Sadat Jails Plotters For Egyptian Control
CAIRO AP Former Vice President Aly Sabry and other ex-officials accused of plotting to overthrow President Anwar Sadat were jailed at dawn. The purge spread to radio and TV officials while the government reported 110 arrests and a wire tapping program exposing 11,000 lines. Sadat named new Nile Delta governors amid the crisis.
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Cairo
Aly Sabry
Anwar Sadat
Gomaa
Sadat
Nile Delta
House Committee Backs Social Security Raise
The House Ways and Means Committee backed a 5 percent Social Security benefit boost and welfare reform terms. President Nixon voiced support, and the measure faces bipartisan backing. The plan, worth about $12 billion, would take effect June 1, 1972, following prior increases. Administrative features include eligibility standards and job training, with future automatic cost-of-living increases debated.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wixon
Wilbur D. Mills
Nixon
Mills
Joe D. Waggoner Jr
D-La
National Welfare Rights Organization
Campaign For
George A. Wiley
David M Ackerman
National Council of Churches
Pill Not Cancer Cause Says Two Year Study
A two year study of 220 women on birth control pills finds no link to breast cancer and suggests pills may reduce benign breast lesions. Researchers interviewed patients from five London hospitals. results indicate pills do not raise cancer risk though high estrogen concerns and specific high risk groups are noted.
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Los Angeles
London
Vessey
Edward F. Lewison
John Hopkins University
Baltimore
Subversives Face House Committee Antiwar Probe
In Washington the House Internal Security Committee opens hearings on antiwar demonstrations to probe alleged subversive influence. Chairman Richard Schord says the National Peace Action Coalition is dominated by the Socialist Workers Party and the Communist Party USA plays a principal role in the People’s Coalition for Peace and Justice, while Rep. Robert Drinan doubts evidence of subversive elements. The inquiry will examine membership origins of the two groups and question witnesses including law enforcement and group identifiers.
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Washington
House
Internal Security Committee
Richard H. Schord
I-Mo
National Peace Action Coalition
Socialist Workers Party
Communist Party USA
People’s Coalition For Peace and Justice
Robert F. Drinan
D-Mass
Drinan
Mayday Collective
Nihe
Schord
Dri
Senate Likely To Kill European Troop Cut
In Washington, strategists on both sides push to end 150000 U.S. troops in Western Europe. An AP survey shows 42 opposed or leaning against. 37 for or leaning for. 21 undecided. Mansfield’s plan would cap at 150000 troops after year end, but final votes will come after amendments. A NATO consult is planned as U.S. talks with the USSR about force reductions continue.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Europe
Nixon
Associated Press
White House
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
State Department
United States
NATO
Union
Jacob Beam
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Charles Bray
Gromyko
Bray
30 Arrested In Protests At Ft. Meade
A Monday night disturbance at Ft Meade involving soldiers and WACs led to 30 arrests after an alleged assault and a march on the provost marshal office. PFC David W. Skinner Jr said he was pulled from a phone booth and roughed up during the incident.
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Ft. Meade
FT. Meade, Md
Wacs
David W. Skinner Jr
Food Stamps Change Seen Hurting Poor
Maryland Secretary of Employment and Social Services protests federal food stamp rule changes she says will deprive thousands of welfare recipients. Rita C. Davidson argues the new definitions on income and resources are unnecessarily restrictive and will exclude unrelated and shared households, altering eligibility and harming the poor while adding red tape.
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Rita C. Davidson
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Davidson
Presbyterians elect Lois Stair first woman moderator
Lois H. Stair of Waukesha Wisconsin was chosen by the United Presbyterian Church as moderator at the 183rd General Assembly becoming the first woman to hold the top presiding post. Stair, 57, defeated three male contenders on the third ballot receiving 392 votes. Her win, welcomed by about 2 000 delegates, followed a wave of recent high offices held by women in other denominations. Stair also serves as a vice president in General Casting Corp and is married to Ralph Stair, the company president and GM.
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Rochester
N.Y
United Presbyterians
Lois H. Stair
Waukesha
Wis
Stair
General Assembly
American Baptist Convention
Ruth Rohlfs
Seattle
Wash
United Presbyterian
William R. Laws
Columbus
Ind
Assembly
General Casting Corp
Ralph
Child Care Centers Aimed at Aiding Mothers in Nation
Washington AP reports Representatives Bella Abzug and Shirley Chisholm push a $10 billion bill to fund nationwide day care centers to free mothers to pursue work and education. The plan allocates $5B in 1973, $8B in 1974, and $10B from 1975 onward, with centers operating even 24 hours to serve all children regardless of income.
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Washington
Congress
Bella Abzug
Shirley Chisholm
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