Revenue sharing faces chilly reception in House panel
Washington Treasury Secretary Connally defended the Nixon plan before the House Ways and Means Committee as Mills decried it as a weak cause. Wisconsin Republican Byrnes likened Connally to selling refrigerators to Eskimos, while Griffiths charged the formula favors vote buying and small towns over big cities. Members questioned constitutionality and the plan’s dependence on population and local revenues.
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Washington
Treasury
John B. Connally
Nixon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
Connally
Mills
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Martha W. Griffiths
D-Mich
Michigan
Texas
Kennedy pushes nutrition aid for needy elderly
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy urged a $300 million program to improve elderly nutrition, asserting seniors are the nation’s most neglected minority. His bill would fund hot meals, at least five weekly per senior, with a 10 percent state match starting at $50 million and rising to $100 million and $150 million over the next two fiscal years.
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Washington
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Nixon
Senate
Workmen Replace Tire On TWA 727 Landing In Cincinnati
A TWA 727 arriving from Los Angeles landed in Cincinnati with 44 aboard after one of two tires blew out. Brakes are believed to have locked, a crew replaced a tire, and seven passengers were treated at hospitals though no serious injuries were reported. UPI Telephoto
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Cincinnati
Los Angeles
UPI
Overnight visits for single prisoners in California bill
In Sacramento a bill would let unmarried state prisoners receive overnight visits from opposite sex friends, similar to couples. The measure aims to curb homosexuality in prisons. opponents note the distinction between married and single inmates. The bill moves to the Ways and Means committee.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Robert G. Beverly
Assembly Criminal Justice Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Walter Karabin
Massachusetts votes to keep birth control ban on unwed
In Boston a 116-105 House vote upheld a 26 year old ban on disseminating birth control information to the unmarried. The UPI report notes a prior appeals court reversal and ongoing Supreme Court appeal. Republicans pushed repeal while Democrats favored keeping the law, with debate over access and moral concerns.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts
House
U.S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
William A. Carey
California mass murder suspect pleads innocent
Juan V. Corona appeared in Yuba City in a blue suit and cowboy boots and pleaded innocent to ten counts of slaying men found buried in crude graves near the Feather River. A June 14 preliminary hearing was set as infrared searches continued for more gravesites. authorities also evacuated courthouses after a bomb scare.
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Yuba City
Calif
UPI
Juan V. Corona
Feather River
Judicial Court
J.J. Hawkins
Roy Whiteaker
Corona
Hawkins
Yuba
Yuba County
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America
Karabian
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Sutter County
Marysville
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Administration of Justice
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Cornona
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