Revenue sharing plan splits $5 billion to states
White House released figures showing $5 billion of Nixon's revenue sharing would go to states starting Oct. 1 on a population basis. California would receive $590 million, Alaska $8.5 million, with 52 percent kept by state governments and opposition mounting in Congress.
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Washington
Murray Weidenbaum
Treasury
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
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Iowa
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Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
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Nevada
New Hampshire
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New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
California Senate Seeks Gas Tax for Transit and Smog Research
Sen. Nicholas C. Petris proposes a constitutional amendment to divert one cent of the seven cent gasoline tax per gallon to rapid transit projects and smog research. The plan would start at an estimated $26 million in year one rising to $40 million later, with 48 percent sent to city governments. The measure is framed to reduce auto congestion and pollution while funding transit improvements.
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Sacramento
UPS
California
Nicholas C. Petris
Doakland
Perris
Avalanche Threat Grows After Weekend Slaughter at Stevens Pass
In Washingtons Cascade Mountains warm rain over snow packs prompted officials to warn of increasing avalanche danger. Roads between east and west Washington closed as Stevens Pass area saw a 200 yard wide slide up to 60 feet deep. Four Seattle area residents died in a cabin collapse while two girls survived after spending 11 hours under snow. Deborah Edgers 19 said a snow fence was planned but never built.
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Wenatchee
Wash
UPI
Cascade Mountains
Washington
National Weather Service
Seattle
State Highway Department
Stevens Pass
Seattle Area
Deborah Edgers
University of Washington Coed
Miss Edgers
Cindy
Farm leaders challenge Nixon plan to abolish Agriculture Dept
A top farm bloc leader and NFU President Dechant attack President Nixon's proposal to abolish eight cabinet departments and fuse agencies into four, arguing it harms rural needs. Rep Poage says a separate Agriculture Department remains essential to manage food security and rural issues.
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Washington
UPI
National Farmers Union Today
Nixon
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
NFU
Tony T. Dechant
Dechant
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Department of Agriculture
Poage
Congress
Flournoy-Split With Reagan Over Welfare Plan
San Francisco Republican Controller Houston S. Flournoy split with Gov. Ronald Reagan on President Nixon's Family Assistance Welfare plan. He supported parts of the concept and cited work incentives job training and child care as desirable though Reagan calls it costly and inadequate. The remarks were made to a Retail Furniture Association breakfast.
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San Francisco
UPI
Houston S. Flournoy
Ronald Reagan
Nixon
Gov. Reagan
Flournoy
GOP
Retail Furniture Association of California
Reagan
Washington
California
Senate
Spiro T. Agnew
Intelsat 4 launches mark U.S. space show week
A $13.5 million Intelsat 4 communications satellite was maneuvered for a Wednesday boost to a permanent outpost after a successful Atlas Centaur ascent. The Atlas Centaur rocket cost $29.5 million with booster expenses at $16 million, after weather and technical delays. A second, smaller craft prepared for a NATO military hotline mission on Wednesday night.
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Cape Kennedy
UPN
U.S
Space Agency
Observatory
The
Space Center
NATO
Cranston seeks moratorium on Santa Barbara drilling
Senator Alan Cranston urges the Interior Department to delay two new oil platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel while he pushes Congress to consider phasing out offshore oil. He plans legislation to create an ecological reserve including 38 unused leases and to impose a five year moratorium on 29 additional leases.
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Washington
UPI
Alan Cranston
Dcalif
Santa Barbara
Cranston
Interior Department
Congress
Interior
Fred J. Russell
Russell E. Train
The
Council On Environmental Quality
Channel
Unhappy Apollo 14 crew wary of final moon missions
Apollo 14 commanders express disappointment over shrinking U S space program momentum while praising mission value. Capt Alan B Shepard Cmdr Edgar Mitchell and Maj Stuart A Roosa acknowledge high costs and cutbacks including Apollo 18 19 and 20 and urge better public salesmanship to show benefits and progress from space efforts.
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United Press International
Alan B. Shepard
Cmdr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
U.S
Shepard
Roosa
Mitchell
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Anonymous founder of AA revealed identity after death
Report notes William G. Wilson known as Bill W was cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous and kept his name anonymous in life. Wilson died at 76 in Bedford Hills after a career as a Wall Street broker and service to AA. his death follows decades of anonymity per AA tradition.
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Miami Beach
Fila
UPNX
Bill W
Alcoholics Anonymous
William G. Wilson
Bedford Hills
N.Y
Robert Holbrook Smith
Wilson
Miami Heart
Stepping Stones
Wall Street
Town Hospital
New York City
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Reno
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Isle of Man
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Robert £. Boyd
MITAD
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America
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Burt Kennedy
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