Rent controls lift trigger nationwide rent spike
An Associated Press report notes sharp rent increases after Nixon administration eased controls. Examples include a Chicago woman paying 185 rising to 130 monthly, a Cape Kennedy trailer park charging 2 instead of 30, and a Washington saleswoman facing a 26 percent rise. Lawmakers push federal rent policy while vacancies remain tight in major markets.
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Cape Kennedy
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Associated Press
Pentagon official backs faster TH bombers and Trident subs
Deputy Defense Secretary William Gements urged accelerating the TH bomber and Trident submarine programs during a Veterans of Foreign Wars address. Other officials warned no formal proposals exist, with hints the discussion targets fiscal 1975 rather than 1974. The cost and timing remain unsettled as Congress debates the 1974 budget.
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Trident
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Senate OKs 1.4 Million Funding for Indian Claims Commission
The Senate approved by voice vote a bill authorizing a 1.4 million dollar appropriation to operate the Indian Claims Commission through fiscal 1974. The 1972 act extended the commission to 1977, requiring annual congressional appropriations. The measure moves to the House.
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Washington
UPT
Senate
Indian Claims Commission
Commission
Congress
House
Funny boners Local farmers may graze
A brief farmers rights notice from Wrightsville Georgia notes local farmers may graze on public land under headright provisions. The item is concise and assigns grazing permissions without further dates or names.
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Wrightsville
Senate approves veterans bills amid budget clash
The Senate passed a $1.42 billion package of veterans legislation, expanding health care and family services, creating a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program, and proposing a national cemetery system under VA oversight. The bills face House approval amid budget battles.
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UPIL
Senate
Nexon
Veterans Administration
Arlington National Cemetery
Nixon nominates Ottina for U S education post
Dr John Ottina, 41, nominated by President Nixon as U S commissioner of education Ottina had been acting commissioner since November 3 succeeding Norbert Marland Jr who resigned to join the Department of Health Welfare and Education in Beluca ton od Welfare
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Washington
UPN
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Nixon
U.S
Ottina
Ney
Marland Jr
Department of Health
Belucaton Od Welfare
Ervin expands newsmen protection to state and federal courts
Sen. Sam Ervin introduces a revised shield law granting reporters qualified immunity from revealing sources. The measure extends protection to state and federal courts, safeguarding unpublished information obtained in the reporter’s course of work while allowing disclosure to identify a person committing a crime in the presence of the reporter. The bill aims to balance law enforcement needs with preserving a free flow of information to the public.
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Washington
UPI
Sam J. Erviner
Dn.c
Senate
Ervin
North Carolina
Statesrom
Bill proposes tenant tax break in Congress
Rep. Lester Wolff of New York introduced legislation Tuesday to let renters deduct 25 percent of their rent from income tax. He argued tenants now lack property tax relief enjoyed by homeowners and rents have risen sharply. The bill seeks parity as a spur to ease housing costs.
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Washington
UPI
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D-Ny
Wolff
New York
Regent Sharp
Meany urges Congress to tax the rich and corporations
George Meany asked Congress to raise a 24 billion dollar tax bite on the well to do and on corporations and to reject tax relief for parents who send children to private or parochial schools. He urged an excess profits tax and repeal of 7.2 billion in business tax cuts, arguing capital gains favors the wealthy and hurts taxpayers.
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Nixon
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Meany
Interstate highway projects halted by lawsuits and disputes
A UPI survey shows more than $5 billion of interstate highway projects blocked by lawsuits and controversy across 13 states. Major listed items include Boston Canton I-95 and a Baltimore harbor crossing, with other sizeable segments in Washington, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and Philadelphia.
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Merced Island
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Allentown
Bethlehem
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Agnew Urges No Amnesty for Vietnam Dodgers at VEW Dinner
Vice President Spiro Agnew told 2,500 veterans in Washington that amnesty must be denied to men who evaded the Vietnam draft. He praised returned POWs at the head table and criticized press coverage and antiwar protestors while urging responsibility and a national healing through accountability.
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Spiro T. Agnew
United States
Veterans of Foreign Wara
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Vietnam
Iu Sn
Alam
Agnew
Navy
Jerry Singleton
Air Force
John Reynolds
Robert Jeffery
Jeffrey
Postal Service Allows Shorter Uniforms for Carriers
The Postal Service announced on Tuesday that starting April 1 uniform styles will relax to include shorter socks and shorter options for men. George Irack, 27, welcomed the change on a Washington posta grounds but opposed shorter shorts for women carriers. The changes are optional and aim to improve employment aid and working conditions for postal workers.
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Washington
UPI
Hermida
America
Postal Service
Washington Post
George Irack
Irack
FBI Records Reveal White House Requests During Campaign
White House asked the FBI for campaign information to aid Nixon on trips. Documents show a memo by Geoff Shepard seeking data on issues of magnitude for Ehrlichman and the president. The files include alleged corruption and pornography notes, plus praise for California conditions and a Florida murder acquittal. Gray testified the practice ended.
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