Kennedy urges earliest OK for tax reform bill
Treasury Secretary Kennedy says the House tax reform plan oversteps taxpayers in part and burdens corporations, urging enactment at the earliest practical date. He advocates reducing overall cost and trimming 1972 losses while preserving individual relief and corporate rate changes. He backs higher standard deduction and warns against excessive consumer tilt.
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Treasury Sec
Edwin S. Cohen
House
Kennedy
Treasury
Air Force to announce 50000 troop cutback soon
The Air Force will announce a cutback of about 50000 officers and men, pushing total U.S. force reductions past 150000 as economies bite. Details on implementation remain undecided, with potential effects including fewer squadrons and base closures. The Pentagon also disclosed Army cuts of 34000 and Navy cuts of 72000 with more ship retirements expected. Marine Corps cuts were not mentioned.
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Washington
Air Force
U.S
Pentagon
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Fund Lack May Close NY State Catholic Schools
The New York State Catholic schools face closure for as many as 740,000 students unless government aid is provided within two years. A study by the state Council of Catholic School Superintendents calls the schools desperate and notes parochial schools save taxpayers about 750 million dollars by educating pupils at roughly 1,000 dollars each.
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New York
State Council of Catholic
Gibson Nominated for New York Court of Appeals Seat
Delegates at the Republican State Committee nominated Justice James Gibson to succeed Kenneth Keating on the New York Court of Appeals. Democrats are expected to nominate Bernard Meyer of Cedarhurst. The election would be the sole statewide contest on the November ballot.
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N. Y
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James Gibson
Kenneth Keating
Court of Appeals
Court
Bernard Meyer
Cedarhurst
Brick Wall Collapse Kills Man In Greenwich Village
Two tons of brick toppled from a partially demolished Loew's Sheridan Theater in Greenwich Village on Wednesday crushing 69 year old Roger MacPherson, a former Manhattan architect from Rochester, who was walking on the sidewalk beneath protective scaffolding.
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Greenwich Village
Roger MacPherson
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Rochester
Loew
Sheridan Theater
Eastland signals Haynsworth confirmation no barrier
Senator James Eastland says after reviewing conflict of interest charges he sees no barrier to Judge Clement F. Haynsworth being confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The statement comes as the nomination faces Senate scrutiny.
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Washington
James O. Eastland
Senate
Clement F. ‘Haynsworth
U.S. Supreme Court
Adoptive Parents Charged With Murder in Sarasota Child Death
A 4-year-old boy adopted two months earlier died after severe beating. Sheriff Ross Boyer says adoptive parents Ward Willcox, 51, and Patricia Willcox, 45, were jailed without bond on murder charges. The officer described the case as heart wrenching in Sarasota County.
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Sarasota, Fla
Ross Boyer
Sarasota County
Ward W. Willcox
Patricia
Libyan Forces Seize Benghazi Without Resistance
Libyan troops and tanks entered Benghazi, the second largest city, and took control for the new revolutionary junta without meeting any resistance. Benghazi is the Cyrenaica capital, a desert tribal stronghold loyal to deposed King Idris, per Tripoli Radio.
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Great Dane Top Honored For Heroic Rescue At Dinner
In Atlanta a Great Dane named Top will be feted as a hero at a dinner for saving two children within eight weeks. Top to receive a gold medal gold-plated lead and collar gold plaque a custom blanket and a year’s supply of dog food. Owners Miss Norma Clark and actor Alan Patzwaldt will receive a $1000 savings bond.
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Atlanta, Ga
Top
Norma Clark
Alan Patzwaldt
Los Angeles
Record rains flood New York and New Jersey roads
Heavy rain values reached 5.38 inches by 9 a.m. in New York and New Jersey, surpassing normals for September. Widespread flooding caused power outages and snarled car and rail traffic across the region.
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New York
New Jersey
Weather Bureau
Church Recognizes Negroes Break in Protestant Front
The Episcopal Church became the first major denomination to acknowledge the Black Economic Development group and to allocate funds to it, signaling a shift in how white Protestant establishments deal with reparations and African American groups.
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South Bend
The
Episcopal Church
Black Economie Development
Fires and Explosions on Warsaw Hill Kill Driver
Residents recount nearly 24 hours of fires after a gasoline truck overturned on Dead Man's Hill Route 20A. The crash killed Thomas Drake and left 17 people homeless as houses burned and sewers flooded with fuel. Sheriff Carney blamed the state for lacking warning lights.
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Fimira
John Malatta
Macedon
Wyoming
Dalton W. Carney
Carney
Edwin Robinson
Ho Chi Minh Dies in North Vietnam at 79
North Vietnam mourns Ho Chi Minh, 79, after a sudden heart attack. Radio Hanoi said a state funeral will be arranged and the Paris peace talks were postponed at the North's request. No cease fire was announced during the mourning period.
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Ho Chi Minh Death Could Shape Vietnam and Region
Ho Chi Minh's passing is seen as a potential turning point for Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Observers warn the loss could strike morale among North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong, while signaling shifts in power within Hanoi and Saigon.
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Israeli Army Abandons Search for Dr James Pike
In Jerusalem the Israeli army ends a fruitless daylong hunt for James Pike the former Episcopal bishop of California missing since Monday after his car stuck west of the Dead Sea. Officials deem survival unlikely and say four theories explain his disappearance including heat exposure cave refuge and nomad involvement.
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California
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Dead Sea
Senator Dirksen Resting After Lung Surgery
Senator Everett M. Dirksen was reported resting well after removal of a cancerous lung tumor. Aides could not estimate his return to GOP leadership duties and said he would stay at Walter Reed Army Hospital for up to six weeks. Republican Senate Whip Hugh Scott filled in.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Allies Clash Inside Cambodia After Helicopter Down
U S and South Vietnamese forces fought enemy troops inside Cambodia after an American helicopter was shot down near Kien Tuong Province, 55 miles west of Saigon. One South Vietnamese and two enemy soldiers killed. two American crewmen and three South Vietnamese wounded.
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U.S
Saigon
Song Be
Kien Tuong
Nixon to detail fund cuts in cabinet talks today
President Nixon meets with his Cabinet in San Clemente and may announce major cutbacks in federally financed construction as an anti inflation move. The plan could cut 75 percent of funds for new and federally aided state projects, possibly up to two billion dollars.
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Nixon
San Clemente
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Spire T. Agnew
Burns
Agnew
White House
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Francelia Dying After Battering Honduras Areas
Hurricane Francelia struck the Guatemala highlands and battered southern British Honduras causing heavy property and crop damage. The National Hurricane Center warned rainfall up to 20 inches and high tides threatened coastal villages along the Gulf of Honduras triangle. Francelia made landfall near Punta Gorda with winds around 110 mph.
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Francelia
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British Honduras
National Hurricane Center
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Punta Gorda
Record Rainfall Floods New York City Parking, Power Failures
Heavy rain drenched New York City on Wednesday setting rainfall records and causing floods and power outages. By 4 am Thursday total rainfall reached 4.93 inches with 3.01 inches on Wednesday, undermining streets near Brooklyn Bridge and closing traverse roads in Central Park as basements flooded and telephone lines suffered outages.
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Prime Beef Egg Fight Question Sparks Recreation Debate
A reader letter questions why supervised recreation includes egg fights for kids. The writer argues the activity causes messes and food waste and calls for reconsideration of program activities.
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