Nixon asks big space budget boost and shuttle delay
President Nixon proposed a 1974 space budget of 1.14 billion dollars, up 74 million, reversing seven years of cuts. He cited Skylab flights, a planned U.S.-Soviet Earth orbit linkup, and unmanned Mariner missions, while delaying the space shuttle and ending the high profile nuclear rocket engine project.
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Nixon seeks reduced education budget and tax aid plan
President Nixon asked Congress to approve a $5.2 billion education budget for the new fiscal year, down from $6.1 billion, proposing cuts to Johnson era programs and a tax deduction plan for some nonpublic school costs. He urged a $54 billion cap on 1979 spending and phased reductions in Head Start and other aid while proposing new college aid reforms.
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Heimaey Island Volcano Erupts Extensively Crushing Harbor
On Heimaey island Iceland the sixth day of activity from Helgafell volcano has created a rising lava and ash mountain. The harbor depth dropped from 132 to 64 feet as lava blocks access. About 5,000 evacuees seek shelter in Reykjavik and camps while officials consider rebuilding a town on the mainland.
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New York Police Run 1000 Plainclothesmen After Ambush
New York Police Commissioner Murphy accused the Black Liberation Army of planning systematic killings of officers after an ambush in Queens. Two patrolmen were wounded as their car stopped at a light, with a description seeking five men and a woman. He linked the attack to a Brooklyn ambush earlier in the week and to the death of Woodie Green, suggesting retaliation.
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Last American dies as Vietnam war ends its cease fire
Lt Col William Nolde 43 of Mount Pleasant Michigan was the last American casualty before the Vietnam cease fire took effect. He died in An Loc with 11 hours to go before the cease fire, leaving a widow Joyce and five children. Nolde served 22 years, taught ROTC at Central Michigan University, and hoped the pause would not rush into a bad settlement.
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Doubt Amid Missing GIs After Communists List Release
Washington and Los Angeles reports detail that 1,315 U.S. servicemen remain unaccounted after a Communist list identified 555 captives and 35 deaths. Families press for a full accounting as Laos and Vietnam lists unfold, with hopes for later supplemental releases and potential consequences for aid.
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Funeral for Edward G. Robinson Draws Notables
About 1300 attendees including Jack Benny Gregory Peck Groucho Marx Danny Thomas Danny Kaye Raymond Massey Sam Jaffe and veteran directors John Ford John Huston and producers Jack Warner Hal Wallis attended the Temple Israel service in Los Angeles for Edward G. Robinson who died Friday of cancer at 79.
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Lady Sings the Blues Prolonged At CINEMAT Cinema 1
Lady Sings the Blues with Diana Ross is held over at Cinema 1. The film portrays Billie Holiday as a tragic real person, not a musical. Also showing is The Valachi Papers. Slaughterhouse Five plays at College Cinema. Robinson's later life and memorial remarks at Williamstown service.
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106 year old woman among dead in nursing home fire
A fatal nursing home blaze in Pleasantville New Jersey left ten dead among fifteen patients at Streets Sheltered Care Home. Night attendant Mrs Minor Pierce reported flames from a linen closet just after midnight as firefighters took about 34 hours to control the fire. One identified victim was 106 year old Cora Owens.
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