Nixon Budget Aims For About 203 Billion Dollar Spending
President Nixon plans a budget near 202 to 203 billion dollars for the coming year with a small surplus, possible cuts in services including Post Office operations, and a package of tax measures to boost revenues. The plan envisions higher taxes on cigarettes and alcohol, faster estate and gift tax payments, earlier excise and income tax collections, and extended taxes on telephone service and new cars.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Treasury
Air Force F111 Buy Cut Could Reduce Plan by 121
Washington AP reports Air Force officials expect a cutback of at least 121 F111 fighter bombers, trimming a defense budget by over $1 billion. Melvin Laird indicated a possible cancellation, with total aircraft planned dropping from 675 to about 554, risking further reductions to 514 if funds for 40 more Fills are denied.
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Air Force
Pentagon
Senate Appropriations Committee
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Army
Navy
NASA trims space program as 1970s begin
NASA faces heavy budget cuts in its 1971 plan with a 50,000 job reduction and halted Saturn 5 rockets. The agency will slow moon flights to two per year for remaining missions and defer Mars unmanned flights by at least two years, reshaping goals and staffing from 190,000 to about 140,000.
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The
Space Agency
Thomas O. Paine
Tak
Ing
NASA
Nixon
Paine
Electronics Research
Cambridge
Mass
Cincinnati closes last incinerator as union strike bites
Cincinnati shuts its final incinerator amid a 10 day Municipal Workers Union strike. Wage talks resume at a federal mediation meeting as water mains fail and 400 homes lose water. Damaged equipment hampers road salting and city trucks. 1,495 appeals are filed as workers are presumed resigned after three days off. Debate stalls over pay, with police and firemen receiving $945 yearly and the city offering a 14 cent hourly raise or five percent.
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Ing
Civil Service
Civil Services
Bell
Middletown Area Weather Forecast Update
The Middletown region expects partly cloudy skies and milder temperatures, with tonight’s lows in the low 20s. Thursday brings cloudy skies and a chance of light rain or snow, with highs in the upper 30s to low 40s. Yesterday’s high reached 33 and this morning’s low was 21.
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Middletown
Nigerians Refuse Foreign Aid During Biafra Crisis
Lagos officials clash over relief leadership while Nigeria rejects aid from foreign church groups and governments. Maj. Gen. Gowon says no external help, Red Cross to manage distributions. Britain pledges 12 million dollars, US offers 2 million and 48 trucks for airlift.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Yakubu Gowon
Adetokunbo Ademola
Nigerian Red Cross
Ademola
Red Cross
London
Harold Wilson
Britain
Biafra
U.S
Elliot L. Richardson
Washington
United States
United Nations Children’s Fund
IRS undecided on credit card tax payments plan
An Ohio proposal to let taxpayers charge their income taxes to BankAmericard drafts is neither approved nor rejected by the IRS. The agency will accept valid checks and has not endorsed the Columbus bank plan to issue drafts up to 500 dollars payable to the IRS to be sent with the 1969 return.
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Washington
Ohio
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
City National Bank and Trust Co
Columbus
BankAmericard
City Hikes End Run Around Picketing and Raises Salaries
City commissioners approve a four percent across the board raise for 130 non-striking hourly workers and a $250 raise for uniformed employees, with striking Local 856 members to share only if they return to work. An emergency ordinance bans city employee picketing with fines up to 500 dollars and six months in jail, amid harassment reports. The panel also seeks state help to clear state routes during snowstorms while negotiations on the cost of living clause and a two year contract continue.
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Fred Sennet
James Levendusky
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers
Afl-Cio
Fred B. Cramer
State Highway Department
Dan Rothe
Jack Bates
Bates
Levendusky
Commission
Invasion Doubts Amid Infiltration Claims From Hanoi
U S officials say North Vietnamese troop infiltration into South Vietnam is not a reliable indicator of Hanoi's intentions. They note Hanoi already has enough troops to mount an offensive, while reports show increased truck traffic through Eastern Laos and a logistics buildup in the A Shau Valley suggesting possible action.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Laos
A Shau
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