Nixon aides clash on taxes and controls amid inflation
Washington reports cite Treasury Secretary Kennedy predicting no new taxes this year and no rationing of credit while Labor Secretary Shultz dismisses wage and price controls as harmful and impractical. House passes 7.4 billion Agriculture Department appropriation with 2.5 billion for food programs and 100 million for water and sewer projects. Ford proposes 25 thousand dollar awards to spur citizen problem solving in the U.S. Capitol. Scott urges restraint on federal spending to curb inflation and avert recession. Also, a capital quote notes calls for police action against antiwar demonstrators.
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Nixon
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David M. Kennedy
George P. Shultz
Shultz
National Press Club
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Senate
Agriculture Department
Noxon Administration
Kennedy to Seek Second Full Term in Senate
Senate assistant majority leader Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts announced at his Boston town house that he will run for a second full six year term. He said he has served Massachusetts since 1963 and looks forward to another six years. He is expected to be nominated by acclamation at the Massachusetts Democratic convention in Amherst. The report recalls the Chappaquiddick incident and the resulting legal outcomes.
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Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
U.S. Senate
Kennedy
Massachusetts
United States
Amherst
Senate
Mary Jo Kopechne
Washington
Chappaquiddick
Cape Cod
Universal Studio Tours Expand With New Attractions
Universal Studio's 42 acre lot adds an Ark Park and after dark nightclub as part of a 2 million dollar revamp. The five millionth visitor in six years is expected soon as tours grow with features like a western town, sound stages, and a 22 country international village.
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Hollywood
Universal Studio
Ark
Universal
Ma and Pa Kettle Farm
Harry Carey Sr
Drug Abuse Claims At State Hospital Bring Probe
Former Austin State Hospital workers allege widespread teen patient drug use and mistreatment. Documents cite ignored reports and food deprivation, while a deaf mute girl was allegedly handcuffed to a basketball pole. State Board of Mental Health investigates after a complaint by Rep. Cavness.
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Rick Laminack
Andrews
Laminack
State Board of Mental Health
Don Cavness
Austin
James Wilson
Odessa
Wilson
Gay
Ben Barnes
Beverly Sutton
Fort Worth Livestock Prices Mixed By Class
Livestock market report from Fort Worth shows cattle and calves steady with various price ranges. Cows 20.50 to 22.00, cutters 20.00 to 21.90, canners 17.40 to 20.50, bulls 24.00 to 28.00. Feeder offerings include baby calves around 50.00, steers 29.00 to 32.30, heifers 27.50 to 35.00, and bulls 30.00 to 43.00. Hogs steady with 2-3 weight 190 to 215 lb at 23.50 to 24.25. sows 315 to 360 lb at 19.00. Sheep steady with spring lambs 26.00 to 27.00, good 24.00, wooled lambs 19.00, ewes 8.00.
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Fort Worth
Nixon seeks fast act to cancel California oil leases
President Nixon urged Congress to terminate 20 federal oil leases in California's Santa Barbara channel after the deadly 1969 blowout. He proposed creating a marine sanctuary with compensation funded by Elk Hills revenues, while allowing three leases to continue production under strict controls to prevent further pollution.
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Nixon
Congress
California
Santa Barbara Channel
Elk Hills Naval
Court reverses two Belton marijuana convictions
The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed and remanded the convictions of James A. Powers and Lawrence P. Dion for possessing marijuana. Each man received 16 and 20 year sentences after marijuana was seized under a search warrant whose affidavit lacked underlying circumstances. The ruling cites a U S Supreme Court requirement that such circumstances appear in the affidavit.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Texas
King Hussein says Jordan crisis improves amid hostage crisis
Amman amid heavy fighting as leftist guerrillas threaten to attack two hotels holding 58 foreigners. King Hussein voices hope for rapid improvement after three days of clashes with Palestinian militants, while the Intercontinental Hotel hosts 32 hostages including 14 Americans.
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Jordan
Hussein
Beirut
U.S
Amman Intercontinental Hotel
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Muammar Kadafi
Libya
Yasir Arafat
Arafat
al Fatah
Sherif Zeid Ben Shaker
Shaker
Mored
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
International Hotel
On This Date in History June 12 Highlights
June 12 marks events from 1665 New York incorporation under English law to 1963 Medgar Evers killing in Mississippi. Also noted are John Winthrop sailing to Salem in 1630, 1838 Iowa territory organized, Abner Doubleday linked to baseball, Lillian Russell marriage in 1912, 1940 Chungking bombing, Eisenhower Alaska flight, 5 years ago Phan Quat resignation in Vietnam, and last year a 15-year-old Brooklyn boy killed in Vietnam.
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New York
Massachusetts Bay Co
John Winthrop
Salem
Iowa
Abner Doubleday
Cooperstown
N.Y
Lillian Russell
Alexander P. Moore
Pittsburgh Pa
Chungking
China
Medgar W. Evers
Jackson
Miss
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Anchorage
Alaska
Far East
South Vietnam
Phanh Huy Quat
Brooklyn, N.Y
Marins
Murder and Death by Own Action Ruled in Shootings
In Harlingen Texas two people Virginia Casas 29 of San Benito and Juan Hernandez Garcia were found shot to death in a parked car near downtown. Police said the deaths are murder and death by own action and a pistol was recovered at the scene.
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Harlingen, Tex
Virginia Casas
San Benito
Juan Hernandez Garcia
Harlingen
Guy Anderson
Three Cities Win Governor's Community Achievement Awards
Gov. Preston Smith awarded the governor's community achievement awards to Atlanta, Graham and Lockhart for 1960 progress in improving living standards in small cities. The honors recognize cities with populations of 2,000 or less showing notable gains.
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Austin
Preston Smith
Atlanta
Graham and
Lockhart
Veteran Says War Badge Given For Killing Enemy
Detroit AP report notes that more than 100 badges were awarded to members of the 5th Battalion 60th Infantry who could prove they killed a Viet Cong. Frank Shepard, a former sergeant from Plymouth, said the badges were issued after proof like bringing back an enemy car.
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Frank Shepard
Plymouth
Detroit Free Press
Defense Department
60Th Infantry
9Th Infantry Division
Rach Kien
South Vietnam
Shepard
Phillip F. Kearns
Kearns
LaSalle College
Philadelphia
Scott Lewis Named As House Speaker
Scott Lewis of Pecos was elected House speaker and Tom Harwell of Midland was chosen president pro tem of the Senate during the American Legion Boys State event in Austin.
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