Federal Sales Tax Not Ready To Go
Washington AP President Nixon's administration keeps open the option of a national value added tax while denying any decision to propose it. Treasury Undersecretary Edwin Cohen says final word rests with Nixon. Congressional tax review due next year. Democrats oppose higher burdens and seek tax reform. Cohen notes VAT could fund education with safeguards. credits or tiered rates may ease impact on consumers.
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Nixon
Associated Press
Treasury
Edwin §. Cohen
Cohen
Congress
White House
Advisory Council On Intergovernmental Relations
Attempt to Smuggle Secrets Leads to Perkins Conviction
M. Sgt. Walter T. Perkins was convicted by a military judge after six hours of deliberations on three counts of attempting to smuggle secret U.S. defense documents to Soviet agents. The 37 year old at Tyndall Air Force Base waived a jury, with Col. Joe Peck presiding.
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Tyndall Air Force Base
Fla
Walter T. Perkins
U.S
Joe Peck
Perkins
Telligence
Florida
Mexico City
Nixon Pads Ranks In Miami Beach For Convention
About 3000 young supporters, ages 18 to 30, travel from multiple states to Miami Beach to work for President Nixon at the Republican National Convention. They will handle convention tasks, listen to speakers, and be ready to move quickly if a press event requires it. The group includes over 400 minority members and is led by Stephen D. Nostrand, who says they will stay peaceful and lawfully assist the campaign.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon
Stephen D. Nostrand
National Young Voters
Nostrand
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Mentioned Asides on Holidays
An intercepted letter contains a cryptic remark about Hubert and holidays, implying a shift in timing would have avoided the need to propose a break now. The brief note hints at personal plans and a sense of urgency or reluctance in making a suggestion.
Traffic Signals Sought At 4th And Lincoln Intersection
In a Tribune inquiry, residents urge signals at the busy 4th and Lincoln crossroads where pedestrians and vehicles struggle to cross at midday. City Manager Kenneth Sanborn notes a state engineering report from the Urban Highways Division is needed before installation. Police Chief Lige Matlock supports the request and will push to city officials.
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Lincoln
Kenneth Sanborn
4Th and
Mike Bailey
Ubban Highways Division
State Highway Commission
Lige Matlock
Social Program Funding Likely Faces Presidential Veto
Congress sent President Nixon a 30.5 billion Labor HEW bill for the current year. It exceeds his request by 1.7 billion and leaves a loophole that could trigger vast cost growth in social services, prompting HEW Secretary Richardson to urge a veto. Mississippi cited a 42,000 percent rise in requests under the open ended law.
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Senate
White House
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HEW
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
Police Report: Blinking Light Spotted Over West 3rd
Police received a 1:19 AM call about a blinking light in the sky above the 500 block of West 3rd. Responding units reported the unidentified object appeared as a star with no threatening activity observed.
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West 3Rd
Area Health Group Formed Completing State System
A Southeast Kansas comprehensive health planning council has been formed to serve 11 counties Crawford Cherokee Bourbon Allen Linn Anderson Neosho Woodson Wilson Montgomery and Labette. A public meeting in Fort Scott at 7:30 p m Sept 6 will elect permanent officers and discuss program phases. Temporary officers are Mrs Eileen Keller of Pittsburg chair and Mrs Barbara Lohmeyer secretary treasurer. Attendees include Raymond Solee director of compre hensive health planning.
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State Board of Health
S. Lincoln
Eileen Keller
Pittsburg
Barbara Lohmeyer
Girard Hospital
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Cherokee
Bourbon
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Woodson
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Labette
Fort Scott
Raymond Solee
Direcor
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China Blocks Bangladesh In Bid for U.N. Status
Bangladesh seeks U.N. membership but faces a Chinese veto threat over alleged Pakistani war ties and Indian troop presence. Ambassador Huang Hua asserts Bangladesh is unqualified and cites cooperation with India against U.N. resolutions, while Pakistan and U.S. positions on recognition and support surface in the debate.
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Bangladesh
U.N
Pakistan
India
Council
George Bush
United States
Weather Area Forecast Sunny and warm weekend
Sunny warm and humid Saturday with highs in the 90s. Fair mild tonight with winds from the south at 10 to 25 mph this afternoon and 5 to 15 mph tonight. Lows in the upper 60s to mid 70s. Precipitation probability five percent tonight and Saturday.
Perseid Meteor Shower Lights Up Front Range Skies
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory confirms a Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight with 50 to 60 shooting stars per hour visible near Perseus. Fireball sightings across six states and Alberta Thursday were described as orange red and blue by observers including Cambridge and Washington State experts.
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Rocky Mountains
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
David Squires
Cambridge, Mass
Alberta
Canada
Skunk problem prompts Carson City resident petition
Bob Harlan says his neighborhood suffers air pollution from many skunks living under a shed. a neighbor reportedly feeds them, leading to fights and a strong odor affecting residents within five blocks.
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Carson City
Nev
Bob Harlans
Harlan
Senate preserves federal busing authority in desegregation debate
The Senate rejected a James B. Allen amendment 49-35 that would bar court ordered racial busing. The House Rules Committee moved a desegregation bill forward, allowing busing only as a last resort.
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Washington
Senate
House
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Election Holiday Plan Moves to Conference
The Senate voted to make election day a national holiday starting Nov. 7 this year and recurring every two years. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, who introduced the idea, says a day off would ease voting. The measure goes to a House conference.
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Washington
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
California law trims birth rates and welfare rolls study says
Population researchers report a sharp drop in births and a shrinking welfare rolls in California after the liberalized abortion law. Kingsley Davis of UC Berkeley notes fewer children become welfare dependents or enter foster programs as a result.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Kingsley Davis
University of California
International Population and Urban Research Center
Berkeley
Congress Rejects Indochina Pullout Directive
The House votes 228 to 178 to defeat a directive demanding withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Indochina by October 1, attaching the measure to a $2.1 billion foreign military aid bill. The vote sharpens the clash with the Senate which is likely to restore the rider.
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House
Nixon
Senate
U.S
Last U S combat infantry leave Vietnam
The U S Command announced the last U S combat infantrymen in Vietnam prepare to go home ending the 74 year ground combat role. By Sept 1 the U S force in Vietnam will be reduced to 39 000 with 100 000 other personnel stationed in Thailand Guam and aboard 7th Fleet ships off Vietnam.
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U.S
Vietnam
Navy
Thailand
Guam
7Th Fleet
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