Nixon loans to Soviets draw Senate protest
Sen. Clifford Case charged the Nixon administration violated law by arranging up to 8.5 billion dollars in Eximbank loans to the Soviet Union without Congress transmission. He noted a 500 million dollar concessional loan at 6 percent and cited agreements signed Oct 18, 1972 following summit talks.
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UPI
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R-N.j
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U.S. Export-Import Bank Agreed To Lend the Soviet Vneshtor Bank
Soviet Foreign Trade Ministry
Nixon’s snow delay forces aborted Presidential physical
President Nixon, en route to Bethesda Naval Medical Center for his yearly physical, returned to the White House after a predawn snowstorm snarled all routes. Aides said the checkup would be rescheduled at a more convenient time. Dr. Walter Tkach had urged completion for months.
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UPI
Nixon
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George Washington Memorial Parkway
Virginia
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Maryland
Capital Beltway
Walter Tkach
Skylab crew lands safely after 84 day mission
Skylab 3 astronauts Gerald P. Carr Edward Gibson and William Pogue completed an 84 day 34.5 million mile flight landing off USS New Orleans in the Pacific. They reported good condition after three months in weightless space and used the remaining control rocket system after a leak was found before reentry.
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New Orleans
UPI
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Mars
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Edward G. Gibson
William R. Pogue
Pogue
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Carr
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Houston
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Edward Gibson
William Pogue
Pacific Ocean
Senate panel delays Watergate report to May 28
The Senate Watergate committee votes to postpone its final report for three months at Jaworski's request, seeks a three month extension of its life, and requests 300000 more dollars. The panel plans to turn over its Watergate evidence file to the House Judiciary Committee.
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Washington
UPI
Leon Jaworski
Howard Baker
CIA
Baker
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
Jaworski
Ervin
Vermont eyes state rail plans with federal funds
In Montpelier lawmakers and Gov Salmon consider expanding passenger rail service using federal funding from the Railroad Reorganization Act. Options include a new Agency of Transportation, expanding the Vermont Transportation Authority, or creating a separate railroad corp to qualify for federal dollars.
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Burlington
Middlebury
Salmon Administration
Legislature
U.S
Congress
Nixon
Montpelier
State Senate
Robert T. Gannett
Windham County
Gannett
Senate Finance Committee
Agency of Transportation
H. Ward Bedford
Addison County
Senate Government
Thomas Salmon
Vermont Transportation Authority
St. Johnsbury
Seerailroads
John Downs of St Johnsbury Studies Federal Run Path
John H Downs recalls his journey from Yale student to Harvard Law graduate to a clerkship in St Johnsbury. He later started his own firm and engaged in state and local affairs. The Bundy brothers who once bought toilet supplies at Yale later entered government service and advised presidents on foreign policy.
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Kelton Miller
Yale
Bundy Brothers
McGeorge
William P
John H. Downs
Harvard Law School
St. Johnsbury
Sterry R. Waterman
Bundys
Washington
New Englander
Downs
Bennington County
U.S. Senate
House
Tom Salmon
Salmon
Chittenden County
Patrick Leahy
John Downs
Brattleboro lawmaker pushes bill on public nudity morals
Brattleboro Democrat State Rep. Robert Emond urged the Vermont House Judiciary Committee to pass a bill making public nude bathing and street nudity a crime with a maximum $500 fine and 60 days in jail. He cited perceived declines in morals and claimed acts occurred on Main Street and in cemeteries. The bill faced pushback over broad definitions of public place, with Emond noting exemptions for private land and homes.
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Emond
Brattleboro
America
Inside Russia pressures Iceland to toss out U S bases
A compact digest of page line items noting Inside Russia pressure on Iceland to remove U S bases and other public notices across pages including the Wadsworths meat loaf recipe and teen guidance by Pete Horton.
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Russia
Iceland
U.S
Wadsworths
Pete Horton
Fortney
Geoff Chapman
Manchester
MAU
Claverack
Vermont union school districts face one man one vote reapportionment
Missisquoi Valley Union No. 7 in Swanton becomes the third of Vermonts 32 unions to test reapportionment under the 1970 Supreme Court ruling. Citizens from the largest district seek a 5 2 1 balance from the current 3 3 3, amid fears over at large elections. Mt Anthony Union delays action while anticipating broader legal challenges. Harwood and Champlain Valley unions have seen court ordered reapportionment with varied election formats.
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Swanton
Vermont
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mt. Anthony Union
Pownal
Woodford
Fay G. Whitcomb
Missisquoi Valley Union District
Harwood Union
Champlain Valley
Harwood
Champlain
Union Board
Theodore R. Whalen
Robert B. Kautz
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John W. Dean III
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John Mitchell
Maurice F Stans
New York City
Robert L. Vesco
Robert Crippen
Roger
Norman Runnion
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