McGovern Income Plan Sparks Campaign Debate
Washington report on Senator George McGovern and his proposed income plan outlines a $1000 annual universal payment funded by tax changes and a repeal of the $750 personal exemption, with extensive defense cuts to finance the program. The plan faces criticism on cost, security, and economic impact, while supporters see it as a path to broad-based welfare reform and full employment.
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Washington
George McGovern
South Dakota
Wall Street Journal
McGovern
California
Hubert H. Humphrey
Congressional Record
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Congress
Los Angeles
Nixon
Blast on Detroit to Blast causes cargo hold explosion on AA jet
Federal investigators probe a badly damaged American Airlines jumbo after a blast ripped the tail section shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The 57 passengers and 11 crew members escaped serious injury as the jet diverted and landed safely. Officials said the explosion, likely from a cargo hold, damaged engine systems and hydraulics while witnesses described a smoke puff and a loud boom. FBI, NTSB, TSA bomb squad and airline teams searched for clues. some passengers treated for debris injuries. The blast occurred about 12 000 feet over southern Ontario 15 minutes after departure for Buffalo.
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Detroit
American Airlines
FBI
National Transportation Safety Board
Special Federal Aviation Administration
Bryce E. McCormick
Los Angeles
Allen Kaminsky
Buffalo
N.Y
Ontario
Wayne County
Loren Pittman
Pittman
Nixon Money Backers Dominant but Many Donors Secret
Washington AP reports that while a few top contributors from Pepsi Cola president Donald Kendall and Merrill Lynch led the list, hundreds of wealthy backers remain unnamed under a new federal elections law. The GAO filings cover April 7 to May 31, show 51 donors gave 2,500 or more totaling 409,405, and total receipts reached 1.22 million.
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Washington
Nixon
Pepsi Cola
Donald M. Kendall
Effective Government Association
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Smith
General Accounting Office
Kendall and
Finance Committee
Secretary of Commerce
Maurice Stans
White House
Atty
John Mitchell
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Henry M. Jackson
Alabama
George C. Wallace
GAO
Stans
Pearson campaign funds grow under 1971 reform act
U S Sen James Pearson R Kan shows 31393 in individual contributions over two months to support his re election bid. Campaign committees for Kansas senators and five congressmen filed reports by June 10 under the law with further deadlines in September January and November. Pearson for Senate notes 11 contributions over 500 since April 7.
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Leroy Towns
Kansas
Harris Enterprises
Topeka
U. S
James Pearson
R-Kan
Secretary of State
Pearson
First District
Keith Sebelius
Senate
Action Committee For Rural Electrification
Washington, D. C
John Eisele
Shawnee
Olive W. Garvey
Wichita
Ofc Candy
Washington
Robert Dole
Bill Roy
Congress
Roy For Congress
Robert L. Brock
Tom Greg
W. A. Smiley
Norton
Garner Shriver
Shriver
Joe Shubitz
Skubitz
Dorothy J. Murphy
Larry Winn Jr
Third District
Olathe
Roy E. Lamberson
Digging on the flood line Olson vows return to trailer
In Rapid City a 47 year old Coca Cola bottling plant manager Clayton Olson digs through flood ooze after his Canyon Creek home and bridge were swept away. Neighbors tease as he clings to his plan to move back on a trailer while others consider mountain life. The scene captures a city rebuilding with displaced families and a community grappling with loss. Odds and ends of campaign fundraising and political finance disclosure surface in the same report, naming contributors to various campaigns and noting the legal push for full campaign money transparency.
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Rapid City
S.D
Olson
Clayton Olson
Coca Cola
Canyon Creek
Olsons
Beth
Sharri
Pols Bouncer: A Boxer Turned Police Chief in 1972 Noms
Miami Beach Police Chief Rocky Pomerance, 6 feet tall and 260 pounds, plans to keep order at the 1972 nominating conventions. He retraced a Bronx boyhood amid Chicago protests in 1968 and will train 250 officers for mob psychology, meeting with groups like Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. He values policing as a late after hours social welfare agency.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Clarence Darrow
Truman Capote
Thomas Wolfe
Cicero
Rocky Pomerance
Bronx
Chicago
Pomerance
Abbie Hoffman
Jerry Rubin
The
Yippies
Mario Puzo
Capote
America
Estes Kefauvery
Naval Air Corps
Merchant Marine
Police Department
Father recalls daughter's many suitors in humorous piece
Hal Boyle jokes about Tracy Ann, nearing 19, attracting many suitors who arrive at their New York apartment like moths. He praises the quality yet warns his daughter’s future husband might need a loan if he runs. He reflects on his shy youth and parental scrutiny.
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New York
Tracy Ann
Tracy
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