Senate keeps red hunters but strips their powers
The Senate voted 51 to 37 to keep the Subversive Activities Control Board but curb its expanded powers from Nixon. A separate vote failed 47 to 40 to eliminate the SACB by axing its $450,000 budget. The debate centered on authority to list subversive groups and potential civil liberties tensions, with negotiators in House and Senate to reconcile differing bills.
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Rhode Island veto blocks local dog racing bill
Governor Licht vetoed a bill allowing local option dog racing in Rhode Island. The measure would have let dog racing commence only after local voter approval. Licht said expanding racing would not be in the public interest while the state already permits horse racing.
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R.I
UPI
Frank Licht
Newport County
Licht
Rhode Island
Union Carbide to face fish kill inquiry in Bennington
State officials probe 17 gallons of ammonia that spilled from Union Carbide into the Walloomsac River last week. Plant manager Hoffman deflects blame while District water chief Kehoe and Fish and Game officials push for closure at today’s 2 PM closed meeting at the Carlon plant with Bennington leaders and local authorities.
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Walloomsac River
Fish and Game
Edward F. Kehoe
Bennington
Union Carbide
David Clough
Department of Water Resources
Fish and Game Department
Morgan Spring Brook
Carlon
Gage Street
Edward R. Lamb
John Parisi
Robert Keir
Brown
Frank Snow
Keir
Carbide
Vermont
Out-of-staters siphon Vermont wealth study says
Goddard College economist Lee Webb reports Vermont holds wealth in natural resources and people but lacks use of capital. He says Boston New York Philadelphia and Chicago firms own major industries utilities and land, with Vermont Marble and St. Regis Paper among top holdings, and wealth siphoned out by Wall Street finance.
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Inside Story Sparks Nixon Ping Pong Note
A Bennington resident offers help if Nixon wants to brush up on Ping-Pong. The column cites leadership gaps with criticism of attractive but lacking fortitude, and questions about leak ethics involving Hoover and Nixon. Further notes cover law enforcement, local dog and bike issues, and studies in regional towns.
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Ellsburg
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Richard Nixon
Chittenden County
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Landgrove
Peaceful Brooks
Bennington
Education Board weighs big district plan in Vermont
Vermont Education Board, split likely 52 to 43, expected to reaffirm support for comprehensive districts. Edward Fabian outlined policy from past years favoring consolidation under 52 boards, with state mandate and incentives to reorganize K12 districts. Westminster tuition dispute noted as seventh grade student would attend Putney School. Westminster favors Bellows Falls Intermediate School.
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Putney School
Arthur Westings
Westminister
Bellows Falls
Westings
Housing starts rise as evidence of policy work
WASHINGTON UP I Commerce Secretary Maurice H Stans cites the June private housing starts at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1 98 million units up from 1 96 million in May suggesting Nixon administration economic policies are helping housing.
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UPI
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Nixon
Commerce Department
Oil disputes flare over Spratly island chain ownership
A multi nation clash over a ring of coral atolls near Asia focuses on the Spratly Islands and nearby groups. Nations including the Philippines, Nationalist China, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia and Russia clash over historic rights, potential oil deposits, and strategic fishing grounds. The Spratlys lie southwest of Manila with Itu Aba housing a Chinese garrison since 1946, while Paracels and Tak eshima Senkaku claims involve Korea, Japan and China with dates and dynastic references shaping positions.
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Thailand
Bay of Bengal
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Senkauku
China
Japan
Balua Islands
Gulf of Thailand
Cambodia
Russia
South Korea
Takeshima
Tokdo Island
Korea
Kuriles
Bering Sea
Tokdo
Douglas MacArthur
Synghman Rhee
Rhee
Senkaku-Tiaoyutai
United Nations
Okinawa
U.S
Manila
Itu Aba
Spratly
Paracel Islands
Foreign Ministry
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Vietnam
Balya Islands
Paracels
Dan Nang
Philippines
Draft lottery set for August fifth by Selective Service
Washington UPI reports the 1972 draft lottery will determine the order of call for men who turned 19 this year. The random sequence lottery is set for Aug. 5 at the Commerce Department auditorium. Inductions have halted since the old law expired July 1, with House Senate talks postponed until next week, though officials say the lottery responsibility remains under draft law.
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