New York Legislature Approves 7.6 Billion Budget Plan
After hours of wrangling the New York legislature approved a 7.6 billion budget calling for a one cent sales tax increase to four cents, $475 million in new taxes, and deep welfare cuts. It consolidates eight agencies and abolishes three while firing nearly 6,000 state workers. Welfare payments are set at 207 dollars a month for a typical family of four plus rent and fuel. Republicans framed the plan as realistic. Democrats called it cruel.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Rockefeller
Buffalo
New York City
Assembly
Clark Wemple
Schenectady
Edward Kinsella
Solvay
Edwyn Mason
Hobart
Nixon to shut Youth Opportunity Council
Sen. Hubert Humphrey denounces President Nixon’s move to close the job finding Council on Youth Opportunity. He warns that, if not reversed, the decision will bring “unbelievable trouble” this summer as 42.4 percent of black teens in ghettos struggle to find work and inner cities risk wide unrest.
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Washington
Nixon
Council On Youth Opportunity
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Spiro T. Agnew
White House
Office of Management and Budget
Humphrey
Senate
America
Reagan Says Japan Trip Was Nixon Idea
Governor Ronald Reagan said the proposal for a fall trip to Japan and possibly Vietnam came from President Nixon to discuss trade with California. He added no personal presidential ambitions, noting dates and travel party including wife Nancy and children Skip and Patti.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
Japan
Vietnam
Nixon
California
Reagan
Philippines
Manila
Nancy
Skipper
Patti
Togetherness in Vietnam Couples Share Load in Service
Linda Whitaker a nurse at the 91st Evacuation Hospital Chu Lai and her husband Duane a platoon leader with the 198th Infantry Brigade are among about 20 married couples serving in Vietnam. The pair try on his fully loaded rucksack as a symbol of shared duty. Linda is from Worcester Massachusetts and Duane from Council Bluffs Iowa.
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Linda Whitaker
Duane
Vietnam
Linda
91St
Chu Lai
Worcester
Mass
Council Bluffs
Iowa
198Th Infantry Brigade
U. S
Shor Closes Restaurant For Re-doing
NEW YORK RP Toots Shor closed his midtown Manhattan saloon and restaurant Thursday night to rehabilitate the premises he opened in 1940 at 90 West 51st Street and moved 19 years later to 52nd Street He plans to reopen in three or four weeks promising to return bigger and better in the same place The shutdown cuts off a longtime hangout for politicians newsmen sports and theater notables.
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New York
Toots Snor
Midtown Manhattan
Shor’s
West 51Rst Street
West 52Nd Street
Nixon frees Calley to await review of conviction
At Fort Benning Lt. William L Calley was ordered released pending an Army court martial review after his life sentence for My Lai mass murder. He returns to quarters under light guard with restricted access, no talks to press, and limited social privileges while the appeal proceeds.
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Nixon
Calley
Base Quarters
FT. Benning, Ga
William L. Calley
My Lai
White House
May Lai
San Clemente
Calif
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Thomas H. Moorer
Bit
Defense Department
Washington
Henderson Faces Pretrial Hearing Over My Lai Cover-Up
Col Oran K Henderson 50 faces a pretrial hearing at Fort Meade Md on Army charges that he wilfully failed to conduct a proper investigation into reports of excessive killing of noncombatants in My Lai. He is charged with dereliction of duty failure to obey a regulation and making false statements.
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Oran K. Henderson
Ft, Meade, Md
My Lai
Peter S. Wondolowski
Henderson
1St Army
Washington
Baltimore
Indianapolis
William R. Peers
Nixon orders Calley released from stockade gains broad support
President Nixon ordered Lt. William L. Calley Jr. released from a stockade pending appeal of his My Lai murder conviction. The move drew swift applause in the House amid a draft debate. Telegrams to the White House ran strongly in favor, while street demonstrations and mixed views among Vietnam GIs showed uneven public reaction to the decision.
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Nixon
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
House of Representatives
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Calley
Oklahoma City
Vietnam
William O'Neal
Cleveland
Ohio
Spec
Charles Williams
Fresno
Calif
Boy's body recovered from Racquette River tragedy
Rescuers retrieved the body of 8 year old Peter James Bero from the Racquette River west of Tupper Lake after he drowned when he fell through ice while playing on a frozen stretch with his 6-year-old brother. State Police confirmed the boy was the son of Mrs. Agnes Bero of Rooseveltown.
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Rooseveltown
N.Y
Peter James Bero
Racquette River
Tupper Lake
Agnes Bero
Viet troops reoccupy Firebase No. 6 near Laos border
Saigon announced South Vietnamese forces reclaimed Firebase No. 6 after two days of intense combat that left heavy casualties. Officials said about 200 South Vietnamese were killed or missing, with 280 North Vietnamese dead nearby. U.S. advisers were not accounted for, while air support including B52s and helicopter gunships aided the operation. Cambodian troops reportedly counterattacked with few details available.
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Saigon
le Trung Hien
Hien
U.S
Phnom Penh
Israeli Deputy Premier Backs Egypt Suez Proposal
Israeli Deputy Premier Yigal Allon welcomed Sadat's plan to reopen the Suez Canal without a full peace treaty but warned Israel must secure a legal arrangement protecting its Sinai defense. He noted Meir favored a February proposal, while observers expect Cabinet rejection unless conditions change. Egypt seeks a cease fire extension and canal reopening with Israeli withdrawal from Sinai, including positions near Tiran Strait and Gulf of Aqaba.
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Suez Canal
Associated Press
Yigal Allon
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Sinai Desert
Allen
Golda Meir
Sadat
Middle East
Today
Allon
Jerusalem
Strait of Tiran
Gulf of Aqaba
Sinai
State sales tax rises to seven percent statewide
The New York legislature approved a four percent state sales tax increase, raising the total sales tax to seven percent for consumers. The higher rate takes effect in June in parts of the state.
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Albany
N. Y
Unemployment rate up to six percent in March
The Labor Department announced that unemployment rose to 6 percent in March after a brief decline. No BLS interpretation was issued under a new administration policy, prompting questions from Congress to BLS economists.
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Washington
Labor Department
Inter
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Congress
Drug raids nab 11 youths in Wellsville and Alfred
State and local police and Alleghany County deputies arrested 11 young persons in early raids in Wellsville and nearby Alfred. Ages ranged from 16 to 22. Included were high school pupils, Alfred Agricultural and Technical Institute students, and a school employee.
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Wellsville
N.Y
Allegany County
Alfred
Alfred Agricultural and Technical Institute
Soviet Defense Chief Warns of Global Reach Weapon
Moscow AP report quotes Andrei Grechko telling the Communist party congress that the army has a weapon of huge destructive power able to reach any globe point. Tass excerpts did not clarify if he meant a new system or a known one. He accused the United States of increasing war preparations and warned the USSR would punish the aggressor on its homeland if attacked.
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Moscow
Andrei Grechko
Communist Party Congress
Tass
Marshal Grechko
United States
Soviet Union
Health cost shifts eyed for elderly and poor groups
Washington AP reports government health care reforms may raise costs for some elderly and low income individuals under a draft welfare bill. Changes would start cost sharing on hospital stays earlier, shifting about 450 million dollars annually from Social Security to elderly patients, with debate now ongoing among committee members.
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Washington
SUNY Building Fund Head Dies at 40 in New Haven
Dr. Anthony G. Adinolfi, 40, head of the New York State University Construction Fund, died Wednesday at Albany Medical Center Hospital after a cancer diagnosis. He led the fund since 1968 and oversaw planning since its 1962 inception. Prior to New York, he held posts in Detroit.
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Albany
N.Y
New Haven
Nixon and Reagan Meet for Welfare Reform Talks
President Nixon and Governor Reagan convene a five person welfare reform session at the Western White House to discuss their proposals. Participants include Caspar Weinberger Elliott Richardson and John Ehrlichman. Reagan seeks to cut welfare abuse and require public service jobs.
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Calif
California
Nixon
Ronald Reagan
White House
Caspar Weinberger
Federal Office of Management
John D. Ehrlichman
Elliot Richardson
Weinberger
Reagan
Ronald L. Ziegler
Congress
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