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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Congress virtually completed action on all 14 major appropriations bills, it was plain that the lawmakers' priorities differed considerably from Nixon's. In three areas-agriculture, public works and transportation-they added a total of $893 million to the funds originally sought by the President. In the other ten, they appropriated a total of $7.7 billion less than requested by Nixon...
...might have to settle for $1.1 billion less than he asked for in foreign aid. But late Saturday, even this appeared in doubt as the Senate rejected the $1.8 billion foreign aid money bill. The Senate action was an angry response to the House, which insisted upon granting $54.5 million to Nationalist China for jet fighters and $50 million in military aid to South Korea...
...hike in Social Security benefits starting January 1, benefiting 25 million recipients...
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Wilbur Mills said that the bill would produce an additional $6.4 billion in 1970, then drop to a negligible $288 million in 1971. By 1972, the government will be receiving $1.7 billion less than present revenues, and the loss will grow to $3.7 billion...
...Government also moved on another front last week. The day before Addonizio went to court, another federal grand jury handed up indictments against Mafia Kingpin Simone Rizzo ("Sam the Plumber") De Cavalcante and 54 others. Charged with operating an interstate numbers game that grossed $20 million a year, all face penalties of $10,000 and five years' imprisonment. Four, including De Cavalcante's "chief of staff," Alessio Barrasso, face additional fines of $10,000 or 20-year sentences for extortion...