Group Considers Kidnapping Of Top Leaders In U S
Senate testimony released today details White Panther Party plans to kidnap prominent figures including Spiro Agnew to trade for jailed leader John Sinclair Jr. The plan also mentioned trading Michigan officials and supporting actions like bank robberies during riots, with references to Huey Newton and Bobby Seale.
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White Panther Party
Spiro T. Agnew
Senate
Michigan
Clifford Murray
White Panther
Marquette
Mich
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John Sinclair
Robert Griffin
Gerald Ford
Black Panther Party
Huey Newton
Bobby Seale
Spiro Agnew
Congress Moves to Speed Social Security Boost and Debt Rise
Congress seeks to fast track a 10 percent Social Security benefit increase for 26 million recipients while raising the national debt limit from 395 to 430 billion. House rules delay action on compromise legislation, with nongermane amendments and possible special handling or unanimous consent under consideration as the bill awaits floor action.
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Liberal Democrats Gain Power Through House Rules Change
Liberal Democrats win new influence as rules shifts restrict chairmanships to one subcommittee per member. Four Foreign Affairs subcommittees gain liberal chairmen with Lee Hamilton, Benjamin Rosenthal, Donald Fraser, and John Culver taking top posts as prior holders shift or relinquish duties. The reform opens roughly 43 potential new spots across major committees.
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House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Dante B. Fascell
L.H. Fountain
North Carolina
John
Lee H. Hamilton
Indiana
Benjamin §. Rosenthal
New York
Europe
Donald M. Fraser
Minnesota
John C. Culver
Iowa
Bank Faces 6 Million Shortage In Embezzlement Case
CHICAGO AP The Cosmopolitan National Bank reports a shortage exceeding 6 million with an FBI probe of a customer and a long-time bookkeeper. The loss, tied to checks up to 900000 on a corporate account, emerged Feb 25 after the customer confessed. The bank may face a 6 to 7 million total loss once audited.
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Cosmopolitan National Bank
FBI
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
U.S
Donald D.magers
Magers
Economy slips as January industrial output falters
The Federal Reserve reports a 0.4 percent drop in January industrial production, extending weakness after prior gains from the GM strike. Auto output rose 8 percent to an annual pace near 9 million units, while overall activity remains 5.6 percent below the July 1969 peak as Nixon relies on deficit spending and easy money.
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Nixon
Federal Reserve Board
General Motor
Nixon confidence slips in White House poll findings
From New York AP bulletins Nixon's ability to inspire confidence in the White House has fallen per the Harris Poll. In Mexico City AP reports nine teen Mexicans trained in guerrilla tactics in North Korea were arrested and charged with planning to overthrow the Mexican government. Washington AP notes the General Accounting Office softened a report criticizing the Pentagon for encouraging inefficiency and high profits by defense contractors, per the Washington Post.
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Tricia Nixon Engagement Set At White House Feast
The White House hosts a St Patrick celebration to announce Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox engagement. Pat and wife celebrate Tricia s birthday as Irish visitors attend with Prime Minister Lynch as guest of honor. Cox, a Harvard Law student, is from New York society. the couple have known each other eight years.
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Bunratty Castle
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Howard Cox
New York
Tricia
Israel Faces Debate After Meir West Bank Withdrawal Remark
Prime Minister Golda Meir’s interview in the Times of London sparks a parliamentary no confidence motion and coalition protests over a conditional pullback from the West Bank of the Jordan River. Supporters and opponents rally as the issue divides politics and religion.
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Golda Meir
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Jordan River
Israel
Times of London
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Egypt
Sinai
Tel Aviv
Menahem Begin
Gahal Party
South Vietnamese troops abandon Lolo base in Laos amid air assaults
South Vietnamese forces withdraw from Fire Support Base Lolo nine miles southeast of Sepone as U S helicopters fail to break through North Vietnamese anti-aircraft fire. About 1500 troops of the 1st Infantry Division march to Landing Zone Brown after spiking artillery. U S B 52s attack the base. reports vary on casualties and the Saigon command disputes withdrawal claims.
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le Trung Hien
Byrnes Proposes Tax Credit Plan Differing From Nixon
Rep. John W. Byrnes outlines a substitute tax plan to Nixon's revenue sharing. The Wisconsin Republican would credit 20 percent of state and local income taxes against federal liability and allow full deduction of state income tax. He says states could raise own funds by 20 percent rather than seek federal aid and proposes estate tax credit updates. Byrnes questions constitutionality of general revenue sharing.
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Nixon
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Nitrites Linked to Cancer Sparks FDA Debate
A cancer expert from the University of Nebraska urges the FDA to sharply cut nitrite limits in cured meats and fish, arguing nitrites mainly serve cosmetic purposes and may form carcinogenic nitrosamines with other substances. The House subcommittee reviews FDA claims of no imminent hazard and unchanged nitrite allowances.
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Lisinsky
House Inter-Governmental Relations
Lijinsky
Nebraska Center
Harvard
Samuel S. Epstein
Nebraska
FDA
Leo Friedman
House
Hall Accuses Oil Lobby of Misleading Tax Battle
Oklahoma Governor David Hall blasted oil and gas lobbyists for spreading misleading information about his tax increase plan during a statewide TV address. He urged public support and cited trade publications noting possible gas price rises, saying the industry should hang its head and blush. The Taxpayer's League funded the telecast.
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