Legislation pending in Congress
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Status of major legislation:
TAX REFORM — House approved major tax overhaul closing so-called loopholes and offering rate reductions to almost all individual taxpayers. Nixon administration asked the Senate to restore some of the reduction made by the House for individuals and to provide some tax cuts for corporations. Senate Finance Committee hearings underway.
MILITARY HARDWARE — Senate voted to retain Nixon proposal for an Antiballistic Missile (ABM) system to protect offensive missile sites against nuclear attack. Debate continues on $20 billion military procurement bill containing part of $900 billion sought for the system. Votes to come on new manned bomber and on bill itself. House action not set but easy approval expected.
WELFARE — Nixon proposes welfare overhaul to insure minimum $1,600 annual income for family of four, with reduced assistance in graduated steps for families earning up to $3,920, also sets minimum of $65 a month assistance to adults who are aged, blind or disabled. First year cost estimate, $4 billion. No House or Senate hearings are set. Nixon, meantime, has signed bill repealing 1967 freeze on existing child welfare funds.
Five join history department at KU
The KU history department has announced the addition of five faculty members for the fall.
They are: S. V. Utechin, specialist on 19th and 20th century Russia; Mrs. Rose L. Greaves, a KU alumna with extensive experience abroad; David M. Katzman, a specialist in urbanization and minority groups; Kenneth R. Maxwell, a Latin American area specialist; and G. Cameron Hurst, a specialist on Japan and Korea.
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REVEENUE SHARING — Nixon proposed returning part of federal tax revenue to states, no strings attached, for state use and partial redistribution to local governments. Shares to states would be based on population; local governments would share according to population and degree of self-help. No House or Senate hearings are set and no action is likely this year.
LOANS—Administration sought authority to pay banks incentive fees for making government-backed loans to college students, who are having difficulty borrowing under present maximum 7 per cent interest rate. Senate approved the fee system.
MANPOWER — Nixon introduced a manpower bill to consolidate all job training programs in one agency in the Labor Department, to give states greater authority in administering federal programs and to create a national computerized job bank to match job seekers with job vacancies. No House or Senate hearings set.
MINES — Nixon asked for stricter health and safety standards in coal mines with emphasis on combatting "black lung" disease caused by dust. Senate Labor Committee and House labor subcommittee approved bills
NEW-FANGLED AUTO
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (UPI)A newspaper advertisement offering an automobile for sale described it as an "automatic, 2-door hardtop—with beam ceiling and fireplace."
that would set maximum dust levels and eliminate "non gassy" classification for mines, declaring them all "gassy" and making spark-free machinery mandatory.
RIOTING-House passed education appropriations bill that directs colleges to give no federal aid to students who riot, but carries no enforcement provision. Administration favors cutting off aid to riotous students but opposes any cut in aid to colleges. Senate permanent investigations subcommittee and House Committee on Internal Security looking into the role of organized groups in campus unrest.
ELECTORAL-Nixon proposed abolishing electoral college and assigning to each presidential
candidate his proportionate share of each state's electoral vote, but said he would go along with whatever Congress approved. Judiciary Committee bill calling for direct election of president by popular vote under debate in House and up for a vote this week. Senate judiciary subcommittee approved allocating electoral vote according to the number of congressional districts a candidate wins.
RIGHTS — In the only civil rights legislation scheduled this year, Nixon asked replacement of expiring voting rights act with nationwide ban on voter literacy tests and abolition of state residency requirements for presidential elections. House Judiciary
Alaska's oil value gaining in industry
TULSA, Okla. (UPI)—A series of related events last week demonstrated the increasing importance of Alaska to the petroleum industry.
The state staged an oil lease sale on its holdings on the arctic north slope of the country and received more than $900 million from the nation's major oil firms for the oil rights.
While that was happening, five other oil firms joined Atlantic Richfield, Humble and BP Oil Corp. in the planned 800-mile long pipeline from the north slope to southern Alaska.
The five firms received a 20 per cent interest in the pipeline, which will move oil from the north slope to a port in southern Alaska for shipment by tanker.
Atlantic Richfield also chose last week to announce plans for
construction of three 120,000 deadweight ton U.S. flag tankers to carry its share of the oil from southern Alaska to the west coast.
Atlantic Richfield, Humble and BP also are in the midst of a test to see if they can transport oil by giant icebreaker through the arctic seas north of Canada to the east coast of the United States
A special icebreaker tanker is on its way through the arctic route, which would be the cheapest method of getting the oil to the east coast if it is proven feasible.
The oil firms will have spent more than $2 billion before the oil begins flowing out of the north slope area, but the effort is worthwhile. The lowest estimates say there are five billion barrels of oil there and most oilmen think there is at least twice that much.
Committee ignored this and approved a straight extension of the act. Senate hearings underway.
CRIME—Nixon has asked for extended wire-tapping authority to get at corruption of local officials by gamblers. He proposed to make it a federal crime for gamblers to pay off local police. Other anti-crime legislation to come. Senate judiciary subcommittee holding hearings. House Select Committee on crime holding hearings on crime in general.
Nixon said 'deceived' by Vikings
MADRID (UPI) — President Nixon is the victim of Viking deception, according to the president of America's National Columbus Day Committee.
Mariano Lucca made the comment Saturday after he read in a Madrid newspaper "President Nixon has proclaimed Oct. 9 as Leif Erikson Day, in recognition of the Viking warrior who is credited with having discovered North America around 100 A.D."
"The Leif Erikson Society has sold our President a bill of goods," Lucca said. "They are using him. They try something like this every year about this time. Why, everyone knows that America was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492."
Nixon also proclaimed Oct. 12 Columbus Day and gave credit to Spain, "Which had the vision to support Columbus' courage and initiative."
In the actual Erikson proclamation, the President only commemorated Erikson's voyage and said nothing about whether or not it was the first to America.
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