FPC urged to approve Algerian LNG imports plan
Washington reports that FPC member Max L. Kane urged approval of long range LNG imports from Algeria to the United States. The proposal by Columbia ENG Corps Consolidated LNG and Southern Energy would supply about 1 Bcf daily to Cove Point Maryland and Elba Island Georgia with price controls and complex settlement rules. If approved, substantial facilities and pipelines totaling hundreds of millions would be built, aimed at easing a gas supply shortage rather than facing a surplus.
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Southern Energy
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Plans scrapped for 1976 Philadelphia world exposition
President Nixon informed Congress that the international exposition planned for Philadelphia in 1976 to mark the nation's bicentennial has been cancelled. He cited the American Revolution and Bicentennial Commission vote against the event due to cost, timing, and broader celebration plans. State Department to withdraw registration with the Bureau of International Expositions. Philadelphia was noted as a symbolic site for independence and constitutional founding.
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Black
Pat Nixon Sees Big Jump In Moscow Living Standards
First Lady Pat Nixon noted a brighter Moscow on arrival, visiting secondary school No. 42 and touring the Moscow subway. She observed rising living standards since 1959, toured Lenin Boulevard high rises with shops, and met Mrs Brezhnev at a Kremlin banquet.
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UPI
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Nikolai V. Podgorny
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Vnukove
Lenin Bowevard
Galbraith criticizes space expenditures
Economist John Kenneth Galbraith, a longtime critic of U S military and space spending, urged that the Apollo budget could serve better needs. He spoke at the Eurospace conference amid plans to support McGovern and criticized Nixon for east west policy, forecasting economic challenges in November. A London court incident saw a pigeon wreak chaos in Crown Court for an hour.
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UPI
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Hoover Leaves Estate to Long-Time Associate Tolson
Washington (UPI) J Edgar Hoover willed virtually all of his 551 500 estate to his long time friend and late FBI director Clyde A Tolson The bequest included Hoovers 100 000 home in northwest Washington Tolson 72 resigned after Hoovers death and went into seclusion The Post said Hoover left minor bequests to namesakes and employees and nothing to four nieces and two nephews The will was filed privately Wednesday in US District Court for the District of Columbia.
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Tag in manufacturing seen cause of N.E. unemployment
The regional economist Frederick Glantz of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston says a tag in manufacturing is a principal reason for New England's high unemployment. He attributes job losses to the national slowdown and higher industrial fuel costs and scarce raw materials in the region. Services like health care outperformed the national average, and employment may rise as New England diversifies away from manufacturing.
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UPI
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Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Frederick Glantz
Glantz
Vermont Center loses funding as regional commission withdraws support
The New England Regional Commission pulls funding from the Vermont Environmental Center, forcing program cuts next year. Andrew Nelson says activities will run at the Ripton Job Corps site through July while the Addison County center moves headquarters to Woodstock, with $150,000 granted in 1970 and $90,000 this year. Richard Brett cites programming disagreements and an option to withdraw funds with 40 days notice as reasons for the decision. The center will operate on a limited basis from Woodstock for a year while seeking other funding.
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UPI
New England Regional Commission
Vermont Environmental Center
Andrew Nelson
Job Corps Center
Addison County
Woodstock
Richard Brett
Commission
Brett
Off Track Betting Move Nears Start in Schenectady
Schenectady wins state approval to begin bet taking at tracks as a transfer system to the central tote board is planned. Albany district attorney seeks to reopen snow removal indictments against Frederick and Margret Avant for grand larceny and filing false city claims after the lower court tossed them for procedural concerns.
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Albany
Albany County
Niatelet
Arnold Proskin
Frederick
Margret Avant
Prand
SUNY Hit With Multi Million Libel Suit
SUNY faces a libel suit filed by Laurence College of Sarasota Florida seeking 20 million dollars. The suit accuses state education officials in the SUNY system of endorsing a degree mill operation and names state education commissioner Ewald Nyquist as a party.
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Albany
State University of New York
SUNY
Florida
Laurence College
Sarasota
Ewald Nyquist
Tar on Main Street sidewalks sparks citywide anger
In North Adams tar bubbled from newly sealed sidewalk joints as 85 degree temps spread sticky residue into stores offices and restaurants. Irate calls swamped city hall and the public works office over the hazardous condition. In Adams the Green Berets may train at Mt Greylock Reservation June 24 barring heavy gear or dummy ammo pending Army confirmation, with a Boston reserve unit planning a tight parachute drop near the Greylock area.
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Bruce S. Gullion
Department of Natural Resources Division of Forests and Parks
Green Berets
Mt. Greylock
Army
Boston
Greylock Reservation
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