Navy
Active
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Bay State
American Sail Training Association
Sail Training Association
Brittan
Sir Winston Churchill
Netherlands Antilles
Winston Churchill
Council calls end to fuel controls on heating oil
A. Thomas Easley of the New England Council urged the House energy subcommittee to end federal price and allocation controls on home heating oil with safeguards for market changes. He argued removal would pressure lower prices as marketers fill tanks with cheaper summer oil, noting refinery capacity is improved after the 1973 import program collapse.
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UPI
New England Council
A. Thomas Easley
Federal Energy Administration
House
FEA
United States
Easley
Black diplomats approve Kissinger Vorster talks
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger arrived in West Germany for a high level meeting with South African Prime Minister John Vorster to urge negotiation over force to resolve southern Africa’s racial problems. The talks, backed by black African ambassadors in Washington, followed international protests and aimed to reassure that the pursuit is not endorsement of South Africa’s policies.
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West Germany
UPI
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John Vorster
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Kissinger
Paris
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Munich
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Grafenau
Bodenmar
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Washington
Experts criticize U S 200 mile sea law at URI conference
Legal experts at a University of Rhode Island conference condemn the U S 200 mile fishing limit set to take effect next spring. Columbia professor Giulio Pontecorvo calls the law selfish and bad politics if it blocks foreign fishermen. Canadian scholars warn it could worsen U S Canada fisheries tensions.
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Columbia University
Giulio Pontecorvo
Gordon Munro
University of British Columbia
Douglas Johnston
Dalhousie University
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Munro
University of Rhode Island
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