Mills says House will not vote on Nixon revenue sharing plan
Ways and Means Chairman Wilbur Mills predicted the House will not vote on Nixon's $5 billion revenue sharing plan. He urged it would fail in committee and Congress, calling the proposal a "blunder bus" and opposing broader federal revenue transfers. Mills favored welfare reform to shift costs to the federal side and pledged gradual state and local relief.
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Nashville
General Assembly
Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
House
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Assembly
European dollar moves vary as Europe tests market reforms
The dollar weakens on some European markets while firm on others as West Germany allows the mark to float. Banks report limited trading and assess impacts, with observers noting a possible futures market as inflation fears influence currency flows.
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Associated Press
Europe
Frankfurt
Don
Paris
Switzerland
Austria
Netherlands
West Germany
Bundesbank
Terest
Bonn
Britain
France
Italy
Spain
Willy Brandt
London
Thomas Cook and Sons
Rogers reports cautious progress toward Arab-Israeli peace
Secretary of State William P. Rogers returned from a 18 000 mile two week tour in Europe and the Mideast with a cautiously optimistic view. He told reporters in Washington that differences between the parties had narrowed and both sides generally want peace. He cited a possible reopening of the Suez Canal as a first step toward a broader agreement and noted Assistant Secretary Joseph Sisco’s talks with Anwar Sadat on canal access and views Rogers had from Israeli leaders.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
Nixon
Rogers
Europe
Mideast
Suez Canal
Joseph Sisco
Anwar Sadat
Hesburgh warns of Civil Rights reawakening needed
The Civil Rights Commission chief Reverend Hesburgh warns America faces more trouble without a moral civil rights reawakening. The report criticizes federal agencies for delays and inadequate enforcement of equal rights and notes housing progress regressed and open housing scope narrowed.
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U.S. Civil Rights Commission
America
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Notre Dame University
Hesburgh
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Rare behavior noted in spring primates with firstborn offspring
A report observes male primates during spring displaying unusual behavior as they interact with their firstborn offspring, a rarity among larger primate species where infanticide or abandonment can occur.
Weather forecast shows afternoon storms and mild highs
The forecast calls for a cloudy afternoon with a chance of showers and thunderstorms and a high near 78. Tonight remains cloudy with more showers and storms, low around 56. Tuesday stays cloudy with likely showers and thunderstorms and a high near 76.
Nixon surveys proposed Gateway National Recreation Area coast
President Nixon flies 60 miles over New York and New Jersey coast at about 1000 feet. He views Breezy Point Jamaica Bay and Sandy Hook Peninsula as potential Gateway National Recreation Area with 23000 government acres. Governors Rockefeller Cahill and mayor Lindsay Gibson join the flight. Stanley Sieron of Belleville elected president of the Illinois Junior Chamber of Commerce at its 40th annual convention.
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Newark
N.J
Nixon
New York- New Jersey
New York
Breezy Point
Jamaica Bay
Sandy Hook Peninsula
New Jersey
William T. Cahill
Kenneth A. Gibson
Chicago
Stanley Sieron
Belleville
Ilinois
Congressional move to switch budget year to calendar year
A four day hearing plan by the Joint Congressional Committee on Congressional Operations examines shifting federal budgeting from a fiscal year to a calendar year. Sen. Mansfield and Sen. Magnuson back the change with Jan 1 1972 as the budget start, replacing July 1 1971. McGovern urges delay on food stamp rule changes, saying impact would reach 340000 people, while 1.75 million could lose subsidies. Proxmire calls for an immediate DDT shipment ban.
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Washington
Joint Congressional Committee On Congressional Operations
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
George McGovern
Dl.d
McGovern
Secretary of Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Proxmire criticizes DDT handling and EPA delay
Senator Proxmire urged EPA to speed up DDT use controls noting cancellation notices to manufacturers are slow. He likened the process to fighting an oil fire without halting oil supply. Tax Freedom Day marks May 10 as the first day Americans work for themselves, per the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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Proxmire
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
William Rucke
Shaus
Tapnaver
New York
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Massacre Allegations Go Uninvestigated By U S Command
The U S Command says no inquiry planned into claims by ex sergeant and five Vietnamese women that Americal Division troops killed 30 to 60 villagers in Truong Khanh in 1959 after a booby trap death. Army officials have begun an inquiry following testimony by ex Sgt Danny Spencer Notley to a congressional panel.
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U.S
Americal Division
Army
Washington
Congressional
Danny Spencer Notley
Notley
Ronald V. Dellums
D-Calif
Truong Kharh
St. Paul
Minn
Last week for nickel postcard
A federal judge faces the U S Postal Service as postcard price rises loom. May 16 rate boost lifts first class to eight cents and postcards to six cents while second and third class rates jump to twenty percent amid a challenge by publishers awaiting the Postal Rate Commission decision.
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U.S. Postal Service
Postal Rate Commission
Global hunger walk raises millions across nations
The International Walk for Development weekend drew four million participants in 600 cities across 50 countries. In the United States more than 487000 walked in 92 communities Sunday, with 150000 in 113 towns Saturday. Pledges reached about 5.1 million dollars for every mile walked.
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Associated Press
United States
Norwich
Conn
Villa Park
Ill
Chicago
Illinois
Vicki Schklair
Lombard
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