Nixon's Pick for HEW Health Post Faces Senate Push
President Nixon reportedly settled on Dr. John H. Knowles of Boston for assistant secretary for health and scientific affairs. Senator Dirksen would block approval, citing AMA opposition to Knowles potentially liberal on government health involvement. Knowles, 42, of Har vard and Washington University Medical School trained, directs Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
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UPI
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Phillip R. Lee
Chicago
Boston Hospital
Harvard
Washington University School of Medicine
Warren Got a Chance To Speak His Mind
Washington UPI report on President Nixon addressing the Supreme Court and Earl Warren speaking his mind in a rare public exchange. Warren notes the court serves the public interest guided by Constitution and consciences while Nixon praises Warren's dignity and promises.
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UPI
Nixon
Supreme Court
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America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
California
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U.S. chose negotiation to free Pueblo crew says Murphy
Lt. Edward R. Murphy Jr., executive officer of the USS Pueblo, declares the United States rightly negotiated the crew's release from North Korea after their 1968 seizure in the Sea of Japan. He warns nuclear retaliation could have sparked World War III and doomed the 82 sailors.
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UPI
Edward R. Murphy Jr
United States
Christian Science Monitor
Murphy
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Panmurejom
North Korea
Southeast Asia
Soviet Union
China
Rhine fish deaths prompt health bans across the region
Thousands of Rhine fish died in German waters with authorities suspecting poisoning from ship leaks or factory waste. Authorities warned fishermen against eating Rhine catches and residents were advised to use water only for washing. Four German states may switch to spring fed reservoirs if tests confirm contamination.
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UPI
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New Hampshire Senate approves legacy tax hike to 15 percent
The New Hampshire Senate voted 15 to 7 to raise the legacy tax from 10 to 15 percent, with expected additional 9.7 million dollars in revenue. The measure shifts current two year contributions from about 6 million to higher totals, following an adopted amendment by Sen. John Bradshaw.
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Dartmouth Teachers Identified as Present During Occupation
A Dartmouth College student identified two instructors present during the occupation of Parkhurst Hall. Assistant mathematics professor Donna P. Strauss of Woodstock Vermont and visiting chemistry professor Paul S. Knapp face charges of complicity. A 55-student protest group was arrested May 7 after defying a court order to leave the building.
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UPI
Dartmouth College
Parkhurst Hall
Donna P. Strauss
Woodstock
Paul S. Knapp
Neville Mody
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Civil Defense Chief Warns Nation Ill Prepared
Burlington UPI reports Evar Peterson, Civil Defense Council president, warned Americans are as unprepared for nuclear war as Japan was at Hiroshima. He urged greater federal funds for Civil Defense, noting military spending dwarfs CD budgets. Peterson argued diplomacy and leadership fail to avert war, citing Hiroshima to illustrate consequences.
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UPI
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Election Law Changes Get Endorsement
The Legislative Council Election Laws Study Committee approved minor amendments to Vermont election laws. Notable items include town clerk notice of voter address changes, sharing updates when a voter moves between towns, absentee ballot distribution without formal request, blanket absentee votes for permanently disabled residents, and clarifications on adding names to voter checklists. The noon Saturday cutoff for clerk additions and the secret ballot plan remain under discussion.
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UPI
Legislative Council Election Laws Study Committee
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Four From N.E. Die in Vietnam
Defense Department identified four New England servicemen who died in Vietnam. Army Spec. Lionel L. Marc Aurele, Pfc. Peter V. Blazonis, Marine Cpl. Harvey A. Duhy Jr., and Pic. Marvin L. Watson, are named with hometowns in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
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UPI
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Vietnam
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Marc Aurele
Lucien A
Church Street
Voluntown
Conn
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Blazonis
Albert V
Bigelow St
Chelmsford
Mass
Marine Cpl
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Public hearing on Victory Dam flood plan in Vermont
UPI reports a public hearing in Saint Johnsbury regarding the multi million dollar Victory Dam flood control project. The session aims to review Upper Connecticut River Basin plans and future water needs with Fish and Game urging citizen participation amid prior opposition and land purchase efforts by the state. Vermont Gov Davis also creates an Employee Labor Relations Board and contemplates a full time executive director for Crime Control and Prevention while Vermont secures a 255000 urban assistance grant for an urban planning project covering two thirds of its estimated 382500 cost.
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UPI
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Victory Dam
Upper
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State Fish and Game Department
Commission
Brownell
Montpelier
Washington, D.C
Vermont
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Barre airman faces summary court martial over leaflets
Air Force Sgt. Rosaire Bisson 22 of Barre is set for a Wednesday summary court martial at Wright Patterson AFB Ohio. He was arrested May 28 on base and charged with failure to obey orders after allegedly distributing leaflets advertising an anti Vietnam War meeting. He has worked with wounded Vietnam veterans for two years.
Troy Fire Insurance Costs Tethered by City Council Demand
In Troy New York the fire insurance rating group warns costs could hit two million dollars if the city council does not concede within 30 days to the rating agency demands. The rating agency cites retrogressions in fire protection as the reason for a potential six cent rise in the base rate upon which premiums for most commercial and industrial buildings are calculated.
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Troy
New York
Adams case to be reviewed on suspected slave conditions
Berkshire scene reports the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination will review Herman Washington, 69, a Negro restaurant cook, after Berkshire Chapter NAACP president Frank Walker described a small rundown rear shack behind Park Street restaurant. Washington says he lived in near slave conditions as legal action looms for the case.
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Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
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Frank T. Walker
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