Farm Labor Unemployment Bill Faces Narrow Backing
Independent business owners show deep skepticism about extending unemployment coverage to farm workers. A NFIB poll finds 22 percent support, 70 percent oppose, with 8 percent undecided, amid rising farm prices and seasonal migratory labor. Maryland votes 23 percent for and 69 percent against. The measure, by Mills and Ford, would include over 600,000 agricultural workers except small farms and aliens, with payroll taxes up to 3.28 percent potentially raising food prices. Critics warn it could dampen migration and raise costs. supporters note self funding except in Florida and California. The Federation urges separate farm labor unemployment legislation.
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Nixon
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Arkansas
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Colorado
Texas
South Carolina
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California
Maine
Congressional panels study vice presidential vacancy amid Agnew tensions
Three committees order exploratory studies on how Congress might respond if Spiro Agnew resigns or is replaced. The hearings could follow the 25th Amendment, with possible joint or select committees and references to past precedents. Amid leaks and partisan strain, sources note Nixon aides may be exploiting the distraction while Agnew and allies brace for potential changes.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Agnew
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Senate Judiciary
Senate Rules
Howard Cannon
D-Ney
Peter Rodino
D-N.j
Hugo Black
Pres
Franklin Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Black
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Cannon
Rules Committee
Rodino
Judiciary
Senate Finance
House
Bobby Baker
Nixon
White House
Howe
No Knock No Goods and the Gainesville Eight
A critical column denounces illegal drug raids and harassment of victims like Mr and Mrs Herbert Giglotto of Collinsville Illinois. It notes Florida juries dismissing the Gainesville Eight case and the unreliability of informers in antiwar prosecutions. It also mocks prejudice in Newsweek cover choices and ends pondering why hatred persists amid shared roots.
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Herbert Giglotto
Collinsville
Ill
Giglettos
Germany
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Gainesville
Miami
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Dr. Spock
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon Papers
Chicago Seven
United States
Nixon
Rumor Mill Skirts Agnew Resignation Talk
Washington postcard of rumor and denial as Agnew faces Maryland kickback probes. Goldwater rumored source, New York denial, wit and speculation swirl about whether the vice president will resign or endure the inquiry despite pressure from GOP leaders and White House aides.
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Spiro T. Agnew
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Barry Goldwater
New York
Spiro
Goldwater
Agnew
Maryland
Bess
Saures
Nadie
Essals
Justic
White House
Colorado
Ton
Nixon
Relics Unearthed as North Market Street Work Reaches Corduroy Road
Workers widening North Market Street between Church and Second Streets uncovered relics from a corduroy road made of small logs. The find sheds light on the city’s remote past as crews continue streetscape projects.
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Church
Second Streets
Frederick County Audit Shows Revenue and Spending
Auditor Robert C. Treisler reports Frederick County earned 1 235 982 in the past year and spent 1 723 952 00. County farmers praise a new soybean crop while a theft on Upper College Circle notes two handsome palms stolen from the porch of William Br DeLashmult.
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Robert C. Treisler
William BR. DeLashmult
Upper College Circle
Will Of People Is Crux In Cambodia
A column argues that Cambodian resolve drives defense and notes dire medical shortages. It cites a 13 day siege near Kampong Cham with high casualties and describes hospitals with few drugs, no penicillin, no plasma, and limited supplies. The piece criticizes officials for relying on official sources rather than field reports.
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Nixon
U.S
Kampong Cham
Washington
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