73 Year-Old Tax Equality Advocate Gains Bipartisan Support
Washington AP report highlights Vivien Kellems, 73, pushing a tax equity bill to end discrimination against singles. About 1090 congressmen back the crusade, with Koch praising her defiant stand as she seeks higher taxes on single earners than married ones for equal salaries.
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Consumer sentiment holds at 78.2 amid mixed outlook
A February survey of 1,300 consumers shows cautious optimism with 31 percent expecting notable improvement in the next year, up from 22 percent, despite widespread belief that business conditions will worsen. Analysts note inflation, unemployment, and a lingering gloom while durable goods discounts and auto sales offer some support.
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Katona
Schmiedeskamp
Demos Call for 1971 Complete U.S. Troop Withdrawal
The group urged a firm declaration that all American forces be pulled out by year end and used such an announcement to negotiate safe withdrawal and POW releases. The Democrats backed equal status for women in leadership roles at the 1972 convention and critiqued Nixon policies at a news conference led by Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Council
Walter W. Heller
Nixon
Humphrey
Spiro T. Agnew
Heller
Khe Sanh Shellings Highlight Laos Operation Coverage
The report details renewed shelling near Khe Sanh in Laos during a 45 day South Vietnamese Laos operation. It notes minimal casualties and stresses that fighting along Highway 5 and 9 disrupted North Vietnamese traffic while U.S. and South Vietnamese forces prepared to withdraw from Khe Sanh.
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Vientiane
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Cambodia
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State Students Arrested In Drug Raids At UVA
Charlottesville AP State and city police raided a University of Virginia dormitory arresting James Roberts a 20 year old sophomore from Cleveland Heights Ohio on charges of distribution of hashish mescaline and marijuana In an unrelated raid in Harrisonburg five others including three Madison College students were charged with selling drugs The five held in Rockingham County Jail Bond set at 3000 for adults The Laotian operation and Vietnam withdrawals are unrelated to the UVA incident and reference U S military actions in Southeast Asia
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U.S. SST program faces extended delay and layoffs
The SST program is deemed financially unviable with a 10 year horizon, risking mass layoffs at Boeing in Seattle and GE engine jobs in New York. Senate votes split largely along party lines, approving a $7.2 billion transportation bill while rejecting SST funding, signaling no new U.S. supersonic airliner for years and boosting Soviet and Franco-British competition.
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Russell Long
D-La
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Mistaken identity cited in car sale case and Penn Central ties
Attorneys for Diversified Properties and subsidiaries insist their principals answered all questions to the grand jury amid a case involving 466 cars sold to Diversified last year after a Penn Central lease ended. The firm paid 1 000 per car, 466 000 total, with 466 cars purchased and 426 accepted so far as investigators continue to probe the disappearance of the vehicles.
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Wayne
Bonanno and
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San Francisco Mayor Denies Indictment in Seattle Case
San Francisco mayor Joseph L. Alioto said Wednesday that federal indictments against him are shoddy and fake. He claimed the charges were politically motivated and linked to events in Seattle.
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Joseph L. Alioto
Seattle
New York Schools Tensions Spur Security Push
The report highlights racial tensions in New York City schools led by George Washington High where demonstrations and incidents of arson and violence have occurred. Chancellor Scribner ordered heightened security as part of a broader pattern of unrest across multiple cities and states.
POWs and Prisoner Release Debate During Hearings
On the second day of hearings in the national Week of Concern for Prisoners of War and Missing in Action Bor man argues a unilateral release would carry risks yet signal U S willingness to engage. Borman notes the Communists view prisoners as hostages and warns against altering policy under duress while opposing predictable troop withdrawals over prisoner release and continued presence in South Vietnam.
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United States
North Vietnam
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Boeing Faces Downturn and Diversification Push
Boeing officials warned the company could shift engineers from the SST program to the commercial arm and shed staff there to stabilize the future. The SST financing fight and job cuts hit Puget Sound, with area employment plunging from about 401,500 in 1968 to 45,300 by 1970. Gov. Evans' austere two-year budget anticipates continued SST work, but welfare costs rise as aerospace workers exhaust unemployment benefits.
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Mickelwall
Puget Sound
Seattle
TFX
FIIE
General Dynamics
Dan Evans
Evans
Jeaney
States weigh 26th Amendment ratification vote
States consider ratifying a proposed 26th Amendment to extend voting rights to 18 year olds. Congress approved 18 as the federal voting age, but the Supreme Court limited applicability to federal elections. Nebraskas Vermonts Florida New York Iowas Nevada Rhode Island Virginia Oregon Arizona Indiana are among those weighing action.
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John A. Love
Colorado
Talks stration in Vietnam talks stall again
North Vietnamese officials twice canceled sessions in the two years of talks, calling off meetings in May and November 1970 after US bombing of North Vietnam, signaling renewed strain in diplomacy.
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North Vietnam
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