Social Security Package Advances Through Mills Committee
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a 5 percent Social Security benefit boost and welfare reform basics backed by bipartisan support. The bill, backed by President Nixon, would raise benefits by 2.1 billion and take effect June 1, 1972, with automatic increases tied to cost of living later, and includes a $2,400 income floor for four-person families.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Nixon
Wilbur D. Mills
Mills
Joe D. Waggoner Jr
D-La
National Welfare Rights Organization
Campaign For
George A. Wiley
David M. Ackerman
National Council of Churches
Sadat Jails Officials After Plot to Oust Egypt Leader
Former Vice President Aly Sabry and six cabinet ministers were jailed at dawn amid a purge linked to a rumored coup. The investigation aims to publish full plot details, with Sabry named to lead the Arab Socialist Union and Sabry to head a new figurehead government. Police were deployed to maintain order as arrests spread to media officials who allegedly altered broadcasts.
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Cairo
Aly Sabry
Anwar Sadat
Sabry
Sadat
Sabib Shukair
National Assembly
Moscow
Arab Socialist Union
Sharawi Gomaa
Hit And Run Laws Survive Court Test
The Supreme Court upheld hit and run laws in a 5 4 decision, finding required scene of accident disclosures do not violate self incrimination. Chief Justice Burger rejected the dissenters view, calling the rule justified by state needs such as studying auto accidents.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Earl Lier
California Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
William J. Brennan
Burger
D Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Chicago
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Harry A. Blackmun
John Harlan
William 0
House Debates Deadline for Vietnam War Withdrawal
Washington AP report says House Democrats will vote on ending U.S. involvement by December 31. The move follows a prior rejection and faces committees and hearings in coming weeks with 53 end the war proposals expected in House subcommittees and votes.
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Washington
House
U.S
Bella S
Abzug
D-N.y
House Armed Services Committee
Nixon
Congress
House Foreign Affairs
Common Cause
Education
John Gardner
Armed Services Committee
Lucious N, Nedzi
D-Mich
Charles W. Whalen Jr
Ohio
Cornelius E. Galla
Solons Move To Halt Strike Threatens National Economy
The nationwide rail walkout slows coal and auto production, furloughs 3,500, and disrupts mail and perishable goods. U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel warn of escalating cuts, Chrysler and GM shift to limited hours, American Motors may shut down. A circus elephant convoy crosses the Lincoln Tunnel to keep NYC shows alive.
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Associated Press
Post Office Department
Texas
Florida
Congress
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of
West Virginia
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Chrysler Corp
General Motors Corp
American Motors Corp
New Jersey
Lincoln Tunnel
Hudson River
New York City
Amtrak
Washington
New York
Nixon
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Senate Labor Committee
Union and
Nixon Administration
House
Senate
Jones and
Laughlin Steel
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cleveland
John A. Volpe
Turks Wage Battle Of Nerves With Kidnappers
In Istanbul four youths seized Israeli Consul General Ephraim Elrom and nine residents from his building. The Turkish government threatened a retroactive death penalty for kidnapers and those aiding them, while Deputy Premier Sadi Kocas ordered arrests of all connected with the People’s Liberation Army as martial law persisted. Elrom, a 27 year veteran of Israeli police and a former Eichmann interrogator, faced a reported deadline this week under escalating terror tactics.
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Istanbul
Ephraim Elrom
Elrom
Turkish People’s Liberation Army
Sadi Kocas
People’s Liberation Army
Adolf Eichmann
U.S
Ankara
Turkey
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
SST Sees Hostile Senate This Week
Washington AP survey shows 42 senators backing federal subsidies for SST. 92 oppose. Several wavering lawmakers may switch before Wednesday vote as Boeing's William Allen cites a startup cost of 500 million to 1 billion dollars. Ellender shifts to opposition, citing House vote context and Allen's figures. Gravel Brock among those leaning against SST.
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Washington
House
Senate
Associated Press
Willliam Allen
Boeing Co
Bate
Allen
Allen J. Ellender
Dla
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ellender
Lens
Mike Gravel
D-Alaska
William E. Brock
R-Tenn
Laotian Town Devastated as Viet Minh Siege Expands
North Vietnamese forces strike Ban Dong Hene and nearby Pak Song forcing mass fleeings as they seize Bolovens plateau towns. Dong Hene population around 1500, 75 percent reportedly burned. In Saigon, Viet Kiem attack near A Shau Valley repelled with five dead.
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Saigon
Ban Dong Hene
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laotian Panhandle
Souvanna Phouma
Pak Song
Ban Houei Sai
Bolovens
Panhandle
Don Hene
Savannakhet
Muong Phalane
Dong Hene
Vientiane
Administration Victory or Senate Defeat on Troop Cut Debate
Senators clash over a Mansfield amendment to cap U S troops in Europe at 150000 after December 31. AP survey shows 42 opposed or leaning against, 37 leaning for, 21 undecided. NATO talks and Gromyko meet amid White House lobbying against the plan.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Europe
Nixon
Associated Press
White House
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
State Department
United States
NATO
Soviet Union
Jacob Beam
Andrei
Gromyko
Moscow
Charles Bray
Bray
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
Frank Kelley
Pecos High School
Tommy Hooker
Norman Tinkler
Kathy Wadley
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South Vietnam
Cambodia
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