Congress Returns Tuesday to wage election year battles
The 92nd Congress reconvenes to push welfare reform, revenue sharing, and health care while a group of Democratic senators campaigns for the presidential nomination. Republicans and Democrats expect partisan drills, with Nixon’s State of the Union set for Thursday and a focus on Cold War and domestic programs.
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Nixon
White House
Senate
House
Hugh Scott
Mike Mansfield
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
George McGovern
South Dakota
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Paul N. McCloskey
California
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
Shirley Chisholm
New York
Today in History highlights for January 17, 1972
On this date Warsaw was liberated in 1945 after Nazi occupation. Benjamin Franklin born 1707 in Boston. James Cook crossed Antarctic Circle in 1773. US bought Virgin Islands in 1917 for 25 million. 1942 near Singapore. 1950 armored car robbery in Boston nets 1.5 million. 1962 quiz show perjury pleas yield suspended sentences. JFK tariff powers pursuit noted. Indonesian crisis and kite record in 1972 and Sarasota claim.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Poland
Benjamin Franklin
Boston
James Cook
United States
American Virgin Islands
Denmark
Singapore
New York
John F. Kennedy
Adam Malik
Sukarno
Sarasota
Fla
Weather overview for Texas regions across the weekend
Snyder area shows 7 am readings at 18 degrees Sunday 34 today with highs 33 Saturday and 54 Sunday. Northwest Texas clears north to partly cloudy south with warmer conditions this afternoon and Tuesday. Northeast Texas warms through Tuesday with increasing cloudiness today and clearing Tuesday. Southeast Texas sees considerable cloudiness with possible drizzle and showers near the coast through Tuesday. North Central Texas becomes warmer with clearing Tuesday. South Central Texas remains warm with possible drizzle and showers near the coast through Tuesday. Southwest Texas east of the Pecos stays cloudy to partly cloudy and warmer with a slight drizzle chance tonight.
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Pecos
Orr Sworn Dallas County Commissioner Also Heads Texas Democrats
Roy Orr was sworn in as Dallas County commissioner and resigned as Texas Democratic chairman to devote time to county government. He appointed Jack Gaubert as party executive director and will remain advisory with the national convention upcoming. Orr, former De Soto mayor, succeeds the late Denver Seale and faces early GOP concerns about his fitness for the full-time post.
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Dallas
Roy Orr
Texas Democratic Committee
Orr
de Soto
Lew Sterrett
Denver Seale
Texas Party
Elmer Baum
Austin
Texas
Dick Reed
Reed
Jack Gaubert
Democratic
Gaubert
Rep
Fred Orr
Bombers Pound Trail Network Along Laos Vietnam Border
U S fighter aircraft exchanged missiles with North Vietnamese defenses along the Laos border. Two SAM sites and an antiaircraft radar were believed destroyed. One American helicopter was shot down, with nine wounded as ground fighting surged in central and northern South Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
Laos
North Vietnam
Ban Kar Pass
Demilitarized Zone
Barthelemy Pass
Plain of Jars
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
da Nang
Highway 16
Ban Me Thuot
Central Highlands
Court Asked To Abolish Death Penalty
Washington AP reports the Supreme Court heard first arguments challenging the death penalty as cruel and unusual punishment. Lawyers urged abolition on constitutional grounds and the case sparked a nationwide debate on capital punishment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Anthony G. Amsterdam
Amsterdam
California
Ronald M. George
Registration at Western Texas College tops 550 as spring opens
Western Texas College reports spring registration surpassing 550 with many transfer students from other colleges choosing WTC. Dean Dr. Ben Brock notes headcount may lag fall totals but full time equivalent could exceed fall figures as classes and continuing education enrollments proceed through the week. Night courses begin tonight and registration remains open.
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Western Texas College
WTC
Ben Brock
Supreme Court to Hear Northern School Segregation Case
The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on segregation in a Northern public school system. Denver students of Black and Spanish surname contend segregation was policy driven, not law. Oral hearing later this term, ruling by end of June. Justice Byron R. White did not participate.
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Supreme Court
Denver
Byron R. White
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Air Force
South
Longshoremen Resume Strike Across West Coast Ports
Longshoremen resumed a West Coast walkout after failed settlement talks. At San Francisco and Los Angeles Harbor pickets were sent out as 8 a.m. PST deadline passed, with ILWU leaders Bridges and Pandora declaring the strike on and promising renewed talks later. The Nixon administration considered congressional intervention.
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West Coast
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Ilwu Local 10
John Pandora
ILWU
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Nixon
Congress
Pacific Maritime Association
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Association
J. Curtis Counts
Counts
Longshore Union
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