Right-hand aides of Oswego Assemblyman Crawford pictured
Right hand men to Crawford Oswego Assemblyman Ed ward F. Crawford, second from left, review legislation with three aides from Oswego area Gordon R. Mayo of Oswego Walter Smith of Pulaski and J. Mark Anderson of Mexico. Smith is legal counsel to the Assembly Judiciary Committee. Mayo and Anderson are aides and Albany students.
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Crawford
Oswego
Edward F. Crawford
Gordon R. Mayo
Walter Smith
Pulaski
J. Mark Anderson
Mexico
Mayo
Mr. Anderson
Albany
New York City fiscal package clears legislature and ends session
The 1971 New York Legislature adjourned after a flurry of action including a 600 million revenue aid package for New York City. The plan extended sales taxes to meals under a dollar, dubbed the hot dog tax, and the session also approved Adirondack Park protection measures and a May or Lindsay era oversight commission. 26 bills passed with little debate as adjournment came around 1:50 to 1:58 a.m.
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Albany, N.Y
New York
New York City
Upstate
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Senate
Assembly
Rockefeller
Yankee Stadium
Yankees Baseball Club
Corona
Queens
Senate Finance
Warren M. Anderson
Binghamton
Senate approves 5.5 billion public works bill
The Senate passed a 5.5 billion public works bill amid veto threats, featuring 2 billion for jobs in high unemployment areas, 1.5 billion for Appalachian development, and 1.95 billion for local government economic upgrades. The measure extends regional programs four to five years and expands the accelerated works plan. Senator Baker denounced the bill as imprudent pork-barrel legislation costing 5,000 per job.
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Washington
Senate
Conference Committee
House
Nixon
Unem
Sen
Howard H. Baker Jr
Rtenn
Baker
Reds and Cambodians clash in Vihear Suor marshes
In Phnom Penh a Communist division attacked U S trained Cambodian forces guarding eastern approaches. Mortar cannon and rocket fire pummeled Cambodian bunkers as hand to hand fighting raged at Prey Thom northeast of the capital. Cambodian officials reported hundreds of enemy casualties and heavy vietcong losses in the barrage.
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Phnom Penh
Vihear Suor
Prey Thom
Am _ Rong
Mekong River
Indochina
Saigon
West Point Graduate Flees German Army, May Be Sweden Bound
West Point graduate 1st Lt. John R. Vequist, 24, of Pittsburg Kansas, went AWOL from his unit in Kaiserslautern Germany after orders to depart for Vietnam by October 31. Army says he may be with his wife in Sweden where about 245 other U S servicemen have sought refuge. Vequist graduated in 1969 and could be classified as a desertor after 30 days missing. His father says he learned of the disappearance about five days ago.
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Washington
West Point
Vietnam
Germany
Sweden
John R. Wequist
Pittsburg
Kan
Pentagon
Vequist
Army
United States
Kent
David G. Vequist
Wequist
94Th Artillery
Kaiserslautern
Texas Louisiana Open Showdown Over Oil Land
In New Orleans the centuries old Texas Louisiana border dispute reaches a final hearing before the U S Supreme Court appointed judge. Judge Robert Van Pelt will hear arguments as the two states press their case over oil lands including part of Port Arthur Texas before a Supreme Court ruling.
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New Orleans
Texas
Louisiana
Port Arthur
Tex
U.S. Dist
Robert van Pelt
Nebraska
U.S. Supreme Court
POWs Could Be Freed If U S Sets Dec 31 Pullout Date
Former Defense Secretary Clark Clifford says American prisoners of war could be home within a month if the United States sets a December 31 withdrawal deadline from Indochina. He asserts North Vietnam and the Viet Cong might refrain from attacks during the pullout, based on private discussions.
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Washington
Clark Clifford
United States
Indochina
U.S
Clifford
Robert L. Leggett
Paris
Leggett
D-Calif
Nixon
Lucien Nedzi
D-Mich
Charles Whalen
Ohio
Defense
Hanoi
NLF
Will Resubmit Pension Plan End Strike in New York City
Striking municipal workers returned to their posts after city and union leaders reached a four point plan to end the two day walkout that disrupted traffic and essential services. The pension plan would be resubmitted to the 1972 New York Legislature, with renegotiation if the plan fails again. District Council 37, AFSCME, ordered 7,000 workers back, with 318 Teamsters bridge tenders resuming work. Mayor Lindsay called the agreement sensible and noted investigations into possible sabotage at 25 drawbridges.
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N. Y
New York
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Teamsters Local 237
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Senate Votes 2.7 Billion Pay Hike for Servicemen
Washington AP reports the Senate approved a 2.7 billion pay increase for servicemen, adding 1.7 billion via the Allott amendment. The plan boosts recruits to 30.56 monthly base pay, raises the lowest officer to 612.50, and favors a Gates Commission based all volunteer force. The vote was 51 to 27, with action following prior rejections of similar proposals. The administration aims for mid-1973 transition to an all volunteer force, though doubts persist. The chamber also set a vote on the McGovern Hatfield measure for next Wednesday.
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Clifford
House
Senate
U.S
Mark O. Hatfield
George S. McGovern
Thomas P. O'Neill
Massachusetts
Washington
Nixon
Gordon Allott
Rcolp
Allott
Gates Commission
Armed Service Committee
John C. Stennis
Lindsay Creates Commission to Study State Efficiency
NEW YORK AP Mayor John V Lindsay forms a commission to study the efficiency of state government and to weigh the city’s status. The legislature quickly passes a bill to probe New York City operations amid a budget dispute and talk of statehood.
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Lindsay
Commission
Legislative Unit
N. Y
New York
John V. Lindsay
Albany
Okinawa Return Ceremonies Planned for June 17
Secretary of State William P. Rogers and Foreign Minister Kiichi Aichi agreed to hold ceremonies on June 17 marking the Okinawa return to Japan in 1972. The pact calls for removal of nuclear weapons, civilian use of Naha airport, Japan paying lease losses, and privatizing the Voice of America station on Okinawa, with reports citing a $320 million price tag.
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Paris
William P. Rogers
Kiichi Aichi
Okinawa
Japan
Naha
United States
Voice of America
Meir Backs Talks to Reopen Suez Canal on Israel Terms
In Jerusalem AP dispatch Prime Minister Golda Meir said Israel remains open to a preliminary settlement with Egypt to reopen the Suez Canal but conditions stay firm. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat also held a rigid stance Tuesday.
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Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Israel
Egypt
Suez
Canal
Anwar Sadat
Democrats Back Five Cents Per Voter Campaign Limit
Senate Democrats unanimously agree to a five cent per voter ceiling on TV and radio spending by candidates in the 1972 campaigns for Congress and the White House. With the party deeply in debt, the limit aims to reduce the expected Republican financial edge in 1972.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Stenvig Wins Minneapolis Victory Over Davis Mayor
Mayor Charles Stenvig secured 72 percent of the vote in Minnesota's Minneapolis mayoral race. Final unofficial returns show Stenvig with 81,280 votes to 31,146 for Henry Davis, Democratic-Farmer-Labor challenger and Black president of the Minneapolis Urban Coalition.
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Minneapolis
Charles Stenvig
Stenvig
Democratic- Farmer-Labor Party
Henry Davis
Minneapolis Urban Coalition
Union negotiator warns of Bell strike if talks stall
The top union negotiator in nationwide telephone bargaining predicts a strike by about half a million Bell System workers if negotiations do not improve. President Joseph A. Beirne of the AFL-CIO Communications Workers says the outlook is bleak and a walkout appears likely.
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Washington
Bell System
Joseph A. Beirne
Afl-Cio Communications Workers
Rochester parade permit ordinance struck down
A Rochester City Court judge ruled the parade permit ordinance unconstitutional, saying it gave the police commissioner unbridled discretion to issue or refuse permits. The ruling allowed 30 guilty pleas to be withdrawn and dismissed the charges against nearly 90 demonstrators.
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Rochester
N.Y
Andrew G. Celli
City Court
Celli
Mits
Court weighs air pollution vs power needs for New York plant
The U.S. Court of Appeals weighs the environmental impact of a revised federal permit for a $234 to $300 million pump storage power plant by Consolidated Edison in the Hudson River highlands near Cornwall New York. The case pits urban air quality concerns against regional power shortages in the Northeastern States as the city argues for the facility.
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New York
New York City
U.S. Court of Appeals
Consolidated Edison
Hudson River Highlands
Cornwall
N.Y
Senate votes to cut proposed draft ceiling
Senate votes to lower the draft ceiling from 300000 to 270000 over two years. Sen John C Stennis proposed a 15000 annual ceiling. the extension would drop to 130000 in the year starting July 1 and 140000 in the year starting July 1 1972. The proposal passed 67 to 11.
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Senate
Washington
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Armed Services Committee
Berrigan Taken to Hospital from Federal Prison
Rev Daniel Berrigan the antiwar priest was moved from the federal correctional institute to Danbury Hospital after suffering a spell during routine dental treatment. Warden John J Norton said no condition report was available. he is imprisoned with his brother Rev Philip Berrigan for destroying draft records in Catonsville Maryland.
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Danbury, Conn
Daniel Berrigan
Danbury Hospital
John J. Norton
Federal Correctional Institute
Berrigan
Philip Berrigan
Catonsville
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Secretary of Interior
Earl W. Brydges
Niagara Falls
Nelson A. Rockefeller
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Brydges
State Commission
Seymour Thaler
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