Nixon has leverage as Brezhnev visits United States
A syndicated opinion piece argues Moscow fears China’s moves and faces economic strain, making the Kremlin sensitive to U.S. aid. It notes Soviet anxieties over satellites, Middle East and Latin American allies, and rising production inefficiencies, suggesting Nixon could leverage gains in grain and arms talks.
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Kremlin
Leonid Brezhnev
U.S
Russia
Moscow
Nixon
Mao Tse-tung
Peking
East Europe
Middle East
Latin America
U.S.S.R
South
Southeast Asia
East
Europe
U.s.-U.s.s.r
Legal clash over new drag strip noise and traffic
A neighborhood fight over a suburban drag strip raises questions of nuisance versus public use. Courts sided against injunctions in some cases, citing traffic and parking as city concerns, while others cited noise glare and fuel odor as grounds to shut a track down.
June 16 in History Highlights a Space Pioneer
On this date in 1963 Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in orbit. The record notes Eisenhower canceled a Japan visit in 1960 after anti American riots and other historical notes from Cambridge Maryland and later events including Eisenhower’s heart attack and Clifford Irving’s 1973 Hughes hoax sentence.
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Associated Press
Valentina Tereshkova
Soviet Union
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Japan
Cambridge
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Clifford Irving
New York
Howard Hughes
McGraw-Hill
Edith
Richard Suskind
Women in church leadership posts reflect rising ordained roles
A survey of 700 United Church of Christ members shows 76 percent women respondents prefer male ministers but many support women in pulpit roles. Younger, educated respondents favor female leadership. older and urban members prefer men.
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United Church of Christ
William J. McKinney
Pennsylvania State University
Big City
McKinney
United Presbyterian Church
Us.a
Army and Navy push to expand women's roles in ministry
Berry's World notes Army and Navy interest in updating ministry to service members. It predicts more women as historians and theologians in seminaries, citing Hulda Niebuhr, Georgia Harkness, Barbara Ward. With church membership about 60 percent women, change seems timely.
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Army
Navy
Hulda Niebuhr
Georgia Harkness
Barbara Ward
Help Children Cross Busy Streets Safety Plea
Karen Farnsworth from Austin Minnesota writes the Herald urging drivers to stop for children crossing Lakeside Highway near Red Owl. She recounts a June 12 1973 incident where no one stopped for her seven year old son and vows to block traffic if needed to promote safety.
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the Herald
Lakeside Red Owl
Karen Farnsworth Austin
Minn
Reading and gift book picks spotlight 1960s titles
A varied list reviews biographies and fiction from Open Classroom to Promised Land tales. Notable works include Serpico The Cop Who Defied the System and La Maestra about a teacher and student in Italy, with other histories on aging and growth.
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Winston Churchill
Lester Pearson
Mary Carter
Arabelle Sutherland
Italy
Peter Hatch
Tuscany
Peter
Questions and Answers on Social Security from Austin Office
This Q and A covers grandchildren benefits only when both parents are deceased or disabled, Medicare cost increases to 6.30 per month effective July 1973, and how remarriage affects benefits. It also advises filing before 65 for Medicare, explains number changes on checks, earnings credits after 65, and Delayed Retirement Credit up to age 72.
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Social Security
Social Security Administration
Austin
Albert Lea
Breakthrough in special education for handicapped children
Dr. Edwin W. Martin reports growing federal support and legal gains expanding special education for about seven million handicapped children. Congress increased BEH funding from 1 million to 132 million, while court rulings in Utah Pennsylvania and Washington establish tax funded education as a right. 35 states now mandate some form of special education, but disparities remain in access and quality. The BEH public information drive received over 60 000 requests in 1972. inquiries to CLOSER LOOK Box 1492 Washington DC 20013 are free.
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America
Edwin W. Martin
Bureau of Education For the Handicapped
U.S. Office of Education
Bureau
Congress
BEH
Dr. Martin
Utah
Pennsylvania
U.S. Eastern District Court
Philadelphia
Federal District Court
Washington
District of Columbia Board of Education
Martin
Bureau of Education For
Washington, D.C
Oil shale in limelight as energy crisis grows
Rising oil prices and dependence on foreign supplies boost attention to oil shale. The Atlantic Richfield Oil Shale Corp and partners plan a 46,000 barrel per day plant in western Colorado using the Tesco IL process. The federal government owns 80 percent of tri state shale resources and will lease after environmental study.
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U.S
Atlantic Richfield/Oil Shale Corp
Colorado
Tesco
Turn Back the Clock 30 Years Ago Highlights
Jess M. Pierce elected first president of the Austin National Aeronautic Assn at Queen of Angels. Austin Coordinating council supports airport project. M J Justad takes over Sterling Theater operations. Rose Creek named among state’s best groomed 4 H Club entries in St Paul contest. Rev Joseph Donahue begins duties as assistant pastor at Sacred Heart Parish. Host families sought for Maryland 4 H Exchange youths in Mower County July 5 11. Shleen Wold named River Trails Girl Scout Council public relations director.
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Jess M. Pierce
Austin National Aeronautic Assn
Queen of Angels
Austin
M. J. Justad
Sterling Theater
Richard Bowman
Lavonne Reinartz
Rose Creek
St. Paul
Joseph Donahue
Queen of Angels Church
Sacred Heart Parish
Waseca
Maryland
Ron Seath
Shleen Wold
River Trails Girl Scout Council
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Mr. Nixon
United States
Ray Cromley
David Poling
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People's Forum
Mark Phillips
Herbert Kohl
Evelyn Sharp
Alicia Ray Laurel
Douglas Houlden
Franklynn Peterson
Listen
Jesse Stuart
Perkins
Appalachia
Mommie
Poppie
Ohio
Donald Jack
Bartholomew Bandy
London
Air
Serpico
Peter Maas
Frank Serpico
New York Police Department
Joan Dash
Edna St. Vincent Mallay
Margaret Sanger
Maria Goeppert Mayer
Marie Curie
Paul Tournier
Dr. Tournier
Tournier
NEA
Midwest
Library A la Carte
Austin Social Security Office
2Nd St
Wyoming
Dept. of Interior
Matthew
Thomas Macaulay
2Nd St. N.E
Minnesota
Edmund EF. Smith
Thomas J. Koeck
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