Urge Six Months Surtax Extension
Washington AP report says the Committee for Economic Development calls for a six month extension of the income surtax to sustain a budget surplus of six to nine billion dollars as inflation remains stubbornly high. The 18 member program committee argues spending and taxation must balance to curb inflation while preserving employment. If activity falters, the government should moderate surpluses to push money into stimulus.
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Congress
CED
Com
Small Nations Force Resolutions At UN Session
The U N General Assembly ends with a minor revolt by small nations against the United States and the Soviet Union as 12 nonaligned members push disarmament and ocean exploration resolutions through despite superpower objections.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
United States
Soviet Union
Small Nations
Assembly
Geneva Disarmament Committee
Nixon plans $100 million boost for school lunches
Washington AP report says the Nixon administration will add 100 million dollars to school lunch programs aiming for a free or low cost meal for every needy child by the end of the school year. Agriculture Department cites 6.6 million needful children amid hunger conference debates.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Agriculture Department
British Move to Abolish Capital Punishment
In London the House of Commons voted 343 to 185 to make permanent the 1965 suspension of the death penalty. The Lords begin a two day debate with Conservatives split, while Home Secretary Callaghan supported the measure though not a government bill and warned of resignation if defeated.
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London
House of Commons
House of Lords
Lords
Home
James Callaghan
Sticky issues in tax bill debate progress report
Washington AP House and Senate conferees have settled about half their differences in tax reform versions. Oil depletion allowances and raising the personal income tax exemption remain sticky. Rep. Wilbur D. Mills says progress is ahead of schedule and decisions could come by Thursday night with final votes possible Saturday or Monday.
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Washington
House
Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Elks Cancel Christmas Party for Needy Children
Exalted Ruler Max Foster announced there will be no Elks Christmas Party this year. Instead the group will deliver fruit and nuts to nursing home residents and distribute toys to needy children through the Red Cross and Salvation Army.
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Elks
Max Foster
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Youth Loses Arm Second Time in Oklahoma City
Brent Gray, 12, lost his left arm for the second time after a drive belt tore it from him while grinding hog feed on his Texas farm near Henrietta. Doctors reattached both arms in Oklahoma City but the left arm had to be removed again due to poor circulation, while the right arm remained in good condition.
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Oklahoma City
Brent Gray
Brent
Joe W. Gray
Henrietta
Tex
Kennedy proposes national health insurance for all Americans
Sen Edward M Kennedy unveiled a plan to cover every American starting with children in 1971 and extending to all by 1975. The bill would use progressive taxation to fund the program and exempt doctors in a National Health Corps from the draft, while denying that it amounts to socialized medicine.
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Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Congress
National Health Corps
Desertion in SVN Rises Anew Amid Vietnamization Efforts
Washington AP reports desertions from South Vietnamese armed forces increased from nine per 1000 in September to ten per 1000 in October. With over one million soldiers, this rate translates to about 10,000 men lost monthly, a major challenge noted by Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird as a key problem in Vietnamization.
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Washington
Saigon Death Toll Surpasses American Losses in Seven Months
In Saigon, government casualties over the past seven months exceed American deaths, with 11 450 government soldiers and 4 907 Americans killed in action. Through May 10 to Dec 6, Vietnamese casualties outpaced U S forces for 30 straight weeks.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
South Vietnam
Mrs Campbell burns from grease fire at home
Mrs Wallace Lee Campbell suffered second and third degree burns on her right arm when flaming grease caught fire. She picked up the pan to carry it outside to prevent the house from catching fire. The accident occurred around 1 p.m. yesterday at 1201 Avenue J Northwest.
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Wallace Lee Campbell
Gun law fails to curb cheap handguns trafficking
An Associated Press analysis shows the federal gun control law did not stop cheap handguns from entering the market. Importers shifted to assembling guns from imported parts or increasing domestic production, exploiting a loophole Congress did not foresee.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Fect
Gan
Fog Strangles Texas Coast Halts Flights and Ship Traffic
Thick fog disrupted travel along the Texas coast and across Central and South Texas as air services halted, ships slowed, and highways clogged. Weather observers reported zero visibility from Galveston to San Antonio with scattered spots only one fourth to three quarters of a mile elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Central
South
Texas
Weather Bureau
Galveston
Houston
Austin
San Antonio
Richardson Graveside Rites Here Thursday
Graveside services for Mrs. Laura Richardson 88 of Abilene will be held at 2 p m Thursday. She died Tuesday in Abilene. North Funeral Home of Abilene will conduct a 10 a m Thursday funeral service led by Rev. H S Earp. Surviving daughters include Lois Sherman Merle Heavin Virginia Thompson Ruth Elms and Betty Bolander and sons J P Scott Claude Scott. nine grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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Laura Richardson
Abilene
Claude Scott
Childress
Richardson
North Funeral Home
H. S. Earp
Unbudgeted aid items key to final foreign aid vote
Two unbudgeted military aid items, 54.5 million dollars to buy planes for Formosa and 50 million dollars for South Korea, loom large in congressional action on the foreign aid program. Separate measures govern the authorization.
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Washington
Formosa
South Korea
Auth
Nixon task force nears oil import tariff plan
A presidential task force plans to scrap the current import quota system for oil and replace it with a tariff based system to raise the price of foreign oil and widen import access. Two final decisions remain before sending the recommendations to the White House, with delivery possible after January 1.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
United States
Increase In Oil Imports Plan Aims to Cut U.S. Oil Price
The task force proposes a three year program from July 1, 1970 to July 1, 1973 to lower American oil prices with favored target around 3.00 per barrel. Possible price points include 3.10 3.00 and 2.50 while current price runs about 3.25. Tariff levels on Latin American oil, mainly from Venezuela, remain to be decided.
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Venezuela
Vietnamese opposition condemns My Lai massacre in Saigon report
South Viet Nam's National Salvation Front calls the My Lai killings a grisly civilian massacre. It says a two week inquiry confirms mass killings of mostly women and children at a coastal village on March 16, 1968.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
My Lai
Sen.Tran van Don
National Salvation Front
Program On Agriculture Given Rotarians
County Agent Low ell Cure told Rotary Club members there is always a place for cotton. The program is part of four agriculture talks for the next year. Cure cited county agriculture income at 8 158 000 dollars and 459 282 total acres. Don Johnston led the session with Charles Richardson and James Richardson as guests.
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Lowell Cure
Rotary Club
Don Johnston
Charles Richardson
James Richardson
Wellington
Woman renounces pacifism in 1968 convention trial
Linda Morse a 26 year old defense witness testified in U S District Court that she renounced pacifism and began target practice with an M 1 rifle after the 1968 Democratic National Convention. She said she had worked to keep demonstrations peaceful while seven men faced rioting conspiracy charges.
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Chicago
Linda Morse
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