Nixon vetoes bid for national child development program
President Nixon rejected a congressionally proposed national system of child development and day care. He cited fiscal irresponsibility and administrative unworkability and warned of federal overreach. He also criticized moves to renew the Office of Economic Opportunity and split the Federal Legal Services Program. Congress pledged to fight the veto, but override fate remained doubtful given House and Senate votes. The administration pointed to a separate $750 million day care component within welfare reform and warned the broader bill could cost up to $20 billion.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
Federal Antipoverty Agency
Federal Legal Services Program
Atew
Congress
Carl D. Perkins
House Education and Labor Committee
Senate
House
Brandt Wins 1971 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt accepted the 1971 Nobel Peace Prize of $83 000 at Oslo ceremony calling it encouragement for peace work. He emphasized ties with others pursuing European solidarity and world peace and noted treaties with the Soviet Union and Poland. Brandt to deliver lecture on Peace Policy in Our Time before attending Nobel dinner in Stockholm.
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Willy Brandt
Brandt
Europe
Nobel Committee
West Germany
Soviet Union
Poland
Stockholm
IRS targets fraudulent tax preparers and hints at tougher rules
The IRS plans tighter oversight of commercial tax return preparers after reports of misrepresentation and exaggerated savings. Commissioner Johnnie Walters announced district monitoring and possible legislation to impose penalties, halt fraudulent returns, and extend filing time to June 15 with a required payment of estimated taxes.
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Eileen Shanahan
New York Times
Commissioner of
Internal Revenue
Johnnie M. Walters
Internal Revenue Service
Federal Trade Commission
Walters
Congress
Soviets Push Thant to Stay as Secretary General
The Big Five fail to pick a successor as the Soviet Union favors extending U Thant’s interim stay beyond year end 1971. Thant has urged departure but U S delegates fear a quick replacement amid the Indian Pakistani crisis. Nonaligned group leader Vernon Mwaanga circulated a memo urging a successor be chosen.
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Kathleen Teltsch
New York Times
United Nations
N. Y
Big Five
Soviet Union
Thant
George Bush
United States
Vernon J. Mwaanga
Communists in control and threats to South Vietnam rise
Saigon officials express pessimism about Cambodian army readiness while estimating that Communist forces may control up to 80 percent of Cambodia. They warn the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong could seize the country if desired, complicating South Vietnam's defense and border access.
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Cambodia
South Vietnam
Ball Park
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