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(WASiINGTON)- THE HOUSE HAS APPROVED AND SENT TO THE SENATE THE BIGGEST DEFENS&ESPENDING BILL SINCE-WORLD WAR TWO. IT ACTED AFTER REJECTING AN AMENDMENT TO CUT OFF FUNDS FOR THE VIETNAM WAR. THE AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE CUT OFF MONEY FOR AL4 U- OPERATIONS IN INDOCHINA EXCEPT FOR WITHDRAWAL, IN FOUR MONTHS, PROVIDING HANOI HAD RELEASED--U-S PRISONERS BY THAT TIME AND GIVEN AN ACCOUNTING OF MISSING SERVICEMEN. THE HOSUE ALSO TURNED DOWN AN AMENDMENT TO PHASE OUT K-P DUTY FROM THE ARMED SERVICES AND TURN IT OVER TO CIVILIAN WORKERS,
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.).[News Script: Defense spending bill],
script,
September 15, 1972, 6:30 a.m.;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1546174/m1/1/:
accessed August 15, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.;
crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.