Missouri House Delays Household Tax Repeal Vote
Missouri House Ways and Means Committee delayed a recommendation on repealing the household goods tax. Senator William J. Cason said the measure fulfills the people’s mandate, while the state revenue department weighs its financial impact. The plan would reimburse municipalities and counties from general revenue, estimated at 14 million dollars annually. The article also notes related budget notes on mental illness programs, a cancer hospital, and other Capitol actions.
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Jefferson City
Missouri House Ways and Means Committee
William J. Cason
Clinton
Senate
State Department of Revenue
General Revenue Fund
Cason
Capitol
Appropriations Committee
House
Ellis Fischer
Columbia
Heavy Guard On Jury's Evidence In Watergate Probe
Washington AP report notes House Judiciary Committee places heavy guard around grand jury material on Nixon and Watergate. Chairman Rodino will review the sealed report and material, possibly including a tape of the hush money conversation. Haldeman’s lawyer hints a grand jury tape exists while Nixon aides continue to assess subpoenaed materials for the impeachment inquiry.
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Washington
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
House Judiciary Committee
Ziegler
Nixon
House
Peter W. Rodine Jr
D-N.j
Rodino
John J. Wilson
H.R. Haldeman
U.S. Court of Appeals
Haldeman
Peter W. Rodine
John Doar
White House Tapes Shape Dean Cross-Examination in Vesco Case
In a high profile cross examination, transcripts from White House tapes were used in John W. Dean III’s testimony in the Mitchell Stans conspiracy trial. The tapes raise questions about Vesco’s $200,000 contribution to Nixon’s 1972 campaign and potential concealment under new reporting rules. Dean testified about conveying to Nixon a request involving Mitchell’s successor and the grand jury.
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NEW York
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
White House
John W. Dean III
Mitchell
Stans
Dean
Securities and Exchange Commission
Robert L. Vesco
Nixon
Richard G. Kleindienst
Federal
Vesco
United States
Robert Vesco
Finance Committee
Edward
Edward Nixon
Smile on the Signboard Reflects Local Verse
In Belleville Wisconsin a brief verse features a preacher a lawyer a doctor and a plain citizen each adding lines to a signboard. The lines express collective social roles with a humorous twist urging prayer pleading prescribing and paying for all.
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The
Plain Citizen
Belleville Wis Heourdet
City Uses Noise Against Starlings
City officials in northeast Mexico blasted 15 to 30 minute starling distress calls from police car speakers to deter thousands of blackbirds roosting in trees along Jefferson Street. Animal control officer Thomas Cline said the plan aims to displace the flock, possibly driving it out of town, with guidance from the state Conservation Commission and a taped distress call used previously.
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Mexico
Jefferson Street
Summit Street
Thomas Cline
Cline
State Conservation Commission
Kissinger Brezhnev Talks Delayed In Moscow Meeting
MOSCOW AP The first round of talks between Henry Kissinger and Leonid Brezhnev was postponed briefly as the Soviets asked for more time. Officials said the leaders were expected to meet again later, while negotiations over MIRV limits and Soviet missile testing continued. Brezhnev urged restraint on overstatement of U S missile advantages.
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George BE
Murray
Crewe Coeur
House
Board of Jury Commissioners
Moscow
Henry A. Kissinger
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
United States
U.S
Politburo
Brezhnev
Kissinger
Middle East
Ravel
Europe
Nixon Criticized By Byrd Over Impeachment Inquiry
Senator Byrd charged President Nixon with misleading the public and trying to sabotage the House impeachment inquiry. He warned Nixon’s credibility is damaged and described a last ditch campaign to blame Congress. Byrd said a Senate trial could be scheduled during the election cycle and criticized Nixon for leveraging media to attack the legislative branch.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
Nixon
House
Byrd
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
West Virginia
Lerner Sattibad
Strauss
House Judiciary Committee
National Capital Democratic Club
Fuel supply outlook hinges on conservation says Sawhill
Hershey Pa AP Fuel supplies should improve in spring and summer if conservation continues. John C Sawhill deputy FEO administrator says no significant shortages expected, but a end to fuel conservation could bring a five to six percent shortage.
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Hershey
Federal Energy Office
John C. Sawhill
FEO
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Jim Inlow
Richard Vance
Missouri
St. Louis County
Donald Grabke
D-Lemay
Jackson
St. Louis
Jackson County
Missouri House
David Reed
Kansas City
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