Busy State Confronts Congressmen
Washington AP reports Congress faces a lengthy, costly agenda before a month-long winter vacation. House leaders expect possible late passage tonight or Friday with return set for Jan 21. Debates center on Social Security, railroads, defense, foreign aid, manpower and Israel and Cambodia aid packages.
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Washington
Congress
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Massachusetts
Senate House
Senate
Penn Central
Israel
Cambodia
No. 2 In Spain Killed
Madrid AP reports Adm. Luis Carrero Blanco premier and Franco ally was killed when his car exploded. Torcuato Fernandez Miranda became premier. Speculation cited terrorism amid trials and protests. The blast occurred about 9 30 a m. in Madrid. Carrero had risen to power since 1967 and was seen as Franco’s heir in day to day rule. In Congress energy and budget actions followed, including oil production plans for Elk Hills and a self government bill for Washington DC.
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Madrid
Spain
Adm
Luis Carrero Blanco
Francisco Franco
Torcuato Fernandez Miranda
Carrero
Franco
Carrera
Juan Carlos de Borbon
House
Senate
Senate House Conference Committee
Elk Hills
Calif
Naval Petroleum Reserve
Elk Hills Reserve
Washington, D.C
Nixon
Senate House
New Legal Battle Lines Formed In Watergate Tapes
Washington AP reports a new legal clash erupts as Senate Watergate committee issues three subpoenas demanding 481 Nixon recordings and White House files. Judge Sirica had just upheld withholding non Watergate material from the grand jury, leaving disputes over two unrecorded conversations and an 18 minute gap. The committee seeks diaries Jan 1 1970 to Dec 19 1973 and three years of telephone records from 19 locations. White House signals likely challenges to sweeping scope.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
White House
Watergate
U.S
John J. Sirica
Grand Jury
Watergate Committee
Democratic National Committee
ITT
Executive Office
Samuel J. Powers
Miami
Executive Department
Sirica
Big Welfare Overpayment Across U S Revealed
A government audit finds about 316200 AFDC cases ineligible and 706800 overpaid among 31600 selected families, totaling $1.17 billion yearly. HEW cites 44 000 state reviews of 3.1 million AFDC families showing 10.2 percent ineligible and 22.8 percent overpaid with 8.1 percent underpaid. plans to fix errors amid potential loss of federal funds.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
AFDC
HEW
Gallup Organization Inc
Mystery Checks In AMPI Case
In San Antonio AP reports Dr George Mehren general manager of AMPI testified about 30 mystery checks totaling 150000 dollars written on AMPI political funds and dated April 1972. The checks were voided before campaign disclosure laws took effect and no payees or commitments were identified.
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San Antonio
Tex
George Mehren
Associated Milk Producers Inc
AMPI
Mehren
Whch
Committee For
AMPTI
Nixon
Ralph Nader
AMPS
Patrick Hillins
Herbert Kalmbach
Kalmbach
Heavy fighting reported near Saigon and Phnom Penh
In South Vietnam near Saigon and in Cambodia fighting intensified as cease fire violations rose to a nine month high. Saigon reported 144 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacks in the prior 24 hours, with 59 enemy dead in two major battles and government losses of 15 killed and 57 wounded. Outpost gains by insurgents were noted in Cambodia.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Cambodia
le Trung Hien
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
le Duc Tho
Hien
Mekong
Skylab crew hears klunk in gyro doubt sparks scare
Skylab 3 astronauts report a recurring clunk sound during systems checks aboard the Apollo ferry ship. Mission control notes gyro fluctuations linked to the noise, with Gyro No 1 already failed and Gyro No 2 depleting gas supplies could force an early return if a second gyro fails. The 84 day mission hinges on timing of failures and maneuver needs.
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Space Center
Houston
Mission Control
Gerald P. Carr
Space Station
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