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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1969
Page
4
The Nixon administration urged Congress to curb organized gambling with sweeping new measures. The Legal Gambling Business Act of 1969 would empower federal action, require wiretap authority, and target large scale operations involving five or more people over 30 days with substantial daily revenue, while excluding church and similar charitable games.
President Nixon plans to revamp the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by granting stronger enforcement tools. Senate liberals counter with a four point civil rights package urging CEOC expansion, jury selection reform, extended Voting Rights Act provisions, and Civil Rights Commission funding limits.
Senate debates the new budget with McGovern charging the Nixon administration broke its pledge to battle hunger. He cites no new initiatives and no extra funding for hungry Americans beyond a $15 million nutrition aid increase. McGovern introduces a bill to spend 1.8 billion under the food stamp program, aiming for a 1.5 billion rise in expenditures.
The drive for executive powers like NLRB authority has faced strong resistance, with one of the main opponents being Dirksen. President Johnson failed to secure such powers for the EEOC in his push for expanded enforcement.
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