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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1971
Page
1
New York lawmakers push to cut hundreds of millions from the budget targeting welfare costs in New York City. A bill would change how the State Commissioner of Social Services is selected and cites confidential tips about a leaderless bureaucracy in the city.
In New York City the Martinez family and 1,100 other welfare families were moved from three room welfare hotel quarters to five room public housing in the south Bronx. The relocation follows controversy after a family was placed in the Waldorf Astoria, and city officials expect all Kimberly Hotel welfare tenants to be moved by month’s end.
A state study group found New York spending too much on manpower training with limited success. The Work Incentive Program saw 4,332 of 17,814 welfare recipients drop out before completing it. The audit noted rising costs from 4.1 million in 1966 to 35.8 million this year and limited objective attainment.
Fifty three American soldiers who refused an order to move into enemy threat were returned to duty with no disciplinary action. Their captain Capt Carlos A Poveda was relieved of command after losing control of his armored unit during the incident near the Laos border. Brig Gen John G Hill Jr said the men are back in the field and the episode should not be blown out of proportion.
President Nixon states the Laotian offensive marks a milestone in withdrawing U S forces from South Vietnam. He argues South Vietnamese forces have higher morale and will fight on their terms with a local numerical edge against North Vietnamese. He emphasizes disruption of supply routes over territorial gains.
A Defense Department spokesman called the Laotian withdrawal operation a successful test of Nixon’s Vietnamization plan. He noted South Vietnamese forces showed capability for multi divisional operations in Cambodia and Laos with U S airpower support and without American advisers for the first time.
The House Armed Services Committee approved a bill extending the draft for two years and boosting the president’s proposed military pay increases from 987 million to 2.7 billion for next year. Chairman F Edward Hebert questioned the success of a volunteer Army but supported advancing the bill, with action possible before Easter. The measure also abolishes student deferments and raises conscientious objector service to three years, while a one-year draft extension failed 30 to 9.
Republican leaders in New York outlined budget cutting options to GOP lawmakers aiming for a deal by Wednesday. They reported tentative accord on up to $700 million in Rockefeller’s $8.45 billion proposal amid minor policy differences to be resolved in committee.
North Vietnamese sappers broke into Khe Sanh behind heavy artillery but were driven out with heavy losses. It was the first ground assault since it reopened to support the Laotian drive. U.S. jets hit targets in North Vietnam. one crew was rescued after a jet was shot down. Hanoi hailed a great victory while Nixon said progress was made toward troop withdrawal. The Khe Sanh siege continued with helicopter bases used for Laos sorties.
Testimony detailing a man in white robes praying for his life and a small child fleeing My Lai was replayed for Lt. William L. Calley Jr.’s court martial jury. Witness Charles Sledge described the mass killings and Calley’s alleged shootng, as the jury neared the end of a four month trial in Fort Benning.
Army leaders dismissed President Roberto M. Levingston after he tried to fire army chief Lt. Gen. Alejandro Lanusse. A junta would rule, with Lanusse expected to head the government as Cordoba commander Alcides Lopez Aufranc shifted loyalties.
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