Nepalese Aid Rebuild Fire-Razed Singh Durbar Palace
Nepalese citizens contribute about a million dollars in donations to reconstruct the Singh Durbar palace in Katmandu after a July fire. Government staff volunteers, private facilities offered for housing, and international help from the United States India and China are considered while Nepal aims for a republic style modern secretariat.
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Lion
Nepal
Asia
Katmandu
Subita Baidya
Secre
Birendra
Sharada
United States
India
China
Singh Durbar
Sumitra Vaiya
Ashok Kumar Bagaria
M. N. Bhattarai
House Advances Private Pension Reform Plan
Congress moved toward final action on private pension reform with the Ways and Means Committee set to begin work next week on a Senate passed bill. The measure would require full vesting after 15 years, government insurance against fund failure, and tax incentives for personal retirement accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
al Ullman
D-Ore
Ullman
Senate
Ultman
House Education and Labor
Ways and Means
John H. Dent
D-Pa
Altman
House
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Nixon
Wallace Vetoes Pension for Alabama Governors
Governor George C. Wallace of Alabama used a pocket veto to block a bill granting a pension to disabled governors while in office. The measure would have provided three quarters of the $25,000 annual salary, but Wallace had until midnight to sign or veto all last-day bills, and did not sign this one.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Proxmire Urges Probe Into Navy Malfeasance Case
Senator William Proxmire demands disciplinary action against Rear Adm. Lonenshein over a 62 million tentative Lockheed settlement later reduced to 6.8 million. He cites gross misfeasance in agreeing to provisional payments on claims linked to destroyer escorts and amphibious ships from the 1960s. Navy says no further information while Lockheed appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
William Proxmire
Navy
Lockheed Shipbuilding Co
Proxmire
D-Wis
Nathan Sowenshein
Lockheed
Adm
Lonenshein
Senate
Sonenshein
Disgruntled California Service Station Owners Resume Sales
Disgruntled gasoline dealers in California returned to their pumps as Indiana operators kept a shutdown to protest Phase 4 price controls. President Nixon ordered a retail price hike. dealers warned of a national closedown if controls stay.
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Associated Press
California
Indiana
Nixon
National Congress of Petroleum Retailers
John Huemmrich
Gas Dealers Group
White House
Cost of Living Council
John T. Dunlop
Huemmrich
Bob Moore
Service Station Dealers Association
California State Automobile Association
Indianapolis
Hoosier Motor Club
Otis R. Bowen
Richard F. Messer
Greater
Indianapolis Gasoline Dealers Association
Maryland
Maryland Independent Retail Service Station Association
Baltimore
Eastern Shore
Washington, D.C
Virginia
Tornado Damages Vehicles On Pike Near Afton Oklahoma
An Ohio family narrowly escaped serious harm when a tornado lifted their car off the Will Rogers Turnpike near Afton and left it in a field. The injured were Charles Prunchak 26 Lola and their 2 year old son. A semi trailer overturned nearby and light poles and farm houses suffered minor damage with no other injuries reported.
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Afton
Okla
Ohio
Will Rogers Turnpike
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Charles Prunchak
Lola
Prunchal
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Jared
Eme
Ency Fund
Anthony Libro
Anthony Ibro
Million Dollar Round Table
South 13Th
the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United
Portland
Ore
Uraes
Mobil and
Shell
Syracuse
N.Y
Hawkins
Lee Bivd
Soli
Pike
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