Administration proposes lighter penalties for marijuana possession
The Nixon administration urges milder penalties with a first offense set as a misdemeanor and a maximum of one year or a 5000 dollar fine. A second offense would become a felony with up to two years and a 10000 dollar fine, while judges gain discretion to lower or forego penalties.
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Nixon
John E. Ingersoll
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Senate Juvenile Delinquency Committee
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Stanley F. Yolles
National Institute of Mental Health
Sidney Cohen
NIH
Nixon says Haynsworth faces vicious attacks on nomination
President Nixon comments that Judge Clement Haynsworth Jr. endures harsh character attacks over his Supreme Court nomination. He asserts the judge would not withdraw even if asked. New York marks Mets day with parades ceremonies and fireworks ending a joyous season. Soviet cosmonauts Beregovoy and Feoktistov begin a two week U S tour visiting Williamsburg Grand Canyon Disney and space facilities.
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Washington
Nixon
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Supreme Court
New York
Dolly
Georgily T. Beregovoy
Konstantin Feoktistov
Colonial Williamsburg
Grand Canyon
Disneyland
California
MacArthur Visit Reenacted at Red Beach Ceremony
In Leyte Philippines a 200 strong force of Filipino soldiers and Marines reenacted General MacArthur s return with landing barges, mock bombardment, and paratroopers as U S and Philippine leaders President Marcos and Ambassador Byroade watched from the shore crowds lined the beach during the ceremony.
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Red Beach
Leyte
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Henry A. Byroade
Flying grandmother seeks speed records to Hawaii
Jerrie Mock of Columbus Ohio leaves Oakland California Sunday night bound for Honolulu in a 15 hour flight as the first leg of a three stop journey toward New Guinea She aims to beat the women’s record and set a new overall mark to Hawaii in the same plane that previously earned three world distance records and six world speed records.
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Oakland
Calif
Columbus
Ohio
Jerrie Mock
Honolulu
Hawaii
New Guinea
Nixon weighs unilateral Viet Nam cease fire proposal
President Nixon mulls a U S initiated cease fire to boost a faster withdrawal from Vietnam. White House sources say he may announce or signal rejection during his Nov 3 address after Camp David discussions with top advisors. Humphrey urged accelerated withdrawal as others called for U Thant negotiation and Saigon NLf coalition government.
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White House
Camp David
Hubert H. Humphrey
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U.S
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Newsweek
Hanoi
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Democratic National Committee
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
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Harris
NBC
Meet the Press
Muskie
ABC
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National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Sweden
Olof Palme
North Vietnam
South
NLF
Stockholm
CBS
Charles Goodell
R-N
Agnew Attacks Moratorium Backers Amid Vietnam Battle
Vice President Agnew blasted antiwar protest leaders as hard-core dissidents and anarchists at a New Orleans fundraiser. Goldwater proposed a Veterans Day demonstration in support of troops on November 11. Gen Westmoreland and Moratorium organizers forecast ongoing protests and local actions in November.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Nixon
Jerome Grossman
Boston
Newton
Barry Goldwater
Long Beach
Calif
U.S
William Westmoreland
New Orleans
Grossman
Washington
Soviet space flight may shift focus to unmanned missions
Soviet failure to assemble a space station on the three-ship flight prompts a possible return to unmanned missions. Officials warn that a serious setback could lead to a long reappraisal of manned flights, while a cosmonaut designer emphasizes the critical role of human decisions.
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Kremlin
United States
U.S
Photographer Ken Steinhoff earns first in Inland Press contest
Athens Messenger photographer Ken Steinhoff is cited for a first place feature photograph in the Inland Press Association awards. The Elyria Chronicle-Telegram also wins for local government reporting. Twenty three other dailies across ten states receive honors in the Northwestern Medill and Wisconsin journalism contests.
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Chicago
Athens Messenger
Ken Steinhoff
Inland Press Association
Buckeye
Steinhoff
Northwestern University
Medill School of Journalism
The
Elyria Chronicle-Telegram
University of Wisconsin School of Journalism
Ohio toll on non holiday weekend hits 35 deaths
The Associated Press reports Ohio suffered 35 traffic deaths in a non holiday weekend from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight, matching the year's worst non holiday period. The figure ties the Easter weekend total, with the last higher count on November 13, 1968 when 36 died.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Cyclamate Production Halt Shocks US Diet Drink Market
Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, says it stopped producing cyclamate after federal ban. About 15 percent of 1968 US soft drinks used the artificial sweetener, plus foods like fruit, ice cream, cookies, and diet mixes. Pillsbury plans substitutes, PepsiCo moves to cyclamate free diet drink with fewer calories. Health department bans sales of cyclamate beverages from January 1 and other cyclamate foods from February 1.
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Chicago
United States
Abbott Laboratories
North Chicago
PepsiCol
Pepsi-Cola
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Nixon proposes first comprehensive federal railroad safety bill
Transportation Secretary John Volpe sent to Congress a comprehensive railroad safety bill amid rising rail accidents including hazmat shipments. He described the danger as catastrophic and noted railroads now agree that existing statutes are inadequate to address the problem.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Transportation
John Volpe
Volpe
Exhumation hearing opens in Kopechne case after delays
The hearing before Judge Bernard C. Brominski in Wilkes-Barre starts on the petition to exhume Mary Jo Kopechne’s body for an autopsy. District Attorney Edmund Dinis filed the request, arguing the body’s condition may not confirm drowning as the cause of death. The Kopechne parents oppose, saying the autopsy could create doubt rather than clarify the cause.
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Shawnee
Perry County
Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Bernard C. Brominski
Common Pleas Court
Dist. Atty
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Mass
Joseph Kopechne
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