B52s Launch Heavy Attacks Across Vietnam Regions
U S B52 bombers dropped 900 tons of explosives on North Vietnamese targets in South Vietnam Cam and Laos as Typhoon Elaine disrupts operations. The Americal Division 1st Infantry unit begins deactivation reducing U S strength by about 900. A vehicle bomb attack occurs near Van Hanh University in Saigon.
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Laos
Elaine
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1St Infantry
U.S
Vietnam
van Hanh Buddhist University
Senate approves 21 billion arms bill faces House clash
The 21 billion military procurement bill with major weapons programs intact won 82 to 4 in the Senate and heads toward a House battle over a six month U.S. withdrawal from Indochina. The Mansfield led amendment and Allott pay raise tweak loom as potential hurdles while a Jan 1 pay raise for federal workers is bundled with the bill.
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Indochina
Mike Mansfield
Gordon Allott
R-Corp
Mansfield
Allott
Laos
Armed Services Committee
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Pentagon
Nixon
Joseph M. Montoya
D-N.m
South Vietnam
Judges Orders Longshore Return To Work Amid Taft-Hartley Hearings
Federal judges halted West Coast and Chicago longshoremen strikes directing a 10 day return to work while hearings are prepared on extending the 80 day Taft-Hartley moratorium. The West Coast strike idled 15,000 dockworkers, cost over 1.7 billion dollars. Chicago affected 500 grain handlers. East and Gulf ports reportedly easing as Nixon administration actions unfold.
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Nixon
Gulf Coast
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San Francisco
Clifford M. Hardin
Japan
United States
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Wholesale prices fall for first time in year in September
The wholesale price index dropped 0.3 percent to 114.5 from a 1967 base in September, seasonally adjusted down 0.4 percent the largest such decline since October 1966. Most of the drop classes to non freeze items like raw farm products and imports with a 10 percent Nixon surcharge, with food prices down 1.4 percent and broad industrial goods down modestly. The year over year index remains 3.2 percent higher.
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Washington
Nixon
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. presses Vietnam on missing prisoners at peace talks
U S Ambassador Porter urged North Vietnam to supply names and numbers of American prisoners known dead. He cited a House demand for humane treatment and repatriation, noting about 1,360 Americans missing in Southeast Asia. No immediate Communist response.
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U.S
William J. Porter
Porter
Washington
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
Nixon to Unveil Phase 2 Economic Plan Tonight
President Nixon will reveal Phase 2 post-freeze wage price program in a nationwide address at 7 30 p m EDT. The plan centers on productivity and may include limited price controls, with the Cost of Living Council likely to lead policy actions and a mix of compulsory and voluntary measures.
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Nixon
White House
U.S
Cost of Living Council
Organized Labor
House Passes Tax Cut as Senate Opens Hearings
The Senate Finance Committee began hearings on a $15.4 billion tax cut bill after House passage. Chairman Russell Long pressed Connally for Phase 2 details, while Nixon prepared to unveil them. The bill favors businesses with sevenfold tax relief and shifts benefits to individuals, with changes possible on the Senate floor.
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Senate Finance Committee
Nixon
Russell B. Long
D-La
Treasury
John B. Connally
Long
Congress
Proxmire Seeks repeal of Nixon wage price freeze plan
Senator William Proxmire declares Congress should repeal the Economic Stabilization Act used to impose a 90 day wage and price freeze. He proposes a five member wage and price review board and immediate transition after the freeze ends.
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William Proxmire
D-Wis
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Proxmire
Joint Economic Committee
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Weather brings cool, dry air to Virginia today
A flow of cool and dry air from the northwest brought clear skies and lower temperatures to Virginia. Follow up contact at 667-0145 for more details on weather conditions.
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