Nixon vetoes vocational rehabilitation funding request
President Nixon vetoed a measure providing about $1 billion more than his request for vocational rehabilitation over three years. He warned Congress could raise taxes or trigger higher prices and interest rates if the package and other bills passed. The veto leaves the bill short of a two thirds override and faces uncertain Senate action.
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Washington
Vpi
Nixon
Hhree
Congress
House
Senate
Bil
Eal Hill
GOP
Hugh Scott
Mike Mansfield
Local Club Meetings And School Menus Noted In Okaloosa Digest
Okaloosa Digest lists school lunch menus for Wednesday with pizza, green beans, citrus fruit cup, and coconut cake at public schools and southern fried chicken with rice, mixed vegetables, biscuits and orange slices at St Mary’s Catholic School. Community notices include Fort Walton Rotary Club noon meeting at Holiday Inn with Dr Richard Grimm as guest speaker, NW Fla Kart Club open meeting at Boy Scout Hall near Hurlburt Officers Club, Knights of Columbus monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at 205 Carol Ave, LDS MIA talent show at 339 Lake Drive 7 to 9 p.m., and Fort Walton Bonsai Society meeting and azalea workshop at Unitarian Fellowship Hall March 28 with member-supplied supplies. Continuous notices require typed, double-spaced submittals to Playground Daily News.
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Okaloosa County
St. Mary’s
Fort Walton
N.W
K. of C. Hall
Carol Ave
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
Mormon
Fort Walton Beach
MIA
Mutual Improvement Association
Albert Batzel
Wayne Sutton
339 Lake Drive
Fort Walton Bonsai Society
Unitarian Fellowship Hall
Florida Blanca Street
Ed Smith
Frances Dunmyer
Nude tenant jolts Santa Cruz realtor tour attention
In Santa Cruz a homeowner selling a house faced a nude tenant who answered the door and led a room by room tour for a busload of local realtors. A realtor said the group left shaken and unable to count the rooms in the abode.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
UPI
Playground Daily News circulation and pricing notice
Local notice lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions with mail and carrier options. Includes office contact numbers, press affiliation, and Audit Bureau of Circulation membership details.
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Audit Bureau of Circulation
Great Meat Revolt boycott fuels national tension in meat trade
Housewives campaign backed by a New England chain and a Cleveland council aims to crash meat prices. NFO head Stanley warns of potential farmer action while Ronald Reagan opposes the boycott. Boston Purity Supreme backs a Meatless Day as explosions rock Barranquilla injuring several and prompting store changes.
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New England
Cleveland
Washington, D.C
Oren Lee Stanley
National Farmers Organization
NFO
California
Ronald Reagan
Stanley
Boston
Purity Supreme Supermarkets
Purity
Barranquilla
Colombia
UPL
Caribbean
Jesus Maria Bernal
Colombo-Holandesa
Martinez
Indian Agitators Flee Sioux Camp
Two leaders of the militant Indians at Wounded Knee reportedly slipped out during heavy gunfire as government negotiators seek to end the siege. Russell Means and Dennis Banks were said to have left the hamlet two days earlier, possibly taking refuge on the Rosebud Reservation, while talks and new meetings were arranged amid ongoing tensions and a cease fire.
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UPI
Wounded Knee
AIM
Russell Means
Dennis Banks
Frizzell
Wilson
Pine Ridge
Means
Banks
FBI
Justice and Interior Department
Rapid City
M.C
Federal team dispels myths on Nixon Florida budget
In Tallahassee federal officials led by Frank J. Groschelle say Nixon 1974 budget increases Florida funds from 3.2 to 3.6 billion, deny major cutbacks, and argue the plan keeps services level without tax hikes. William Walker defends OO dismantling and urges local leaders to act for minorities while embracing New Federalism.
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Tallahassee
UPD
Nixon
Florida
Frank J. Groschelle
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Reubin Askew
Groschelle
William Walker
Office of Economic Opportunity
Walker
Congress
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MIA Question Hinges On Communist Records
At Clark Air Base in the Philippines UPI reports U.S. officials hope North Vietnam will provide detailed records on American fliers listed as MIAs and RTAs. Brig. Gen. Russell Ogan says linked data on 1,300 MIAs, 1,100 declared killed at North Vietnamese crash sites, and remains could take three to five years to compile.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
Upi
U.S
Indochina
North Vietnam
Russell G. Ogan
Reading
Pentagon
Ogan
Hewsmen
Hanoi
United States
Dems press Nixon to reinstate strict price controls
Washington officials report Senate Democratic leaders urged President Nixon to reimpose strict price and wage controls to curb rising costs for food and other goods. They favor a return to Phase 1 controls or a broad freeze, criticizing current policies as insufficient to curb inflation. They also seek lumber price controls and limit log and lumber exports amid a wide set of economic pressures.
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Washington
UPI
Nouse
Senate
Nixon
Congress
Housing
Striefly
Ast Oelpher
Janary
Crats
Conessa
Apel
Thin
FAA orders supersonic flight ban over United States
The FAA bans civilian supersonic flight across U S and territorial waters effective April 27, allowing only very low end sonic speeds proven not to transmit shock waves to the ground. Transport Secretary Brinegar cites inability to manage sonic booms with current tech and notes impact on SST services between Europe and New York.
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UPI
Federal Aviation Administration
United States
Walters
Transportation
Claude $. Brinegar
Europe
New York City
Wong Tits
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Supreme
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New Hampshire
Leo Kahn
Sacramento
Reagan
Houswives
Kent Frizzell
U. S
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