Leave U S Volunteers Sail To Help Cuban Sugar Harvest
Saint John New Brunswick UPI reports 499 American volunteers sail aboard the Cuban cattle boat Luis Arcos Bernes to join the Venceremos Brigades in Cuba for roughly two months of sugar harvest work. One man, Michael Cunningham of Syracuse, was left behind after passport issues. Rep. Richard Ichord accuses the mission of propaganda and indoctrination, beyond harvest aid.
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Saint John
N.B
UPI
Luis Arcos Bernes
Venceremos
Saint John Harbor
Bay of Fundy
Michael Cunningham
Syracuse
N.Y
Cunningham
U.S
Canada
Cuba
R. C. Elkin Steamship Agency
United States
Washington
Richard H. Ichord
House
Internal Security Committee
Joe Griffith
Newton
Mass
Jane Wood
New York City
North Vietnam
North Korea
Postal Service Expands Home Delivery in 4 Million Areas
Washington postmaster announces a Blount order enabling home delivery for about 4 million Americans in areas lacking city delivery. Nationwide, 18 700 offices serve people more than a quarter mile from their post office but within half a mile, now eligible must request service and majority must approve. Completion aimed by February 1, 1971 with new or expanded rural routes, preserving post office independence.
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Stanley J. Pekalski
Winton M. Blount
Blount
Air Controllers Plan New Aviation Slowdown
CHICAGO AP. PATCO counsel Lee Bailey says the group may stage a Sunday slowdown that could cripple the aviation system. He refused to confirm participation numbers, noting the action would not be officially organized. PATCO claims 7,500 of 8,400 journeymen air traffic controllers support protests over hours, staffing, and training.
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Chicago
APC
Lee Bailey
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Association
PATCO
Bailey
Air
Rowell's Report on university governance and presidency
Rowell discusses faculty governance in higher education and the need for professors to stay current in their fields. He notes students enter university better educated and exposed to media, while the search for a new president unfolds amid rising state funding pressures and defense of free speech. He thanks supporters who enabled his presidency.
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UVM
University of Vermont
White House eases restrictions on controversial herbicide
UPI reported Congressman Richard McCarthy heard that the White House told him it was easing restrictions on the weed killer 2 4 5-T. Dr Lee A Dubridge said last fall’s guidance that use should stop after January 1 was not a directive to agencies and the Agriculture Department bore the suspending responsibility. McCarthy criticized Dow Chemical for influencing the White House stance and called the reversal unconscionable.
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Globe, Ariz
UPI
White House
Richard McCarthy
Dn.y
Lee A. Dubridge
Agriculture Department
McCarthy
Dow Chemical
Fifth My Lai Suspect Implicated a Week Ago
The fifth man charged in the My Lai incident, Capt. Thomas K. Willingham, was implicated less than a week before the Army charged him with unpremeditated murder of civilians near My Lai on March 16, 1968. Willingham, 25, from Allenhurst New Jersey, led a platoon in Company B, Fourth Battalion, 3rd Infantry, amid Task Force Barker operations. The Peers panel in the Pentagon, reviewing the lack of follow through on earlier investigations, shifted focus to Willingham after Feb. 3, with testimony still secret.
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3Rd Infantry
My Lai
20Th Infantry
Barker
Carswell Unaware Of Restriction In 1966 Deed
Tallahassee attorney John Gwynn said Supreme Court nominee G Harrold Carswell had little to do with a 1966 deed containing a white only restriction. Gwynn noted the clause, created by Mrs Carswell’s brother, was unenforceable per a 1948 ruling and planted at purchasers' request, not the Carswells.
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Fla
Supreme Court
G. Harrold Carswell
Carswell
John Gwynn
Carswells
Wakulla County
Cranefordville
Jack Simmons Jr
Simmons
Ochlocknee Bay
Too Dirty Capitol Cafeterias Warned Cleanings Urged
Navy sanitation experts found Capitol Hill eateries so dirty they urged close for thorough cleaning after TB outbreaks among workers and several deaths. Tests on about 14 000 employees begin with skin scratch tests, then X rays for positives. Capitol leaders ordered investigation of operations and initial closures targetting the main House and Senate areas.
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Navy
U.S. Capitol
Capitol
Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
House
John McCormack
Rufus Judson Pearson
Pearson
Tom Steed
D-Okla
Capital
Steed
Capitol Architects’ Office
Blacks Cheer Officials Who Defy Court Order
Monroe mayor W L Howard urged black students at Carroll High School to remain at the all Negro school in defiance of a federal desegregation order. He told students they belong there and joked about jails while praising officials who oppose the court mandate directing desegregation of Monroe schools for next Monday.
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Monroe
Carroll
W. L. Howard
Carroll High School
Henry Carroll
Louisiana
Pasadena
Calif
Alabama
Mississippi
Nixon
South
Charles Sullivan
New York
Sullivan
UCS Film Monday Night Anger Boy at Putnam Memorial Hospital
The United Counseling Service of Bennington County screens Angry Boy on Monday at 7 30 p m in the Putnam Memorial Hospital Nurses Home conference room. Dr Gordon Gerrish will lead a post film discussion. admission is free and open to area residents.
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United Counseling Service
Bennington County
Putnam Memorial Hospital Nurses Home
Gordon Gerrish
Ucs
Funeral for Viola May Jones at St Peter's Episcopal Church
Funeral services were held Friday morning at St. Peter's Episcopal Church for Viola May Jones of 324 School Street. The Rev Edward B Geyer Jr led the service with assist from Patrick T H Gordon as lay reader. Committal prayers by Father Geyer and entombment planned at Park Lawn Chapel with spring burial at Factory Point Cemetery, Manchester. Memorials suggested to Bennington Rescue Squad via Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home office.
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St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Viola May Jones
School St
Edward B. Geyer Jr
Patrick T. H. Gordon
Father Geyer
Park Lawn Chapel
Factory Point Cemetery
Manchester
Bennington
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Bennington Briefs Zoning Copies Available at City Hall
Bennington residents can pick up extra copies of the zoning ordinance at the municipal office on South Street. The Southern Vermont Snow Goers plan a Valentine Day snowmobile ride tonight to Heartwellville Lodge, leaving from Mame moth Mart at 6:30. Iron Kettle Weekend Special offers roast loin of pork with dressing and apple sauce for 2.95 plus cocktails.
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Bennington
South Street
Vermont
Heartwellville Lodge
Mamemoth Mart
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