Lawmakers Lease Ford Continentals At 750 A Year
About 19 House and Senate members including Sen. Winston L. Prouty lease Ford Lincoln Continentals for 750 dollars yearly. Ethics chairs pledge to review the matter as critics call it audacious. Several chairmen also take Thunderbirds or Mercurys at similar rates. GM Cadillacs are mentioned for leaders.
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Washington
D-N.y
House
Judiciary Committee
Ford
Senate
George Trainor
UPI
Democratic House Committee
W. R. Page
Tex
Agriculture
Thomas E. Morgan
Samuel N. Friedel
Harley O. Staggers
W. Va
Commerce
Edward A. Garmatz
Merchant Marine
Thaddeus J. Dulski
N.Y
Post Office
George H. Fallon
Public Works
William M. Colmer
Miss
Rules
George P. Miller
Calif
Russel D. Long
Finance
James O. Eastland
Judiciary
GOP
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
Appropriations
Leslie C. Arends
Ill
Armed Services
J. Corbett
Post Ofce
Norris Cotton
N.H
Winston L. Prouty
District of Columbia
Roman L. Hruska
Neb
Hale Boggs
D-La
Robert P. Griffin
Continental
Armed Services Committee
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
William C. Cramer
R-Fla
Public Works Committee
Olin E. Teague
D-Tex
Veterans Committee
Scientists Warn of SST World Pollution and Dangers
A three week Williams College study by 100 scientists calls for postponing extensive supersonic transport flights until environmental effects are thoroughly investigated. It warns of upper atmosphere contamination and potential long lasting climate changes from SST exhaust.
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Williamstone
Mass
Williams College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SCEP
Carroll L. Wilson
Sloan School of Management
Hijacked Boeing 747 diverted to Havana by Cuban flagberet hijacker
Pan American Flight 299 carrying 359 passengers was hijacked by a Latin American man wearing a Cuban flag beret. The aircraft landed in Havana where Fidel Castro appeared but grew wary of the plane’s takeoff safety. Pilot Captain Augustus Watkins reassured Castro, and the jet resumed to Miami and San Juan with the hijacker remaining onboard.
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San Juan
P.R
UPI
Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Pan American Airways
Jose Marti
Augustus Watkins
Miami
Watkins
New York
Hoff rally in Newfane raises seven thousand dollars
In Newfane at John Kenneth Galbraith’s summer home about 300 people gathered for a Hoff for Senate rally. Bennington Brush President Joseph E. Joseph noted the old fashioned tone and featured speakers including Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and Gloria Steinem. George McGovern donated $2000 from Campaign 70 funds. Hoff criticized Nixon and urged rapid Southeast Asia withdrawal.
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Newfane
Bennington Brush
Joseph E. Joseph
New England
Harvard
John Kenneth Galbraith
U.S. Senate
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Winston L. Prouty
Galbraith
George McGovern
D-S.d
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Kennedy
Richard Goodwin
Eugene McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
Gloria Steinem
New York Magazine
Women’s Liberation
Resch
Peter Galbraith
Hoff Youth Workers
Vermont
Sen
Ambassador Galbraith
Inside Bride Barks Vows In Unusual Wedding
Columnist Gerald Raftery reports campus prejudice as a pervasive issue on campus life. Russell Baker returns from vacation with a satirical piece about systems failing everywhere including elevators and toilets. The Windham County state's attorney defends a controversial pact over power line spraying amid legal questions.
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Russell Baker
Windham County
Poseidon Test Amid Ocean Sighting By Russian Spy Ship
The James Madison submarine test fired its Poseidon multiwarhead missile 30 miles east of Cape Kennedy at 11 a.m. EDT while a Russian spy ship Laptev watched from 3,000 yards. Debris packing was retrieved as observers avoided a collision after warning signals.
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Observation Island
James Madison
America
Cape Kennedy
Nixon Seeks Support For Anticrime Package
President Nixon wrapped up an 11 day Western White House stay and flew to Denver to press law enforcement leaders for his anticrime plan. He will meet about 200 state planning agency representatives before returning to Washington with Attorney General Mitchell.
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San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Nixon
White House
Denver
Air Force One
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Pat
Washington
John Mitchell
Seaa
Charles G
Bebe” Rebozo
Key Biscayne
Fla
Washington D.C
Canadenes
Army ignored scientists on disposal of nerve gas plan
Government faced criticism over Army plans to destroy 12 500 World War II nerve gas rockets by 1970. Scientists urged underground detonation, but the Army favored shipping the 418 vaults for burial at sea. The Gross committee warned of instability and downwind danger if vaults exploded.
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Army
Washington
API
Anniston
Ala
Lexington
Wilmington
N.C
Paul M. Gross
Duke University
Richard D. McCarthy
D-N.y
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Federal Aviation Agency
Mt. Agung
Bali
Globe
Williams-Mit
Cuba
David Scribner
Joseph
Daniel Webster
Kelly Stard Road
Stratton
Party For
Sen. McGovern
Tan
Abe
Southeast Asia
Schlesinger
Goodwin
Gerald Raftery
Poseidon
Atlantic
Laptev
USS
Pentagon
Sacramento
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