Nixon faces larger deficit as budget talks wrap
President Nixon ends a round of budget conferences amid a $2.9 billion deficit for the 12 months ending June 30. Officials note spending ran below February and May projections, though the red ink surpassed earlier forecasts. George P. Shultz cites lower spending as a hopeful sign.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
White House
George P. Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Wool Production Seen Down Again This Year
U S Department economists forecast a decline in wool output due to fewer sheep and lambs on farms. Shorn wool is expected at about 161.9 million pounds, two percent below 1969 and the smallest since 1873, with 19,023,000 sheep and lambs to be shorn, three percent fewer than last year. Texas remains the top producer with a 30.6 million pound clip, up three percent from 1969 despite the same headcount.
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Washington
U. S
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Texas
Civilian Control Plan Meets Warm Replies in Congress
In Washington a blue ribbon panel's sweeping reorganization plan to strengthen civilian control of the U.S. military drew enthusiasm but no commitments in Congress. House Appropriations Committee Chairman George H. Mahon said he is very enthusiastic about some recommendations though not every point.
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Washington
U. S
Congress
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Meany urges minimum wage rise to at least two dollars
AFL-CIO President George Meany says low wage workers bear inflation most and calls Congress to lift the federal minimum wage to at least $2 an hour. He notes today's $1.60 rate has purchasing power near the 1966 $1.25 level, with the 1966 increases cited.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Congress
Meany
House Education and Labor Committee
Pentagon orders crackdown on slow hiring of minorities and women
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird directs a nationwide review of hiring and promotion practices after a defense panel finds nondiscrimination policies lacking. Asst. Secretary Roger Kelley to report by September 1 on the status of each department unit.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Presidential Defense
Pentagon
Congress Votes to Preserve Seniority in Committees
The House rejected amendments to a legislative reorganization bill that would force committee chair elections or bar length of service as the sole standard. Some opponents said they prefer handling the issue in party caucuses rather than by law.
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Washington
House
Senate panel backs class action bill amid lobbying surge
The Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill allowing class action suits to pressure merchants. After months of delay and threats from Chairman Warren G. Magnuson a vote moved the measure to the Judiciary Committee for review with a floor vote expected in about a month.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Gas producers urged exempt from price rules by FPC
Sealy of Midland representing the Permian Basin Petroleum Association urged the Federal Power Commission to exempt all natural gas producers from price regulations or, if not, to promptly raise wellhead rates. He cited shrinking gas reserves and urged higher prices to spur exploration while warning of higher consumer costs and a shift to fuel oils and LNG absent action. The hearing followed FPC's decision to reopen the Permian Basin Rate case to seek new solutions.
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Mike Cochran
Associated Press
Midland, Tex
Federal Power Commission Today
FPC
Sealy
Midland
Senting
Permian Basin Petroleum Association
Permian Basin
Commission
Ducer
Reds Score Major Win in Cambodian Plateau Battle
Cambodian and Communist forces fought for the Kimi Rom plateau for 13 days. Government troops withdrew after heavy losses. several hundred were killed or wounded as five battalions were overrun or driven off. Western analysts say the area held no strategic value and the defeat may force new defensive strategies.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Kimi Rom
Indochina
U. S
Ripcord
South Vietnam
Kim Rom
Seige
Israel Cabinet Deadlocks Over U S Peace Plan
Israel’s divided cabinet again fails to reach consensus on the U S Middle East peace plan. Right wing ministers threaten to quit if the plan is adopted as Prime Minister Golda Meir and Gahal leaders battle over Israel’s withdrawal from land seized in 1967.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
U. S. Middle East
Golda Meir
Labor Party
Gahal Party
U.S
Gahal
Dayan
Middle East
Gaza Strip
Syrian
Golan Heights
Sinai
Britain ends two week national dock strike with peace formula
Britain's 46,000 longshoremen end a two week national dock strike after accepting a government Court of Inquiry peace plan and canceling the industrial action. The halt averts further food shortages as the U K government seeks a settlement to the wage dispute.
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London
Britain
Education Bill Goes To Nixon
Congress approved a 4.4 billion education measure sending an bill to President Nixon with 458 million more than he requested. The House was to act on an 18 billion housing and 23 other programs package, negotiators agreeing to 451 million over the budget.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Senate
White House
House
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
Cotton
Warren G. Magnuson
Generation Gap Unbridged Concerts Canceled After Riot
Chicago officials cancel four Grant Park rock concerts and one at Soldier Field after a three hour melee between fans and police. Mob action arrests total 165 with 135 injured including 65 officers. Sly and the Family Stone involvement disputed amid security fears.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daniel J. Shannon
Park District
Shannon
Grant Park
Chicago Park District
Grant Park Bandshell
Soldier Field
Sly and the Family Stone
Milwaukee
Michael Buchanan
Supreme Court Test Set On 18 Years Vote
Justice Department forms a special task force led by Erwin Griswold to push a Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act's 18 year old voting provision before Jan 1 1971. Mitchell aims to decide if states will comply and whether to file suit or seek Court review.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Justice Department
John N. Mitchell
Erwin N. Griswold
Mitchell
District of Columbia
New York State
President Nixon to Sign DC Crime Bill Today
President Nixon plans to sign the District of Columbia Crime bill at the Western White House, four days after Senate passage. The measure allows unannounced police entries and pretrial jailing and aims to lower crime in Washington, D C and serve as a model for states.
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Calif
Nixon
District of Columbia
White House
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