Dirksen's Body Flown To Illinois For Burial
The body of Senator Everett M. Dirksen left Washington aboard Air Force One for burial near Pekin Illinois. Dignitaries including Vice President Agnew and over 100 lawmakers paid last respects as thousands gathered in Pekin and at Glandale Memorial Gardens. Dirksen died from a heart attack at 73 after 16 years in the House and 19 in the Senate, ten as Senate Republican leader.
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R-Tenn
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Tom Dirksen
Peoria
House
Senate
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Senate Gop
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Gordon Allott
R-Cole
Egyptian Air Strikes Hit Sinai in Retaliation
Egypt sent its air force into the Sinai today in retaliation for Israel's assault. An Israeli spokesman said seven or eight Egyptian planes were shot down. Fighting also spread to the Israeli Jordan front with Israeli planes targeting guerrilla positions.
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Meyer Boycotts Seminar Citing AEC Propaganda
Former Vermont congressman William H. Meyer of West Rupert has informed Gov. Deane C. Davis he will boycott today’s Atomic Energy Commission seminar at the University of Vermont. He calls the format too slanted toward AEC propaganda and urges equal time for counter views while supporting peacetime uses of atomic energy and stronger environmental safeguards. Meyer, a Democrat and former one-term congressman, notes past concerns about the AEC and Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, urging fair access to differing opinions.
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Vermont ETV to Carry AEC News Conferences Tonight
Vermont ETV will televise two AEC press conferences at 7 and 7 30 pm from the UVM gym. ABC questions will precede a second session with opposing scientists. Seaborg speaks at 8 30 pm off camera. An impromptu Channel 22 panel debuts at 8 pm. Rebroadcast and satellite options noted.
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Bennington College
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Hinesburg
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Seaborg
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
North Bennington
Gov
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Sen. Aiken
Belfast Wall Erected Dividing Protestants and Catholics
British army engineers began constructing a barbed wire peace line in central Belfast as Catholics and Protestants watched in silence. Clergymen from both sides voiced shame over the barrier while officials aimed for a cautious, cooperative dismantling of barricades and a second phase to clear side streets after prior sectarian riots.
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Everglades Won't Get Big Jetport
Washington reports a united front from Florida Governor Claude R. Kirk Interior Secretary Walter Hickel and Transportation Secretary John Volpe against a large jetport near the Everglades They back the air training facility in the swamp which supplies eight percent of the park's water and pledge to limit its pollution from 500 daily training flights They say no final jetport decision will be made until an interagency report due later this month or in early October Volpe notes air traffic pollution is only twelve percent of national total and promotes keeping commercial training away from Miami International Airport Hickel says protecting national parks is his duty
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Nixon to address UN General Assembly in September
The White House said President Nixon will speak at the 24th United Nations General Assembly on September 18. Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler added the president would likely meet privately with some country representatives but had no details on any specific meetings.
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Eskimos Claim Land Record Prices Paid For Alaskan Oil Rights
Alaska sold oil rights in a vast Arctic tract in a record sale totaling 900.2 million dollars with a top bid of 28,233 dollars per acre. Getty Oil and Amerada Hess led a two company bid at 72.28 million for 57 parcels, while bidders from every major US oil company participated. Gov. Miller hailed the day as a defining moment, promising proceeds for residents and tax relief amid protests from Eskimo demonstrators.
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Alaska
API
Arctic
California
Getty Oil Co
Paul Getty
Amerada Hess Corp
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United States
North Slope
Keith Miller
Sidney
Point Barrow
Champion Oil Co. of
Bank of America
New York
State Adopts Crackdown in Rensselaer County
Troy news reports that Rensselaer County's non support program, run by the Department of Social Service with Family Court and Probation, has collected over 77 thousand dollars this year with an additional 30 thousand tied to court actions. The state will require all 64 districts to adopt a similar approach as a cost containment measure.
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New York State
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State Department of Social Services
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Nobel Prize Winner Spurns Chemical Warfare Research
New York Dr. George Wald Nobel Prize winner urged chemists to oppose chemical warfare and avert arms programs He recounted a Maryland Army inquiry about creating a temporary blind agent and argued such stockpiles deter no one He called for science to aid humanity and address environmental pollution at the American Chemical Society meeting in New York.
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Okinawa
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Inside the Anthony student on new school spirit
A Anthony High student writes about renewing school spirit in a concise Page 3 editorial note. The piece urges action to boost morale and involvement amid school traditions and activities.
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