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Newspaper
Newton Kansan
Location
Newton, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1975
Page
4
The piece compares President Ford to Harry Truman, noting similarities in Congress service and vice presidency paths. It cites Ford’s Tuesday speech criticizing Congress for delaying energy legislation and presenting self taken measures to curb energy use, with differences in how each man became vice president.
President Ford faces pressure to cut military spending and hold the deficit at sixty billion while advisers urge extending a tax rebate. Secret talks with GOP leaders reveal budget gaps of seventy two and sixty seven billion, with defense vetoes and political maneuvers shaping the outcome.
Washington delegate Walter Fauntroy teams with Sen. Edward Kennedy to seek a constitutional amendment granting Washington, D C residents full representation. The plan would add two senators and two congressmen, reshaping national and local power amid race and governance questions.
Key events on May 30 include Joan of Arc's execution in 1431 in Rouen, Columbus starting his third voyage in 1498, Hernando de Soto landing in Florida in 1539, panic over the Brooklyn Bridge collapse fear in 1883, Allied bombing of Cologne in 1942, and the assassination of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo in 1961.
AP analysis notes recession losing momentum but no upturn yet. Consumers, auto sales, and stock outlook remain unsettled as forecasts clash with today’s data. Ford, GM, and Chrysler fears persist over possible overproduction and layoffs amid a tariffed energy outlook and housing market stagnation.
The Arkansas Traction Co plans Wichita to Hutchinson service. grade work to Valley Center finished and steel laying begun. Dust storms reappear in western Kansas as floods struck the east. A May 26 tornado hits Udall killing 56 with five dead at Oxford. Newton adopts radar speed checker for enforcement and traffic data. Kansas wheat yield projection reaches 150 million bushels.
The Center for International Environment Information reports that the main cause of air pollution in Buenos Aires is incinerators in apartment houses.
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