Nixon names 3 man panel on environmental quality
President Nixon announced a three member Council on Environmental Quality with Russell Train as chair. The panel will advise the President on policies and coordinate federal pollution efforts while supporting a national land use and population policy. The other appointees are Robert Cahn and Gordon J. F. MacDonald.
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White House
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The
Christian Science Monitor
Gordon J. F. MacDonald
University of California In
Santa Barbara
Ronald L. Ziegler
Walter J. Hickel
Secretary of the Interior
Hickel
Ziegler
Budget Bureau
Johnson
Demonstrators Fail To Halt Hayakawa Address in Boston
In Boston hundreds clashed with police near Northeastern University as San Francisco State President S I Hayakawa spoke. Police reported 13 officers and more than a dozen demonstrators injured, 30 arrested for assault and disturbing the peace, and several treated at local hospitals.
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UPI
Northeastern University
San Francisco
S. I. Hayakawa
Boston City Hospital
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Massachusetts General Hospital
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U.S. Ahead of Soviets in Weapons Tests, AEC Report
The AEC reports 27 publicly announced U.S. weapons tests in 1969, with 12 Soviet quake-like events detected versus 7 in 1968 and 4 in 1967. Officials note many tests are undisclosed and focus remains on existing systems. The agency also cites a $315 million 1972 plan to modernize and expand facilities for new DoD weapons. Nuclear power growth slowed in 1969 due to public concerns, but 94 plants were in operation or contracted by year end.
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Capitol Hill
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
State of the Union
Washington
UPI
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
United States
Soviet Union
Congress
America
U.S
Department of Defense
Nixon Plans Budget Cut To Create Surplus
President Nixon will propose a 200.8 billion dollar budget for the next fiscal year with a 5.8 billion dollar cut in military spending aimed at producing a 1.3 billion dollar surplus. The figure covers the year starting July 1 and is slightly under current projections. Washington Post reports the formal budget and message are scheduled.
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UPI
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Washington Post
Congress
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Ex Defendant Testifies In Chicago Riot Trial
In a Chicago riot conspiracy case tied to the 1968 Democratic National Convention, ex defendant Bobby Seale testified softly before jurors. He invoked the Fifth Amendment on questions about urging violence, while explaining earlier remarks as retrospective rhetoric of the ghetto. Seale stated he did not know the other defendants prior to the convention.
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UPID
Bobby Seale
Black Panther Party
Julius J. Hoffman
Hoffman
Seale
California
Connecticut
U.S
Richard Schultz
Lincoln Park
Rutland Chamber committee weighs east west highway route
The East-West Highway Committee of the Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce plans a Feb. 26 meeting to draft bylaws and a Feb. 27 public meeting to promote a Rutland route for a proposed east west highway crossing Vermont. Chairman Peter Hornsberger notes pending state resolutions could back a northern or southern Vermont route, with industry pressure growing for a southern option.
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Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce
Brattleboro
Keene, N.H
Vermont
House Highways Committee
Elbert G. Moulton
Parks snow dump sparks Troy taxpayers suit filed
Two Lansingburgh residents sue the city of Troy over Powers Park being used as a snow dump. They seek a temporary injunction against Public Works Commissioner J Leo Quigley and seven city councilmen, arguing dumped snow with debris creates health and flood risks. The case asks restraints to be set for 10 a.m. next Tuesday. Also noted Albany Governor Rockefeller urged tougher action on drinking drivers and traffic violators, echoing last year’s safety program.
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Lansingburgh
Powers Park
LaRoses
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Rockefeller
McBride bill aims to break Saddleback ski deadlock in hearing
In Adams, Rep. Anthony P. McBride seeks to force DNR to grant Joseph Deliso a Mt. Greylock ski lease by June 30 to settle the state dispute. Hearing set March 16 at 11 a.m. in Boston Statehouse. In Great Barrington, Wheeler & Taylor confirms a large leisure home development for Southern Berkshire with land sale imminent. In Adams, Budd Paper mill sold to Rochester Paper Co. of King Seeley Thermos. Williams College trustees say funds cannot cover half the cost of new elementary facilities.
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UPI
Water Resources Board
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Fish and Game
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Adams
Anthony P. McBride
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Statehouse
Boston
McBride
State Department of Natural Resources
Springfield
Joseph Deliso
Mt. Greylock
Great Barrington
John Tuller
Wheeler & Taylor, Inc
Berkshire County
Williamstown
Williams College
Williamstown Taxpayers Association
Fall Foliage Festival Set Sept 20 27 in North Adams
The 1970 Fall Foliage Festival in North Adams will run from September 20 to 27. Invited guests include an astronaut, Miss Massachusetts, as well as Boston and New York television personalities and other celebrities.
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