Nixon Signals Will Sign Tax Reform Bill Into Law
President Nixon indicated he would sign the tax reform measure as it stands despite a projected 2.5 billion dollar revenue loss in the coming year. Budget Chief Mayo said balancing the loss would require tight cuts, with defense spending also narrowed as a share of the federal budget.
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Nixon
Washington
Congress
Robert P. Mayo
Mayo
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
Agnew Heads to Asia on Formosa Jets Aid
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew flies to Asia and says President Nixon will back a 54.8 million Formosa jet purchase if Congress folds it into the foreign aid bill. He relays Nixon’s reassurance to Chiang Kai-shek that Senate opposition does not weaken treaty commitments. He notes Defense Secretary Laird favored the item while Secretary Rogers opposed it.
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Spiro T. Agnew
Asia
Nixon
Formosa
Congress
Agnew
Air Force Two
Chiang Kai-shek
Senate
House
Melvin R. Laird
William Rogers
South Korea
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Rogers
Ziegler
Secretary of Defense
Santa toys travel from Japan to North Pole mystery
A playful note ponders how Santa’s gifts travel from Japan to the North Pole while a young neighbor reflects on the wonders of the holiday delivery. The sentiment blends curiosity with festive whimsy in a light, seasonal tone.
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Santa Claus
North Pole
Japan
United Airlines Jet Hijacked To Cuba
A United Airlines Boeing 727 flying from New York to Chicago was hijacked to Havana. The crew of six and 23 passengers were aboard when the hijacker, who spoke through the pilot identified as Paulsen, seized control at 8 17 p m. The flight left La Guardia at 7 53 p m and was about 75 miles northwest of the airport when taken over. It marked the 33rd hijacking in the year.
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New York
United Airlines
Chicago
Havana
la Guardia
Paulsen
Federal Aviation Administration
Washington
Medicare Premium On Increase
The $4 monthly premium for Medicare will rise to $3.30 starting July 1. Secretary Robert H. Finch announced the change, citing costs and reserves in the Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Nixon had forecast a premium rise amid Social Security benefit talks. Over 19 million Americans are covered under Medicare, with both voluntary and basic government hospital insurance components. The voluntary program premium was $3 at launch in 1966 and rose to $4 in 1968.
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Washington
Robert H. Finch
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Special Medical Insurance
Nixon
Congress
Area Digging Out After Large Winter Storm Racks the Region
Area roads remain passable but icy after a crippling eight inch snow dump. State and local crews worked overnight to clear main routes while forecasters warn of more snow by Sunday. Flights at Mercer County Airport were canceled and drivers are urged to use snow tires or chains as officials report few injuries from Friday incidents.
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Rocky Mountains
Mercer County
State Road Commission
Princeton
Richard Lambert
Bluefield Street
McDowell County
Wyoming
Virginia
Wythe
North Viet Refuses To Let Texan Deliver Supplies
North Vietnam refused to allow H Ross Perot to fly two planes with gifts to American prisoners. Perot offered alternatives including sending 1400 canned dinners to North Vietnamese orphans via Moscow by December 31 and inspecting POW camps in South Vietnam before approaching Hanoi for aid to families. He said Hanoi would not share a full prisoner list and vowed not to give up.
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H. Ross Perot
Texas
Laos
Hanoi
Vientiane
North Vietnam
Perot
Vu Tien
Moscow
North
South Vietnam
Tien
Winter Storm Dumps Snow Across East, Strands Christmas Travelers
A major winter storm swept the East Coast driving two feet of snow in parts of New England and upper New York. Winds 40 to 50 mph created five foot drifts with near zero visibility and flooding from high tides. Power lines fell as snowplows struggled to keep routes open amid widespread traffic snarls and lingering forecasts of another storm.
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Associated Press
East
New England
Atlantic
Georgia
Great Lakes
New York State
Boston Weather Bureau
Danbury
Conn
Johnson Says He Had No Ambitions For Presidency
In a CBS interview Lyndon B. Johnson recalls being urged by Joseph P. Kennedy and John F. Kennedy to run in 1956. He says he never aspired to the presidency and notes his 1968 decision not to seek another term, influenced by Lady Bird Johnson and doubts about his fit for the job.
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New York
Lyndon B. Johnson
Joseph P. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Cbs-Tv
Walter Cronkite
Johnson Ranch
Texas
Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Joe Kennedy
Sen
John Kennedy
Adlai Stevenson
Lady Bird
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U.S
Happy Valley
Cumberland Road
Bluefield
Paul Thomas
Leatherwood
Bluefield College
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