Nixon signs sweeping law regulating election funds
President Nixon signed a landmark federal law to curb campaign finance for presidential and congressional races amid television era spending. The measure caps spending, tightens reports, and aims to curb fundraising committees. it becomes effective in 60 days and is supervised by a new Justice Department unit.
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UPI
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Justice Department
Walter Barnes
William S. Sessions
U. S
San Antonio
Tex
Ray Gahn
Barnes
Sessions
New tax idea could cut property taxes
Washington based report outlines a proposed value-added tax to fund public schools and reduce residential property taxes by half. The plan envisions states taking primary school responsibility with VAT revenues, reflecting value added at each production step, affecting consumers nationwide.
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UPI
White House
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Nixon
Nixon refiles 2 billion manpower training plan
President Nixon resubmitted a 2 billion dollar manpower training program to Congress, aiming to cut unemployment and raise U S productivity. The plan allocates 1.7 billion by a formula to states cities and counties and 300 million to national training programs.
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Vietnam, Viet Cong and allies arrive to denounce Nixon plan
Delegations from North Vietnam Viet Cong the Pathet Lao and Cambodian rebel movement flew to Paris on a Soviet plane to denounce President Nixon's peace plan. They called for new talks and insisted the U.S. plan be rejected while pressing for changes in Saigon and dismantling the South Vietnamese police system.
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UPI
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Indochina
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U.S
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Diet pill ban considered by U S health chief
Food and Drug Commissioner Charles C. Edwards signaled a possible ban on popular diet pills as dangerous and ineffective. He proposed labeling for short term use in obesity cases unresponsive to other treatments and noted an FDA review of amphetamines to be released within months. Senator Birch Bayh cited abuse and illegal diversion of prescription pills.
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Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Nixon plan to end West Coast dock strike rejected
A House Labor panel rejected Nixon's emergency plan to compel workers from the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union back to work. It instead endorsed a 60 day injunction to require handling of agricultural and military cargoes while negotiations continue.
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UPI
Nixon
House
Hawaii
House Education and Labor Committee For Action
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D-N.j
Sentosa
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Ogden Reid
New York
John Dellenback
Israel weighs Suez Canal reopening without formal deal
Haaretz reports Israel may permit Egypt to reopen the Suez Canal without a formal agreement. Obama era style tensions rise as Arab states react to U S jets sale to Israel. Sadat and Khadafy discuss peaceful settlement amid U S Israel ally bloc.
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France
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Dayan
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William P. Rogers
Joseph J. Sisco
Woodland farmer named California Outstanding Young Farmer 1971
Randall Reiff 34, of Woodland, wins California Jaycee Outstanding Young Farmer for 1971 at a Lompo convention banquet. Ten finalists were named. runners up included Victor Martinez, Robert Seitert, Donald Valpredo, and Richard Vaughn. Reiff to represent California in March national contest in South Dakota with $500 prize.
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Bank of America
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Lompoc
Woodland
California
Reiff
Lompo
Victor
Day of disruption planned in Northern Ireland protests
More than 20 000 people marched in Newry to protest detention without trial and to challenge British troops. Organizers announced a week of civil rights action with another march planned in Enniskillen and a Dublin show of support.
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Kevin Boyle
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