Legislators eye another pay raise amid tax relief talk
Springfield Times reports a rapid push for a new legislative pay increase and per diem boosts as lawmakers reconvene. Bills under Senate consideration would raise per diem to 32 and raise home office allowance to 10 000, with talk of a possible regular raise to 19 500. past fights show veto battles and electoral risks loom but unlikely soon.
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Truman's vital signs unstable amid hospital update
Kansas City AP reports former President Harry S Truman remained in serious condition overnight as doctors at Research Hospital and Medical Center noted unstable respiration pulse and temperature. He received oxygen by mask, with blood pressure normal and no specific counts released.
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Research Hospital and Medical Center
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Retreating North Vietnamese Battalion Harried By Air Strikes
Air strikes and artillery harassed a retreating North Vietnamese battalion moving toward Cambodia's Parrot's Beak region. South Vietnamese infantry pursued as 79 enemy soldiers were killed and two captured in five hours of heavy fighting near Tay Ninh. Government casualties were three wounded.
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Parrot’s Beak
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South Vietnam
Tay Ninh
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Murphysboro Christian Lay Council Gives 500 to UF Drive
The Murphysboro Christian Lay Council contributes 500 to the United Fund drive, lifting the campaign past 20 000 dollars. UF President Bob Streuter notes the boost as the drive nears its 32 500 goal. OLC President Mary Boudet praises support for community agencies. The CLC, which runs a thrift shop and sponsors unity programs, invites pledges at the Chamber of Commerce and local banks.
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CLC
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Chamber of Commerce
Grumman balks at F14 option renegotiation demand
Grumman Aerospace Corp says it will not fulfill a Navy contract option to build 43 more F 14 Tomcat fighters unless terms are renegotiated. The company cites prior losses on the 96 F 14s ordered and threatens a showdown over who pays cost overruns, possibly court action or congressional relief.
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Teamsters Chief backs farm workers under NLRA
Frank Fitzsimmons told the American Farm Bureau Federation convention that bringing farm labor under the National Labor Relations Act would bring peace to the fields. He urged closer ties between the Teamsters and Farm Bureau and criticized the United Farm Workers and the lettuce boycott as fraudulent. He noted most lettuce in California and Arizona is handled by union members and warned against those opposing labor rights.
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Teamsters Union
National Labor Relations Act
America
Frank T. Fitzsimmons
American Farm Bureau Federation
Bis Tion
Fitzsimmons
NLRB
Afl-Cio
United Farm Workers
Teamsters
UFW
California
Arizona
United Farm
Orkas
Nixon policies debated secrecy in White House clash
In New York, Herbert Klein and Arthur Schlesinger Jr. sparred over government openness at a Foreign Policy Association debate. Klein touted reduced classifications and broader information flow, while Schlesinger called the administration the most closed government in memory and said it discouraged press scrutiny. About 400 attended.
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Nixon
White House
Herbert Klein
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Klein
Schlesinger
Kennedy
Vietnam
Foreign Policy Association
Apollo 17 TV coverage details from Houston
Apollo 17 crew Carman and Schmitt plan a second lunar surface walk while Evans orbits in America. Networks CBS NBC ABC lay out a multi hour schedule with depressurizations and rover camera activations for the end of the telecast.
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Acond
Corman and Schmitt Smn
Jers
Evans
Challenger
Rover
Anti-Castro group admits bombing spree across three cities
The Cuban Secret Government claims responsibility for bombs at VA Cuba Forwarding Co in Miami, VA-Cuba office and Calypso Travel Agency in New York, and Michael's Forwarding Co in Montreal. The blasts injure several and threaten further action against firms dealing with Cuba. The group decries trade with the communist regime and urges medicines only.
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Cuba
Montreal
New York
Mintal
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Washington Bureau
Va- Cuba Forwarding Co
Miami
Va-Cuba
Calypso Travel Agency
New York City
Michael’s Forwarding Co
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