Nixon plans broad pollution tax and ocean dumping ban
Government chief environmental official says Nixon seeks the most extensive program to curb pollution, with powers to tax industries and halt unrestricted ocean dumping. The plan, to be presented to Congress next month, estimates at least 85 billion dollars needed by 1975, similar to annual military spending, to protect American health and environment.
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Nixon
Congress
Russell
Train
Council On Environmental Quality
America
United States
Tifton
Tifton Gazette
No Discount for Sales Tax Collection in Arkansas
Gov. Dale Bumpers backed by a consent of the legislature killed an administration bill to cut the merchant’s discount on sales tax collection. The Senate recalled the measure, excised a House amendment, and defeated the bill 329. Sen. Olen Hendrix defended the roll call to avoid accountability while Sen. Virgil Fletcher suggested withdrawal. The House had allowed merchants to deduct bad debt from tax collections, a change Bumpers said killed the bill. The plan would have cut the discount from 2 percent to 1 percent and could have boosted revenue by about 1.1 million dollars but risks revenue losses per the governor.
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Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
Senate
House
Olen Hendrix
Prescott
Virgil T. Fletcher
Benton
Hendrix
Bumpers
Laos Drive Targets Trails and Depots Along Route 9
Major objectives of the drive into Laos are the supply lines and depots used by the North Vietnamese to sustain forces in South Vietnam and Cambodia. South Vietnamese troops advancing from Khe Sanh toward Sepone have disrupted trails and uncovered supply dumps believed to lie between Sepone and Saravane. Anti Communist Laotian troops along the Mekong River skirmished with Communist forces near Mong Phalane.
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Laos
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Khe Sanh
Sepone
Saravane
Mekong River
Mong Phalane
U S Canada discuss oil pipeline plan at Ottawa
Ottawa heads toward formal talks over U S oil firms plan to move North Slope oil by Alaska pipeline to Bellingham with tanker shipments. Canada backs Mackenzie Valley route through Northwest Territories. Provinces face ownership, control, and environmental concerns as Ottawa weighs hearings by the National Energy Board.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
U.S
Alaska
North Slope
Bellingham
Wash
Mackenzie River
Northwest S Territories
Jean Chretien
Mitchell Sharp
British Columbia
U.S. Interior Department
Valdez
Washington State
Mackenzie Valley
New Democratic Party
Arthur Laing
National Energy Board
Tennessee Williams Play Premiering at Ivanhoe Theater
CHICAGO AP A new Tennessee Williams play The Two Character Play premieres July 8 at the Ivanhoe Theater. Producer-director George Keathley said a 10 week run is planned.
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Chicago
Ivanhoe Theater
George Keathley
Ivanhoe
Battle Gis Pay Extra for Flights
Soldiers returning from leave to Vietnam pay a $3 aviation tax under the 1970 Airport and Airways Revenue Act. The Pentagon says the tax funds airport improvements and air traffic control. About 1,500 troops travel home weekly on Pan American, World Airways, and Trans International, with three carriers serving six flights weekly.
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John Lengel
Associated Press
Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Congress
Pentagon
United States
Tom Vail
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Vail
Pan American
World Airways
Trans International
Saigon
James E Webb wins Goddard Memorial Trophy
James E Webb former administrator of NASA is named winner of the National Space Club Goddard Memorial Trophy for his leadership and managerial ability at NASA.
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Washington
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Space Club
NASA
Golden Gate Bridge to add second deck under transit plan
Golden Gate Bridge directors approved a 331 million long range transit plan to add a second deck for a bus rapid transit system. The plan aims to relieve congestion between San Francisco and Marin County but requires California Legislature approval and federal funding.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Marin County
California
North Coast
Body of Civil Rights Leader to Be Returned
Whit ney M. Young Jr. executive director of the National Urban League dies at 49 after swimming near Lagos Nigeria. U S Air Force transport will fly the body back to the United States with Brig Gen Daniel James Jr commanding the flight. Funeral plans pending. President Nixon honors Young’s role linking black America with the U S business community. autopsy ordered. Harold R. Sims to serve as acting executive director of the Urban League.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Whitney M. Young Jr
United States
Young
National Urban League
White House
U.S. Air Force
Daniel James Jr
Air Force
Nixon
America
U.S
Lighthouse Beach
Torqua Bay
Clark
The
Urban League
Harold R. Sims
Investigation in PX Scandal Deepens in Senate Probe
Washington AP reports ex general Earl F Cole faces a third day of Senate interrogation as lawmakers allege involvement by Rep Mendel Rivers to halt the probe. Ribicoff said Rivers pressured to drop the case and intervened to aid PX and military club interests in Vietnam.
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Washington
Earl F. Cole
Abraham Ribicoff
Ribicoff
Rep
L. Mendel Rivers
Ds.c
House Armed Services Committee
Cole
Pxs
Vietnam
William J. Crum
William C. Westmoreland
Army
Westmoreland
U.S
Crum
Rivers
Heidelberg
Germany
Senate
Mendel Rivers
Man Attacked and Killed in Little Rock
Kenneth Pederson, 26, a Cabot radiologist, died at the University of Arkansas Medical Center after being struck from behind with a club outside Barton Coliseum following a Jonesboro Hot Springs game. Doyle Burleson, a medical student, survived with nonfatal injuries. Police continued witness interviews as no arrest had been made.
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Little Rock
Kenneth Pederson
Cabot
University of Arkansas Medical Center
Pederson
Doyle R. Burleson
Barton Coliseum
Burleson
Mail Facility for Little Rock
The Associated Press reports the Postal Service will build a preferential mail facility in Little Rock at a cost of 7.85 million dollars. The plan, announced Thursday by Postmaster General Winston M Blount, is part of a nationwide program to set up 23 facilities.
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Associated Press
Washington
Postal Service
Little Rock
Winston M. Blount
Officer Plans Suit Charges Coverup
Lt Col Anthony B Herbert, wounded four times, says he will file federal charges today against Maj Gen John Barnes and Col J Ross Franklin for failing to investigate and report alleged torture and murder of Vietnamese civilians. He cites fear the Army will run out the statute of limitations.
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Ted Simons
Associated Press
FT. Mcpherson
Washington
Army
Herbert
U.S. Army Criminal Investigations Detachment
Col
Pentagon
CID
Barnes
Franklin
Vietnam
Stemme
Senate Pushes 5 Billion Social Security Increase
Washington AP Senate approves an 82 to 0 amendment to raise Social Security benefits by 10 to 56 percent for 26 million Americans starting Jan 1 with checks due June. House action expected to accept 10 percent rise while rejecting a $100 minimum, as conference moves toward swift final passage.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Senate House
House
Treasury
Beatle Paul McCartney Wins Battle for Trusteeship
London AP reports Beatle Paul McCartney won a court battle to place the Beatles business affairs under a caretaker. High Court judge Sir Blansburg Stamp appointed James Douglas Spooner as receiver and manager to protect assets and ensure fair management of the Beatles enterprises, potentially allowing Allen Klein to continue handling the trio.
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London
Paul McCartney
Blansburg Stamp
James Douglas Spooner
Spooner
Rude
Allen Klein
John Lennon
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
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Ubon
Khong
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