08 Aug 1969
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1969
Page
1
The House passed a sweeping tax code revision by 394 to 30, targeting 27 special preferences and promising at least a 5 percent cut for most taxpayers. It moves to the Senate where final enactment may be delayed until late year. The plan halves oil depletion, repeals the equipment investment credit, and adds a minimum tax to curb shelters.
The Senate approved the Safeguard missile defense plan in two tight votes with opposition to deploying ABM missiles. Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged Nixon to delay deployment to aid arms talks with the Soviet Union, while Sen. J W Fulbright said preparations were under way at the North Dakota and Montana sites and road work was commencing. A May 12 Army letter cited federal approval for preliminary engineering and a 75 000 state project. no construction before spring 1970.
Dust from the moon, once deemed hazardous, passed another test as 24 dust-injected mice showed no ill effects. Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong Aldrin and Collins remained in quarantine while health checks continue and public appearances are planned across major cities.
Soviet scientists return from 55 day ocean study aboard the Glomar Challenger saying findings surpass moon samples in importance. They describe preserved micro organisms in cores from drilling near Hawaii and Guam, and note the ocean offers vast, varied benefits beyond fishing as NSF funds continue the joint U S Soviet venture led by Scripps Institution.
Viet Cong bombed a U S run hospital at Cam Ranh Bay and then a Saigon school in the Cholon district. Nine Vietnamese civilians and three soldiers were killed, 62 wounded including 23 U S servicemen as the blast collapsed parts of the school and damaged nearby buildings. Police found explosives on a motor bike and booby traps wrapped in pink paper intended to spread casualties among crowds.
In Saigon and at Long Binh base the Green Beret murder case grows murkier as authorities withhold victim identity and details. Eight accused, led by Col. Rheault, remain under guard while rumors spread about a missing body and possible immunity deals. The killing is pegged to June 20 near Nha Trang, with Rheault replaced by Col. Lemberes.
A 73-year-old Princeton realtor, Carl Newton Kirby, was found dead in his car off State Route 12 near Ingleside after the vehicle left the highway and struck a field fence. Officials could not yet determine the cause of death though hospital tests were pending. the body was taken to Seaver Mortuary with funeral plans incomplete.
President Nixon urged Congress to authorize a 12 year federal subsidy to revitalize urban transit. He said a $2 state match for every $1 local would fund bus rail and subway upgrades, with a $3.1 billion outlay through 1975 and a $300 million start in 1971, adding tracks stations and terminals.
Three American prisoners of war released by North Vietnam arrived in New York at Kennedy Airport. Navy Lt. Robert Frishman 28 of Santee California spoke of relief and hope for more releases, while Air Force Capt Wesley Rumble 26 of Oroville and Navy Seaman Douglas Hegdahl 23 of Watertown DC accompanied them. Frishman expressed fatigue and caution about emotion, and Hegdahl stated he felt great.
A Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs led by Senator George McGovern reports that federal food assistance programs miss the needs of the poor by billions of dollars. The gap between earnings and basic needs is conservatively about 10 billion dollars per year, with continued need for supplementary food assistance even if income maintained at the poverty line.
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