Reuss Bill Seeks Dollar Devaluation in Congress
Washington A formal proposal to devalue the dollar was introduced by Rep. Henry Reuss and Sen. Jacob Javits. The administration opposes the bill while noting Secretary Connally said remarks should not be read as backing such action. The measure would let the President raise gold prices by up to ten percent to devalue the dollar and help resolve monetary deadlock.
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Bult
Treasury Department
Henry Reuss
D-Wis
Jacob Javits
R-N.y. Ence
John B Chaualy
New York Economic Club
Connally
Economic Club of New York
Congress
Midday weather update for Middletown forecasts cool tonight
Cloudy and cooler tonight and tomorrow with lows in the 30s and highs in the upper 40s. Rain chances are 10 percent tonight and 20 percent tomorrow as Middletown reports two tenths of an inch of rain by morning. Yesterday's high reached 71 degrees and the 8 a.m. low was 45.
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Middletown
Tax bill may go to floor vote Monday in Columbus
A personal income tax bill, once backed by Gov. Gilligan, heads for a possible Monday floor vote as a House Senate conference committee reached a compromise on a tax budget. The Taft Flannery measure would raise about 1.011 billion in new money over two years, with rates from 5 percent to 4 percent for top brackets and rebates for property owners. The bill’s first chamber of introduction remains undecided between House or Senate, with leaders to meet Monday morning.
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Columbus
John J. Gilligan
House-Senate
William Taft
Cleveland
James J. Flannery
Taft-Flannery
House
Senate
Theodore M. Gray
Piqua
Charles F. Kurfess
Perrysburg
Kurfess
San Diego
Jurors and Judge Laud TV Evidence in Ohio Suit
Erie County Common Pleas Court Judge James McCrystal praised televised testimony in the Arthur McCall vs. Mary Ann Clemons civil case. A two week in court recording fed to jurors via screens. a $9,600 verdict for McCall was reached.
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Sandusky, Ohio
Ohio
Erie County Common Pleas Court
James McCrystal
Ion
McCrystal
Ohio Bar Association Journal
Arthur McCall
Mary Ann Clemons
Ohio Judicial Conference
Ohio Supreme Court
C. William O’neill
Coed Kidnapping Escapees Arrested After Moraine Flight
Two Lexington jail escapees, Larry Thomas and Henry Collins, were captured in Greenville after fleeing with a 23 year old University of Kentucky coed who was abducted in Lexington. The abductors forced her into her car and drove toward Ohio before stopping for gas in Moraine where she escaped. Remaining suspects Puckett and Chisholm are still at large. Local police will detain the pair for transfer to Kentucky authorities.
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Greenville
Lexington
University of Kentucky Coed
Ohio
Tusinois
Vickman
AML Freereere
Moraine
Dayton
Robert Reichert
Larry Thomas
Henry Clay Collins
Ohio Highway Patrol
John Puckett
Michael Chisholm
Miss Hickman
Nixon speech urges labor unity for peacetime prosperity
President Nixon told AFL-CIO delegates in Miami Beach that cooperation can move Phase 2 of his anti inflation program toward lasting prosperity. He defended Phase 1’s wage price freeze and noted labor leaders may stay on the Pay Board only if needed to win wage demands, signaling a tough stance amid union resistance.
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Nixon
Afl-Cio
Organized Labor
Union Federation
George Meany
Tonge
Meany
Afl.cio
Federal Pay Board
Clo
Interior Secy Tours Armco Praises Pollution Efforts
Secretary of the interior Rogers C. B. Morton praised Armco Steel Corp for its pollution controls during a Middletown Works tour. He highlighted Armco’s water reclamation program and noted the company’s efforts to address environmental concerns amid prior legal actions over waste disposal. Morton and Armco President C. William Verity later met at the Verity home.
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Armco Steel Corp
Secretary of the Interior
Rogers C.B. Morton
Middletown Works
Armco
Morton
Houston
Texas
Houston Ship Channel
Justice Department
Armce
C. William Verity
Verity
Jim Townsley
B.C. Huselton
Ron McAlpin
Washington
Maryland
Republican National Committee
Louisville
Ballard and Ballard Co
Pillsbury Co
Clarence Brown Jr
Walter Powell
William Keating
Moran
Middletown
Ohio budget battle endangers Little Miami River
Secretary Morton told three Miami Valley congressmen that without matching funds from Ohio the state may lose federal grant eligibility to preserve the Little Miami River. The dispute centers on budget timing and urban encroachment risks, with river group leader Ray Custer calling for urgent action and warning the river’s possible death without state or federal support.
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Little Miami River
Interior Department
Morton
Ohio
Ray Custer
Little Miami Inc
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Washington Tap
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Michael J. Maloney
Cincinnati
Paul E. Gillmor
Tiff
Miami Beach
Townsley
Interior Secy Tours
Armeco
Armeo
Great
Miami
Little Miami
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