Nixon's Guaranteed Wage Faces Senate Test on Reform Plan
Senate Finance Committee opens hearings Tuesday on Nixon welfare reform including the guaranteed income plan known as the Family Assistance Plan. Administration aims for nine Democrat and seven Republican votes to clear the bill, but a key Democrat doubts enough support exists. The plan would set a $1,600 annual income for a four member family, potentially expanding welfare to about 24 million people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
GOP
John J. Williams
D-Del
Cuba offers pact to return hijackers including ships
Cuba says it will discuss a bilateral agreement with the United States to return hijackers if ships are included. Foreign Minister Raul Roa cites Cuba law No. 1226 and states all piracy forms must be covered. Roa criticizes applying penalties to U.S. Army Private Labadie, calling him a mental case and noting his transfer to Fort Wayne for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Cuba
United States
Florida
State Department
Raul Roa
Roa
Havana Radio
Robert Labadie
U.S
Labadie
Trans World Airlines
Fort Wayne
Valley Forge
Ind
Students View Report Cynically
Washington report says a presidential task force on campus unrest faces widespread indifference and cynicism from students and faculty while urging national leadership. Scranton heads the nine member panel as it calls on society to unite against campus violence and for President Nixon to take moral leadership amid mixed reactions from academics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingtin
President's Commission
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Nixon
Scranton
Rom
Diplomacy urged over potential Cuban submarine base
Senate Foreign Relations chair J W Fulbright says diplomacy not bluff is needed over a possible Soviet submarine base at Cienfuegos Bay Cuba. He notes parity now with the USSR and favors bringing the issue to SALT talks in Vienna rather than arms escalation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cuba
United States
Russia
John F. Kennedy
Fulbright
ABC
Pentagon
Vienna
Arkansas Democrat
Cienfuegos Bay
Nixon faced with rough political weather among independents
Harris survey shows Nixon trailing Muskie among independent voters 44 to 37 in April, with Muskie leading Nixon 41 to 39 in the Border States. The data link declines to enforcement of desegregation and shifting Wallace votes, suggesting potential changes by 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Muskie
Deep South
Florida
Carolinas
Maryland
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Texas
George Wallace
Wallace
U.S. Supreme Court
Alabama
Nader warns on hazardous foreign matter in tobacco
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader has asked the FTC to probe possible use of hazardous materials in reconstituted tobacco including glass fibers asbestos and diatomaceous earth. He cites health risks, industry literature, and notes that some defenders say additives reduce tar and nicotine with little health data available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Ralph Nader
FTC
Miles Kirkpatrick
Nader
Phillip Mor
Bonanza
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe Hall
Associaed Press
Federal Government
University of California
John Emshwiller
William O’neill
University of Wisconsin
O'Neill
Dan Evanson
University of Georgia
Clark Kerr
Carnegie Commission Higher Education
Greenbrier
W. Va
Piedmont
White Sulphur Springs
Lewisburg
W.va
Itl
National Safety Council
Dept. A
North
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Illinois
High Point Enterprise
Cunningham Boren & Pinehall
Benjamin Moore
Armstrong & Johns-Manville
Johns-Manville
Armstrong Rubberoid
Hedgecock Builders Supply Company OF
High Point
Greensboro
Asheboro
Lexington
Walnut Cove
Ward ST
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!