Quotas Delay Tax Reform Bill in Senate Fight
The Senate tax reform debate stalls as Norris Cotton proposes an import quota rider to allow presidential action against shipments harming U.S. workers. The Nixon administration opposes the move, urging a thorough inquiry, while leaders forecast a conference and possible amendments.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
U.S
Nixon
Maurice H. Stans
Russell B. Lonr
D-La
Glenn Expected In Senate Race
Former astronaut John Glenn is set to announce his entry into the U S Senate race at a 9 a m news conference in Columbus Ohio He will join the Democratic primary field facing potential opponent Howard Metzenbaum Metzenbaum who aided Sen Stephen Young's campaigns may run against Glenn in the May 5 primary Glenn recently left a Royal Crown International post and relocated to Ohio with a voting residence in New Concord Young who is retiring due to age previously warned Glenn off running after a 1964 primary bid ended with an ear injury.
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John Glenn
Glenn
Royal Crown International
New York City
New Concord
Howard Metzenbaum
Metzenbaum
Stephen Young
Young
Judge refuses autopsy in Kopechne case in Pa
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania Judge Bernard Brominski refused to order the exhumation of Mary Jo Kopechne's body for an autopsy. He said the Massachusetts inquest evidence failed to show the cause of death beyond drowning and noted parents objections are significant but not absolute.
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Wilkes-Barre
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Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Common Pleas
Bernard C. Brominski
Massachusetts
Brominski
Dist
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Mass
Dinis
Joseph Kopechne
Berkeley Heights
N.J
Bromin
Ski
Joseph F. Flanagan
Kopechne
30 B52s Earmarked For Return From Viet War
The Pentagon pulls the equivalent of two B52 squadrons from Southeast Asia. Thirty stratofortresses will return to the United States to join the strategic bomber force or for training. North Vietnam infiltration is rising, prompting the move as part of cost-cutting on bomber missions.
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Pentagon
Southeast Asia
Air Force
United States
Strategic Bomber Force
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Defense
Boyle claims top UMW job after bitter election
United Mine Workers President W. A. Boyle claimed a crushing re election victory over Joseph A. Yablonski in a long bitter internal battle. Boyle credited John L. Lewis as his mentor and said miners backed him despite a protest from Yablonski who vowed not to concede.
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W. A
Tony” Boyle
John L. Lewis
Joseph A. Yablonski
Boyle
Lewis
Yablonski
Clarksville
Miami fights diphtheria outbreak with serum shipment
An emergency shipment of 32 000 doses of diphtheria serum arrived from Philadelphia to curb a Miami outbreak that has claimed two lives. Six medical teams will inoculate about 41 000 school pupils in the northwest district where seven cases have appeared since October. An 83 year old boy is in critical condition at Jackson hospital.
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Milton Saslaw
Dade County
Elections Spelled Defeat For Several Ohio School Levies
Ohio voters rejected multiple school levies in Tuesday elections, delaying openings and prompting funding fears. Districts including Upper Arlington Oak Hills Canton New Carlisle Bethel and others saw defeats, while some measures passed in Mechanicstown Lima and Springfield.
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Oak Hills
Canton
George Young
Warren
New London
van Wert
Champaign
Madison
Mechanicsburg
Allen East
Allen County
Lima
Patrick Henry
Henry County
Putnam County
Wadsworth
Medina County
Vermillion
Lorain County
South Viet Army Grows by 88 000 in Six Months
The Saigon government reports its armed forces increased by about 88,000 troops in six months, totaling roughly 1,090,000. Gains include militia and paramilitary units, while regular army dips slightly due to fluctuation. Militia forces face heavy losses amid MeKong Delta fighting.
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Navy
Revolutionary Development
South Vietnam
Middletown Sees Clouds and Light Showers Forecast
The Middletown forecast calls for cloudy skies tonight with a chance of light showers and low temperatures in the low 30s. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies and highs in the lower 40s. Yesterday the high reached 44 degrees while this morning opened at 28.
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Middletown
Blast Rocks Culver Chemical Plant in Carpentersville
An explosion at Culver Chemical Co. in Carpentersville forced residents within a block to evacuate before dawn. No injuries were reported, but a fire continued to burn over a half hour after the blast as state police and firefighters battled the flames in the 20 000 resident town about 40 miles northwest of Chicago.
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Culver Chemical Co
Chicago
Army Junta Seizes Power Attempt in Dahomey
An army junta led by Lt. Col. Maurice Kouan cete tried to seize power in Dahomey this morning. Reports say communications were cut with Cotonou in darkness, gunfire heard near the capital, as Dahomey remains one of Africa's most unstable nations with a history of coups.
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Lome
Togo
Maurice Kouancete
Dahomey
West African Bulge
Africa
College Enrollments Reach All-Time High Nationwide
Cincinnati AP report shows 4 156 268 full-time students in 1 145 colleges plus 5 744 335 with part time included. Dr Garland G Parker University of Cincinnati cites School and Society survey marking 50th year of such surveys. Estimated total full-time higher ed students around 7 750 000.
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Cincinnati
Garland G. Parker
University of Cincinnati
Parker
Sohio to Merge With London Firm BP Oil
Sohio and BP Oil Corp plan to sign merger papers January one in London after Standard Oil shareholders approved the deal by a large margin. Sohio President Charles E. Spark announced the closing papers signing Tuesday.
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Standard Oil Co
Ohio
BP Oil Corp
London
Sohio
Charles E. Spark
Standard Oil
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