Nixon mission and Haiti trip spark regional unrest
President Nixon faces criticism over voter rights proposal as Nelson Rockefeller heads to Haiti on a fact finding mission. Reports from Washington note budget fights, military waste scrutiny, and tensions from Argentina to Jordan as protests and riots flare amid a broad national agenda.
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Nelson Rockefeller
Nixon
Argentina
Washington
John N. Mitchell
American armored units clash with North Vietnamese near Tay Ninh
AP reporting from Saigon says thirty U.S. armored vehicles pummeled North Vietnamese troops near Tay Ninh for about three hours with thousands of rounds. North Vietnamese casualties were listed at 42 dead with one U.S. killed and one wounded. A separate engagement near Nui Ba Den Mountain added reports of 160 enemy dead amid ongoing actions around Tay Ninh City and at Khe Sanh.
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Israalis
Jordan
East Bank
Amman
Tel Aviv
Shunek
Wadi Shaib
Allenby Bridge
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Saigon
Tay Ninh
8Th Regiment
Sth
U.S. 25Th Division
Nui Ba den
Tay Ninh City
Khe Sanh
U.S. 5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
Food stamp fight to go on after close Committee loss
Senate Agriculture Committee rejected the free food stamps proposal 7 to 5 but supporters vow to carry the battle to the floor. Key backers include McGovern D and Dole R with broader aims to liberalize eligibility and boost financing to 1.5 billion by 1971, amid Nixon administration proposals and current grants.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
George McGovern
Marlow W. Cook
Rky
Robert’ J. Dole
R-Kan
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
James B. Allen
South Carolina
Agriculture Department
Senate
Royal train shaken by violence during Caernarvon visit
A bomb damaged track near Caernarvon Castle as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles arrived for the investiture. Police arrested youths amid crowd chaos. the blast occurred after the royal party alighted from the train. U S Ambassador Walter Annenberg and Patricia Nixon were aboard the preceding special train. Two men were killed nearby in a separate explosion.
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Nixon
Patricia
Euston Station
London
Prince of Wales
Caernarvon
Caernarvon Castle
U.S
Walter Annenberg
Patricia Nixon
Surtax extension passage hinges on Nixon pledge reform
The House narrowly approved a bill extending the 10 percent income surtax after a last minute push by President Nixon and GOP leaders. The measure keeps withholding rates through July with possible retroactive extension. Senate action may take months. Nixon seeks a longer term phase to December then to June of next year. Opponents warn against tying broad tax reform to the surtax extension as Senate hearings on Medicare and Medicaid begin after the Fourth of July recess.
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Nixon
House
Senate
Congress
White House
Ford
John W. McCormack
Senate Finance
Congressmen Taste Hunger On Welfare Budget Experiment
A group of six to eight House and Senate members, earning $42,500 yearly, spend six days surviving on 18 cents a meal as part of a National Welfare Rights Organization effort to spotlight guaranteed annual incomes. Wives rely on peanut butter oatmeal and grits while children cope with meager meals, cabinets taped to deter snacking.
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House
Senate
Abner J. Mikva
National Welfare Rights Organization
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
John McCloskey
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
California
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