Cities Changes Urged By Nixon Admin For Model Cities
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development George Romney urged Monday that the Nixon Administration modify the Johnson era Model Cities plan. The proposal calls to extend Model Cities through the 1970 fiscal year and apply the concept to all urban poverty neighborhoods rather than a few selected areas.
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Model Cities plan expands to coordinate non rural aid
The proposal would broaden Model Cities to extend federal, local and private services into all non rural blighted areas. It envisions de centralization, greater state involvement, and local administration of plans, with HUD approving but communities leading execution. The Nixon budget would trim slightly from the Johnson level.
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Tax withholding proposal eyed in California budget debate
The measure aims to shift tax collection by withholding income and property taxes to aid local government relief. Proposals include a 5 percent tax on gas, electricity, telephones, and admissions, plus higher taxes on insurers, oil, horse racing, and high incomes. Officials cite potential hundreds of millions in new revenue and targeted property tax relief.
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Peru Gets Reprieve From U S
Secretary of State William P. Rogers announced an indefinite extension of the Hickenlooper deadline that would have cut off economic aid and trade with Peru over last October expropriation of American oil facilities. The move aims to foster Latin American confidence as Rogers outlines policy on Middle East peace and U S Soviet China relations.
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Simmons escape case hijacked by Mexican justice and fate
The text reports Melvin Belli defending Simmons in a Mexican prison escape case in Nuevo Leon. Simmons, the first American sentenced to death in Mexico, fled disguised then was recaptured. It notes conflicting death bed identification by Hilda Perez Villagomez, a delayed appeals ruling, and minimal State Department comment.
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Fort Worth
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Mexico
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U.S. State Department
State Department
Court tightens review of district equality in reapportionment
The court requires states to justify any population variance in district designs and to prove a good faith effort toward precise equality. It rules Missouri and New York congressional plans invalid while also addressing search warrant issues for undercover narcotics operations and striking down a Georgia obscenity statute as unconstitutional. Justice Brennan leads in 6-3 rulings underscoring First Amendment limits and equal voting power.
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UCLA Chancellor and UMAS Reach Accord on Program Changes
UCLA Chancellor Charles E. Young and UMAS leaders, with about 100 members, agreed to reevaluate several programs to better serve the Chicano and Mexican American community. The meeting followed UMAS seven demands presented March 2.
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Eisenhower Nears Finish On Reflections Book
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower was working on a book of reflections at Walter Reed before his death on March 28. Doubleday & Co. described it as a sequel to his Autobiographical work At Ease with more than 20 000 words completed. The publication would cover the Atlantic Alliance and global cooperation themes.
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Doubleday & Co
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Doubleday
Atlantic Alliance
Officials Survey Oil Damage at San Miguel Island
State biologists sailed to San Miguel Island to count oil polluted seals. Nine dead so far, with 35 heavily coated and likely to die and 30 lightly coated and possibly surviving. No plans to aid dying seals, officials say.
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Philip M. Roedel
Department
Fisheries Laboratory
Terminal Island
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