Rivers to Seek Increase in Military Spending
Rep L Mendel Rivers chairman of the House Armed Services Committee told Winter Convention delegates in Los Angeles that he will push for higher military appropriations than Nixon proposed for 1970. He urged industry support, warned against cost overruns while highlighting overruns in highways, Apollo modules, dams, and power projects. Senator Packwood warned of cutbacks and urged a shift to social programs and population control. The convention runs through Thursday.
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Demo Council Urges Senate Rejection of Carswell
The Democratic Policy Council issued a mid term platform urging the Senate to reject G Harrold Carswell for the Supreme Court and to block expansion of the Safeguard antiballistic missile system. The 33 page policy statement also challenges the Nixon Administration on inflation the environment foreign affairs and crime control. Former Vice President Hubert H Humphrey, council chairman, presented the findings.
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Man Guilty in Slaying of Officer
Thomias Jefferson Will, 4, was convicted Tuesday of first degree murder in the slaying last July of a Los Angeles policeman at a variety store. The jury deliberated a few hours before a verdict. the penalty phase begins today for life imprisonment or death. Officer Robert J. Cote, 28, was shot. Harold J. Mayfield, 22, was killed by other officers.
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Russell Says He Could Have Won If He Ran Dixiecrat
Washington (UPI) Senator Richard B Russell recalled in a television interview that he could have denied Harry Truman the presidency if he had run as the Dixiecrat candidate in 1948. The 72 year old veteran, honored at a Nixon reception, said Thurmond urged him to run before Thurmond accepted the States Rights Party nomination. Russell noted he would have carried the Deep South and perhaps Texas, which could have sent the election to the House. Thurmond carried Alabama Louisiana Mississippi and South Carolina in 1948.
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