Nixon cites 10 billion mass transit plan for 12 years
President Nixon asked Congress to approve a 10 billion dollar 12 year mass transit program to curb road congestion and city strangulation. He proposed 9.5 billion for capital improvements and 3.1 billion in the first five years funded from general revenues with two thirds federal aid to cities and one third locally.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
House
Senate
White House
U S Drops Charges Against Dr Spock
Washington reported that the Justice Department will not retry Dr Benjamin Spock on anti draft conspiracy charges after an appeals court reversed the convictions of Spock and Michael Ferber. The government seeks no further retry for Spock and Ferber while Coffin and Goodman may pursue Supreme Court review by Sept. 9.
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Spock
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Yale University
Mitchell Goodman
New York City
U. S. Court of Appeals
1St Circuit
Coffin
Goodman
Ferber
Boston
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Byron R. White
Coffin and Goodman
Griswold
Senate ABM foes vow to fight on after narrow loss
In a dramatic vote, Senate defeated measures to halt the Safeguard antiballistic missile program in North Dakota and Montana by 50 to 50 and 51 to 49. Despite the defeat, anti ABM leaders called the result a high water mark as they pledge to oppose further Pentagon plans, including chemical and biological weapons, while budget and timeline details for the broader 12-site system were outlined.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Nixon
U.S
Pentagon
Mike Mansfield
John Sherman Cooper
Vietnam
Margaret Chase Smith
Spiro T. Agnew
Bennington Planned as Future Key City by Planner
Long range land use and permanent zoning maps for Bennington are near completion. Planner Lawrence Moore projects Bennington becoming a regional hub, larger than North Adams within 15 years, and outlines growth directions, housing clustering, and road interchanges while urging hearings and subdivision regulation prep.
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Bennington
Commission
Moore
Vermont Planning and Development Act
Selectmen and
Planning Commission
Massachusetts
New York
North Adams
Mass
Bennington County
Boston
Lawrence Moore
Town Planning Commission
Neil S. Moss
Charles Tilgner II
Bennington BSD Chief Attacks Vermont Education Design
Bennington School District board chairman Richard Sleeman denounces the Vermont Design for Education as an unacceptable voluntary plan while urging rejection and debate with Commissioner Harvey Scribner. Other directors urged unity as the dispute sparked internal friction after a year of inaction.
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Scribner’s ‘Education Design
BSD Board
Vermont Design For
Bennington
Richard Sleeman
Harvey B. Scribner
BSD
Sleeman
Vermont
State Department of Education
Harvey Scribner
Matty Mouse
North Adams State College
Bernard J. Winslow
Col
Lodge Berates Fee For Lack of Response
Paris dispatch reports U S ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge framing peace talks as stalled. He warns the Communists that there will be no settlement until they respond, citing flat negation of U S and South Vietnamese proposals. The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese leaders challenge U S openness while urging a broader path to negotiation.
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Paris
UPD
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Vietnam
Lodge
United States
South Vietnam
Mme
Nguyen Thi Binh
Nixon
Saigon
Pham Dang Lam
Inside the Mankiewicz Braden column notes on plagues
Column mentions not stopping one plague by unleashing another in germ warfare and questions on state aid for communities closing parochial schools. Also reports the state Board of Education head may be asked for guidance and a Fresh Air child saying goodbye.
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Albany
N.Y
New York Telephone Co
Public Service Commission
New York City
Upstate
New York Telephone
PSC
James A. Lundy
Commission
State Board of Education
Confidential FDA Report Criticizes Consumer Protection
Washington UPI reports a confidential FDA study by seven senior staff finds gross underfunding and limited authority hinder protection from dangerous drugs and contaminated foods. With a $72 million budget and 4252 employees policing 60 000 firms and $130 billion in goods, weaknesses include weak import drug controls and lack of foreign manufacturing oversight.
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Washington
UPI
Herbert L. Ley Jr
The
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
U.S
United States
Consumer safety gaps flagged in drug and food regulation
The report criticizes FDA and other agencies for failing to curb mislabeled drugs and aggressive nonprescription advertising. It cites hundreds of drug recalls yearly, poor dissemination of adverse reactions, and weak food labeling rules amid disjointed oversight by FDA, Agriculture, and local health bodies.
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FDA
Agriculture Department
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Dr. Spock
N.Y. Phone Co
By Greg Guma
Consumer Protection
Louis Cassels
Ley
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