Senate Adds Import Quota Amendment to Tax Reform Bill
The Senate approved 65 to 30 an amend ment allowing the President to impose import quotas on foreign products if injuring U S companies or workers and if the exporting country restricts U S exports. Administration opposes the measure as vague and likely to be vetoed by President Nixon. The move signals rising protectionist sentiment amid foreign competition.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Senate House
Norris Cotton
H-N.h
Mike Mansfield
John J. Williams
R-Del
GOP
House-Senate
Nixon
R-N.h
Secretary of Commerce
Urice H. Stans
Det
Russell Lonr
D-La
Thor
Otton
Stans
Japan
Finance Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Diphtheria Outbreak Prompts Florida Serum Airlift
An emergent shipment of 32 000 doses of serum flew from Philadelphia to Miami to curb a diphtheria outbreak that has claimed two children. Six medical teams will inoculate about 41 000 school pupils in northwest Miami as seven cases appear since October. Dr Milton Saslaw notes this is the first outbreak this large since 1962 and warns the illness can spread from throat to other body parts.
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Miami
Philadelphia
Milton Saslaw
Dade County
Harvard Radcliffe eye spring coed housing exchange
Harvard and Radcliffe plan a spring housing exchange involving 150 residents from three Harvard houses and 150 women in Radcliffe dormitories. Final approval rests with the Harvard Corporation and Radcliffe trustees.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Radcliffe
Harvard Corporation
Board of Trustees of
University
Thruway spot checks deny about five thousand vehicles
Albany AP reports nearly 5,000 vehicles were denied entry to the New York State Thruway after three years of mechanical defect spot checks. The Thruway Authority inspected just over 100,000 vehicles and rejected 4.1 percent as unsafe, with the most common defects including worn tires faulty directional signals and nonworking brake lights.
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Albany, N.Y
N.Y. State Thruway
Thruway Authority
Opposition to Edison Rate Increase in Illinois Hearing
At an Illinois Commerce Commission hearing in Chicago, opponents pressed against Commonwealth Edison 6.1 percent rate rise. Angela Pieroni led a 10 000 signature petition urging rejection and pollution reduction. Edison finance chair Gordon R Corey argued higher earnings but costly borrowing. he acknowledged pollution is a problem and cited a pollution cut program.
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Chicago
Commonwealth Edison Co
Illinois Commerce Commission
Angela Pieroni
Southwest Side
Commission
Gordon R. Corey
Edison Finance Committee
Corey
John P. Meyer
Illinois Atty
William J. Scott
Commonwealth Edison
Edison
Commonwealth Edison Company
Goldberg ends bid for New York governor or Senate
Former Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. Goldberg says his decision is final and not subject to change and that he will not run in the 1970 New York elections. He cited facing a primary challenge if he sought the Democratic nomination for either post.
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NEW York
U.S. Supreme Court
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
Goldberg
Culp Sues Nuyen for Divorce on Second Anniversary
Los Angeles AP reports actor Robert Culp filed for divorce from France Nuyen on their second wedding anniversary. The petition cites extreme cruelty and notes their separation on November 2. Culp is 39, Nuyen 30. each had two prior marriages.
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Los Angeles
Robert Culp
France Nuyen
Culp
Miss Nuyen
Culpis
Stock Market Sees Broad Decline At Noon In New York
The Dow Jones Industrials fell 4.29 to 779.50 as 18 of 20 big caps declined. The AP 60 slipped 0.6 to 265.4 with industrials down 1.4 and rails and utilities modestly lower. GM planned four extra Christmas plant shutdowns while Litton tumbled after lower October earnings.
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New York
General Motors
U.S
Litton Industries
American Telephone
Royal Dutch
Polaroid
Atlantic Richfield
U.S. Steel
Amex
Chicago Butter Prices At Wholesale Levels
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports wholesale butter prices with grade A whites at 63 and standards at 54, lower than other grades. The ledger lists 93 AA 68 percent and 92 Sweat as part of wholesale buying terms, with general waivers on bearing pet goods.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Grain Prices Reported in AP Wire
Chicago market notes list wheat No 2 hard yellow at 1.46 per bushel No 2 soft red at 1.4634 per bushel No 2 yellow at 1.184 per bushel. Oats No 2 white at 61 cents, soybeans Ros 1 yellow at 2.45, and soybean oil at 9.65.
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Chicago
House completes action on $2.3 billion justice State bill
The House finalized a $2.3 billion appropriations measure for the Justice and State departments, coming in at 121.2 million below President Nixon’s requested budget.
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Associated Press
House
Departments of Justice and State
Nixon
Small Foreign Aid Bill Advances to Senate Fight
The House approved a $1.6 billion foreign aid package, the smallest since World War II, with $54.5 million for Nationalist China fighter planes and $50 million for South Korea. Sen. Fulbright plans a floor clash over the aid, and a government shutdown looms if Congress misses year end.
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Washington
U.S
House
Senate
China
South Korea
Nixon
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Snow Odds Favor International Falls for White Christmas
Weather bureau data show International Falls Minn has a 100 percent chance of a white Christmas based on past Decembers with snow. Other regions like Florida Georgia Hawaii Louisiana and Mississippi show zero to minor chances while 269 cities are listed with varying probabilities.
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Washington
International Falls
Minn
Dixie
West
Commerce Department
Environmental Science Services Administration
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Louisiana
Mississippi
Commerce
Plan to Repair Capitol Front
Washington AP conferees reach a compromise to salvage both chambers plans for the Capitol west front repair. The deal retains funding for design of a $45 million extension and a $250,000 restoration study, with final choice postponed until a feasibility report by a special commission.
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Washington
House-Senate
Capitol
House
Senate
Congress
Denver Parks Count Surpasses Hundred in Capital Report
Senator Gordon Allott of Colorado criticizes the tax reform bill noting that reforms resemble a mockery by Christmas tree tinsel. The report also records more than 100 parks existing in Denver, Colorado.
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Associated Press
Christmas Tree Tinsel
Gordon Allott
R-Colo
Denver, Colo
Washington metro rapid transit project breaks ground
Groundbreaking ceremony for a 97.7 mile Washington area rapid transit system features Mayor Walter E. Washington and Transportation Secretary John A. Volpe digging the first spadefuls. The $2.5 billion project is planned to take ten years to complete.
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Washington
Walter E. Washington
Secretary of Transportation
John A. Volpe
Poinsettias Elevate Home Decor in Tiered Arrangements
Poinsettias on a low bench or coffee table serve as a compact accent. By arranging them in tiers on the floor or places like a bookcase or fireplace mantle, they create formal splendor distinct from other seasonal displays.
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Chicago Cash Grain
Minnesota
Neresis
Grundy
Sears
Bedford Plate
Morris
Morris Herald
America
Nova
Fisher
Qoodoo
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