Nixon plan for all volunteer army faces doubt in Congress
The Nixon administration outlines a $2 billion pay raise and incentives to recruit an all volunteer force but faces skepticism from experts like Hebert and Kelley about achieving full volunteering. Draft extension and ongoing Cam bodian crisis frame the debate as Laird travels and bombers hit North Vietnamese supply routes.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
Congress
Pentagon
House
Saigon
Cambodia
Ths
Vietnam
Laird
Honolulu
Pacific Command
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Moorer
Phnom Penh
Japan
U.S. Command
South Vietnam
Talat
Kompong Speu
Kompong Som
Khrivong
Mekong
Hebert
Armed Services Committee
California
Puerto Rico
Subcommittee
Sec. of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Kelley
Salvage via Over-Irrigated Fish Farming Proposed
Inter American Development Bank findings show irrigation loans in Mexico underperforming with 23 projects totaling 273.3 million dollars, over seven percent of all lending. One project could pivot to fish farming with more investment, but annual gale winds hinder crop adaptability and flood plains.
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Washington
UPS
Inter-American Development Bank
United Press ‘International
Mexico
Joan
Dropping Out Plans Stir Debate Over School Attendance
Ezra and James criticize graded and timed class systems as driving students away. They favor loose structures that do not force attendance and plan to study and film their observations across multiple cities. Return to Long Island includes independent study programs at Great Neck High School and Village School.
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Portland
Ore
Denver
Chicago
James
Long Island
Great Neck High School
Ezra
Quake Detected Near Hollandia West Irian New Guinea
A strong earthquake, capable of causing damage in a populated area, was registered Sunday near the western New Guinea Island. The event occurred about 150 miles southwest of Hollandia, now Sukarnapur, in West Irian, with time reported as 3:17 p.m. local.
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Manila
New Guinea
Philippines Weather Bureau
U.S. National Earthquake Information Center
Washington
Hollandia
Sukarnapuri
Irian
Indonesia
Tax Slash Proposals Impact Government Revenue
The proposals would cut government receipts by 1.4 billion in the first year and 3.7 billion in the second year, with larger losses expected later. Industries have spent frugally on plants and equipment, while a government survey shows a 1.4 percent rise in accumulation outlays, the smallest in a decade.
Nixon to seek new consumer protection bill in 1971
Bruce B. Wilson, head of a new consumer affairs unit in the Justice Department, says the Nixon administration will renew a request for consumer protection authority and for an 11 item list of unfair and deceptive acts. He hints class action limits may not be revived in old form and cites warranty service problems as a top consumer issue.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Bruce B. Wilson
Department
Justice Department
Wilson
Nixon Administration
Census Bureau
Jones
Senate
Charlie Hart The Triangle ranch disciplinarian and longtime Burnett foreman
Charlie Hart began at the age of nine for Quanah Parker and spent 56 years cowpunching with the Burnetts. He earned 5000 and later 10000 from wills, retiring in 1947 and dying in 1950. Hart spoke Comanche, knew the Triangle’s men, and enforced work by making cowboys pile rocks.
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Charlie Hart
Quanah Parker
Burnetts
Burk Burnett
Tom Burnett
Burnett
Anne
Triangle
Charlie
West Texas tax fight sparks Senate expansion debate
West Texas lawmakers forecast a tough session as they weigh new taxes to cover 643 million dollars in state needs. Redistricting could shrink West Texas influence, prompting calls to enlarge the Senate to 39 members.
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West Texas
Senate
Delwin Jones
R. B. McAlister
House
Texas
Jones
Tarbox
Weather snapshot shows frigid highs across Hereford to Shamrock
Sunday readings ranged from 22 in Hereford to 55 in Shamrock with other North Panhandle towns reporting 42 to 52. Nationally, temperatures spanned from 24 below zero in North Dakota to Miami International Airport, while heavy snow and near blizzard conditions affected parts of Montana and northern Idaho.
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Hereford
Muleshoe
Panhandle
Mercury
Shamrock
Pampa
Perryton
Dumas
Devil’s Lake
N.D
Miami International Airport
West Palm Beach
Fla
Upper Great Lakes
Idaho
Montana
Continental Divide
National Weather Service For Today
Mississippi Valley
Pacific Coast
Washington
California
Hebert criticizes relaxed military rules as dangerous trend
Rep. F Edward Hebert incoming House Armed Services chair warns that looser enlistment rules threaten military discipline and morale He compares permissiveness to a football team losing the big game and says the armed forces should not become a country club
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Washington
Edward Hebert
House
Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Louisiana Democrat
Dilemma in Private Colleges Deepens Tuition Spiral Study Finds
The study shows private colleges facing severe financial distress with 29 percent borrowing from unrestricted endowment funds. Escalating tuition is the primary relief, but it sustains a cycle as schools extend more scholarships while fees rise to cover deficits.
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CSA
Jellema
Guerrilla Given Life Sentence for Killing Israeli Collaborator
An Arab guerrilla in Gaza was sentenced to life in prison for the 1969 assassination of Ahmed Qarazin, a 20-year-old collaborator with Israeli forces. The court session heard the father's grief as Abu Amar denounced the accusations and the judge noted the defendant's statement.
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Gaza
Ahmed Hassan Abu Amar
Gaza City
Ahmed Qarazin
Qarazin
People’s
Ramoses welcome son at Latif Clinic in Ropesville
Mr and Mrs Oscar Ramos of Rt 1 Ropesville announce the birth of a son weighing five pounds eleven ounces at 1202 PM Saturday at Latif Clinic The father is employed by Ropesville Gin.
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Oscar Ramos
Rt. 1
Ropesville
Latif Clinic
Ropesville Gin
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Roger T. Kelley
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
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Bill Nichols
D-Ala
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Alexander Pirnie
R-N.y
Artie Spilman
San Antonio
Guthrie-Paducah
Solons
Cae Ls
West
H. J
Doc) Blanchard
Houston
Dallas
U.S. Supreme Court
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Rio Grande
Lubbock
Hockley
Terry
Promises
Tripoli
Muammar Kadafi
Benghazi
Bonn
Solon
Abu Amar
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