Record of 91st Congress Delights Democrats
Democrats hailed the 91st Congress as productive yet the GOP frustrated by a do little session. Tax reform dominated actions while wider overhauls to post office welfare and crime tools remained incomplete. Mansfield praised priorities over legislative pace while Ford called it a limited term.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Lyndon Bohnson
House
Gerald R. Ford
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Office of Economic Opportunity
Pesticide Review Warns of Global Oxygen Risk
A U.S. government commission warns that continued pesticide use may cripple photosynthesis in phytoplankton, cutting world oxygen production by up to 94 percent in lab tests. DDT exposure is widespread, with detectable levels in newborns and universal residues in humans. Welfare Secretary Finch calls immediate action to establish a pesticide clearinghouse, advisory committee, and interagency agreement to strengthen testing and regulation.
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Washington
UPI
Commission On
Pesticides
Albert C. Kolbye Jr
Commission
Finch
California bans 91 pesticides and tightens 120 others
California’s Agriculture Director Jer ry Fielder announced a statewide removal of 91 pesticides from farm use effective January 1. The action targets 64 hard chlorinated hydrocarbon products and 32 organic mercury and other chemicals, mirroring federal cancellations and reflecting limited food tolerances.
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Sacramento
State Department of Agriculture
Jerry Fielder
Fielder
Congressmen urge Nixon to return Alcatraz to Indians
Congressman George Brown Jr led a group of 11 House members urging the President to initiate negotiations for transferring Alcatraz Island from federal control to the American Indian community. The move follows ongoing occupation by Indian activists and a related San Francisco meeting of elders and occupiers planning a future center for studies and culture on the island. The resolution comes as occupiers seek broader tribal support and recognition.
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San Francisco Bay
George Brown Jr
Monterey Park
Calif
Gressman
House
Federal
Congress
Alcatraz
Brown
Jonathan B. Bingham
D-N.y
Donald Fras
San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
Shirley Keith
Soux
Wounded Knee Creek
American Indian Center
White Workers denounce Nixon Philadelphia Plan for hiring
Philadelphia workers blast President Nixon's Philadelphia Plan as union busting and discriminatory while Black workers say it opens jobs funded by taxpayers. The plan requires bidders on federally funded projects over 500000 to hire a minimum share of minority workers with detailed hiring goals.
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Philadelphia
Nixon
U.S. Senate
Labor Department
Children’s Hospital
Johnson
James Loughlin
Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council
Lonnie Hughes
Hughes
Benjamin Stalvey
U.S. Labor Department
Marines drop probe into Pendleton brig commander
Maj. Wilson A. Voight now assigned to other duties at Camp Pendleton after Marine Corps board ends inquiry into alleged mistreatment of prisoners. Brig. Gen. Frank E Garretson leads the board which continues secret sessions with testimony complete. no date for conclusions. Voight headed the base brig from June 1968 to October 1969.
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Wilson A. Voight
Camp Pendleton
Marine Corps
Voight
Marine Corps Board
Frank E Garretson
New Penalty Trial Ordered For Killer
The California high court in a 5-2 decision ruled Lee must have a new penalty trial. Tony Lara, 23, was convicted of killing Raymond Mitchell after luring him for a ride and tying him before a shotgun blast. The ruling centers on juror exclusion for opposing the death penalty.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Tony M. Lara
Mitchell
High Court
Lee
Ahase
15000 GIs Hear Hope Road Show Near Saigon
15000 American troops heard a morale event at field headquarters of the 2th Infantry Division 20 miles northeast of Saigon. Neil Armstrong joined a comedian on stage with light jokes and lively entertainment.
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S. 2Th Infantry Division
Saigon
Neil Armstrong
Meanest Man Steals Wheelchair From Disabled Man
Orville Grammer 44 of 110 West Fordan Street had his wheelchair taken while he and his wife Lois and their 2 year old son mailed bills. The chair valued at 150 dollars. Grammer has been disabled since being shot twenty years ago. Police searched neighborhood with no success.
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Orville Grammer
Grammer
W. Fordan St
Ken Albright
Mike Davis
Lois
Eight Oil Firms Fined 550000 for Price Fixing in NJ PA
A federal judge fined eight major oil companies a total of 550000 for conspiring to regulate prices and sales to private brand distributors in the New Jersey Pennsylvania area. Firms include Atlantic Refining Gulf Oil Cities Service American Humble Sinclair and Mobil with fines ranging from 50000 to 100000.
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Newark
N.J
Atlantic Refining Co
Gulf Oil Corp
Cities Service Oil Co
Cities Service Co
American Oil Co
Humble Oil & Refining
Sinclair Refining Co
New Jersey-Pennsylvania
Cities Service Corp
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