Peacekeeping office blasted as congress trip delayed
In Saigon reports say a regional peacekeeping center was attacked injuring a guard and damaging a water plant. The blast coincides with a postponed congressional trip to South Vietnam and Cambodia aimed at rallying support for aid. Vietnam and Cambodian fronts saw renewed fighting near Phnom Penh and in the Mekong Delta with civilian casualties.
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Sagan
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Cambodia
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Mong Rumer
Anee
Phnom Penh
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Bulun
Wieshangton Sand
Semae
Hutpe
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House Debates Broad Gun Control Bills in Congress
The House considers many gun control measures. Bills seek to prohibit manufacture and sale of most handguns, restrict mail order gun purchases, require firearm registration and licensing, and impose penalties for gun crimes. Rep Dellums leads the broad registration and licensing push with wide prohibitions.
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House
Washington
Judiciary
Ronald V Dellums
D-Calif
McGovern accuses Butz over food stamp program
Sen George McGovern accuses Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz of sabotaging the food stamp program and urges resignation or proper compliance with laws and regulations. McGovern, chairman of the Senate Select Nutrition Committee, challenges Butz as he testifies before the Senate Agriculture Committee. Butz offers opposition to proposed raises in target prices and loan levels for grains cotton and wheat to avoid government ownership of surplus crops and subsidies to farmers.
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Washington
George McGovern
D-S.d
Earl Butz
Butz
McGovern
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate Select Nutrition Committee
Burns Warns Democrats Bank Proposals Risk Economy
Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur F. Burns warns that congressional demands to lower interest rates could trigger explosive money and credit growth. He opposes two House Banking Committee bills tied to a Democratic package, arguing they threaten Fed independence and recovery prospects.
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Chaiman
Arthur F. Burns
Congress
Fed
House Banking Committee
Burns
Detecratec Bis
Supreme Court Expands IRS Bank Record Scrutiny
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that the IRS may issue a John Doe summons to obtain bank records to identify individuals involved in suspicious transactions. The decision strengthens government powers in tax probes and deters potential evaders. Justice opinion details not specified in the report.
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Supreme Court
Cout
Internal Revenue Service
Emergency housing bill backed by Wisconsin Democrats amid slowing construction
Wisconsin Democrats push an emergency housing bill offering qualified buyers a 6 percent mortgage rate for up to three years to spur recovery in the housing industry. A government report shows new permits for building homes fell to 661,000 and starts rose only slightly in January, signaling a slow recovery from wartime highs.
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Charman
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Sears
Van
Wiscumun Democrats
Commerce Department
Ake
Pew Benes
Man would give his life to save cancer stricken wife
Herbert Gibboney offered to sell an eye for 25 000 dollars to fund his wife Mrs Gibboney s cancer treatment. Doctors found extensive abdominal colon cancer delaying a jaw bone transplant. Pioneer Community Hospital and two doctors provided free services while the family relies on Social Security.
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Placerville
Calif
Herbert Gibboney
Wofe
Gibboney
Pioncer Community Hospital
Mrs Gibboney
Gary Jones
Valley Union
Pioneer Community Hospital
John Mathewson
Howard Graham
Gibbones
Gibboneys
Hawaii
Nuclear plant price questioned by MIT report
MIT researchers warn rising capital costs threaten nuclear power’s economic edge over coal. The study cites escalating reactor costs, uncertain future prices, and environmental rules as key factors shaping whether new plants remain viable against coal.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
of Technology Review
National Science and Technology Journal
MIT
Jean-Claude Derian
Marie-Paule Consimoni
Robert Treitel
Center For Policy Alternatives
Irvin C. Rupp
Harvard Business School
United States
Bupp
Ford administration hikes request for railroad aid
The Ford administration raises emergency railroad aid by 25 million dollars, bringing total requested aid to 347 million with 197 million in grants and 134 million in loans. Erie Lackawanna and Penn Central warned of shutdowns without swift federal aid as Congress backed faster funding to keep freight trains moving.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Howe & Sat
Midwest
Northeast
James T Lyon
Office of Management and Budget
Lyon
Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Peon Central
Erie Lackawanna
Penn Central
Sadat pressed to win Israeli troop pullback
Arab diplomats in Beirut report Syria seeks backing from Algeria Libya and Morocco for a demand that any Israeli pullback in Sinai be simultaneous with a Golan Heights withdrawal. Abdul Halim Khaddam tours North Africa after Saudi trip as Kissinger notes concern Assad may block the deal.
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Syria
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Beirut
Abdul Halim Khaddam
Algeria
Libya
Morocco
Sinai Desert
Golan Heights
Khaddam
North Africa
Saudi Arabia
Henry A Kissinger
Cairo
Damascus
Jerusalem
Hafez Assad
Middle East
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