94th Congress Faces Familiar Issues in Tax Health Welfare
The 94th Congress opens with likely delays on major topics such as taxes national health insurance and welfare reform. Ways and Means and Finance face bottlenecks with revenue bills still arising from the House while calls for a tax cut gain focus amid recession fears.
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House
Ways and Means
Senate
Finance
Russell B. Long
D-La
Gress
Nixon Taxes Unpaid Back Amounts Spark IRS Note
An IRS spokesman said President Nixon has not paid back taxes due 1969 1972 totaling 432787 including a 5 percent negligence penalty and interest. Nixon agreed to pay 148081 for 1969 after the statute expired without contest.
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Washington
Nixon
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Virginia Legislature to tackle death penalty and no fault auto insurance
Virginia lawmakers return to begin work on revising the biennial budget reflecting slower revenues and rising costs. The session will also revisit the death penalty with a carryover bill proposing punishment for murder for hire kidnapping murder by a prison inmate. An economic forum featuring Dr. Herbert Stein is planned to gauge national trends.
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Virginia General Assembly
Mills Godwin
House
Senate
House Appropriations
Godwin
Ginia
Appropriations Committee
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisors
Senate Courts of Justice Committee
Storm Death Toll Reaches Seventeen Across Regions
The Associated Press reports a deadly storm weekend with 17 deaths across Nebraska, North Dakota, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, and Arkansas as snow and rain hit the South and Texas while the upper Midwest endures subzero temperatures. Rescue crews scramble to dig out and respond to blizzard conditions.
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Associated Press
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Arkansas
Midwest
Nebraska
Dakota
Michigan
Minnesota
Owa
Exiting California Prisons Chief Urges San Quentin Closure
In Sacramento AP Raymond Procunier, outgoing director of the California Department of Corrections, says the prison revolutionary period is over and San Quentin ought to close due to extreme violence and isolation challenges. He cites 82 stabbings, 12 fatals last year, and calls for spending 150 million dollars to build two new facilities to house inmates like those at San Quentin. He ties the movement to events from 1970 including Soledad Brothers and the Jackson incident, noting radicalism declined after 1971 but praising radical lawyers and prisoners for raising awareness of prison plight.
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Symbionese Liberation Army
George Jackson
Fleeta Drumgo
John Clutchette
Jackson
DMC Reorganization Plan Is Turned Down
In Charleston West Virginia bankers and depositors opposed Fred Haddad proposed DMC reorganization plan. A Fayette County resident said the plan amounts to liquidation limiting creditors' recovery. The group will present its own plan to U S District Court Thursday and seek court permission to allow Haddad to lease DMC banking facilities during ongoing proceedings.
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Victor
Fayette County
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DMC
U. S. District Court
Haddad
City Center East
Ziegler Denounces Vindictiveness Amid Nixon Exile
Ronald Ziegler, Nixon's chief aide, calls Nixon in political exile after resignation. He blasts Washington vindictiveness and notes Nixon faces isolation and budget questions. Ziegler resigns to begin a lecture tour and comments on charges over Air Force One flight costs.
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Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
White House
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Washington
Los Angeles Times
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Ford White House
Richard Nixon
Ron Nelsen
Air Force One
Missouri
California
Jeffer
Gas Rationing Urged By Byrd
Senate Democratic Whip Robert Byrd urged an immediate gasoline rationing program to cut the US money outflow and energy usage. He said life styles must change and the nation should lead globally while acknowledging political hurdles and calls for firm presidential leadership.
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Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
ABC
United States
Ford
Janes Steen
Winter Storm Warning Blanketing Bluefield Area
A winter storm warning covers the Bluefield area with six inches of snow expected and precipitation continuing as snow sleet and freezing rain. The Mercer County Airport recorded 60 inches of precipitation as rain by 9 p.m. Sunday.
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Bland Street
FAA
Mercer County
West Virginia
Tornadoes and Snow Hit Southeast and Midwest Regions
A tornado in Panama City Florida killed one and injured two others as homes and apartments were damaged. A second tornado near Sink Creek Northwest Florida injured three and damaged buildings cars and power lines. Reports confirm three separate touchdowns in South Georgia with no injuries. Heavy snows and cold temperatures spread across the Midwest and South with blizzard conditions in Minnesota and surrounding states.
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Iowa
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Weather Service
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Springfield
Minn
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