Railpax Plan Is Unchanged Amid Network Uproar
Railpax chairman David Kendell defends ongoing expansion as Senate leaders clash over service cuts. The plan starts May 1 with 184 trains serving 114 cities, funded by a $40 million federal grant and up to $300 million from railroad contributions. Cleveland and several small states lose passenger service under the route redesign.
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Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Railpax
Cleveland
Kent State Faculty OK ROTC Plan Amendments
Kent State University faculty senate approved ROTC program continuation by 27 to 7 with two abstentions. The Educational Policies Council backed the proposal earlier, endorsing several suggested changes to the plan.
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Kent, Ohio
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Kent State University
KSU
Educational Policies Council
Stravinsky Dies At 88 In New York Home
Igor Stravinsky, the famed 20th century composer, died at age 88 at his Fifth Avenue apartment after years of illness. Born June 18, 1882, in near Saint Petersburg, he rose to fame with The Firebird in 1910 and became a pivotal figure for Ballets Russes collaborations including Petrouchka and The Rite of Spring.
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New York
Igor Stravinsky
Fifth Avenue
Stravinsky
St. Petersburg
Russia
Paris
Marines Abandon Old Base at Khe Sanh
The last U S Marines depart the Khe Sanh base near the Laotian frontier, leaving the site abandoned after a 1968 siege. North Vietnamese forces press government outposts in central Vietnam as a fresh regiment moves into the region. Shelling of a South Vietnamese command post and two minor clashes are reported.
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Saigon
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Highlands
Laos
Silver Bridge collapse caused by crack in link
The National Safety Board traced the 1967 Silver Bridge failure at Point Pleasant West Virginia to corrosion in a single link pin. The chain suggested multiple era common factors and warned against a repeat across the St. Marys span. It urged DOT to fund safer materials and internal flaw detection.
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Washington
Point Pleasant
W. Va
National Safety Board
Gallipolis
Ohio
Ohio River
Federal Agency
St. Marys Bridge
United States
St. Marys
Safety Board
Department of Transportation
Nixon speeds up Vietnam troop withdrawals to 18,000 monthly
Sen. George Aiken says President Nixon has accelerated the U S pullout of South Vietnam to 18 000 monthly for the last two weeks, up from about 12 500 a month, with a formal announcement to come. He says the pace could allow full withdrawal next year and expects Nixon to meet the 1973 deadline.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
South Vietnam
George D. Aiken
R-V
J. Aiken
Senate
Republicans
Aiken
Boggs Demands Hoover Foe Resignation Shakeup
Democratic Leader Hale Boggs accuses the FBI of tapping congressmen and spying on campuses while criticizing J. Edgar Hoover. Attorney General John Mitchell rejects calls for Hoover’s firing, defending the FBI and the agency’s leadership amid growing political debate.
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Washington
John Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Hitler
Germany
Soviet Union
Boggs
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
John N. Mitchell
Key Biscayne, Fla
Soviet Leaders Signal Tempers Eased At Congress
Washington officials welcome Brezhnev and Gromyko remarks at the Communist Party congress seen as conciliatory toward the United States for now. The White House notes softer tones may indicate a temporary easing in international tensions. Separately, FBI taps and the sharp exchange between Boggs and Mitchell highlight ongoing partisan and civil liberties tensions.
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White House
Brezhnev
Party
Indochina
Mideast
Soviet Union
United States
Action Ads Offer Quick Local Help for Ads
Action ads promise low cost fast acting results for selling a sofa renting a room hiring a housekeeper or locating a lost pet with simple local solutions and quick reach.
Classified Fragments From Inside Page Cites TV and Theater
Readable items list entertainment and sports notes with scattered headings. Mentions include television theaters and comite style sections with scattered numbers and cryptic labels.
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Chicago
Kent
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Mills
Wilbur D. Mills
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Ann Roswell
Bill Nichols
D-Ala
House
Ways and Means Committee
Massachusetts
Silver Bridge Report
Columbus
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles
C. Donald Curry
Beth Israel Hospital
Louis “Satchmo
Armstrong
White
Ohio National Guard
Robert S. White
Vietnam
Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Metromedia Radio News
Boggs New Hoover Foe
Mitchell
Joseph M. Montoya
Dn.m
Justice Department
Montoya
Congress
Messenger
Dayan
Israel
Moshe Dayan
Labor Party
Tel Aviv
Comite
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Sacacena Entertainment
Cramatics
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