Lawmakers Clash Over Charity Tax Breaks and Capital Gains
Senate debate centers on foundations charitable payouts and Kennedy's minimum income tax plan. Long opposes further taxation. Javits and Pell push back on higher capital gains rates. Percy sponsors 6 percent payout rule to curb tax shelters for foundations.
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Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Kennedy
Senate
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Javits
Charles H. Percy
R-Il
Israelis Swap 58 Arabs for Two Captured Israeli Pilots
United Press International reports a major prisoner exchange across the Suez Canal near Qantara. Egypt released 58 prisoners including six soldiers and 52 civilians to recover two Israeli pilots Major Nissim Ashkenazy and Captain Giora Rom, shot down over the canal. The swap ends a year without mutual prisoners and follows Syria freeing two Israeli civilians on the prior day.
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Israel
Egypt
Suez Canal
Qantara
Sinai
International Red Cross
Nissim Ashkenazy
Giora Rom
Syria
Youth Stabbed To Death At Giant Rock Festival
A youth was killed during the Woodstock West rock festival setup near White Lake New York as crowds gathered from California Illinois and beyond. Volunteers and medics operated a temporary hospital at Livermore to treat overdoses lacerations and sprains while police monitored heavy traffic and open drug use.
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Los Angeles
Woodstock West
White Lake
N.Y
Red Cross
Livermore Race Track
North Vietnamese Move Troops Across Laos Into Southeast Asia
North Vietnamese commanders increase troop and supply flow toward South Vietnam via the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Officials report over 100 trucks and convoys near the Ma Gia pass on the Laotian border and two North Vietnamese regiments crossing from Cambodia into Attapeu and advancing toward Ban Hinlat and Ban Mai near three-country junctions.
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South Vietnam
Ma Gia Pass
North Vietnam
Laos
Thongphan
Attapeu
Ban Hinlat
Ban Mai
Cambodia
Sahara Cage Losses Less Than Quoted
A statement from James reports an audit of the Sahara casino cage following the November 6 death of Gil Virant assistant casino manager. Shortages were confirmed but full year results are not materially affected. outside accountants and Sahara personnel completed the audit. The company says losses are not as large as reported and steps are being taken to recover the amount involved.
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James
Hotel Sahara
Gil Virant
Las Vegas Police Foil International Travelers Checks Ring
Las Vegas investigators expose a suspected organized ring cashing stolen Travelers Checks at Caesars Palace Dunes Sands and Riviera hotels. About 900 400 and 200 dollars entries are noted. American Express may reimburse hotels. FBI and immigration have joined the probe with possible further arrests feared.
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Caesars Palace
Dunes
Sands and Riviera
American Express Company
Las Vegas
American Express
Clark County
United States
Garavito
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S
Apollo 15 Crew Selected For Moon Mission
Apollo 15 named David Scott as commander with Alfred Worden and James Irwin as crew. Worden will orbit while Scott and Irwin land marking the ninth and tenth Americans on the moon. Backup crews for Apollo 13 and 14 were tentatively chosen with John Young and Eugene Cernan expected to command the 1971 missions.
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Pittsburgh
Worden
Air Force
Jackson
Mich
Scott
Irwin
Charles
Pete” Conrad
Richard F. Gordon
Alan L. Bean
John W. Young
John L. Swigert Jr
Charles M. Duke, Jr
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Joe H. Engle
Young
Cernan
Conrad
Bean
Gordon
Captain Denies Ordering Troops To Kill Children
UPI reports Army Captain Ernest Medina, in a taped CBS interview, denies ordering troops at My Lai to massacre women and children. He admits receiving orders to destroy and burn the village and kill livestock, but says he instructed his men to avoid civilian deaths and cited intelligence predicting civilians would be out of My Lai during the attack.
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New York
UPI
Ernest Medina
My Lai
Mike Wallace
Cbs-Tv
Evening News
Walter Cronkite
Medina
Song Tin
Quang Nai
New Mexico
Frank Barker
Wallace
S-3
Barker
Vietnam
Congressmen Pledge Aid for Alcatraz Protesters
In San Francisco Indian spokesman Dean Chavers said three congressmen voiced support for a nonpartisan bill. The measure would authorize transfer of Alcatraz Island to a nonprofit group for Indians occupying the island for 17 days.
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San Francisco
UPI
Alcatraz
Dean Chavers
Chavers
Federal
San Francisco Bay
George E. Brown Jr
Phillip Burton
Calif
Ogden Reid
New York
State Youths Finish Two Day Safety Meet
Students from Nevada high schools wrapped up the Governor's Youth Traffic Safety Conference at Valley High School. Delegates were welcomed by Valley High student body president Jeff Eskin with introductions by Vickie Stewart and Gene Gustin.
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Nevada
Valley High School
Valley High
Jeff Eskin
Vickie Stewart
Rancho High School
Gene Gustin
Elko High School
Safety Association
Arabs Denounce Big Four Talks On Middle East
Cairo says no hope for a peaceful solution from the Big Four talks. Egypt will push the Rabat summit to oppose U S support of Israel and the Phantom jet deliveries. Anwar El Sadat’s delegation will visit Moscow before the Rabat meeting.
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Suez Canal
Cairo
Middle East
UPI
Egypt
Ismat Abdel Meguid
Rabat
Morocco
United States
Israel
Abdel Meguid
Anwar el Sadat
Moscow
New York
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Khartoum
Robert Pranger
U.S
Americans Freed by China After Detention Aboard Yacht
Two Americans Simeon Baldwin of Laguna Beach California and Bessie Hope Donald of Bristol Virginia were released by China after nearly ten months. They were detained on the Morasum while traveling from Hong Kong to Macao on Baldwin’s yacht for concealing their nationality. The NCNA report said they were allowed to depart China.
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Tokyo
UPI
China
Hong Kong
Macao
Official
New China News Agency
NCNA
Simeon Baldwin
Laguna Beach
Calif
Bessie Hope Donald
Bristol
Baldwin
Miss Hope
Defendants Plot Unorthodox Chicago Riot Defense
In the Chicago riot conspiracy case seven defendants including Tom Hayden plan an unconventional defense to reveal hidden issues behind their persecution. Hayden says the defense will show they acted legally in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention and aimed to create a new society in the streets.
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Chicago
UPS
Tom Hayden
Hayden
U.S. District Court
Julius J. Hoffman
Students For A Democratic Society
FBI
Democratic Party
Party of ‘Law and Order
Mainten
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