House weighs Vietnam pullout amid Senate aligned vote
A UPI survey shows the House may back a total U S withdrawal from Indochina by late next spring, aligning with the Senate. Lawmakers cite South Vietnam’s disputed election as a key motive and uncertainty remains on if a vote will occur soon. Backers say Speaker Carl Albert pledged timely notice so no one is unprepared.
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Washington
UPI
Vietnam
House
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Carl Albert
D-Okla
GIs Claim Pace Patrol Was Senseless Death By Own Action
GIs from Bravo Company 1st Battalion 12th Cavalry at Fire Base Pace reject the night ambush as senseless and say disobedience stemmed from common sense not cowardice. They describe a two hour gripe session before orders to form a 15 man patrol and blame punitive leadership dynamics for the incident.
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Timbuktu
South Vietnam
UPI
Pace
Walter Wernl
Three Rivers
Tex
Wernli
12Th Cavalry
1St Air Cavalry Division
Gis
Robert Crain
Robert Schuler
Schuler
SP4
Ernest French
Mattoon
Ill
Local emergency declared as Romero brush fire rages
The Board of Supervisors declared a local emergency in Los Padres National Forest as the Romero brush fire scorches about 15 000 acres above Carpinteria Valley and Montecito. Flood risk threatens heavy rains and potential flooding. emergency powers allow rapid action and funding moves.
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Board of Supervisors
Romero
Los Padres National Forest
Carpinteria Valley
Montecito
Reagan
Raymond D. Johnson
Stubbner
U.S. Forest Service
Leland Steward
George H. Clyde
Clyde
Bevilacqua Fired as City Planner Cites Subordination Issues
Nicholas Bevilacqua 32, city community development director, was terminated by City Administrator Gene Wahlers for lack of coordination with staff and for insubordination related to a Harris Grade memorandum. Reading the memo, councilors reacted with shock while supporters urge a public hearing on department head tenure.
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Nicholas Bevilacqua
Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
Bevilacqua
Harris Grade
Planning Commission
Board of Supervisors
Harris
City Planning Commission
County Water and Sewer
South H Street
Bruce Sharpe
Lompoc Committee For Responsible Government
U.S. Plan to Preserve Nationalist China Seat Likely Fails
At the United Nations diplomats predicted the U.S. effort to keep Nationalist China seated will fail. Unofficial tabulations show over 60 delegates oppose while fewer than 60 support. 12 of 131 delegations have not disclosed positions. The U.S. counters with a two thirds expulsion rule, but is unlikely to secure majority.
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United Nations
UPI
U.S
China
United States
General Assembly
Security Council
Peking
Albania
Dock workers fail to return as coast ports stay closed
Longshoremen did not report to work in the Los Angeles Long Beach harbor complex after an arbitrator's ruling that favored employers. PMA officials said the union offered no reason for the walkout as talks continued, with about 90 steady men to be called back to ready docks for full operations.
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Los Angeles
UPI
PMA
International Longshoremen’s Union
ILWU
George Love
Long Beach
International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union
Pacific Maritime Association
Love
Wage raises to be allowed as freeze ends
Labor Secretary Hodgson said most negotiated wage increases likely would take effect when the wage price freeze ends next month and that the right to strike would remain intact. AFL CIO lobbyist Biemiller denounced a 15.4 billion tax cut plan, urging rejection of the investment tax credit and proposing an excess profits tax instead. Magnuson ordered hearings on a bill to exempt El Paso Natural Gas from antitrust rulings over Pacific Northwest Pipeline, a move critics say harms competition.
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Washington
UPI
James D. Hodgson
Hodgson
Organized Labor
Nixon
House
Andrew J. Biemiller
Afl-Cio
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Treasuries
Congress
Warren G. Magnuson
Wash
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
el Paso Natural Gas Co
California
Magnuson
Alan Cranston
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Senate Commerce Committee
Harris
el Paso
Pacific Northwest Pipeline Co
US Supreme Court
Pacific Northwest
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Nguyen van Thieu
Ray Williams
Security Pacific Bank
City
Harry J. Crompe
U.N
Biemiller
Labor
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