Mixed verdict on Congress in election year push
Washington reports a mixed bag for Congress as 435 House seats and a Senate third face voters. Republicans call the year a do little session while Democrats say it was productive, redirecting priorities toward homefront needs and passing tax cuts and Social Security hikes.
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Trade bill passed ends tug of war between houses
Congress approved a compromise export control bill easing limits on trade with the Soviet Union and other Communist nations. The measure, expected to be signed by President Nixon, shifts decontrol rules from broad lists to license based decisions while weighing availability of items from Western nations.
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Stiff speed penalties proposed by House panel
The bill from seven members of the House Select Committee on Crime led by Claude Pepper calls for mandatory penalties for manufacturing or peddling speed, also known as meth amphetamine. First conviction penalties would include a $5,000 fine and five years' prison, while possession could incur up to eight years and a $10,000 fine.
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Abbie Hoffman Testifies in Chicago 7 Trial
Abbie Hoffman testified in the Chicago 7 trial, denying work, describing himself as a cultural revolutionary and mutinous defendant. He offered colloquial responses about his identity, age, and life, while the defense accused the government of pressuring jurors and probing his role in the 1968 Democratic Convention protests.
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Mideast raids and Rabat summit leave world uneasy
Christmas Eve in the Holy Land saw Israel bombing Egyptian positions near the Suez while Egypt claimed one Israeli plane shot down and another set on fire. Rabat summit leaders returned to discord as Nasser, Arafat, and Hussein pursued varied plans. Israel tightened around Bethlehem with roadblocks to protect the Christmas site amid the escalating conflict.
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Spy pay accounts uncovered in Defense testimony
Defense Department evidence links secret Swiss bank accounts to payoffs for U.S. personnel who fed intelligence to foreign powers. Testimony supported the secret foreign accounts bill, but Treasury and banking leaders pressured by domestic and international banks threaten to derail the measure.
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Onassis Pays for Nuns Bethlehem Trip
New York AP Aris toll Onassis is giving two American nuns an all expenses paid Christmas trip to Bethlehem. Sister Margaret ONeill of Englewood New Jersey and Sister Alodia Carney of Dyersville Iowa had sought a Holy Land visit for six years. An Onassis aide said he would cover the trip. The nuns left for Israel Tuesday aboard a plane of Olympic Airways owned by Onassis.
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Manson Rejects Lawyers as Trial Nears
Charles Manson declared lawyers untrustworthy as he seeks to defend himself in the seven murder counts tied to the Tate LaBianca slayings. Court-appointed attorney Joseph A. Ball met with Manson at the jail after Manson reportedly rejected William B. Keene. Ball said he will help evaluate self representation, stressing the need for trained legal service.
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Hijacked Costa Rican Flight Holds 12 Passengers
A Lacsa Airlines flight from San Jose to Limon was hijacked and diverted to San Andres then Cuba. The hijackers kept 12 passengers hostage with the pilot and captain at risk, while five hijackers and others freed 28 passengers. No injuries reported.
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Wakefield busing initiative fails in California
Sacramento reports the proposal by Assemblyman Floyd J. Wakefield to ban mandatory school busing appears to have failed. H. P. Sullivan says 72,560 signatures were certified as of Tuesday with most county petitions reported, making the required 25,173 certified signatures by the January 30 deadline unlikely. Wakefield aimed to place the measure on next November's ballot. a similar bill failed in last year's session.
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