Nixon to test income based mortgage payment plan
Nixon announced the lifting of the January 5 suspension of the Section 23 low income housing program and proposed a major mortgage reform. He urged Congress to authorize a test allowing payments to scale with family income, easing early payments while increasing later ones. He highlighted high interest rates mortgage fund shortages and tax credits for lenders investing in residential mortgages, including a 3 percent credit for loans if 70 percent of a savings and loan's portfolio is in mortgages.
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Air bags tested as 170 accidents cited in nationwide study
A Detroit team inspects a wrecked car at Hicks Chevrolet as part of a nationwide test on air bags. They report 1,000 cars tested and 170 accidents, noting no serious injuries yet. The two systems use porous passenger side and less porous driver side bags with nitrogen, tied to an energy absorbing steering column. Nixon era housing loan quote follows.
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Hicks Chevrolet
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Hicks
Wilton Nelson
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Metal Hip Joint Implant Means Early Thumb Operation
At the University of Cincinnati a cobalt chromium molybdenum alloy joint was implanted in the thumb after hollowing bone ends and filling with polymethyl methacrylate cement. The patient regained movement immediately and may be released in days. Further work aims at shoulders and knees.
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Food and Drug Administration
England
Moscow to host world communist meeting next year
Western diplomats report Soviet and Eastern European leaders discussed a world communist meeting in Moscow at a Crimea July gathering. No decision or date was set. The note follows Geneva opens the European Security Conference as officials weigh potential plans. In separate remarks, Parrish describes car airbag inflation during a crash and expresses gratitude for the device.
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Fitzgerald reinstated as Air Force cost analyst
A. Ernest Fitzgerald was ordered reinstated Tuesday to his former job as deputy for management systems after being fired in January 1970 due to an overall reduction in force. Separate brief notes say an education official has resigned and White House will announce today Marland's move to Commissioner of Education in December 1970.
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Fitzgerald Reinstated Over C-5A Dismissing Tactics
A civil service appeals examiner ordered A. Ernest Fitzgerald to receive full back pay totaling more than $100,000 after finding his 1970 dismissal by the Air Force was improperly masked as cost savings and personal instead of an economy move. The ruling cited executive privilege and privileged communications involving former Air Force secretary Robert Seamans Jr and a White House memo surfaced in Watergate hearings.
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Educator Resigns From Federal Post in New York
Sidney F Marland resigns as the federal government's top education official in New York. He steps down amid ongoing policy debates and before the completion of major federal education initiatives. Details on successor and timing were not disclosed.
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Nyt
Sidney F Marland
Public Financing Backed by DNC and Senators
The Democratic National Chairman Robert S. Strauss and a bipartisan group of senators urged using public funds to finance federal campaigns to restore trust after Watergate. They warned that drafting a workable public financing law would be difficult as the Senate Rules Subcommittee opened four days of hearings on treasury funded elections.
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Islands Press Aid Reform At South Pacific Confab
Seventeen island states and territories in the South Pacific urged reform of aid programs at their annual South Pacific Conference meeting in TUMON BAY. They adopted a resolution for joint sessions with the South Pacific Commission starting next year, with Australia and New Zealand backing the move. The commission includes the United States Britain France Australia New Zealand and Western Samoa Nauru and Fiji. The commission is to meet next week.
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Germany admitted to United Nations as detente advances
East and West Germany, along with the Bahamas, joined the United Nations at the opening of the General Assembly in New York. The move is described as a major detente achievement and clears the last major hurdle to universality of UN membership, following years of political groundwork with the United States and the Soviet Union playing key roles.
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Tape of 1971 Nixon dairy meeting alleged
Washington notes the White House acknowledged a probable tape of the March 23 1971 dairy industry meeting. The 422 100 in dairy campaign contributions preceded a milk price rise, triggering a Nader led suit seeking disclosure of tapes and related documents.
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Europe Meet Opens in Geneva Conference Opens Eastern West Talks
Delegates from 35 countries begin the second phase of the European Security Conference in Geneva aiming to draft new principles for east west relations over about six months. Rudolf Bindschedler, Swiss head, notes the task is to form a fresh basis for European stability. Delegates form three main committees guiding 12 subcommittees for bargaining.
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European aide says President focuses on domestic work until recess
A European top aide described the President as concentrating on domestic matters and planning to pursue them to a great extent until the congressional recess. Observers doubt Congress will wind up its current session before November, despite hopes to finish in October.
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Agnew Denies Plan to Quit As Bribe Inquiry Probes Continue
J Marsh Thomson, Agnew's press secretary, says the vice president has no plan to quit and will see through to the end the federal inquiry into possible bribery extortion and tax evasion violations. A GOP figure remains unidentified as Agnew discusses the matter.
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Communist bloc shows solidarity amid Sino Western tensions
The main objective is to stage a strong solidarity show with ideological partners to bolster its stance against China and prove that cooperation with the west has not weakened ties among communist parties or the cohesion of world communism.
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China
Limestone principals to get 13 percent pay raise
Limestone County Board of Education approved 13 percent salary increases retroactive to Sept 1 for most employees. High school principals rise to 14638 annually, junior high to 12546, elementary to 10289, assistants to 9089 plus 250 supplement. Supervisors and maintenance workers also gain. About 60 staff affected. Board authorized superintendent to draft office personnel job descriptions. Janitors’ pay rises posted. Drainage pipe purchase 8800 for East Limestone High drainage and site work. Substitute teachers to 15 per day with degree. previously 10.
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Limestone County Board of Education
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East Limestone High School
Heath Warns Northern Ireland Could Seek Full Integration
Prime Minister Heath suggested Northern Ireland might be fully integrated into Britain if talks fail, a remark that sparked confusion in Dublin and Belfast. He later appeared to retract the statement after a BBC TV interview following talks with Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave.
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Convicted Oklahoma killer recaptured in Biloxi
Chains and handcuffs tag the return of Garland Rex Brinlee Jr. 40, described as shy and polite by a Biloxi woman he worked with. He is held on a $100,000 bond after escaping from the Oklahoma State Prison. AP Photo notes the incident amid a broader audit of entry barriers.
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Alien Papers Eyed
Washington briefing notes that the acting commissioner of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service said the agency began a program to replace millions of alien identification documents with harder to counterfeit versions. James Green, the commissioner, backed two career immigration officers who testified before the House Subcommittee on Legal and affairs.
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James Green
House
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Hussein grants amnesty to Palestinian prisoners in peace move
King Hussein of Jordan announced an amnesty for political prisoners including Palestinian guerrillas jailed since 1970. Among beneficiaries is Mohammed Daoud Aadeh of Fatah, whose life sentence prompted two failed attempts to secure his release. The measure follows Cairo talks with Sadat and Assad as part of broader Arab reconciliation efforts.
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Goldwater urges press to reveal sources on Watergate and Agnew cases
New York Senator Barry Goldwater told reporters there is an urgent need for Americans to know the full Watergate story including the sources of charges. He criticized perceived leaks by the Attorney General and U.S. Attorney in Baltimore to the press regarding the Agnew investigation.
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Allende Eyed Coup by Chilean Opponent
Patricio Aylwin, head of Chile's Christian Democratic party, claims President Allende planned a coup to install a Marxist dictatorship after military leaders toppled him on September 11. He says Allende sought to stage a fake uprising crushed by armed supporters to seize control.
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Militia Formed Parallel Army With Fire Power claims
Aylwin described a parallel militia force wielding fire power equivalent to 12 regular regiments and involving more than 12,000 foreign extremists, asserting a substantial and active presence beyond official troops.
SEXTUPLET DIES IN DENVER PURSUING HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE
AP reports one Stanek sextuplet died from hyaline membrane disease, a common premature-birth lung illness. Three other infants show signs of the ailment, including Catherine and an unnamed brother. Steven remains in fair condition. Julia Stanek lived about 44 hours before death after transfusions and respirator support at Colorado General Hospital.
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Governor Charged in PAGO PAGO American Samoa
Governor John M. Haydon of American Samoa was charged with two counts of interfering with civil rights, a first for a territorial governor. He faces arraignment Friday as he testifies in his Hatch Act defense, and he described the territory’s people as generally amoral.
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American Samoa
Nyt
John M. Haydon
South Pacific
Soviet pop-up missile launch tactic worries Senate debate
Defense officials say the Soviet Union has developed a pop-up launch technique that could raise ICBM warhead payloads. The intelligence is being shared with Senate Armed Services Committee supporters, with Sen Henry M Jackson named as a key defender of defense spending in upcoming debates.
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Henry M. Jackson
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Insurance Cost Noted in Tentative UAW Chrysler Pact
A tentative UAW Chrysler contract includes a clause requiring the company to cover full tax costs for a national health insurance program for the worker and his family. Disclosed Tuesday, this is believed to be the first major contract to include such a provision and may push Congress to move a stalled national health plan.
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Nyt
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler Corp
Congress
Chrysler
Millionaire Head of Biggest Stock Fraud Sentenced
A federal judge in New York sentenced a millionaire businessman to one year in prison, labeling him the head of the largest stock fraud in history. The ruling cites extensive schemes and losses estimated in the billions, marking a landmark case in financial crime.
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Nyt
Atty General Richardson Tosses Paper Into Wastebasket
In a brief office moment Atty Gen Elliott Richardson theatrically tosses a wad of paper into a wastebasket, a miniature goal perched nearby suggesting a playful scene amid official business.
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