Nixon Shuttle Talks China and Highway Funds Debate
Nixon plans to send Henry Kissinger to China for talks while Louisiana faces an $85 million shortfall in funding for its five year highway program. State officials seek approval to sell the remaining $100 million of a $300 million bond issue as costs exceed initial estimates.
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Baton Rouge
State Highway Department
W. T. Taylor Jr
Taylor
State Bond Commission
Highway Department
Legislative Long Range Highway Planning Committee
Nixon to send Kissinger on mission to China this month
President Nixon will dispatch Henry Kissinger and a full traveling party to Peking to prepare for a planned China visit before May. Kissinger will meet Premier Chou En-lai and report back on possible dates as advance teams coordinate with Chinese officials.
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Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Peking
China
White House
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John Holdridge
National Security Council
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Senators Propose Social Security Tax Revisions
Two U S senators would introduce a bill to eliminate Social Security taxes for the poor and cut them for the middle class while sharply raising them for the rich, all without altering pensions. Muskie says the proposal targets the working tax burden.
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Washington
UPI
Social Security Tax Shift Under Muskie Mondale Plan
The bill shifts Social Security tax burden toward the well off and employers. It taxes all earnings with existing exemptions, allowing the poor to largely avoid the tax. 63 million workers would see a reduction while 8 million face increases.
Board of Ethics Delayed Over Gremillion Case
Louisiana Board of Ethics will wait until after the November 6 primary to act on a petition against Attorney General Jack Gremillion. Secretary Harold Forbes cited a panel member abroad and said a session will occur in six to eight weeks. The delay follows the Sept. 25 perjury conviction and a 1968 sworn statement denying stock ownership in A&T.
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Louisiana Board of Ethics
Harold Forbes
Jack Gremillion
Forbes
New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission
Gremillion
Louisiana Loan and Thrift Corp
Crime Commission
Ethics Board
A&t
McKeithen to Address Drug Legislation Hearing
Governor John McKeithen spoke in Monroe about the Second Annual Drug Institute and the November hearing on the Louisiana Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law. He warned he does not know what the state will do if the law is ruled unconstitutional.
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John McKeithen
Monroe
State Supreme Court
Farlier
Louisiana
McKeithen
Theory Tested On Relativity By Scientists
Two scientists flew from Dulles International Airport on a round the world test flight using jet and atomic clocks to study relativity effects. The mission aims to verify time dilation predictions as they circumnavigate the globe.
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Washington
Dulles International Airport
Chuckle on Inflation and Rising Prices
A playful jab notes inflation as prices keep climbing and the joke lands on everyday costs. The author uses humor to comment on the burden of steadily higher expenses.
Amtrak seeks extra federal funds for operations
Washington sources report Amtrak, five months old, asked Congress for up to 170 million dollars to sustain operations another year. The request, sent to the Budget Office, could be cut. Amtrak had hoped for 500 million but faced a 170 million target under a plan that used initial 40 million grant and 100 million loan guarantee.
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Taylor
Commission
Highway Department
Rayburn
Iill
Washington
API
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Congress
Amtrak
Quasipublic Corporation
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Transporation Department
Office of Management and Budget
One Prisoner Dies In Dallas Jail Uprising
In Dallas County jail, more than 800 inmates protested prison conditions. One prisoner, Lawrence Edward Jackson, 36, died of a cut finger amid clashes with guards. five inmates and several guards were slightly injured. autopsy ordered. Sheriff Jones ended the disturbance after extensive negotiations and skirmishes over about 34% hours.
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Dallas, Tex
Dallas County
Dallas
Lawrence Edward Jackson
Clarence Jones
Jones
Henry Wade
Prisoners restrained with water hoses on 12th floor riot
Officers used fire hoses to control protests as prisoners across 12 cellblocks on the 12th floor and four on the 11th floor clashed, tossing iron bolts and pits while guards conducted searches, strip searches, and solitary confinement during the uprising.
Hearings reopen on bill to ban small handgun sales
Senator Birch Bayh reopened hearings on a bill to ban sale of small caliber pistols calling them the tool of trade of killers. Testimony came from Detroit police officials Cleveland Homicide Bureau officials and NRA representatives. Bayh cited rising murders by .25 caliber handguns and noted the 1968 act banned imports but not domestic production.
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Washington
UPT
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
America
Detroit
Cleveland
Bayh
Scattered Light Rain Forecast for Twin Cities and Northeast Louisiana
Light rain fell in the Twin Cities while Northeast Louisiana expects scattered showers and thunder showers today and tonight. Temperatures reach 82 to 86, tonight 62 to 66. Monroe Airport reports 0.01 inches of rain, high 90, low 69, winds NE to E 5 to 15 mph. A weak cold front near Northeast Louisiana to Lake Charles drifts southeast.
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Twin Cities
Louisiana
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Monroe
Lake Charles
Nixon China visit prep grows. Kissinger and Ziegler pictured
A photo from AP shows President Nixon with Henry Kissinger and Ronald L. Ziegler as preparations advance for the president’s trip to China. The image captures the White House press secretary and the national security adviser amid diplomatic planning.
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Nixon
China
Kissinger
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
House Debate Begins On Tax Cut Proposals
The House opens debate on a $15.4 billion three year tax cut tied to Nixons economic program. The Ways and Means Committee shifts relief toward individuals and trims business breaks, meeting labor opposition led by AFL CIO president Meany who says changes still favor business. Mills predicts the bill will pass by a wide margin with potential withholding relief this year.
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Nixon
House
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Ways and Means Committee
Meany
House Banking Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
Congress
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Nixon Acts To End Tieup Of Shipping
President Nixon used Taft-Hartley emergency powers to halt dock strikes affecting Atlantic Pacific and Gulf ports. An inquiry board led by J Keith Mann will report by Wednesday on stalemates and whether to seek a back to work injunction. Backs the West Coast 96 day strike and possible all United States ports.
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Nixon
Washington
Ee Ee
National Health and Safety
J.keith Mann
Stanford Jiaw School
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
West Coast
Gulf Coast
Inquiry — Board
White House
Justice Department
Pan
Florida
Great Lakes
Fast
Afl-Clo International Longshoremen’s Association
New York
Personal Income Totals Rise in Louisiana in July
Louisiana personal income reached 983 million dollars in July, up 7.5 percent from a year earlier, per the Department of Commerce and Industry citing Business Week. For January–July, income stood at 6.8 billion dollars, a 6.6 percent rise year over year.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Istate Department of Commerce Land Industry
Department
Business Week
New York Weather Lead Sees 99 Degrees in California
The National Weather Service reports the day's high reached 99 degrees in Long Beach California while Alamosa Colorado logged a low of 25 degrees. The data excludes Hawaii and Alaska.
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New York
Plans To Control Drivers Outlined
AP report from Washington quotes Douglas W. Toms of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration detailing a proposed national program to track motorists from license issue onward. It envisions simulators, probationary permits for new drivers, periodic re examinations, medical screening, and possible daylight and area restrictions for seniors to avoid license revocation.
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Vern Haugland
Toms
Draft Lottery Number Lowered For 1971 Callup
The Selective Service System lowered the drafting number to 125 for 1971, moving up the expected call. Men will receive 30 days notice to report for induction, replacing the prior 10 days. No one will be drafted in October to fix the 10,000 man call. inductions shift to November through December.
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Curtis W. Tarri
Pentagon
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