Potential Filibuster In Senate Delays Tax Reform Vote
Washington AP The Senate faces a possible cloture fight as Democratic Leader Mansfield signals an imminent petition to end debate on a major tax cut and reform plan. Republican Scott doubts achieving two thirds. Allen blocks action by delaying debate on the debt limit bill due to June 30 expiration.
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Mike Mansfield
Senate
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Hugh Scott
Scott
Pennsylvania
James B. Allen
Dala
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Allen
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Livestock Crisis Draws House Speaker's Alarm
House Speaker Carl Albert described the livestock industry as an economic debacle during the opening of three days of hearings before the House Agriculture Committee. Prices fall at the farm level while retail prices stay high, with meat producers losing money and calls for an immediate beef import moratorium, guaranteed loan programs, and federal purchases of excess beef. Albert warned Congress may act if the administration fails to address the problem.
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Washington
Carl Albert
Congress
Albert
Department of Agriculture
Administration
U.S. Accuses North Vietnam of Flouting Cease-Fire
The United States charges North Vietnam and the Viet Cong with continuing war by force in South Vietnam. The embassy cites mass materiel and troop movements, reporting 66,243 North Vietnamese and 17,979 South Vietnamese soldiers killed and 175,000 wounded since January 1973. In Cambodia, Phnom Penh reports Khmer Rouge advances and civilian evacuations near Oudong and Longvek after a long siege.
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NATO warns against over optimism on detente
NATO Secretary General Joseph Luns opened the 25th anniversary ministers session in Ottawa warning against over optimism about detente with the Soviet Union. He said detente is not yet established and remains the policy goal while ministers prepare two days of talks on East West relations and a joint declaration of cooperation.
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NATO
Joseph M. A. H. Luns
North Atlatic Alliance
Soviet Union
Luns
Saxbe Defends Petersen Over Grand Jury Talks in Watergate Case
Atty. Gen. Saxbe says Nixon was wrong to discuss secret grand jury materials with aides and defends Henry Petersen for relaying information. He notes Petersen reported to the President, while Haldeman and Ehrlichman face Watergate indictments. Saxbe rejects Patrick Buchanan’s bias claim about jury composition and asserts no perfect jury could satisfy both sides.
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Nixon
Washington
William B. Saxbe
Asst
Henry Petersen
Petersen
George Will
National Public Affairs Center For Television
Will
White House
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
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Richard G. Kleindienst
Patrick Buchanan
Watergate Grand Jury
Buchanan
Grand Jury
Nixon Ends Mideast Tour With Promise of Aid to Jordan
President Nixon wraps up a five nation swing in Amman promising continued military and economic support to Jordan and inviting King Hussein to Washington for talks on peacemaking strategy. A joint Jordanian US commission will oversee cooperation across economy trade military and science.
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U.S
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King Hussein
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Winchester School Improvement Plan Approved By Board
Winchester School Board approved a five year plan aligned to state Standards of Quality. It sets yearly reading and math goals, a 95 percent job entry skill target for graduates by 1979, and continuing programs including local college courses and potential remedial actions to meet state standards.
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Handley Report Card
HEW Proposes Rules Against Sex Discrimination in Schools
The Health Education and Welfare Department proposes federal rules to end sex discrimination from kindergarten to college in admissions athletics housing and employment. They require coed physical education limit single sex dorm curfews and bar many single sex scholarships. football and major revenue sports are spared. Public comment runs until Oct 15 and final adoption requires presidential approval.
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USS
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HEW
Justice Department
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Israeli Jets Hit Targets in Lebanon After Kibbutz Attack
Israeli air force jets bombed and strafed Arab guerrilla targets in southeastern Lebanon near Mt Hermon. The raids followed a kibbutz attack that killed three women near the Golan Heights. Aircraft returned safely as President Nixon left Jordan.
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Shamir Kibbutz
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