Common Cause urges defeat of three House chairmen
Common Cause led by John W. Gardner urges January caucus voters to oust three Democratic House chairmen William Colmer John McMillan and W R Poage for wielding committee power. The group released a map of Appropriations subchairmen and criticized the seniority system as skewing representation toward the South.
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D-Ky
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No strike foreseen against Chrysler
United Auto Workers and Chrysler resume contract bargaining after a Christmas recess. It appears the union will decide against a strike deadline. Chrysler, the last Big Three to settle, faced plant shutdowns and inventory adjustments with about 26,000 workers affected as mid January’s outlook remained uncertain.
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Snow Flakes Hit Utah Highways In Winter Storm
Snow flurries blanketed St George Utah as the sun struggled through. Eight inches piled up in Leads Utah about twenty miles north. Roads faced blowing snow from the husky winter storm moving across the state.
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Nader seeks FDA nursing home drug use inquiry
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader urged HEW to have the FDA review controls on drug testing in nursing homes. His task force found widespread abuse of clinical testing on elderly residents, details released at a news conference two weeks earlier.
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Powell cash hoard to finance memory of Illinois official
Authorities say the $800000 stash found in Paul Powell's Springfield apartment is a residual estate bequest intended to maintain his Vienna home as a historical site The cache hidden in shoe boxes envelopes and hotel rooms may cement Powell's place in state history Executor John Rendleman estimates final estate value will take several months to determine Powell left about $1 million to friends institutions and charities.
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Nixon signs 2.9 billion housing bill expanding urban programs
President Nixon signed a 2.9 billion housing measure authorizing federal grants and loans to create new communities either as satellite towns or within cities. It maintains funding for public housing urban renewal and rental programs through 1973 and includes a federal crime insurance program beginning August 1 1971 in states without their own plan.
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Nixon signed three year $3.55 billion anti crime bill
President Nixon signed a three year 3.55 billion program to help states and cities fight crime with more police and equipment. The measure targets urban high crime areas and requires 25 percent local matching funds for city grants starting in 1972.
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