ICC Finds Rails Lose On Riders
The ICC warns Congress that passenger trains lose money for railroads and urges immediate study of intercity rail needs. Eight major lines, accounting for 40 percent of mileage, would have saved $118 million in expenses before taxes in 1968 by dropping intercity service, while $61 million could have been freed for capital if such service ended. The agency calls for policy changes and a revamped cost structure to restore profitability.
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Arab Trio Found Innocent of Plot Against Nixon
A New York State Supreme Court jury in Brooklyn acquitted Ahmed Namer and his two sons Hussein and Abdo of plotting to assassinate President-Elect Nixon. They were found guilty only of possession of two switchblade knives, the least serious charge. The case hinged on a single testimony by Mohammed Aljamal, a paid informant with a checkered past.
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House Panel Blocks Nixon On Vote Bill
The House Judiciary Committee killed two key sections of Nixon voting rights measures while approving a five year extension of the act. A broad reform bill is planned later this year to address literacy tests residency rules fraud and voting hours. The rejected amendments would have extended the literacy test ban nationwide and removed residency requirements.
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Ohio
House Rules Committee
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Mississippi
Thomas F. Railsback
R-Ill
Clark MacGregor
R-Mich Beth
Rogers Blasts Hanoi Over POWs Inhumane Attitude
Secretary of State William P. Rogers told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that North Vietnam shows an inhumane and inexcus able attitude toward American POWs. He condemned denial of prisoner names, access for international inspection, and noted wives fear for their husbands. Rogers cited three Nixon criteria for troop withdrawals: progress in Paris talks, reciprocal withdrawals, and reduced North Vietnamese combat activity.
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Times Admits Rocket Flub 49 Years Ago
The New York Times admits a 1920 error calling for the belief that a rocket cannot function in a vacuum. In Topics of the Times the paper mocked Prof. Robert St. Goddard, the pioneer of space exploration, and now says he was right. The editorial notes the correction and the shift in understanding.
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