1973 Virginia Assembly ends amid calls to curb bills
The 30 day session extended to February 25 amid concerns over volume and drafting quality. Democratic leaders pushed for limits on odd year legislation while noting 1271 bills faced action. No fault auto insurance and blue law reforms stalled. court reform reached compromise after long deliberations. Governor Holton praised education funding and state pay raises but urged action on transportation and no fault reform.
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Linwood Holton
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Department of Transportation
Virginia
Canada vows to quit Vietnam cease-fire body unless new authority set
Canada warned at an international Vietnam conference it will leave the International Commission of Control and Supervision by April 30 unless an empowered authority handles cease-fire violations. Foreign Minister Mitchell Sharp urged UN Secretary-General Waldheim to receive reports and reconvene as needed, with individual member reports allowed.
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Paris
Canada
Vietnam
International Commission
Mitchell Sharp
Sharp
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Indonesia
Poland
Hungary
Waldheim
Stopgap funding deadline looms for foreign aid and Labor-HEW
Senate faces Wednesday midnight expiry for foreign aid and Labor-HEW appropriations. House already approved a continuing resolution through June 30. Senate panel backs four month Labor-HEW and two month foreign aid extensions while negotiations on foreign aid authorization continue.
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Senate
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Nixon
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J.W. Fulbright
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Appropriations Committee
U.S
Fire damages Highland Ave home. cause undetermined
A Highland Avenue residence suffered heavy damage in a Saturday fire with no occupants present. Fire Inspector S R Dyke said the origin was undetermined as crews battled the blaze for about 90 minutes. Other weekend incidents included grass and car fires with minor damage and several Alarm calls across Frederick County.
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S. R. Dyke
Charles Shifflett
Dodge Ave
Allen Drive
Frederick County
Gore
Greenwood Volunteer Fire Company
Mead Drive
Senseny Road
Round Hill
Old Rt. 50 West
Nixon Keeps 5.5 Percent Pay Raise Standard
The Nixon administration retains its 5.5 percent pay raise standard while allowing flexible language through a Labor Management Advisory Committee panel. The aim is to aid the economic stabilization program with inflation expected to decline 2.5 percent or less by year’s end. Dunlop says the standard remains effectively unchanged under Phase II controls.
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Washington
White House
Labor Management Advisory Committee
John T. Dunlop
Airport Garbage Getting Sexier
DETROIT AP lightened security at Detroit Metropolitan Airport seen as making garbage sexier as passengers discard pornography to avoid scrutiny by antiskyjack officials. An airport spokesman says people don’t want guards to find dirty books or magazines. FAA notes pornography raises no detention reason. authorities seek weapons or law violations.
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Detroit
Detroit Metropolitan
Antiskyjack
Federal Aviation Administration
Kissinger Says North Vietnam Promises Full POW Investigation
Kissinger told NBC that North Vietnam promised a full investigation into the fate of about 1,300 missing Americans. He recalled presenting U.S. analysis on missing in action cases and noted Hanoi’s possible shift toward peaceful unification.
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Henry A. Kissinger
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Kissinger
National Broadcasting Co
Hanoi
U.S
Nixon
National Security
NBC
Barbara Walters
South Vietnam
United States
North Viet Spokesman Rules Out Release of Prisoners Tuesday
A North Vietnamese spokesman said no American POWs would be released on Tuesday despite U S officials hoping for about 140 more handovers. He noted no list would be delivered today and the next Joint Military Commission meeting on POWs is set for Wednesday.
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Vietnam
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South Vietnam
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