Word: hille
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...Democrats. In addition to their 51-vote House majority, they have a 58-to-42 edge in the Senate, after a loss of five seats. Nixon will thus become the first President since Zachary Taylor in 1849 to enter office with the opposition in complete control on Capitol Hill-even though the House, with its combination of Republicans and conservative Democrats, may not prove too unfriendly. Nevertheless, the G.O.P.'s gains in Congress, and more particularly at other levels, offered a dramatic demonstration of how far the party had traveled from the wreckage...
Whatever fiscal measures he finally decides on, Nixon will then have the difficult job of selling them on Capitol Hill. Arkansas Democrat Wilbur Mills, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, warned early in the campaign that he would oppose elimination of the surtax "unless additional, very stringent economies are placed in effect." Mills takes an even dimmer view of the President-elect's pet scheme to offer private enterprise tax incentives for tackling pollution control, ghetto job training and slum rebuilding. He argues that such tax breaks would result in "a very material reduction in federal revenue...
...Coast down Bunker Hill (weather and traffic permitting...
Overshadowed by the Brian Dowling-Calvin Hill scoring machine all season, Yale's defense is the unknown variable in the Harvard coaching staff's calculations...
UCONN, 31-14: Halfback Nick Davidson and Brian Dowling were offensive leaders. Hill gained 65 yards on 12 carries, but Yale's defense showed its rough edges...