Senate approves Appalachian extension amid Nixon plan clash
The Senate passed a four year 571 million extension of the Appalachian Regional Development Act with 925 million for five year highway funding and 40 million for improvements, sending the bill to the House as Nixon advocates a one year 283 million ARC extension and a 1.1 billion nationwide revenue sharing program. The vote also authorized 127 million to finance a one year extension for five other regional commissions.
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Appalachia
Nixon
House
Norris Cotton
R-N. H
Appalachian Regional Commission
Bil
Appalachian States
Ohio
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Whit ney M Young Jr. body to be flown from Nigeria to U S
Whit ney M Young Jr. civil rights leader and head of the National Urban League died at 49 while swimming near Lagos. His body will be flown to the United States Sunday on a U S Air Force plane led by Brig. Gen. Daniel James Jr. Eulogies will be given by Bayard Rustin John Conyers Jesse Jackson Ramsey Clark and John Lewis.
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Nigeria
Whitney M. Young Jr
United States
Young
National Urban League
U.S
Christ Church Anglican Cathedral
Bayard Rustin
John Conyers
D-Mich
Jesse Jackson
Robert Boles
Morocco
Ernest Dunbar
Louis Stokes
Army Lt Col Herbert to file charges over alleged torture deaths
Lt. Col. Anthony B. Herbert says he will file federal charges today against Maj. Gen. John Barnes and Col. J. Ross Franklin for failing to investigate torture and murder claims in Vietnam. He alleges a Vietnamese woman was killed in an intelligence unit under American leadership and that prisoners were mistreated and abducted under force.
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Barnes
Pentagon
Franklin
Vietnam
Herbert
South Vietnamese troops withdraw from Laos near Sepone
Saigon reported that a regiment abandoned Fire Base Sofia 25 miles inside Laos to avoid trapping by North Vietnamese forces. Troops moved southeast toward the border and some advanced six miles, while others redirected toward the Lolo area as Sepone remained a fragile target on the Ho Chi Minh trail.
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Sepone
Sofia
Associated Press
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Ham Nghi
Esper
Lolo
Athens County School Board Meeting Delayed
The Athens County School Board meeting planned for tonight is postponed to next Thursday and moved to Athens City Hall second floor meeting room. County Supt Robert Weinfurther said attorney William Rowland informed him three members could not attend and suggested the new date and venue.
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Robert Weinfurther
Messenger
William Rowland
Rowland
Athens City Hall
Wein
For $2 you cant go wrong says Gary Williams
Gary Williams of 1428 Carriage Hill Ath ens says he sold an electric razor and a rifle for his asking price. The ad promises 16 words for 4 days for $2.00 and invites readers to place classifieds.
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Gary Williams
Carriage Hill
Athens
Tough New Pollution Agency Proposal For Ohio
Ohio lawmakers push a new state environmental protection agency to oversee water and air pollution, replacing the Health Department. The plan grants the director broad crisis powers, enables citizen lawsuits, increases penalties, and lets the state assess counties for sewage facilities.
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Ohio
Columbus
George Voinovich
Cleveland
Environmental Protection Agency
Water and Air Pollution Control Boards
State Health Department
Voinovich
Health Department
Wall of silence greets hunt for killers in Northern Ireland
Bomb blasts rocked Northern Ireland during the night as murder squad detectives faced a so called wall of frightened silence amid the killings of three Scottish soldiers Joe McCaig John McCaig and Dugald McCaughey. Bodies were found near Belfast after being shot at close range. Police blame the Irish Republican Army while authorities fear reprisals and discuss boosting troops to bolster the garrison.
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Northern Ireland
Dungannon
Springfield Road
Joe McCaig
John
Dugald McCaughey
Irish Republican Army
TRA
London
West Virginia and Turkey News Briefs
In Charleston a House-Senate conference met to draft a strip mining bill amid 67 House amendments after a Senate bill proposed a one year industry ban. In Ankara Turkey top military commanders warned they may seize power again if a new government cannot curb anarchy and enact reforms.
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W. Va
House
Senate
West Virginia
Ankara
Turkey
Cevdet Sunay
Assembly
Taft urges local Ohio funding advantage over tax credit
In Granville Taft argues Ohio local governments would gain more from federal revenue sharing than from Gov Gilligan's tax credit plan. He says the tax credit helps the state more but not localities. The event was the Licking County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner.
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Granville
Ohio
Robert Taft Jr
Licking County
Republican Club
Lincoln
Taft
John J. Gilligan
Senate floor acts on Social Security boost via debt bill
A Democratic crafted move attaches a 5 billion Social Security enhancement to a House debt limit bill, promising at least a 10 percent across the board rise and a 56 percent jump in the $64 minimum to $100. The plan faces House opposition and timing questions as the panel weighs summations versus the judge's charge.
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Senate
White House
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Wilbur D. Mills
D.ark
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