Sharp Limits Favored On Federal Secrecy
Senate Judiciary subcommittee backs tighter controls on withholding government documents. The measure narrows grounds to national security and foreign policy with a court remedy for disclosure and limits broad exemptions used to hide mistakes or actions. The bill, led by Sen. Long, faces strong agency opposition but seeks public access rights and stricter disclosure standards.
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Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Edward V. Long
D-Mo
Judiciary Committee
Long
Federal Register For Public Review
Prosecutor Urges Open Meetings Bill For Authorities
Boston prosecutor Gael Mahoney urged the legislature to require public authorities to hold open meetings amid a Boston Common underground garage scandal. The bill won preliminary Senate approval, was rejected in the House, and faces more votes this week. Mahoney cited a curtain of secrecy around Parking Authority meetings and activities linked to the siphoning of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Boston
Gael Wahony
Boston Common
Senate
Mahoney
Tragic plane found near summit after 85 die in snow
Authorities began recovering 85 Californians killed when Paradise Airlines Constellation vanished in a blizzard near Lake Tahoe. The wreckage lay 30 feet below a Sierra Nevada summit eight miles from Tahoe Valley Airport. FBI and CAB sent investigators as crews map the rugged terrain for identification and cause.
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Senate approves Sabbath shop operation bill in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Senate voted 25 to 10 to allow sabbatarians to operate on Sundays if they close on Saturdays, with Senate President Pow ers voting in favor and Sen. Kenneally opposing. The measure, framed as a compromise among major faith groups, would require a natural person in charge to be a sabbatarian. House preliminarily approved a related bill expanding motor vehicle inspections, while several other motor vehicle related bills were rejected.
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Ski Trek Over North Pole Sponsored by U S others
Bjorn Staib, 25, leads a group sponsored by the U S Army, Navy, Air Force, National Geographic Society and others in a planned first on foot crossing of the Arctic Ocean from Canada to Europe. The team will travel 1200 to 1500 miles, departing Oslo for Thule and Ward Hunt Island before drifting across the pole.
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Air Force
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Senate panel shelves 190 million fallout shelter bill
A Senate Armed Services subcommittee voted 4 to 1 to defer action on the administration’s 190.6 million fallout shelter program. The move effectively ends action for the year. The House passed bill would authorize 175 million in federal incentive payments to create up to 10 million shelter spaces in nonprofit sites and 15.6 million to incorporate public shelters in federal buildings.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Robert C. Byrd
D-W
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
J. Glenn Beall
Rmd
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Sen
Jackson
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
House
Colorado Governor Calls April Redistricting Session
Colorado Governor John Love urged lawmakers to reconvene in April for redistricting of the four congressional districts. He spoke after a 55 day regular session that enacted a three cent cigarette tax and adjusted state income tax deductions to raise about 5 million dollars in new revenue.
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Denver
John Love
Love
Durable Goods Orders Show Significant Gain
The Commerce Department reports January new durable goods orders rose 3 percent led by aircraft and parts. Durable goods shipments and backlogs show little change. all manufacturing orders climbed to 36.7 billion and shipments to 36.5 billion with widespread gains across major categories.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Polaris Sub Major War Deterrent
Secretary of the Navy Paul H. Nitze warned that America's 11 Polaris submarines could kill between 25 and 35 million people in a nuclear war. He noted in 1967 that the Navy believes the damage to enemy war making capability would be so severe as to render any nuclear aggression irrational by an enemy.
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Secretary of the Navy
Paul H. Nitze
America
Nitze
Navy
Polaris submarines seen as effective deterrent force growth planned
Nitze described Polaris submarines as having the essential elements of an effective deterrent, with the fleet to rise to 34 by 1967. The statement, distributed by Rep. George Mahon, chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, was prepared at Mahon’s request for public release.
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George Mahon
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