Kennedy accuses Nixon of skewing funds from elderly aid
Senate Aging Committee heard Sen Edward Kennedy criticize the Nixon administration for spending more on Pentagon public relations than on elderly aid. Senator Brooke supported the concern, calling for clearer programs and better access to federal and state help for older Americans.
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Nixon
Pentagon P.r
Boston
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Nixon Administration
Pentagon
Senate Committee On Aging
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
Brooke
White House
Dartmouth ABC Eyes Local Funding to Bring 10 Students
Tom Mikula of Hanover says Dartmouth ABC program aims to place 10 American Indian and Eskimo students in Bennington with a house, resident director, and community support. Meeting May 17 will map local funding as federal support for expansion wanes.
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Tom Mikula
Hanover
N.H
Dartmouth College
Bennington
Mikula
Dartmouth
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Mt. Anthony Union School
Elmo Roper Dies at 70 Pioneer in Opinion Research
Elmo Roper, 70, a pioneer in public opinion and market research and head of the Roper Organization based in New York, died in Norwalk Hospital after a long illness. He lived in West Redding, Conn. He entered the hospital two months ago and had three surgeries. The exact cause of death was not known and an autopsy was ordered.
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Norwalk, Conn
UPI
Elmo Roper
Norwalk Hospital
West Redding
Conn
Roper
Roper Organization
New York
Sunny and Warm Weekend Forecast
Warm, sunny today with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. Tonight fair with lows in the 40s. Sunday partly cloudy but mild, with highs in the 60s.
Vermont says Garrison Printing loan still secure
Vermont officials say the state has not lost money yet on its 2.3 million guaranteed loan to Garrison Printing in North Bennington. The Vermont Industrial Building Authority is a secured creditor with a first claim on potential income, while Garrison must still pay 1.8 million of the original loan if bankruptcy proceeds. If the firm liquidates, Vermont could recover some funds from asset sales.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Bennington
Charles E. Wiley
Vermont Industrial Building Authority
Garrison Printing Co
North Bennington
Garrison
U.S. District Court of Southern New York
Wiley
Polygraphic Corp. of America
Old sewer line found as source of red river pollution
Selectman John Stone announced that a hidden old sewer line connected to Catamount Dyers on Division Street was discharging effluent into the Walloomsac River. Engineers will shut off the line and redirect sewage to the proper channel, ending the dye pollution cited by Catamount School students.
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Red River
Walloomsac River
John Stone
Stone
Catamount Dyers
Division Street
Mortimer Krane
Paul Kelley
Krane
Kelley
Catamount
The
Banner
Edward R. Lamb
Mitchell accuses media of eroding truth during Law Day speech
Attorney General John N. Mitchell blasted some press outlets for contempt for truth as antiwar protesters gathered at the Justice Department. He criticized coverage by the New York Times and Washington Post alleging a government scheme behind Panther deaths and defended the DC no knock provision as protecting citizens, warning against newspeak and a drift toward Orwellian doublespeak.
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Dallas
UPI
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
Washington
Mitchell
Texas
Southern Methodist University
New York Times
Washington Post
George Orwell
Green Up Day draws 75000 volunteers statewide forecast
MONTPELIER UPI An estimated 75000 Vermonters were to join the second annual Green Up Day with statewide highway closures from 9 am to noon. Cool cloudy northern weather with possible rain contrasted by a warm sunny south. Commentary on bottles litter and a plan to truck cans to Albany for recycling. Gov Davis and Lt Gov Burgess to tour the state by air.
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Montpelier
UPI
National Weather Service
Burlington
Vermont
General Assembly
Fairlee
Deane C. Davis
Albany
N.Y
Davis
John S
Green Up Day Parade of Civic Pride in Arlington
The article celebrates Green Up Day in Arlington with natives, neighbors, visitors, and friends joining a communal cleanup. It urges gathering, tidying, and removing refuse such as bottles and papers to brighten the town. It promotes teamwork, cleanliness, and pride, ending with a hope that every day could be Green Up Day.
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Rock R. Rogers
Tunney calls for FBI probe and tighter surveillance rules
Sen John V Tunney warned of national paranoia amid Justice Department rulings and urged a congressional probe of the FBI and strict limits on surveillance. He cited Mississippi primary law, funding cuts to rural legal aid, disclosures by departments, and efforts to oust Vietnam Veterans Against the War as fueling mistrust. He urged court directives and precise legislation to curb surveillance while allowing action on national security.
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Framingham
Mass
UPI
John V. Tunney
U.S. Department of Justice
FBI
California Democrat
Suffolk University Law Day
Tunney
John N. Mitchell
Department of Justice
Mississippi
California
Department
Capitol Mall
Congress
Viet hero killed in holdup try in Detroit
Sgt. Dwight H. Johnson, 23, Detroit Medal of Honor recipient for heroism in Vietnam, was fatally shot during a holdup attempt on leave from a hospital. Store owner fired back, wounding the assailant. Johnson was the first Michigan to receive the Medal of Honor for Vietnam and was honored by President Johnson in 1968.
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Detroit
UPI
Dwight H. Johnson
Michigan
Charles L. van Landeghem
Pentagon
Washington
AEC reports strong upsurge in nuclear power orders
The Atomic Energy Commission says private utilities placed 13 nuclear power unit orders through April 1971, eight of them this month. Factors cited include rising power demand, shift to clean energy, coal price pressures, and recent fixes easing delivery delays. Carolina Power and Light ordered four units totaling 3.6 million kilowatts for 1977–1980.
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Washington
UPI
Atomic Energy Commission
Carolina Power and Light Co
AEC
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