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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1969
Page
1
Senate leaders briefed on a far reaching tax reform bill with Social Security boosts and income tax cuts. Nixon threatened a veto over income tax exemption increases and a 15 percent Social Security rise. Leaders expect final passage Wednesday night before House conference.
Newark news story reports U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell predicting mass indictments of public officials in a federal probe. Newark Mayor Hugh J. Addonizio appeals to a grand jury, invoking the Fifth Amendment, as federal authorities take over the Essex County investigation and court rulings loom on his compelled testimony.
The House Appropriations Committee approved an extra 9.35 million for the Treasury Department to curb illegal narcotics smuggling at the border. The supplemental bill, part of the year’s final actions, adds 915 agents and reinforces Operation Intercept. An additional 869 thousand reimburses the Immigration and Naturalization Service for intensified southern border enforcement.
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson returned to Washington and met with President Nixon at the White House for a two hour breakfast. They discussed foreign policy and domestic budget matters during the gathering in the family dining room.
Los Angeles investigators weigh whether 14 people may have died in Manson family killings. Prosecutors seek a single trial for Manson and six followers in Tate and LaBianca murders, while some defendants seek separate trials. Deputies search a movie ranch for missing stuntman Donald O’Shea as probes into linked deaths widen.
The La Crosse Tribune delayed deliveries due to production mishaps. A malfunction in engraving delayed trucks for Coulee Region routes and a press web issue slowed the 56 page final edition. Pressman Charles Neuwerth freed a jam with minor injury. Last bundles reached readers after 6 pm.
Charles Conrad Jr Richard F Gordon Jr and Alan L Bean left quarantine at Houston and spent the night at home as they prepare for a Friday press conference selecting slides and a film from their moon mission photos The trio and 25 others were released after tests showed no moon germs Others had last walked free November 14 the launch day from Cape Kennedy.
ST PAUL AP Tentative agreement in the three weeks old Twin Cities bus strike was reached early today by union and company officials summoned to a state Capitol meeting by Gov Harold LeVander. The governor said the proposed settlement will be presented to the union membership today for ratification and buses could roll again within 24 hours if approved. Leaders met at 1 30 p m Wednesday with Twin City Lines Local 1005 and Metropolitan Transit Commission officials and state labor conciliators. Over 1000 drivers mechanics and office workers began strike November 17 over pay. Drivers earned 349 hourly and mechanics 365. The union sought 51 cent first year and 40 cent second year raises.
In South Vietnam, battlefield casualties rose sharply last week while U.S. helicopter crewmen Michael T. Peterson and Vernon C. Shepard were released. Both in good condition, the men suffered multiple fragmentation wounds and mild malnutrition, reported by the U.S. Command.
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