OMB rift delays 1971 crop program details to farmers
Government sources say friction inside the Office of Management and Budget slows release of 1971 crop program rules after Nixon signs the new farm law. The White House team argues over applying the law to key crops next year. The inflation alert rises but the Nixon administration avoids direct intervention on wage and price moves, urging monetary policy and voluntary cooperation instead.
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Washington
Office of Management and Budget
OMS
OMB
White House
Nixon
Council of Economic Advisers
Pact Leaders Meet in East Berlin Solidarity Summit
Communist leaders of seven Warsaw Pact nations gathered in East Berlin to show unity behind Walter Ulbricht. Brezhnev Kosygin and heads of Poland Czechoslovakia Romania Bulgaria and Hungary arrived Tuesday in damp marginal flying conditions.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Texas Chief May Be Abandoned Next Year
The Santa Fe says the Texas Chief, a premier passenger train running from Houston through Fort Worth Oklahoma City and Kansas City to Chicago, may be abandoned next year unless it remains in service under a proposed National Railroad Passenger Corp. plan.
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Chicago
Santa Fe
National Railroad Passenger Corp
Houston
Tex
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
Witness at Calley court-martial testifies to My Lai killings
A machine gunner in Lt. William L. Calley Jr.’s platoon testified he saw Calley herd unresisting Vietnamese into a ditch and fire on them. He said Calley asked him to use his weapon on unarmed men, women, and children, and the lieutenant allegedly refused. Maples’ account marked the first time a witness corroborated civilians were shot at My Lai.
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Benning
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
Robert Maples
U? 23
My Lai
Belief in Control Linked to Success Says Emory Study
Two Emory University psychologists say individuals who see control over their fate are likelier to succeed. In contrast, those who attribute outcomes to luck tend to be life’s losers. The year-long study surveyed public school pupils in the Atlanta area.
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Atlanta, Ga
Emory University
Bonnie Strickland
Steve Nowicki
Atlanta
Senate Finance Committee Backs Shoe Import Quotas
The Senate Finance Committee approved import quotas on shoes by a 9 to 8 vote, aligning Senate and House versions of the protectionist bill. A tentative Monday vote was 8 to 6 against, but three absent senators Adams Gore Hartke Byrd joined in favor.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Virginia
Defector Sanctuary Probe Opens in Congress
A House Foreign Affairs subcommittee launches hearings on the Coast Guard refusal to grant political sanctuary to a Lithuanian sailor. William B. Macomber Jr. is expected to testify as witnesses are lined up, with a White House briefing due on the incident from State and Transportation departments.
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Washington
Congress
U.S. Coast Guard
House Foreign Affairs
William B. Macomber Jr
Administration
Nixon
State
Transportation Department
Ky Speech Interrupted by Heckler in San Francisco
Vice President of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky faced a brief disruption as a heckler with a Viet Cong flag interrupted his San Francisco speech. Outside, youthful antiwar demonstrators clashed with police as Ky neared the end of his U.S. tour.
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San Francisco
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
U.S
Consul Kidnapped In San Sebastian
Basque terrorists abducted the honorary West German consul Eugene Beihl Schaefer in San Sebastian and hold him for bargaining over 15 Basque defendants on trial in Bayonne France. The ETA claimed responsibility and the embassy reported his car and disappearance.
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San Sebastain
Spain
Anai-Artea
Between Brothers Association
Bayonne
France
ETA
Eugene Beihl Schaefer
Schaefer
San Sebastian
Madrid
Cencentral
Beihl
NATO Nations Approve Billion Dollar European Defense Plan
Ten NATO members announced a plan to spend about 1 billion dollars over five years in addition to current budgets of roughly 24 billion annually. The ministers told U S Secretary Melvin Laird the move preserves US force levels and aids future talks with the Soviet Union. NATO also discussed the AD 70 defense plan for the 1970s as Warsaw Pact leaders met in East Berlin.
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Brussels
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
United States
Europe
U.S
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Soviet Union
East Berlin
Eas
Communists Unleash Shelling Attacks Across South Vietnam
Communist gunners fired a broad series of shelling attacks Tuesday night along South Vietnam. The bombardment marked one of the largest enemy fire shows of the conflict.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nixon Freezes 107 Million for Water Projects
President Nixon ordered a temporary freeze on about 107 million dollars for 56 waterworks dam and flood control projects across the nation. The move halts initial construction funds and money for additional projects while the administration decides whether to release or cut back in the next budget.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Arizona
Office of Management and Budget
Budget Office
Army Corps of Engineer
Bureau of Reclamation Power
Tennessee Valley Authority
Environmental Agency Begins Control Work
The Environmental Protection Agency is created to set anti pollution standards grant aid conduct research and shape national policy. It unites programs from several departments and aims to coordinate air water solid waste pesticide and radiation controls with a 5800 person staff and 1.4 billion dollar budget.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Interior Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Agriculture
Atomic Energy Commission
Nixon
Council On Environmental Quality
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Commerce Department
William D. Ruckelshaus
Justice Department
Civiliaw
Senate
Ruckelshaus
Federal Water Quality Administration
HEW
Agriculture Department
Pope Paul III arrives as Sydney protests echo outside
Pope Paul VI joins leading Protestant churchmen at Town Hall in Sydney for an ecumenical service as about a dozen demonstrators protest with placards outside. One organizer, Rev. Frederick Channing, enters briefly but is removed by police. The event draws 10,000 worshipers along with 150,000 students at Randwick track earlier in the day.
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Paul VI
Christ
Rome
Frederick Channing
New Zealand
Jesus Christ
Tors
Channing
Bible Presbyterian Church
Far East
Marcus L. Loane
Australia
Pontiff
Randwick
Papal Party
Romeo Panciroli
Manila
Jakarta
Hong Kong
Colombo
Israeli boat attack sparks ceasefire violation claims
Egypt accused Israel of breaking the cease fire by sinking an Egyptian motorboat in the Gulf of Suez. Three bodies were recovered, one with documents indicating military intelligence, while Cairo denied Egyptian boats operated there. Israel said the crew were spying and smuggling hashish. The incident marked the most serious clash since the August cease-fire.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Israel
Gulf of Suez
Gulf
Cairo
Sinai Peninsula
Suez Canal
Weather Outlook for Southwest Texas West of Pecos
Continued partly cloudy in the Southwest Texas region west of the Pecos with warm afternoons and cool nights through Thursday. Highs reach 83 degrees and tonight’s low drops to 28 degrees.
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Texas
Pecos
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