Sulphur Wins 20-Year Permit for Beaufort Phosphate Mines
Texas Gulf Sulphur Co wins a 20 year permit from North Carolina Water and Air Resources. The permit caps dewatering to 60 million gallons daily but within a 400 acre area. TGS currently pumps 50 to 55 million gallons daily from 500 acres and may need to cut back to continue operations.
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Raleigh
Texas Gulf Sulphur Co
Beaufort County
North Carolina Board of Water and Air Resources
TGS
Water and Air Resources Ground Water Division
Harry M. Peek
Peek
H. V. W. Donohoe
Nixon Signs Tax Cut Bill with Broad Reach
President Nixon signed a 15.8 billion dollar tax cut bill over three years described as a Christmas tree with something for all. The package repeals the 7 percent automobile excise tax retroactive to August 16 and boosts personal exemptions while expanding credits for business and utilities. It also allows working parents to deduct up to 4,800 dollars yearly for day care or a disabled spouse based on family income limits.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Man Seeks Christmas Companions
North Little Rock Arkansas AP An automobile salesman and his nine year old son place an ad signed Santa Claus seeking two small children and their parents to share Christmas with them. Harris says they want companionship and the child’s joy, noting his wife’s death and older brothers’ absence. He says two people cannot eat a whole turkey.
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North Little Rock
Ark
Paul Harris
Ted
Harris
India claims major East Pakistan advances as Pakistan vows to defend
Indian army says it crushed three Pakistani pockets in East Pakistan and urged General Farman Ali to surrender as forces approach Dacca. Pakistan counters controlling towns and claims repulsed Indian strikes in Kashmir while evacuations falter and diplomacy stalls amid conflicting battlefield reports.
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East Pakistan
Dacca
Pakistan
Kashmir
Radio Pakistan
Khulna
U.N
Calcutta
India
Farman Ali
Sam Maneekshaw
Ali
East
Maneekshaw
Jamalpur
Mymensingh
Hilli
Prise
Hills
West Pakistan
Sind
Kutoh
All India Radio
Nixon Wins Extended Economic Controls Amid Conference Talks
Washington AP Nixon secures extension of his economic control powers through April 30, 1973 as House and Senate confer to resolve wage retroactivity issues. Both bills set the same end date and include differing pay rules with ongoing debate over newspaper and media exemptions. The conference panel meets Monday to iron out the remaining points.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate House Conference Committee
House
Senate
Conference Committee
Chavis Surrenders and Posts Bond in Conspiracy Case
Black militant Ben Chavis turns himself in to federal agents in Raleigh on a 10 000 bond faced with charges that he conspired to smuggle two men out of the country to avoid trial. He denied guilt and said he acted to avoid being hunted.
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Raleigh
Ben Chavis
Chavis
Treasury Department
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division
James Ferguson
Charlotte
U.S
North Carolina-Virginia
Grant
Oxford
Walter David Washington
Theodore Hood
Canada
Washington
Hood
Toronto
Rehnquist Confirmation Shifts Court Toward Conservatism
The Senate approved William Rehnquist 68 to 26, boosting Nixon's drive to shift the Supreme Court conservative. Nixon praised both Rehnquist and Powell after confirmation, while opponents led by Birch Bayh failed to block the nominations. Powell earlier won Senate confirmation 89 to 1 to replace Hugo Black.
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Washington
Senate
William Rehnquist
Nixon
Supreme Court
Rehnquist
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Adlai Stevenson III
Illinois
John O. Pastore
Rhode Island
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Missouri
Stuart Symington
Thomas J. Eagleton
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Clifford P. Case
New Jersey
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Phoenix, Ariz
John M. Harlan
Powell
Hugo L. Black
Richmond, Va
American Bar Association
Warren E. Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
Bald Head Owners Plan Test Well
The owners of Bald Head Island plan a January test well to assess fresh water quantity and quality for resort and residential development. If results are acceptable, a water system design would follow. Conservationists and Gov. Scott oppose turning 12,000 acres of sand and marsh into a resort.
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Raleigh
Bald Head Island
Carolina Cape Fear Corp
Board of Water and Air Resources
William Freeman
Freeman Associates
Carolina Cape Fear
Freeman
Bob Scott
Foreign Aid Matters Confronting Congress
Congress moves toward early adjournment after a month off with plans to pass a stop gap foreign aid measure including 385 million dollars for Israel. Conferees race to close funding for defense and district bills as major economic power extension heads to action.
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Washington
Senate
William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court
Congress
House
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Israel
Senators Fail To Override Nixon Veto On Child Care Bill
Democrats denounce the veto as hysterical after a 51 to 36 override vote fell seven short of the 58 needed with 87 on hand. The $6 billion measure would fund child development and day care for two years, but died for this session. OEO funding continues through June 30 via a supplemental bill, guiding welfare and job programs while a cheaper welfare reform measure advances next year.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Gross
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
House
Senate Finance Committee
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
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Karachi
Bond
District of Columbia
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