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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1971
Page
2
Legislators mull final adjournment this week after approving reapportionment plans and a 550 million payroll withholding tax to close a 310 million budget gap. The tax bill funds construction and business relief while party leaders differ on senior property tax cuts.
The Senate weighs a bill to grant President Nixon control over the economy for 17 months amid Democratic unease. Sen. William Proxmire warns of consumer and worker backlash, while Republicans resist removing a White House backed provision restoring retroactive wage raises despite the Pay Board’s stance. Raises totaling billions could be restored if the measure passes.
The Price Commission meets to review at least 161 petitions for price increases from major firms. Chairman C Jackson Grayson urges many corporations to publish any price restraint or reductions to inform the Commission and the public ahead of the next meeting on Tuesday.
Washington delegates at the White House Conference on Aging backed a proposal for an annual guaranteed income for the nations 26 million seniors. The plan would set 3000 dollars for singles and 4500 dollars for couples, with additional support from Harvard nutritionist Dr. Jean Mayer.
Rain drenched Woodland Washington as FBI teams and local authorities scoured the Lewis River area for the D B Cooper hijacker. Police officials and agents followed leads from airports to residents while a false parachute clue in a tree proved to be a tin roof. The search entered its fifth day with terrain described as difficult and densely wooded near Mount St Helens.
Pravda reports Mars 3 approaching Mars after a six month Earth flight while Mars 2 remains unconfirmed. Jodrell Bank scientists waver which craft is in orbit as Mariner 9 observes a global dust storm. Both ships, five tons each, launched May 28 and May 19 to search for signs of life.
A powerful congressional committee of senior tax writers from the House and Senate is expected to meet today to draft the final compromise version of the tax bills already passed by both chambers. The aim is to determine future tax obligations for individuals and corporations.
UPI reports Mariner 9 scientists plan to photograph Phobos following the successful Deimos portrait. The team credits the tricky maneuver and the Martian distance of over 84 million miles, with a Saturday failure dampening hopes.
Two winter storms draped the country with heavy snow from the Great Plains to the Midwest. Iowa and Nebraska reported fatal and injury crashes as roads iced over and airports faced mishaps including a United Airlines Jet sliding off a runway and getting stuck. Waterloo Iowa logged seven inches while Columbia Missouri saw four inches in hours as drivers faced slick conditions and warnings extended toward Pennsylvania.
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