Tax Reform Nears Final Congressional Vote
Washington reports a compromise tax reform bill clearing key hurdles as GOP leaders push for presidential approval. The plan would cut some taxes by 9.1 billion dollars and raise others by 6.6 billion, with adjustments to Social Security benefits and exemptions. The measure aims for a 1973 start, with a 15 percent Social Security rise and a scaled exemption increase, while continuing an oil and gas depletion allowance reduction and a 5 percent surcharge through mid year.
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Helicopter shot down as U S troops clash in Vietnam
U S helicopter was shot down near the demilitarized zone as an American recon team from the 101st Airborne operated 22 miles from the zone. Eight Americans were killed and two wounded. US Air Force bombers hit infiltration routes from Laos while a second helicopter was downed near the Cambodian border with three crewmen wounded.
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South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
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U.S. Air Force
Laos
Khe Sanh
Middletown Area Weather Forecast
The Middletown forecast calls for cold clear conditions with tonight’s lows in the lower 20s and no snow expected today. Tuesday will be cold and clear with highs in the upper 30s and nights in the 20s, with a 20 percent chance of snow or rain Tuesday night.
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Perot Blooming plans to deliver Christmas to POWs in Vietnam
Texas billionaire H Ross Perot leads a private mission aboard a chartered jet on a two leg trip toward Hanoi to deliver 180000 pounds of Christmas gifts to 1400 Americans held by North Vietnam. He aims for cargo planes to land and unload by Christmas Day, seeking to improve U S Vietnamese relations through humanitarian aid.
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H. Ross Pert
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Vienna Chosen for SALT Talks Site Switch
The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to start full scale strategic arms talks in Vienna on April 16 and continue in Helsinki. The compromise ends a site dispute that delayed negotiations and avoids Geneva.
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Czechoslovakia
Stokes challenges police over anti Panther remarks
U S Rep Louis Stokes denounces Cleveland police chief statements that Black Panthers must be wiped out. He condemns raids on Panther headquarters and warns police could set a dangerous precedent by acting as judge jury and executioners amid ongoing Panther investigations.
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Frank Schaefer
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Mafia
TWA Clerk Foils Hijack Plot at Athens Airport
An Athens TWA clerk found a hand grenade in a passenger’s handbag during security checks on a flight from Tel Aviv to New York. Police arrested Issam Doumi di 18 Sami Aboud 20 and Amoul Khalil 22 as the plan to seize the plane and blow it up after landing was uncovered. The Boeing 707 arrived late at Kennedy after a bus transfer and checks of 29 other passengers.
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Rome
Tel Aviv
New York
Issam Doumidi
Sami Aboud
Amoul Khalil
Damascus
Kennedy
South Viet jet crash at Nha Trang kills many
A South Vietnamese airliner overruns the runway at Nha Trang and erupts in flames, killing at least 48 aboard and injuring 24. US nationals possibly among the dead were not yet confirmed, as helicopters ferry victims from the crash site near a slum.
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