Road Commission Faces Push for Fast Highway Plan
RALEIGH AP Rev Dob Scott urged rapid highway construction at the new Road Commission meeting. He cited the 1989 General Assembly tax hike on gasoline and vowed to build momentum, naming Jack Kirksey Morganton and Cliff Benson Raleigh as chairmen. The commission approved bids exceeding 6 million dollars for 15 road projects across 22 counties.
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Dob Scott
Wns
Nell Carolina
Highway Commission
Vine
Jack Kirksey
Morganton
Cliff Benson
Terry Sanford
Nixon Plan Moves to Get People Off Welfare Into Jobs
The House passed a sweeping tax reform and relief bill by 304 to 39, aiming to cut taxes for various groups, expand deductions, and repeal part of the investment credit. Senate action expected to be cautious with hearings set after a return from summer recess. The measure promises substantial revenue changes and broad relief by 1972, but faces potential trimming in the Senate committee process.
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Tlousa
Senate
Senate Finance
Fe Rane
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Chatman
Russell D. Long
D-La
Ott Anid
Long
Scott Would Connect Ports With Piedmont
Governor Bob Scott urged linking North Carolina ports with the Piedmont via four lane highways. He praised the Onslow County slow bridge dedication, noting the state Highway Commission’s goal to improve bridges and roads to unite coastal and inland regions and attract industry. The 2,620 foot span cost about 3.1 million dollars and was completed earlier in the Sanford era.
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Piedmont
Scolt
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Varius
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Ney Onslow
God
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Ui Uniter
Dan Moore
Convernor
North Pavalina
Break In Lull Or A Prelude To Major War
AP report from Saigon describes a renewed surge in ground fighting across South Vietnam near Da Nang and Cam Ranh Bay. U S and Allied casualties rise as Viet Cong attacks target Saigon and a convalescent hospital while officers caution this may be a brief lull rather than a prelude to a large scale offensive.
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War Zong
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Cam Ranh Bay
Ebene
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Uss-3rd Marine Division
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Ard
Dong Ha
South Vietnam
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North
Vienam
Troop Strength Still Rising Despite Withdrawals in Vietnam
In WALLINGTON AP report, despite Nixon's announced 23,000 troop withdrawal, Vietnam force levels rise to about 537,000, higher than when he took office. Senators Gore Goldwater Tower and Stennis seek Pentagon explanations, noting cyclical summer declines and disputed timing of withdrawals.
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Vietnam
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Senate
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D-Tenn
Senn. W. Fulbright
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Tower
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Stonnie
Armed Services Committee
Nixon to Propose Broad Welfare Overhaul Tonight
President Nixon is set to outline a welfare overhaul promising a guaranteed income of 1500 dollars for a family of four, automatic tax revenue shares for states, and a 30 dollar monthly penalty on dependents. He aims to shift antipoverty programs from community action to new incentive driven systems.
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Washington Post
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Menong
San Clemente
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Agreement Drafted But It's Shaky In Strike At Pan Am
Negotiators drafted a tentative shaky agreement in the Pan Am strike as Teamsters and others review the terms. Labor officials in Washington and New York reported progress but final action depended on renewed talks. Tass announced Zond 7 spaceflight testing unmanned craft toward the moon with improved systems and earth orbit operations.
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Zond
Tiss
Furether
Nepelunae
Earth
Soviet Union
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Petroleum tax boost eyed at 500 to 600 million
Houston AP reports that House Republicans approve a tax reform package likely lifting petroleum industry taxes by 500 to 600 million dollars yearly. The depletion allowance shift from 27% to 20% draws opposition and a Senate fight. industry warns on higher consumer prices and reduced exploration.
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House of Representatives Watch
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House
Nixon
Gilmey
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P Jnasa
Columnist Ted Asked Cousin to Take Rap
Washington ap column claims Senator Edward Kennedy asked his cousin Joseph Gargan to take the rap for driving the car that led to the drowning of a young secretary. The piece, co authored by Ted Anderson and Joe Pearson, recounts Kennedy guiding Gargan to address the incident and suggests a nocturnal Martha’s Vineyard swim preceded the crash.
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Edward M. Kennedy
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Mie
Keonedy
Edgartown
Oree Pearson
Qargan
Mary Jo
Kennedy
Cloak and Dagger Trial Predicted in Vietnam Case
Military sources say hearings on the Rheault murder and conspiracy charges against Rheault and seven aides may be partly closed. The defendants including eight officers are held at Long Binh outside Saigon as UCMJ rights and representation questions loom amid secrecy.
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