Ribicoff Opposes ABM Deployment and Backs Research
Senator Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut opposes deploying the Safeguard ABM system, arguing it heightens world tensions and the arms race. He supports funding research and testing under the Hart Cooper amendment, preferring resources be spent on health education and welfare while ensuring a potential future defensive option if a real threat emerges.
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Abraham Ribicoff
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Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
John S. Cooper
R-Ky
Ribicoff
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Soviet Union
Defense Department
Hart Cooper
Lars
U.S
Tobacco Deal Proposed Ban on Radio TV Ads by 1970
Washington based tobacco industry leaders including Joseph F. Cullman III of Philip Morris testified for a voluntary ban on cigarette advertising on radio and television by September 1970, contingent on Congress not restricting nonbroadcast advertising and on antitrust assurances. They oppose the Public Health Service's warnings on smoking while seeking to preserve newspaper magazine and billboard ads.
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Dutah
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U.S. Public Health Service
Newport Carts Off More Clams
Newport Beach resumes clawing up thousands of baby clams washed ashore after the July weekend invasion. The Jackson Vibrating Corp. machine sifts clams from sand, dumps them into a hopper and transfers them to a truck along the mile long beach. Biologists warn billions remain offshore in five feet of water awaiting another storm to wash ashore.
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Cheeky Theft Strikes Exeter Police Headquarters
A daylight theft took the Union Jack from Exeter police headquarters in England. Police spokesman called it one of the cheekiest thefts they have encountered, admitting embarrassment over the pilfering incident.
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Exeter
England
UPI
Handicapped Workers Laid Off by 13-Day Walkout
In Boston the Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries laid off 300 handicapped workers after a 13 day drivers walkout halted all pickups. Executive director Henry Helms cited inability to process donations from 718 collection boxes and a need for 3,500 daily bags to keep 649 employees on the job. The drivers sought representation by Local 82 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. the NLRB declined jurisdiction. The matter is before the Massachusetts Labor Relations Commission.
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Moonshot Outing Turns into Nightmare in New Hampshire
A moon landing celebration outing for 35 Bald Peak Caddy Camp boys near Mount Washington ended in disaster when a flatbed truck overturned on Crawford Road. Thirty boys, aged 13 to 17 from eastern Massachusetts, were injured. 19 admitted to Littleton Hospital, eight transferred, and four sent to St. Johnsbury. Steven Kelly, 14, suffered severe injuries including arm amputation. Driver Earl Masterson, 23, unhurt but shaken. Investigators probing cause as hospital staffs describe a chaotic scene with many heroes aiding victims.
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Playboy Club Murder Goes to Grand Jury
A 25 year old Georgia man, Michael C. Ware of Doraville, faces two counts of murder and two counts of robbery with a firearm after a deadly shooting at the Playboy Club in Park Square. Ware waived arraignment and was ordered held without bail as the Suffolk County grand jury begins August 4.
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Grosse Point
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Brookline
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Atlanta
Senator Ribicoff Pushes Apollo 11 Holiday Plan
Senator Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut announced a bill to make July 20 a national holiday named Apollo 11 Day. He said the annual observance would remind Americans of space achievements and inspire future goals on earth and in space, noting that the moon landing fulfills a long dream.
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Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
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Earth
Self-Interest Only Restraint on Gas War
An analysis tracing the birth of chemical warfare from the 1915 chlorine attack at Ypres to modern chemical and biological weapons. It highlights incidents at Dugway, Rocky Mountain Arsenal, and Okinawa, noting nerve gas stockpiles, detoxification plans, and limited international restraint amid escalating risks and uncertain antidotes.
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United States
Utah Valley
Dugway Proving Grounds
Denver
U.S. Army
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Okinawa
Man Aims to Rob Store After Buying Snack Bag
Chicago police search for a man who allegedly planned a robbery after buying pretzels and a bottle of cola in a liquor store. He requested the items be placed in the same bag and later flashed a gun demanding money, telling the clerk to “put it in the bag.”
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Vermont Education Board Asked For More Local Leeway
The Vermont Education Board is urged to grant local officials greater leeway on minimum standards for secondary education facilities. Commissioner Harvey B. Scribner backs adjusting state aid rules to reflect area needs and suggests aid limits for districts with 450 students in grades 7–12 or 300 in grades 9–12. Local officials oppose rigid standards, Putney School Board Chairman Roger Brown warns against arbitrary, stamped-out norms.
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Pilot blamed in 1968 Ter rible Mountain crash near Weston
The National Transportation Safety Board attributed the March 19 crash to pilot Frederick Vieweg 35 of Granby Conn for attempting visual flight in fog. The Waterbury Farrell Foundry Co. plane carrying Vieweg a co pilot and five businessmen crashed into 2800 foot Terrible Mountain during an approach to Springfield Airport from Bridgeport Conn.
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National Transportation Safety Board
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Burlington Diocesan School Board to discuss reorganization
The Burlington Diocesan School Board meets today to consider reorganizing educational functions across the diocese. Very Rev Msgr John A Lynch says the move aims to reduce boards and improve communication between departments. He plans to report on a recent Vermont Legislative Council meeting about state aid to private education.
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Arson Suspected After Rutland Woodwork Fire
Vermont State Police probe a strong arson possibility after the Killington Woodworking Co main production building burned in the pre dawn blaze. Firefighters battled the 4 a.m. fire for over an hour. investigators ruled out natural causes and have not yet estimated damage.
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SIC resumes hearings on Rensselaer GOP payoffs
In New York the State Investigating Committee resumes hearings after last week’s testimony on political payoffs among Rensselaer County Republicans. This week’s topics include police department control and city gambling. Sidney Smith testified last week that a $61,000 cut in a garbage contract was to be tucked into GOP pockets.
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Highway Cleanup In Hoosick District Gets Underway
Rensselaer County conducts Clean Sweep to scour highways in 10th Legislative District today with crews from Hoosick Berlin Petersburg and Stephentown. Part of a three phase operation organized by Troy Highway Superintendent James Walsh the effort began July 7 and has met with strong approval.
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Albany Action party calls for two year mayor term
The Albany based Action party unveiled a platform led by 26 year old Edward A. DeCosmo. It seeks a two year mayor term limit to curb abuses from aging leadership, proposes an industrial development corporation and Pine Bush public housing, and urges a non partisan urban administration while aiming to weaken Mayor Erastus Corning and his political machine.
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Berkshire to dedicate DuBois Memorial Park in Oct 18
Julian Bond, Georgia legislator, will be main speaker at the dedication of the Dr. W E B DuBois Memorial Park in Great Barrington Berkshire on Oct 18. Walter Wilson of East Chatham N Y, a memorial committee member, says a large boulder and plaque will mark where DuBois lived with his grandfather Horace Mann Bond, dean at Atlanta University.
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Julian Bond
Georgia
W.E.B. DuBois
Walter Wilson
East Chatham
N. Y
Horace Mann Bond
School of Education
Atlanta University
Famed Hotel Changes Hands In Lenox Purchase
Harry J. Carapreso and Mrs. Jeanne Massimiano of Pittsfield have agreed to buy the Curtis Hotel in Lenox. The hotel has hosted presidents such as F D Roosevelt Grover Cleveland and Chester A Arthur along with Nathaniel Hawthorne Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Andrew Carnegie and members of the Harriman Sloan Biddle Astor and Vanderbilt families and European royalty.
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Harry J. Carapreso
Jeanne Massimiano
Pittsfield
Curtis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
Chester A. Arthur
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Andrew Carnegie
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Mayor Blamed in Housing Snafu
Pittsfield Taxpayers Association names Mayor Donald Butler, ex Housing Authority chair Ralph J. Frolo, and ex Redevelopment Authority chair Richard S. Jackson as prime contributors to the housing problem. The group says proposals are diversionary tactics to conceal bungling.
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Pittsfield Taxpayers Association
Donald Butler
Housing Authority
Ralph J. Frolo
Pittsfield Redevelopment Authority
Richard S. Jackson
Leon L. Phelps
North Adams Tenants Group Launches Housing Probe
The newly formed North Adams Tenants Organization begins a recruitment drive to spotlight substandard housing with public displays of photographs to draw local attention and spur action.
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