Open meeting bill faces strong Senate opposition in California
In Sacramento the proposed constitutional amendment to open most legislative and committee meetings drew sharp ire from Senate Rules members led by Pro Tem James Mills. Donald Grunsky pledged to reintroduce with amendments. Backers include the California Newspaper Publishers Association and Common Cause.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
Rules Committee
James R. Mills
San Diego
Citizens Lobbying Group
Donald L. Grunsky
R-Watsonville
Grunsky
California Newspaper Publishers Association
Common Cause
Nixon vows to salvage Alaska pipeline plan
President Nixon calls Interior Secretary Morton from Stanford Hospital to discuss salvaging the Alaska pipeline after a Supreme Court ruling blocked construction. The aim is to bring North Slope oil online soon to ease the energy shortage.
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San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Nixon
Rogers C. B. Morton
White House
Alaska
Supreme Court Court
Alaska North Slope
Morton
Stanford University Hospital
U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Appeals Court
Washington
Californians see billions from NASA programs in 1974 push
Sen. John V. Tunney urged full NASA funding before the Senate committee. He cited Skylab with 1 billion spent in California and 4,500 jobs by December. He noted the Apollo Soyuz project would add up to 65 million and 2,200 jobs. A Space Shuttle contract to Rockwell would inject about 1.4 billion into California.
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Washington
UPI
California
John V. Tunney
Calif
Tunney
Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee
NASA
Democrat
Rockwell International
Three Americans to Orbit Skylab for 28 Days
NASA announced Skylab will launch May 14 from Cape Kennedy with a three man crew aboard for a 28 day mission starting May 15. The crew includes Charles Conrad Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz who will conduct 89 experiments in weightlessness and support a future two additional 56 day crews.
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Skylab
And
Space Administration
Cape Kennedy
Navy
Charles
Pete’’ Conrad
Conrad
Man confined to closet for three years
Tulsa police answered a disturbance call and found 20-year-old Nick Arevalos confined in a water heater closet for three years without bath or clothes change. His mother was charged with child abuse and assaulting an officer. Authorities planned psychiatric tests after removing him from the family home on Tulsa's east side.
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Tulsa
Okla
UPI
Buddy Warren
Warren
Nick Arevalos
Arevalos
East Side
Fighting moves closer to Saigon amid post-truce clashes
Government troops report 16 killed and 56 wounded near Cai Lay as 23 Communists die in a three hour battle. In the Central Highlands near Pleiku an hour long clash injures 51 and leaves 34 missing. Army says Tong Le Chan camp bombarded after weeks of siege, and fighting near Hue wounds 22 Saigon soldiers. The cease fire hangs in the balance as clashes intensify.
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Saigon
UPS
South Vietnam
Cai Lay
Pleiku
Thanh Giao
Tong le Chan
Hue
Sagion
Lofquist Excels In Steamboat Freestyle Ski Contest
Park City Utah’s Marty Lofquist placed high among 104 skiers in the Super Hot Dog freestyle and aerials event at Steamboat Colorado as the competition saw athletes push high in the air and land cleanly. Equity Funding Corp files for bankruptcy amid a multimillion dollar fraud probe after banks seized $55 million of its deposits, with U S District Judge Harry Pregerson ordering an immediate bankruptcy petition.
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Marty Lofquist
Lofquist
Park City
Utah
Steamboat
Colo
Los Angeles
UPI
Equity Funding Corp
U.S
Harry Pregerson
Equity Funding
Senate votes to restrict Nixon impoundment power
The Senate approved measures to curb presidential impoundment and limit 1974 spending to 268 billion, 700 million below Nixon's recommendation, in a party united 70 to 24 vote aside from Byrd and Allen. House consideration and possible veto await, with Mahon offering a separate approach. Ervin backs congressional approval within 60 days for any impoundment.
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Washington
James V. Allen
Ala
House
Senate
Nixon
House Rules Committee
George Mahon
D-Tex
Appropriations Committee
Carl Albert
Okla
Dy Nixon
House of Congress
Congress
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Ervin
White House
Thieu seeks continued aid to South Vietnam in Washington
President Nguyen Van Thieu arrives in Washington to urge Congress to extend military and economic assistance to South Vietnam. He meets with Vice President Agnew and prepares a National Press Club address while facing antiwar protestors and questions on alleged political prisoner torture.
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Washington
UPI
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thieu
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Spiro T. Agnew
National Press Club
Andrews Air Force Base
Congress
Thieu Oinay
John F. Seiberling
Ohio
United States
Seiberling
House
Senate
Welfare aid at risk under new federal law HRI
Sacramento UPI reports poverty lawyer Peter D Doppelman warns California’s blind disabled and elderly welfare recipients could lose up to 75 percent of aid under the new HRI law. Edward L Peet calls the measure a dagger to the poor elderly and disabled. Senate hearing probes the impact and a $130 monthly floor.
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Sacramento
UPI
Peter D. Doppelman
California
Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Edward L. Peet
California Legislative Council For
Doppelman
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