Safeguard program critics press two-site limit
Senate opponents claim newly released House testimony shows the Safeguard anti missile program will be obsolete before full operation. Pentagon officials say Project Hardsite, costing six million spent, would use smaller, cheaper components and could meet defense needs, prompting questions about extending ABM deployment and funding.
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Safeguard
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Philip A Hart
D-Mich
Nixon
Senate Armed Services Committee
China
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Alesandro Nabbed in Las Vegas Complex extradition plan forms
Baltimore prosecutors begin planning to bring Nicholas D Alesandro back from Las Vegas where the FBI says he is alive and in federal custody after a Riviera Hotel arrest. He waived extradition, held on a $2,500 bond, and faces potential charges related to bribery conspiracy involving Baltimore councilmen Mach and Di Pietro. A grand jury decision on interstate flight may follow.
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FBI
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Riviera Hotel
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Td’ Alesandro
Joseph V. Mach
Dominic DiPietro
Wicomico County Circuit Court
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DiPietro
Joseph Kiel
Dr. Pietro
Nicholas D’alesandro
Kiel
D’ Alesandro
Salisbury
George Beall
Nixon Signs Law Expanding Jobless Aid Coverage
President Nixon’s signature expands unemployment insurance to 4.7 million more workers and can lengthen benefits during high jobless periods. Congress approved the measure after a conference, with farm workers initially excluded. The bill extends coverage to small firms, certain workers, and adds a 13 week extension under certain national or state conditions. The tax base rises and states share the cost with the federal government.
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Nixon
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House
Senate House
Senate approves renewal funds for urban renewal program
The Senate approved an 18 billion appropriations bill for urban renewal water and sewage treatment and veterans care. The measure passed 70 to 8 with no Republican supporting Nixon’s spending objections. It includes 1.35 million for urban renewal and 500 million for water and sewage projects in smaller towns.
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Nixon
SST Development Seen Vital To Hold Market
Washington AP reports a federal official warns the United States must build a complete family of airplanes including SSTs to retain its world market share. Magruder of the DOT says U.S. dominance rests on subsonic, medium, and small airliners, with 822 billion to 250 billion at stake. a new report finds environmental uncertainties do not justify slowing production.
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United States
William M Magruder
Department of Transportation
Macruder
Magruder
Williams College
Transportation Department
U S And S Vietnam Press Laotian Border Offensive
The United States and South Vietnam launched a large air and ground push along 200 miles of the Laotian border to block NVA troops and supplies bound for South Vietnam and Cambodia. South Vietnamese divisions and a marine brigade were active along the demarcation zone toward Da Nang as B52 strikes intensified in the Laotian panhandle.
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No Chi Minh Trail
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Kham Duc
Baltimore Bread Price Lead Stirs Federal Probe
Baltimore area residents pay the highest average price for a pound of white bread in the continental U.S. at 28.9 cents per pound in April, with Washington and New York lower by several cents and Honolulu higher. Maryland officials announce plans to empanel a federal grand jury to investigate possible price fixing in Baltimore’s bakery sector amid evidence of artificial pricing structures.
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Honolulu
George Beall
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Beall
Justice Department
Federal Trade Commission
Allegany Seeks Ruling On Buses
Allegany County Commissioners asked the Atty. Gen. for a ruling on using public funds to buy eight new buses for Queen City Bus Lines. The plan would have the federal government pay two thirds of the 216,000 cost, with the county and federal money leased to the firm to aid its finances.
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