Humphrey warns Democrats must not rely on war for 72 victory
Senate remarks by Hubert H. Humphrey stress that defeating Nixon in 1972 cannot hinge on the Vietnam issue. He notes Nixon controls withdrawal pace and cautions the economy will be the key vulnerability if war remains central. He spoke after delivering his first major floor speech since returning to the Senate. An earthquake in Los Angeles measuring 3.7 caused minor disruptions but no damage amid aftershocks from Feb. 9.
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UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Nixon
Vietnam
Humphrey
U.S
Senate
Soviet Union
Los Angeles
API
San Fernando Valley
CAI Tech Seismological Laboratory
Nixon proposes four giant departments to reduce duplication
President Nixon urged Congress to replace seven big executive departments with four new giants: Community Development, Human Development, Natural Resources, and Economic Affairs. The plan shifts Labor, Commerce, Transportation, Agriculture, Interior, Housing and Urban Development, and Health, Education and Welfare into these new units while State, Justice, Treasury and Defense stay largely unchanged. The post office would become a federally chartered corporation in 1971. Skeptics question whether bigger departments would improve citizen access or program results, noting widespread duplication across education health and other areas. In California, a bill was introduced to ban pleasure vehicles in central business districts of large cities from 7 am to 7 pm starting 1975, allowing only commercial and emergency vehicles.
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Arnold B. Sawislak
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Labor, Commerce
Transportation
Agriculture
Interior
Housing and Urban Development
State
Justice
Treasury
Defense
Sacramento
Calif
California
Substantial unemployment cited in five more cities
The Labor Department in a monthly report adds five cities to its list of major labor markets experiencing substantial unemployment, bringing the total to 50 cities.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
New Haven
Conn
Rockford
Ill
Terre Haute
Ind
Worcester
Mass
Binghamton
N.Y
AFL- Clo
Nixon Eee
Malcolm R. Lovell Jr
Afl-Cio
George Meany
FDA warns of cereal containing glass slivers
The FDA warned a second lot of Pillsbury Farina cereal may have included glass slivers and distributed nationally. Connecticut officials noted 27 four-ounce packages with code ROW 24 could be involved, following prior warnings about ROW 23. Pillsbury cited extensive testing and public notice delays.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Pillsbury Co
Connecticut
Consumer Protection
Barbara Dunn
Washington, D.C
Pillsbury
Massachusetts
Willimantic
Sea serpent no more. basking shark proven
Boston reports confirm the 30 foot sea creature found at Scituate last year is a basking shark. The skull recovered November 14 on Mann Hill Beach matched the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute shark skulls, while aquarium officials note carcasses wash away parts leaving a serpent-like look.
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Boston
UPS
Scituate
New England Aquarium
Mann Hill Beach
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Aquarium
Atlantic
Prouty backs minimum income for seniors over 65
Senator Winston L. Prouty of Vermont proposes a federal minimum yearly income of 2400 for married seniors and 1800 for single seniors, with the government covering the gap to reach those levels. He claims it would save states about 650 million annually in aged, blind and disabled payments and resemble revenue sharing, potentially aiding up to seven million people over 65 and lifting more than a fifth from poverty.
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Washington
UPI
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Prouty
Vermont House mulls six lawmakers to join Fish and Game Board
Rep. John J. Orzell proposes adding six voting lawmakers to the seven member Fish and Game Board to decide antlerless deer seasons. The move aims to keep board control of the deer herd, whose authority lapses this year without a five year extension. Hunters have criticized the board for its seasons policy to manage the herd.
Vermont seeks dredging for sludge samples on Champlain
Deputy Attorney General Fred Parker said Vermont is dredging Lake Champlain shores to collect sludge samples in a U S Supreme Court case against New York and International Paper Co. Vermont seeks a court order to force removal of 300 acres of sludge it says lowers water quality within Vermont.
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UPI
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Lake Champlain
New York
Fred Parker
U.S. Supreme Court
New York State
International Paper Co
Secrecy Encloses Probe Of Governor Kidnap Plot
Montpelier reports that the governor's office is keeping tight secrecy on an FBI probe into an alleged plot to kidnap Governor Davis. Peter Martin, Davis's press secretary, said no further comment on the Wednesday story and that security precautions for the 70 year old chief executive would continue.
Vermont names two on boards and a justice guest
Gov. Davis named Ed ward A. Deeds to a six year term on the Vermont Aeronautics Board awaiting Senate confirmation. He also appointed Mrs. Dorothy Purinton and Miss Amy Synn to state posts. Judge Sterry Waterman visits Woodstock for Vermont Bar Association dinner as retirement nears.
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Woodstock
UPI
Sterry R. Waterman
U.S. 2Nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Vermont Bar Association
St. Johnsbury
Federal
Tragic Porch Accident Claims Four Year Old
Amy Ketchum aged four died in Hinesburg when a scarf became snagged on a nail above her head as she played on the porch. Authorities said the girl was strangled in the incident.
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Hinesburg
UPI
Amy Ketchum
Demolition Ends Uncle Sam House in Troy NY
The 144 Ferry St home of Uncle Sam Wilson, famed for the I want you figure, was razed by a state DOT wrecker to make way for the North-South Arterial. Preservation advocates had urged saving the 19th century wood and stucco structure, but a preservation panel had ruled against it a year earlier. In Troy, Thomas J. O'Brien testified he learned of a rape slaying by his brother after Joseph confessed.
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Troy
Sam
State Department of Transportation
Sam” Wilson
State Historic Trust
Ferry St
Thomas J. O’brien
Jerny Jean Bush
O’brien
Joseph
Berkshire firm plans Eagle Street sale to city use
Western Mass Electric Co notifies Mayor Donald Butler it will list its Eagle Street property for sale on April 15. Butler asks the City Council to buy it for 228000 for the School Department headquarters and municipal service center. A council decision is expected next week as businessmen seek to buy the site for a private parking lot.
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Pittsfield
Town to get federal flood control grant near Plunkett’s Grounds
Selectmen praised a resident for donating water rights and a dam behind Berkshire Textile Corp. on Commercial Street near Hoosac River. Gilmore Rudnick relinquished both water rights and ownership, an outright gift according to Selectman Earl F. Kelley.
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Adams
Hoosac
Plunkett
Commercial Street
Gilmore Rudnick
Berkshire Textile Corp
Earl F. Kelley
Pittsfield teachers reach contract with two year pact
Pittsfield Teachers Association and School Committee avert third party fact finding by agreeing a two year contract. Base salary rises from 6,850 to 7,250 on Sept 1 and to 7,550 on Sept 1, 1972. Terms not released. Arthur G. Ceeley named interim town manager in Williamsown. to name permanent manager within two months.
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Pittsfield
Pittsfield Teachers Association
Williamstown
Arthur G. Ceeley
Ceeley
Lawrence B. Urbano
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