Nixon Delays ABM Decision Amid mounting opposition
Washington reports Nixon delayed a Security Council briefing on the antiballistic missile program to pursue informal talks with aides and Defense Secretary Laird. Senate leaders and scientists pushed against deployment, with Kissinger and MIT's Killian proposing an independent review to reassure public and lawmakers. Opposition grows on Capitol Hill as the White House weighs next steps.
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Abram Chayes
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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House
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Herbert York
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Harvard University
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Herbert F. York
University of California
James R. Killian Jr
MIT
Harvard
Democrats Offer Income Tax Plan To Replace Vermont Sales Tax
In Montpelier Democrats unveiled an alternative to the 3 percent general sales tax. The plan would raise 18.7 million by boosting personal income tax from 25 to 30 percent, increasing corporate franchise tax from 5 to 7 percent, adding a capital gains tax on land sales, and imposing 5 percent taxes on amusements and recreation. The proposal, backed by House Democrats, aims to avoid the sales tax amid Republican support for the levy.
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Salmon
New York to criminalize tax evasion by out-of-state residency
Albany lawmakers approved a bill making it a crime to evade state taxes by claiming a permanent home outside New York. The measure would levy up to a $5,000 fine and up to a year in jail, or both, for residents who spend less than the state’s 183 day standard but claim residency elsewhere. The bill passed 52 to 1 and moves to the Assembly. Senator Ohrenstein opposed, arguing it would harass people with multiple homes.
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Roy Goodman
Manhattan
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Beatle Paul McCartney Marries Linda Eastman in London
Paul McCartney wed Linda Eastman, a New York divorcee, in a private civil ceremony attended by close friends. Admirers cried outside as police kept back the mob while the couple left in McCartney's Daimler, fans scrambling for flowers and candy as the crowd caused chaos and delays.
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UPI
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Mike McGear
Inside On The Inside retrospective on Vermont town meeting moderator
An editorial reflects on the moderator role at Vermont town meetings in a nostalgic look back. The piece discusses duties, influence, and public engagement as a historical civics lens.
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Vermont
Weather Changes Plans For Apollo Splashdown
Apollo 9 astronauts were ordered to remain aloft one more orbit and steer toward a calmer landing spot 480 miles south due to rough Atlantic seas. The 10 day mission will extend by 98 minutes as USS Guadalcanal redirects to the new recovery area. Commanders James A. McDivitt David R. Scott and Russell L. Schweickart await recovery in a safer splashdown path.
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Russell L. Schweickart
Stuart Roosa
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Guadalcanal
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Roosa
Cape Kennedy
Cambodia Free Deployed U S Airmen After Captivity
Four American airmen Maj Querin Hurlik Laird Osbourn John Fisher and Robert Pryor flew to Bangkok today from a month in Cambodia where they were held after their spotter plane was shot down on a Vietnam mission. A Nixon letter prompted release announced by Prince Sihanouk giving freedom to 18 U S servicemen from Vietnam.
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Savannah
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Webster Spring
W.va
John Fisher
Gainesville
Fla
Robert Pryor
Oak Ridge
Tenn
U.S
Vietnam
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Phnom Penh
Prince Norodom Sihanouk
House Panel Fires Miller
Vermont House Ways and Means Committee unanimously dismissed tax consultant William Miller of Princeton New Jersey effective Saturday The panel had originally retained him for three months at a thousand dollars monthly plus expenses Dissatisfaction with his work prompted the vote and committee chairman Peter Giuliani was unaware of the action Brownell a former deputy attorney general may be invited as special tax consultant to review and draft capital gains tax legislation
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George Blaesi
Legislative Council
Arthur Gibb
Weybridge
Miller
Francis Peisch
Burlington
Jonathan Brownell
Peisch
Brownell
Davis seeks Miller formula aid bill given mild Senate rebuff
Gov. Deane C. Davis pressed to move the Miller formula through the Senate Appropriations Committee to boost education funding and sales tax case. Sen. Edward Janeway warned the bill would not reach the floor this week. A compromise may delay three year phaseout and allow 40 percent state funding to local education amid opposition over potential losses to 49 towns.
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UPI
Deane C. Davis
Senate Appropriations Committee
Elbert G. Moulton
Davis
Edward Janeway
Windham County
Janeway
Senate
Windham
Moulton
House
Higgins Puts Priority on Housing and Zoning in Bennington
Joseph E. Higgins, newly appointed Bennington selectboard chair, declares housing codes and a townwide zoning ordinance top priorities with a May 1 deadline to present them to voters. He plans a joint session with village trustees and Housing Committee, while town manager, water and sewer, and flood control will proceed in regular meetings.
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Bennington Selectmen
Higgins
Gerald Cornell
Cornell
Bennington
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