New Year's cease-fire sparks first combat events in Vietnam
In the opening hours of the 72 hour cease-fire, at least one American soldier was killed and several wounded by Viet Cong mortar fire. Ten South Vietnamese soldiers were wounded in four rocket and mortar attacks. Allied patrols killed enemy troops, with reports of 20 fighters nearby and 27 killed in a river gunship action.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Bu Dop
International Control Commission
South Vietnamese
Good News From 1969 Amid War and Crime and Hope
A look at 1969 highlights both grim and uplifting. Clyde Raymond Smith earned a doctorate after dropping out of high school, while communities aided Don Kruse after a farm accident. Eastern Mennonite College raised funds for a library, and a Detroit bus incident saw a 71 year old woman restrain an attacker. Neighbors helped a baker in North Bend, and prisoners and animals joined acts of generosity.
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Associated Press
Clyde Raymond Smith
Sinois Neighbos
Don Kruse
Eastern Mennonite College
Virginia
Detroit
Bernice Kuliszko
Smith
Peoria
Ill
Arkansas State College
University of Missouri
University of Tennessee
Moro
Kruse
North Bend
Wash
Richfield
Minn
Operation Brotherhood
Tucker Prison Farm
Pine Bluff
Ark
White House plans skimpily balanced budget for 1971
The White House aims to send a skimpily balanced budget to Congress on January 27 as officials warn spending may exceed 200 billion dollars for the first time. Nixon aides, including Burns, seek deeper spending cuts and consider revenue options like a value added tax to offset revenue losses from Congress tax reform.
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Sterling F. Green
Associated Press
Washington
White House
Congress
Nixon
Treasury
Eisenhower
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Burns
Tax Foundation
Paper offers new service to New Year's Eve drivers
The Burlington Free Press will distribute a questionnaire to drivers who plan to drink on New Year's Eve. If returned, the paper will relay the information to the driver’s next of kin in case of misfortune. The form asks for details like will location and bank books. The paper has offered free funerals in past years but never paid out.
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Burlington, Vt
Burlington Free Press
Gordon Mills
Mills
Nixon and Congress Clash Over 19.7 Billion Budget Fight
Washington awaits the new session as President Nixon and the Democratic Congress head toward a clash over a 19.7 billion health and education appropriations bill. Senate Democrats press for higher priority spending while Nixon hints at a veto. Leaders warn inflation, crime, and priorities will dominate debate in the early months.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Senate
Hugh Scott
White House
Warren G. Magnuson
91St
Pentagon
Democratic National Committee
Mark Shields
Peter D. Hart
Mike Mansfield
Export Liberalization Not Received Warmly
Washington AP diplomats from Communist nations express limited enthusiasm for a new law easing U S exports to their bloc while seeking MFN treatment for their imports. They note that when Smoot Hawley tariffs stay high, demand to boost U S purchases remains impractical, with Poland and Yugoslavia already enjoying MFN. President Nixon links further liberalization to settlement of the Vietnam war and Eastern European support.
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Washington
U.S
United States
MFN
Poland
Yugoslavia
Europe
Japan
Moscow
Nixon
Hanoi
Withholding Accounts To Go Up Instead of Down
IRS figures show some withholding will rise under the Tax Reform Act as Social Security taxes resume and exemptions rise. A sample analysis for three incomes 5,000 10,000 and 15,000 shows tax shifts, with weekly take homes adjusted by standard deduction and minimum exemptions. None of the figures include possible salary increases for insurance retirement plans or union dues.
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Washington
John Q
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Cavern to Be Studied Near Bent New Mexico
Otero County officials study underground cavern revealed by pictures from an abandoned water well on Jim Hiles Ranch twenty miles north of Alamogordo. Plans assess feasibility of an underground emergency control center and fallout shelter in the cavern near Bent along US 70. Geronimo legend tied to local underground passage.
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Alamogordo, NM
Otero County
Clif McDonald
Bent
N.M
US 70
Tularosa
Ruidose
Geronimo
Jim Hiles
Alamogordo
Civil Defense
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Alaska
Florissant Valley Community College
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Lewis Mooney
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