Global tensions and political shakeups sweep the day
AP dispatches report rising alerts in Israeli and Egyptian forces after Kissinger mission collapse. Ford aides discuss Morton as commerce secretary and a looming veto on farm aid raise dairy prices. Deficit forecast climbs to 73.7 billion, and Turkey aid ban may lift as Cambodia and Vietnam seek aid relief.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Pentagon
Sinai Peninsula
Agriculture Department
Senate
Rogers
Commerce
Ford
Rogers C.B. Morton
Senate Commerce Committee
Warren G. Magnuson
White House
Norman D. Dicks
House Budget Committee
Turkey
Congress
Cambodia
South Vietnam
President Ford May Veto Large US Tax Cut Package
Republican House leader Rep. John Rhodes says President Ford will veto the 24.8 billion tax cut package after talks, signaling a reconsideration of the plan. Congress approved the measure to boost spending in a recession, with rebate checks on 1974 taxes and lower withholding set to begin in 1975.
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Carl C. Craft
Associated Press
Washington
House
Ford
John J. Rhodes
R-Ariz
Congress
Rhodes
Depletion repeal to cost consumer drive to $1.7B yearly
Repeal of the oil depletion allowance for major producers would add about 1.7 billion dollars to the federal treasury annually. Estimates vary on consumer price impact with advocates predicting up to ten cents per gallon and opponents arguing it could be far less. The tax bill sent to the White House includes rebates, credits, and a home purchase deduction as part of a broader tax-cut package.
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Washington
Federal Treasury
Congress
Ford
House
Senate
White House
Speedy trial eyed for Faisal assassin in Saudi
In Riyadh the Saudi prince accused of Faisal’s assassination faces a predicted speedy trial with a public execution. The report cites swift judicial action amid political tension and security concerns surrounding the royal case.
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Nick Ludington
Associated Press
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Oil drilling notices and a royal murder claim in the Middle East
Winkler and Ward counties see several drill applications and completions in the Keystone San Andres and Darmer Canyon fields. Saxon Operating and Amoco report wells with varied depths and oil outputs. In related news, Saudi King Faisal’s assassination is recounted with competing accounts from Cairo editors. Also in Boulder County Colorado a same sex marriage license is reported amid a lack of statutory precedent.
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Saxon Operating Co
Abilene
Lucy Smith
Keystone
San Andres
Winkler County
Kermit
Shell Oil Co
Sealy-Smith
Darmer
Monahans
Amoco Production Co
Mack Taylor
PSL
Gulf Oil Corp
Faisal
Faisal Ibn Musaed
Cairo
al Akhbar
Riyadh
Galal Hamamsy
King Khaled
Fahd
Hamamsy
Monarchy Council
School finance reform hearings end with higher salaries plea
In Austin the House Education Committee wrapped up four hours of testimony on five school finance bills urging higher teacher pay. The subcommittee will return April 7 with a reform package. Bills propose starting salaries from 7430 to 10000 for a 10 month year. Moonlighting cited as necessity by teachers.
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LEE Jones
Associated Press
Austin, Tex
House
House Education Committee
Dolph Briscoe
State Board of Education
Texas State Teachers Association
House Education
Tom Massey
San Antonio
Herman Adams Jr
Silsbee
Ruben Torres
Port Isabel
Wilhemina Delco
Austin
Hamp Atkinson
New Boston
Briscoe
TSTA
Jewel Howard
Persimmon tree ends life of unidentified Belle Chasse youth
In Belle Chasse Louisiana a youth, unnamed, hanged himself from a persimmon tree leaving a note to his parents. He wrote of not developing into a real person and requested cremation as John Doe. His body found Valentine’s Day by a couple driving through the woods. no identification or claim yet. Plaquemines Parish authorities circulated John Doe description and fingerprints nationwide.
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John Doe
Plaquemines Parish
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