Senate panel votes to restore SST funding in 17 to 5 decision
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 17 to 5 to restore full federal funding for the supersonic transport program as House action to cut SST money looms. Proxmire criticized the move while Fong McGee and Smith shifted toward support, with Mansfield Scott and Nixon officials weighing the political impact.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
House
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate
Hiram Fong
Hawaii
Gale McGee
D-Wye
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
White House
United States
Sidney Yates
D-Ill
Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
Boeing Co
Gerald L. Warren
Nixon
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Wet and Windblown Snow Ends Winter’s Grip in Oshkosh
Wet and windy snowfall crippled Oshkosh and Winnebago County roads as crews fought whiteout conditions from early morning. Buckstaff Observatory logged 6.21 inches by 9 am with drifts and high winds hampering clearing efforts. Schools closed, public meetings canceled, and power outages affected about six Wis. Public Service Corp. customers along 12th Avenue to West Ninth.
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Oshkosh
Winnebago County
Buckstaff Observatory
Robert Graf
Winnebago
Highway Department
Graf
South Viets Evacuate Laos Base As Airlifts Continue
UPI reports U S helicopters airlift South Vietnamese troops from Artillery Base Brown in Laos after western outpost abandoned to North Vietnamese forces. About 1 000 infantrymen evacuated to Delta 1 nine miles inside Laos, while 18 000 to 15 000 troops remain in Laos with 20 000 to 30 000 enemy in the area.
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Laos
Brown
Delta
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Sepone
Border
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Navy
Marine Corps
Lower Panhandle
Authorities Seek Engine Thief After Rail Runaway Crash
FBI and local authorities search Crystal Lake NL for a suspect who stole a North Western Railway switch engine. The engine covered 27 miles of marine crossings at about 40 mph before slamming into a idle commuter train. Crewman Russell Koester of Berkeley was injured and listed in fair condition in Woodstock Ml hospital. commuter service between here and Chicago resumed today. A North Western spokesman said the yard lacked automation and the engine’s path required hand thrown switches.
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Woodstock
Here
Chicago
North Western
Wisconsin Senate debates and votes on war declaration bill
The Wisconsin Senate passed 24 to 4 a bill demanding legal action to challenge federal authority to draft residents without a congressional declaration of war. The measure, authored by Senator Fred Risser and lawmakers Nager and Miller, ties to a Massachusetts Supreme Court case and faces Assembly hurdles.
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UPI
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Assembly
Congress
Senate
Clifford Krueger
R-Merrill
Reuben la Fave
R-Oconte
Milo Knutson
la Crosse
Roger Murphy
Waukesha
Jack Steinhilber
Oshkosh
Gordon Roseleip
Darlington
Raymond Heinzen
Marshfield
Raymond Johnson
Hall Claire
Heinzen
Johnson
Fred Risser
D-Madison
Edward Nager
Marjorie Miller
Wisconsin
L.S. Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Vietnam
United States
Risser
Supreme Court
Sen
Riser
Reau Claire
Court Moves to Bar to Judge Obscenity of Dance Routine
Hollywood case pits obscenity against art as a six jury at Bottoms Up bar weighs The Dance of Love by four dancers and five staff. Prosecution cites 73 viewings. defendants face 33 misdemeanor counts in municipal court.
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Hollywood
UPI
Irwin J. Nebron
George M. Kraft
Snowy and Cold Tonight with High Winds
A cold front brings continued high winds and flurries this evening with temperatures dipping to near 20. Snow chances persist through tonight, with light accumulations likely in the usual sheltered areas. Details continue on Page 8.
Egyptian Guns Open Fire on Israeli Jets
Egyptian antiaircraft fire hitched the air over Port Fuad as two Israeli Phantom jets intruded near the Suez Canal. Cairo cites a March 7 cease-fire expiry and a 17 day grace period to revive U S diplomatic efforts toward a peaceful settlement.
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Egypt
United States
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Fuad Mahar
Anwar Sadat
Nixon
Sadat
Israel
Jordan
Mattar
U.S
Washington
William P. Rogers
Abba Eban
Agnew Attacks CBS Film on Pentagon Broadcast
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew condemned CBS television for alleged distortion in The Selling of the Pentagon calling the network glass houses. He cited misinfo in Hunger in America and Project Nassau and noted CBS staff ties to the Pentagon program amid antiwar protests in Boston with 350 police arrests.
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CBS
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Sheraton-Boston
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Eee
America
United States
House
CES
Haiti
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