Job Training Funds Disbursed to Seven States and Puerto Rico
Labor Secretary Hodgson announced $25 million in job training funds to be distributed immediately among California Michigan Washington Oregon Rhode Island Puerto Rico Alaska and Maine. The aid targets expansion of on the job training and new programs to prepare unemployed workers for jobs amid a 5.1 percent national unemployment rate and higher rates in the selected areas.
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Washington
James D. Hodgson
Puerto Rico
California
Michigan
Oregon
Rhode Island
Alaska
Maine
Hodgson
First Russian Fiat Cars Roll From Togliatti Plant
Pravda reports the new Volga River town plant in Togliatti produced its first Fiats. The Communist party newspaper hails the milestone and projects over 20 000 cars this year, about half of the 30 000 car quota set last December.
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Moscow
Volga
Togliatti
Pravda
The
Communist Party News
Crosby children and relatives injured in California car crash
Bing Crosby's three youngest children and their maternal grandparents were treated for injuries after a two car collision en route to the airport in Redding California. The driver of the other car Lila Tahti 40 also sustained cuts. Crosby was in Vermont making a film.
Austrian orphans become U.S. citizens in Idaho naturalization
Nine Austrian orphans adopted by dairy farmer couple Mr and Mrs Joseph Coulson of Caldwell Idaho were among 48 people naturalized in U S District Court. The Coulsons operated an Austrian orphanage in Salzburg during the 1950s and say adopting the children was to give them a better life. The group includes five girls and four boys aged 15 to 17.
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Boise, Idaho
U.S
Joseph Coulson
Oil slick from sunken barge heads toward New Brunswick shore
Premier Louis J. Robichaud announced the oil spill from the 2,300-ton barge Irving Whale, sinking in 250 feet of water, was moving toward New Brunswick's north shore. Bases at Gagetown and Summerside prepared to protect the coast as 875,000 gallons of oil were aboard and a slick 15 miles by 8 miles formed.
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Summerside
P.E.I
Louis J. Robichaud
Gulf of St. Lawrence
New Brunswick
Gagetown
Irving Whale
Halifax
Bathurst
N.B
Traffic Toll Tops Labor Day Weekend Deaths
Traffic deaths over the Labor Day weekend reached 612, surpassing the 1969 three-day summer holiday toll but below the all time Labor Day high. The tally compared with 609 last year and a 688 1968 record. The National Safety Council had projected 570 to 670 deaths in the 78 hour period ending Monday.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Stocks Mixed In Early Trading On The New York Market
New York stock prices opened mixed with Texaco up 31 percent and Chrysler up 4 percent while Boeing rose to 1842 and Mohawk Data gained to 34. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 1.99 points to 773.14 as the market moved higher in heavy trading with advances outrunning declines two to one.
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New York
Texaco
Boeing
Mohawk Data
Astronauts Honored With Arnold Trophy
Neil A. Armstrong Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. and Michael Collins received the H H Arnold Trophy for the first moon landing mission. The award honors the U S government and the space industry for their achievement.
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Ment
Space Industry
H.H. Arnold Trophy
Air Force Association
Nixon Enjoys Potomac Cruise Aboard Sequoia After Hijack Turmoil
President Nixon spent the day handling airliner hijacking concerns by Palestinian militants and relaxed Tuesday evening aboard the presidential yacht Sequoia on the Potomac River.
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Potomac River
Washington
Nixon
Sequoia
Stumper Contest Draws Crowded Mail as Deadline Passes
The Standard Stumper contest closes at noon today with many entries received. One winner will be announced tomorrow and a new puzzle appears in Friday’s paper.
Hearing Scheduled On Census Count
Congressional hearing will probe the 1970 census undercount claims in major and mid sized cities. NYC Mayor Lindsay cites 311 uncounted residents in 1,808 spot checks. Census Director Brown defends accuracy amid cited undercount accusations and Bureau rechecks.
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Washington
New York
John V. Lindsay
George H. Brown
Charles H. Wilson
D-Calif
House
Wilson
Census Bureau
Chicago
Cleveland
Birmingham
Brown
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Boston
Dallas
Lindsay
Hijack crisis expands as airliners and hostages held in Jordan
Inter national Red Cross negotiates for freeing two Western airliners and 178 hostages held by guerrillas on a desert airstrip in Jordan. BOAC says Arab guerrillas seized Beirut airport control tower and forced a British jet to land refuel and depart. The Popular Front aims to pressure Britain over Leila Khaled’s release amid demands for seven captives to arrive in Jordan before a stated deadline.
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International Red Cross
Jordan
BOAC
Beirut
Popular Front
Leila Khaled
London
Miss Khaled
Switzerland
West Germany
Britain
el Khana
Amman
the Front
The
Red Cross
South Vietnamese Eye Enemy Troop Buildup
The South Vietnamese report intensified assaults by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces in the northern zone, with up to 15 regiments poised to push into coastal lowlands. In three attacks near Da Nang and another to the north, 38 South Vietnamese soldiers, 3 civilians, and 1 American were killed, 16 Americans and 49 South Vietnamese wounded, and 53 North Vietnamese killed.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
da Nang
Tra Bong
Dan Nang
Stinson
Mo Duc
Quang Ngai City
Hoang Xuan Lam
School District Awarded Emergency Mixing Funds
The School District of Aiken County received 53000 from emergency funds to assist desegregation efforts. Superintendent Dr G T Myers announced at the school board meeting as the district seeks 209000 total and expects the remainder soon. The Sept 4 public school enrollment totals 23838 with 16626 whites and 7212 blacks across areas including Aiken and North Augusta Jackson.
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Aiken County
G.T. Myers
West vows stricter pollution fight in SC bid
Lt. Gov. John C. West campaigned in Aiken for the South Carolina governorship promising a continued war on pollution. He urged increased state aid to municipalities for sewage treatment and vowed to be extremely selective with industrial development to avoid pollution while stressing a trained workforce and economic benefits.
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Dick Scott
John West
Aiken
Kosinski
John C. West
South Carolina
West
Gunnells Distinguishes Council-Manager vs Local Council of Governments
Joel Gunnells, executive director of the Lower Savannah Regional Planning and Development Commission, says there is no direct link between a proposed council-manager government for Aiken County and the Local Council of Governments. He notes the COG is a federal funds review body for the SMSA, while the county proposal is a separate form of government. He adds that voters will decide the county’s path and that officials will act on establishing an Aiken Augusta Council of Government.
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Aiken County
Joel Gunnells
Lower Savannah
National Congress
SMSA
HUD
Aiken
Tions
Commission
Aiken-Augusta
Council of Government
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Harry
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Nathaniel
Kathryn Grant
Crosby
Redding
Beverly Hills
Vermont
New York Regional Planning Association
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Milwaukee
Reuss
Middle East
Clarence Brown
Air Force
James Huffman
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio
Huffman
White House
Rep. Brown
UPI
Jordanian
Associated Press
TOLR
O'Reilly
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North Augusta - Jackson
LBC
Gregg
Wagener - Ridge Spring-Monetta
Gunnells
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Hunter
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