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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1973
Page
4
A conference committee hashed competing provisions on Sunday sessions and charity donations from sales items and sought injunctive relief after conviction. The panel also addressed borrowing from the state retirement fund for Capitol expansion, though a set amount was not fixed and funding authority ties to facility plans.
The draft describes next month lottery timing at 10 a.m. EST March 9 in the Commerce Department with two drums for birth dates and dates, a match of one number and birth date. Pepitone cites a $55 million budget for the year starting July 1, with cuts chiefly in education paperwork and personnel, relying more on volunteers for registration, and clustering draft boards to 800 sites by year end. The text also notes Virginia legislative sessions, wiretap controls, soil erosion rules, and no fault auto insurance debates, including Senate amendments and conference committee negotiations.
A labor report notes a long running trade deficit until 1971, now 6.4 billion in imports. It argues imported goods displace workers, cites high foreign shares in steel autos and electronics, and calls for tougher barriers while AFL-CIO seeks new taxes on firms moving tech abroad. It says White House resistance to strict limits complicates a compromise with Nixon.
Repatriated prisoners of war declined to answer whether charges will be filed as a Pentagon stance says no action is planned for statements or actions during captivity. Officials note the Uniform Code of Military Justice allows charges but requires evidence to reach a court martial. Pentagon sources indicate leniency toward POWs upon return is possible.
Two Vietnam War POWs recount their captivity and praise President Nixon's conduct of the war. Risner, McDaniel, and Reynolds say protests lengthened captivity but support bombing in North Vietnam and Haiphong mining as steps toward release. They discuss amnesty questions, Paris negotiations, and their impending release while undergoing medical checks at Andrews Air Force Base.
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