Democrats push Social Security hike in busy Capitol week
Democratic leaders plan a 5.5 percent Social Security increase next January to offset inflation while Congress races a jam-packed schedule. The House eyes a Monday vote to cut off U S funds for Cambodia and U S activities abroad as debates unfold on debt limits, watergate, and budget reforms.
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Kansas City
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Nixon and Brezhnev end summit with hope for peace
President Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev closed their talks in California declaring the summit strengthened world peace prospects. They signed a 19 page communique and spoke of a Moscow reunion, with agreements reducing nuclear war risks and improving U S Soviet relations. Brezhnev praised the talks as yielding permanent arms limits and pledged warm messages to Americans before departing for Washington.
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Butte gamblers lead the state in wagering stamps
Silver Bow County tops Montana with 18 of 69 IRS wagering stamps issued this year at $50 each. Sanders and Ravalli follow with 10 and 8 stamps respectively, as the state notes rising gambling activity. The Supreme Court ruled IRS records confidential after a constitutional challenge.
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Intentional gasoline cuts denied
Washington AP The oil industry spokesman Frank N Ikard president of the American Petroleum Institute denied charges that the nations gasoline shortage was created deliberately by oil companies for their own advantage He urged an objective study on the causes of the energy shortage while declining to name sources of the conspiracy claims.
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Frank N. Ikard
American Petroleum Institute
Skard
North Main Tunnel Road Closes For Emergency Repair
North Main closes today due to urgent repair on the BA and P Railway tunnel. Traffic will be detoured while officials with railroad and county surveyor approval manage the closure and alternate route.
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Brezhnev Says Summit Put U.S. Soviet Ties On New Track
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev told the American people the Nixon summit moved U S Soviet relations toward durable peace. He praised detente and noted agreements to avert war and to push nuclear arms talks in Geneva while plans include wider global cooperation. He spoke at the Western White House before heading to Camp David and Paris talks.
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Camp David
Paris
Georges Pompidou
Senators brace to hear Mitchell on Watergate
The Senate Watergate committee prepares for a high profile week with John W. Dean III and John N. Mitchell as key witnesses. Dean is to testify Monday at 10 a.m. EDT and Mitchell later in the week as the panel plans five straight hearings before a Fourth of July break. Dean may reveal new details and reiterated accusations against President Nixon while facing questions about his private interviews and past campaign finances. Nixon’s poll numbers show little movement, with 44 percent approving and 45 percent disapproving. Herbert Klein predicted a forthcoming news conference but noted limits on discussing individuals to avoid prejudicing cases.
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Mass Fire Kills 28 in New Orleans French Quarter Bar
A second story fire at The Upstairs lounge near Canal Street killed 28 people, many found stacked near a stairwell. Fire crews arrived quickly, with 87 firefighters and 21 pieces of equipment, investigating a possible arson in the washroom. The downstairs Jimani Bar reported no injuries.
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Carl Rabin
William McCrossan
Canal Street
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Marriott Hotel
McCrossan
Pill linked to gallbladder disease in contraceptive users
Boston researchers report in Lancet that women on oral contraceptives show a doubled risk of surgically confirmed gallbladder disease vs nonusers. Among 212 cases and 842 controls, annual attack rates were 158 per 100,000 vs 79 per 100,000, with estrogen cited as a contributing factor.
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