Senate panel weighs tax reform and bonds exemption
Senate Finance Committee opened work on a tax reform bill and moved to drop the House provision ending the tax exempt status of state and municipal bonds. Chairman Russell B. Long said bigger cuts are likely, while Sen. Albert Gore urged a 25 year limit on foundation tax exemption amid debates over how such foundations align with democracy and taxation.
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Washington
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Finance Committee
Gore
Senate vote amends 1968 gun control bill on ammo sales
The Senate 65 to 19 approved an amendment to a tax bill to exempt some rifle and shotgun ammunition from the 1968 Gun Control Act. Senator Bennett argued the change reduces bureaucratic burdens on sportsmen while critics warned of criminals evading controls. Kennedy opposed the move, urging hearings instead of altering gun laws in a tax bill.
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Washington
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
Senate
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Frank E. Moss
Kennedy
Thomas Dodd
D-Conn
Bennett
John F Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Dodd
Judiciary Committee
Brooklyn
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
George C. Murphy
R-Calif
Treasury Department
John Pastore
D-R.j
Peter Dominick
R-Corp
Nixon Begins New Round Of Viet Parleys
The White House said U.S. negotiators would return home for consultation at Nixon's initiative as Paris talks resume. Wheeler and other Joint Chiefs members will meet the President tomorrow along with Defense Secretary Laird to discuss Vietnamization. Bunker plans to return to South Vietnam, while the death toll last week was the lowest in three years.
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U.S
Nixon
Wheeler
Joint Chiefs
Vietnam
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
West Las Vegas clash prompts police reform calls
At a city hall meeting Mayor Gragson faced accusations of police brutality after a curfew arrest in which a wrist was injured by a shotgun butt. He pledged better policing and cited Archie Moore’s ABC program while addressing youth outreach and Westside development funded with 300000 dollars. Assemblyman Woodrow Wilson urged constructive proposals from residents.
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Las Vegas
Oran Gragson
Doolittle
Archie Moore
Gragson
Moore
City Hall
Grayson
Larry Stovall
Bonanza Rd
Stovall
Westside
Woodrow Wilson
NAACP
Wilson
Uncle Tom
Mississippi
Haynsworth Fate Sent To Senate
Senate committee considers William Haynsworth nomination amid questions over stock in Carolina Venda-Mattic Inc. Eastland says action may wait two weeks or more as Mathias plans to vote after reviewing more information. Agnew defends nominee and denounces charges as flimsy.
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James C. Eastland
D-Miss
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Thomas J. Dodd
D- Conn
Roman L. Hruska
Rneb
Hiram L. Fong
Hawaii
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Marlow W. Cook
R-Ky
Hugh Scott
Senate
Mathias
Haynsworth
Carolina Venda-Mattic, Inc
Eastland
Nixon
South Carolina
Spiro T. Agnew
Dallas
Tex
Denver
Colo
Agnew
Egypt Presses Sneak Raids Into Israel Across Suez Front
United Press International reports Egyptian recon patrols crossed the Suez Canal and penetrated Sinai for four hours, with two Egyptians reported missing. Israel claims two Egyptian army commandos were killed in a raid on the east bank, while Israeli casualties include four soldiers wounded by canal artillery. Israeli airstrikes hit Wadi Shalala in Jordan.
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Suez Canal
Sinai
Cairo
Jerusalem
East Bank
Lake Timsan
Great Bitter Lake
Umm Sidra
Jordan
Wadi Shalala
Pauline Kifer Convicted Of Manslaughter
A local jury convicted Pauline Kifer of voluntary manslaughter for the Dec 17 knife slaying of her husband John Kifer 57. The jury rejected murder and accepted manslaughter with a sentence possible up to 10 years. Judge Roscoe H Wilkes ordered a probation report within 30 days for sentencing.
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Pauline Kifer
Roscoe H. Wilkes
Pioche
Harry E. Claiborne
Teenagers Hurt in Cycle Crash at City Intersection
A motorcycle collision at Bromley Ave and Kipling St left two local teenagers in serious condition. Byron Hartung, 17, suffered a mangled leg and other injuries after surgery at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. Patricia Pinotti, 13, sustained extensive head injuries. Driver William Lockwood, 5904 Bromley, says the youths darted out. he was not cited.
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Bromley Ave
Kipling
Byron Hartung
Hobart St
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Patricia Pinotti
Dayton Ave
William Lockwood
Bromley
the Sun
Lockwood
Trial set for Texaco gunpoint robbery suspect
Arthur Gene Jones, 26, will stand trial in District Court on December 1 for the Texaco gunpoint robbery at North Main Street. Jones, who escaped with $75, was captured September 11 after a stakeout at the Greyhound Bus Depot. Bail remains $5,000.
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Texaco
Arthur Gene Jones
Charleston Boulevard
North Main Stree
Jones’ Dist
Clarence Sunde
Jones
Greyhound
Chicago Riots Prompt Mayor to Request National Guard
Demonstrators clash in downtown Chicago on a second day of protests linked to a militant SDS faction. Police arrest nine at a midday rally near the Federal Building and set security at the Criminal Courts Building as guardsmen deploy to armories citywide.
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Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Federal Building
Criminal Courts
Chicago
Cook County Sheriff's
Cook County
Agaveolice
Dunn
U. S Armed Forces Induction Center
Civic Center
City Loop
Daley
Students For 2 Democratic Society
North Side
Lincoln Park
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Clement F. Haynsworth
Supreme Court
United States
Ziegler
Paris
West
Egypt
Israel
United Press International
UNLV
Senior Citizen Resource Center
University of Nevada
Keith McNeil
Southwestern Radiological Laboratory
McNeil
Senior Citizen
University
Vegas Collie Club
The
Collie Club of
Valley High School
St. Burnham Ave
National Pet Registration Center, Inc
Collie Club
Securities & Exchange Commission
Los Angeles
M & B Mining Corporation
SEC
Las Vegas Silver, Inc
Las Vegas Blvd
Lela M. Grabar
Blossom
Searchlight
Robert D. Grabar
Gary S. Mulliner
Clark County
Nevada
Alan Bible
Howard Cannon
Bible
Cannon
Public Health Service
U.S. Travel Service
C. Langhorne Washburn
American Travel Writers Association
Washburn
John L. Green
Morendo
Lonnie C. Rapp
Seventh St
Rapp
Stewart St
Helen Jane Bright
15Th St
Sunrise Hospital
J.C
Jesus A. Christ
Eve
Rawlins
Wyo
Christ
Wyoming
William Hines
Marie Hicks
Weaver St
Hamdinger Hamberger
National Guard
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