Russians Promised More Consumer Items and Brezhnev Policy
The Soviet leadership shifts to consumer incentives to boost labor output for the 1971 75 plan. Brezhnev publicly takes credit for directing efforts to raise living standards, while workers already hold money in savings and face limited shop goods. Growth targets favor heavy industry but promise more consumer goods by 1975.
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Stephens Broening
Associated Press
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Communist Party
Party
Three Congressmen Plan War Suit Against Nixon
Three congressmen announce a lawsuit in U S District Court aimed at halting U S involvement in Vietnam within 60 days unless Congress declares war. Reps. Parren Mitchell Michael Harrington and Benjamin Rosenthal argue executive overreach and seek a ruling on undeclared war.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Congress
Parren J. Mitchell
Dmd
Michael Harrington
Dmass
Benjamin Rosenthal
D-N.y
Indochina
Essmen
United States
Executive Branch
Congress of the
Rosenthal
Mitchell and
Harrington
Jess
Executive
Lawrence Velvel
University of Kansas Law School
Anthony A
D’amato
Northwestern
Robert J. Vollen
Chicago
Velvel
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
U.S. District Court
Boston
Mitchell
Schwarz May Visit Calley This Weekend
Marine Pvt. Michael A. Schwarz may visit Lt. William L. Calley Jr. this weekend at Fort Benning Georgia. Schwarz, freed on segitime leave after serving time for killings at My Lai, says both he and Calley acted under orders and they did nothing wrong.
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Quantico
Michael A. Schwarz
Ft. Benning
William L. Calley Jr
Schwarz
Namese
Weirton
W. Va
Calley
My Lai
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