Nixon Begins Budget Drive Aims At Deficit Cut
President Nixon announces a balanced budget for 1971 with a $1.3 billion surplus on a $200.8 billion outlay, trimming defense by about $93.8 billion and cutting $2.1 billion in low priority domestic programs. He seeks revenue boosts, user charges, higher postal rates, and a $731 million defense stockpile sale, plus Alaska Railroad sale to fund the plan. The budget shifts emphasis to human resource programs, with more spending on welfare and antipollution efforts, and proposes a five year $4 billion grant program for city wastewater plants contingent on state and local matching funds.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Liscal
Treasury
National Defense
Alaska Railroad
Robert Maya
Maya
Vietnam
Pentagon
Soviet Union
Nixon unveils 71.2 billion 1971 military budget
President Nixon announces a 71.2 billion fiscal 1971 defense plan to strengthen the nuclear shield and cut active duty uniformed personnel to under 3 million for the first time in five years. The package lowers spending from the current year and includes the Safeguard missile defense system amid a push for allied burden sharing andVietnam withdrawal.
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Washington
Nixon
We Mus
Congress
U.S
Vietnam
Pittsfield IUE Locals Run Out of Funds in Strike
An IUE strike across Pittsfield GE plants faces payroll shortfalls as Local 205 and Local 234 report no funds from the international union for two weeks. Local 255, with $300,000 in a defense fund, pays $24 weekly for 10 hours of picket duty, while Local 254 pays $12. Local 755 may run dry after this Thursday. If funds do not arrive, Local 255 members risk unpaid wages next week. Contracts approved nationally would end the strike by Wednesday, with recalls starting Thursday, though full reintegration may take weeks.
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General Electric
S.foley
Enier
Pittsfield
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUL
International Union
International
IUE
Pilisfield GE
Daniel B. Reed
Bers
Ocal
Local 254
Foley
Local 755
The
Local 255
Local Weather Foreseeable Cold Snap and Snow Ahead
Temperatures through Saturday will average well below the seasonal norm of 22 with much colder days to follow. Snow is likely by Friday. John H. Shamire, chairman of UB's GE Conference Board, was contacted in New York and admitted the international union has not been able to send money to its 65 striking locals amid ongoing Locals Continued on Page 1.
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John HH. Shamire
New York
International Union
Senate Study Casts Doubt on Saigon Alone Reaching Victory
A Senate Foreign Relations Committee report questions Vietnamization viability and the South Vietnamese army's ability to withstand a major North Vietnamese attack after American troops withdraw. It warns that even with some success, substantial U.S. involvement would remain and U.S. firepower and airpower would still be relied upon. The study cites uncertainty about the enemy’s timing and potential for phased withdrawal, stressing that all three key factors must succeed for U.S. aims to be realized.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
Siayan
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
U.S
Saigon
Allies Claim Heaviest Fighting Kills 500 Enemies
Allied forces reported over the weekend the heaviest clashes in six months, claiming more than 500 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong dead. Twenty Americans and twenty South Vietnamese were killed, with numerous wounded, as battles spanned coastal lowlands south of Da Nang and the Central Highlands amid pre Tet activity.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Vietnamese Communist Party
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Neat City
Thieves Take Bosch Painting From Chrysler Museum
Police report a Dutch work titled Landscape with Conflagration by Wieronymus Bosch worth $500000 was stolen from the Chrysler Art Museum in Provincetown. The small oil on board piece measures 15.4 by 11 inches and was valued by the museum. Acting Chief James J. Mead said officers learned of the theft from Walter P. Chrysler Jr. and the Chrysler family.
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Mass
Wieronymus Bosch
Chrysler Art Museum
James J. Mead
Walter P. Chrysler Jr
Chrysler
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