Kennedy backs tax reform bill in Senate hearing
Treasury Secretary David M Kennedy criticized the House tax reform bill as too generous to some taxpayers and too costly for corporations yet praised it as a milestone and urged its prompt enactment. He noted the administration would trim individual tax cuts by 2.5 billion and raise corporate taxes by 1.4 billion, while seeking overall gains of about 1.07 billion annually and keeping the oil depletion allowance unchanged.
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North Vietnam Mourns Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam announces the death of Ho Chi Minh at 9:47 a.m. Hanoi time after a grave heart attack. A state funeral is planned but date not set. Hanoi Radio urged the party and people to turn grief into action as peace talks pause and leadership discussions begin in Saigon and Paris.
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Desert search fails to locate missing bishop James Pike
In the Judean desert near the Dead Sea AP reports troops policemen and aircraft scoured the area for 56 year old Dr James Pike former Episcopal bishop of California missing since Monday night after his car became stranded eight miles west of the Dead Sea His wife 21 left the hills and walked to a road workers camp describing their desert excursion and Pike's leg pain before he asked her to continue She said he rested atop a small mountain six to seven miles west of the Dead Sea Four theories explain his disappearance including refuge in caves danger from wildlife heat exposure or possible aid from Bedouin nomads with the search ongoing and no confirmed evidence yet of his fate
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Air Force plans about 50000 cut in manpower
Washington AP reports the Air Force will announce a cutback of about 50,000 officers and men, boosting total U.S. armed forces reductions past 150,000 as the services cut costs. Enlisted and officer losses will come mainly from fewer enlistments and earlier retirements, with potential base closures and fewer squads.
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Weather Delays Project Rulison Blast Schedule
Unfavorable weather delays delay the 40 kiloton underground blast at Project Rulison near Grand Valley Colorado by at least 24 hours. Forecasts predict more thunderstorms Friday and possibly Saturday. Each day of delay costs Australia Co. an estimated 31000. Officials cite criteria not met. Weather forecasters warn of thunder showers around the scheduled 5 p.m. ETA detonation time. The delay follows legal actions over safety and permits.
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Scientists Digging Hole Into History At L A Tar Pit
In Los Angeles near the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History scientists are digging into Ice Age history. They uncover hundreds of bones from birds and animals in tar pools and aim to reconstruct ecology across periods using detailed depth records.
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Cambodian Battle Spreads Across Border into Cambodia
Saigon reports U S and South Vietnamese troops clash with enemy forces inside Cambodia after an American UH-1 helicopter was shot down near Kien Tuong Province. One South Vietnamese and two enemies killed. two American crewmen and three South Vietnamese wounded. Other aircraft downed. battlefield deaths decline slightly as fighting eases.
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Libyan Troops Seize Benghazi After Regime Change
Libyan troops and tanks entered Benghazi, the country’s second largest city, and took control without reported resistance amid a new revolutionary junta. Observers warned of a leftist tilt as Western diplomats voiced concern over the Libyan Arab Republic.
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