Congress panels urge end to US funds for SST
A Joint Economic Subcommittee report recommends halting federal financing of SST development, citing likely waste up to 3 billion dollars and few public benefits. Only Rep. Clarence J. Brown objects, comparing it to past government moon and rail projects. Costs already reach 600 to 700 million, with 290 million sought for FY1971.
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Washington
UPI
Senate House
Joint Economic Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Kennedy
United States
France
Britain
Nerve gas ship lost in Atlantic depths after failed tracking
The SS LeBaron Russell Briggs carrying 67 tons of toxic nerve gas sank after a rapid descent to 16,000 feet. Navy tracking and sounding gear failed to locate the wreck or confirm gas leakage despite experiments and water sampling. An Army move to dump chemicals faced renewed assurances of safety and caution for marine life.
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Atlantic
Hartley
UPI
Navy
Atlantic Ocean
LeBaron Russell Briggs
Anniston
Ala
Richmond
United States
Briggs
Senate Overrides Nixon Aid Veto by Large Margin
In a bipartisan shift, the Senate voted 77 to 16 to override Nixon administration vetoes on education aid and repeated the House pattern. Democrats leveraged the split with Republicans to rebuke the administration, underscoring debate over domestic program funding and overall spending.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Senate
House
Housing and Independent Offices
Hijacked Trans Caribbean Jet Reaches Cuba
A Trans Caribbean DC8 with 150 aboard was seized en route from Newark to San Juan and forced to land in Cuba. The flight left Newark at 12:30 a.m. EDT and was due in Isla Verde International Airport at 5 a.m. local time.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
UPI
Trans Caribbean Airways
Newark
N.J
Cuba
Trans Caribbean
Isla Verde
Last Ditch Senate Bid to Halt ABM Expansion Funds
Washington critics of the Safeguard antiballistic missile urge the Senate to block deployment at new sites while keeping production. The Brooke amendment would allow missiles at Grand Forks and Malmstrom but bar others, a move tied to SALT leverage and broader defense debates.
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Washington
UPS
Senate
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
U.S
Grand Forks Afb
N.D
Malmstrom Afb
Mont
Congress
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Whiteman Afb
Warren Afb
Wye
Brooke
Grand Forks
Malmstrom
Minuteman
Henry M. Jackson
Dash
Fight For Safeguard
Whiteman and
Warren
Army accused of hushing stories of pot use by GIs
Former Army social worker Roger A Roffman testifies before a Senate subcommittee alleging military officials blocked marijuana studies to avoid undermining war support in Vietnam. He cites roadblocks in 1967 and claims about one third of U S servicemen in Vietnam smoked pot, with others suggesting figures up to ninety percent.
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Army
Washington
API
Vietnam
Roger A
Senate
Armed Services
Roffman
Berkeley
Calif
U.S
Thomas J. Dodd
Dconn
Inside Bennington Water Woes and Zoning Confusion
An editorial critiques Bennington water issues and a letter to the editor notes confusion in obtaining a pool zoning permit. A Marlboro season review deems the final production weakest. Pownal residents seek solutions to school overcrowding with local dialogue and proposals.
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Bennington
Nixon briefed Daily News editors during secret New York visit
President Nixon walked Manhattan streets with his daughter Tricia chatting with longhaired youths as crowds gathered. He met with editors and executives of the New York Daily News, discussing foreign and domestic policy in a two hour session. Nixon said the climate is better and noted progress toward a peaceful world.
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New York
UPI
Nixon
Manhattan
New York Daily News
Pierre
Fifth Ave
Tricia
Lyndon B. Johnson
Middle East
Vietnam
Daily News
Nixon Seeks Senate OK for 1925 Geneva Protocol
President Nixon moves to formal Senate ratification of the 1925 Geneva Protocol banning wartime uses of poison gas and bacteriological weapons, a treaty signed by major powers but long stalled in Congress. The White House notes U.S. policy against first use and restates unilateral renunciation of biological agents.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Senate
Geneva
U.S
Commission Okays Site For New Movie Theatre
The Town Planning Commission approved Gladstone Development Corp to add a movie theatre to the Bennington Shopping Plaza on Vermont 67A, south side near Mammoth Mart, with landscaping enhancements. They also considered J C Jerome’s request to rezone 300 acres of Mt Anthony forest to residential use for a three acre lot, taking the matter under advisement. Jerome was represented by attorney Harvey D Carter Jr.
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Town Planning Commission
Gladstone Development Corp
Forest Hills
N.Y
Bennington
Mammoth Mart
Ted S. Gladstone
Planning Commission
J. C. Jerome
West Road
Mt. Anthony
Jerome
Commission
Harvey D. Carter Jr
U S Jury Probes Alabama Divorces
A federal grand jury probes a divorce scandal in Alabama noting thousands abroad may have obtained illegal quickie divorces. Files from three disbarred attorneys and two northern Alabama circuit judges were subpoenaed. Postal inspectors report blank forms and judge signatures found at offices.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
Alabama
Charles E. Davis
Birmingham Bar Association
Winston County
Res
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Defense
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs
William Westmoreland
David Packard
Pownal
National Security Council
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