Nixon Urges New Effort To Hold Down Spending
President Nixon writes congressional leaders urging a strengthened bid to curb federal spending and preserve tax revenues regardless of political popularity. He notes the current year budget of 192.9 billion dollars is at risk with about 6 billion in fixed costs and pressures to protect revenues amid mounting fiscal concerns.
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Herod's Rome Dominated World From Judea Forts To Temples
Fragmented text describes Herod the Great’s vast building program across Judea and surrounding cities, including temples, harbors, fortresses, and palaces. It notes slave populations, brutal punishments, and Rome’s imperial reach, contrasting religious conflict with imperial power amid famine and taxation. It also shifts to 1969 U.S. fiscal policy rhetoric from President Nixon.
Vietnam War Action Near Saigon and Tay Ninh City
U S forces report heavy fighting as the 1st Air Cavalry, backed by air strikes and artillery, kills 21 North Vietnamese 56 miles northwest of Saigon. In two late Wednesday engagements near Tay Ninh City and northwest of Saigon, 92 enemy fighters die with two Americans wounded. Spies relay Herod’s crackdown on Magi related to a prophecy in the East. Tomorrow: An Interview, Illness and Insanity.
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Air Force ends 21 year UFO inquiry with Blue Book closure
The Air Force announced immediate closure of Project Blue Book after 21 years of UFO investigations. Secretary Robert Seamans said the program cannot be justified for national security or scientific value. The Colorado University and NAS reports found most sightings were ordinary objects.
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Man With Fixed Heart Plays Santa Claus in city play
INDIANAPOLIS AP. Louis B Russell 44, the world’s longest living heart transplant patient, stars as Santa in Indianapolis School 69’s Christmas play. He carries a transplanted heart. the script follows a broken heart repaired by a Christmas fairy. Russell, who had a Richmond VA operation on Aug 24 1968, discusses the meaning of Christmas as love and charity with his wife and four children.
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Hostage release after prison siege in Tennessee
A convict seized 22 hostages, including a baby, inside the Tel Prison visitors area in Nashville, demanding $2,200 in state compensation and improvements to his confinement. After about five hours, all hostages were freed unharmed as authorities agreed to several of his demands and he surrendered his prison knife.
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Newark Crime Case Ties Officials in Tax Evasion Probe
Indictments name 15 defendants including Mayor Addonizio and ex officials in a federal tax evasion and extortion case. Boiardo faces false income counts. others accused of delaying a Newark sewer project to unlawfully affect interstate commerce. Several witnesses, including Bel Mauro, pleads Fifth Amendment as Judge Shaw weighs ruling.
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Rail labor talks hinge on craft rules and wage hike
Hiltz said new craft rules could boost railroad efficiency and cut costs, while Shultz pledged further discussion with associates and parties to seek a final resolution. O'Brien warned the proposed cross training would threat Sheet Metal jobs as wage talks propose raises from 3.60 to 4.28 per hour for most workers, with some at 4.16.
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Saigon Safer Now Than Washington Says British Adviser
London AP reports Sir Robert Thompson, famed for defeating Communists in Malaya, says Saigon is safer than Washington for a night stroll. He notes weakened Viet Cong, stronger American position, and warns of long war with possible three to five year path to settlement.
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UN Assembly Ends Session With Appeal For Cease-Fires
The General Assembly closes its 24th session with President Angie Brooks of Liberia urging cease-fires in Vietnam via the Organization of African Unity, the Middle East, and Biafra. She appeals for peace, noting Nigeria’s tragedy and the suffering of women and children, and looks to new avenues for progress before the 25th anniversary session.
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Whitten Amendment Sparks Senate Debate on School Busing
The Whitten amendment in the House restricts use of federal funds to force busing or segregation in schools. The Scott amendment adds except as required by the Constitution, prompting foes to say it waters down the measure. President Nixon’s stance on busing is debated as Sen. Stennis cites former Nixon comments from 1968 to challenge current administration support.
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Former Brazil President Costa e Silva Dies at 67
Former Brazilian leader Arthur da Costa e Silva died at 67 after a brain stroke that left him hospitalized. Born Oct 3, 1902, at Taquari in Rio Grande do Sul, he led Brazil as its 25th president after a 1964 coup, later replaced by a military junta. The government declared eight days of mourning.
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Nixon's New Federalism Aims at Local Control Reform
Panelists describe Nixon presidency pushing urban rural and environmental policy councils as part of a philosophical shift toward local authority. They tout federal welfare revision proposals that would set standards in Washington yet grant states more revenue sharing while maintaining national benchmarks. A panel member says welfare reform would benefit blacks more than whites.
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Attorney to decide if public interest blocks replacement
In a Washington statement Mayor Lindsay urged Morgenthau’s retention, while Seymour, in his Manhattan office, welcomed the assignment to lead the nation’s largest federal prosecutor’s office. The plan, proposed last summer, would shift Morgenthau at year’s end but faced repudiation and pending cases.
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