Draft Calls Canceled For November and December
Washington sources report President Nixon announced cancellation of draft calls for November and December totaling 50,000. The 29,000 October call would be spread across three months, with 10,000 in October and November and 9,000 in December. Laird said January calls would not rise despite the stretch-out.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Congress
New Health Codes Hit Land Peddlers
Vermont state Board of Health unanimously instituted emergency health regulations for housing developments. Codes require permits for new and expanding sites, demand detailed plans, and may halt sales by mountaintop lot sellers. 120 day interim period followed by permanent rules amid enforcement concerns.
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Montpelier
Vermont
State Board of Health
Robert B. Aiken
Aiken
Health Department
Bruce Watson
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Mendow Mountain
John Dever
Burlington
Board of Health
Catholic Priest Silent Dissent at Vermont Abortion Hearing
In Montpelier a public hearing on reforming Vermont’s 123 year old abortion law drew broad testimony from housewives, doctors, social workers and others. Only one dissenter spoke, Rev. Philip Branon of Burlington, arguing the state has no right to prescribe who will be born and calling abortion a close to murder. Others urged reform including therapeutic abortion for danger to mother, rape or incest, or risk of severe fetal disorder.
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Donald Hackel
Rutland
Gaston Carrier
First Unitarian- Universalist Church
Burlington
Paul Philbrook
David Brown
Montpelier
Harvey D. Butterfield
Vermont Episcopal Diocese
Vermont
Father Brown
Nixon Statement Stirs U S Chemical Weapons Debate
U S aides puzzled by President Nixon's UN remark on limiting chemical and biological weapons. Officials seek clarity on which Geneva proposals he referenced amid internal policy debate and recent spurring events such as Utah sheep poisoning and nerve gas shipments. Pentagon confirms Army tested nerve gases in Hawaii.
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Washington
State Department
Arms Control
Nixon
United Nations
United States
Geneva
Utah
Defense Department
Pentagon
Army
Hawaii
House backs direct election plan for president
The House approved the direct election amendment 339 to 70, pushing to abolish the Electoral College and make the popular vote decisive. If the Senate agrees and three quarters of states ratify, a 1972 or later election could be run under the new system.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Emanuel Celier
House
Congress
Celler
Senate Judiciary
Richard H. Poff
Virginia
Rep
Poff
Rep. Celler
Virginian
Nixon chides over troop pullback tactics editorial
James Reston quotes Poor Richard's Almanac in Nixon edition excerpts. Bennington County Planning commissioners criticize advertising and newspaper tubes proliferation. A Woodford Route 9 truck incident ends with a near miss.
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Nixon
James Reston
Poor Richard
Bennington County Regional Planning Commissioners
Report Criticizes Welfare Dept Zeal
MONTPELIER UP I The Governor's Committee on Welfare charged the Social Welfare Department's zeal to help the needy has permitted sound fiscal and administrative management to become subordinate. It questions Commissioner John Wackerman who will resign Sept 26. The panel cites imbalances between benefits and administrative controls and urges new management positions and funds to modernize operations. It notes Vermont spends 15 percent above the national ANFC average while administration is 48 percent below. It calls for cost audits, training directors, and an integrated family services unit. It criticizes hospital bill practices and Medicaid program expansion without proper cost estimates. The report signals a broader inquiry with 600 case studies under review, finding 21 percent of cases with outside income未 reported.
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Wackerman
William French
French
George Little
Burlington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Vermont
General Assistance Hospital
Explosion Tears Through NYC Federal Building Floor
An explosion ripped the 40th floor of a lower Manhattan federal office building early today, causing extensive damage but no injuries. The 41 story structure was closed for the day at 7 45 a m for top agency officials only. investigators consider a home made bomb likely though sewer gas leakage in a utility shaft remains possible. The blast damaged U S Commerce Department offices on the 40th floor and, to a lesser extent, the 39th floor housing the Selective Service System. Newsmen are barred from the scene as police report about half of the 40th floor damaged with water pipes and lights out.
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New York
UPI
Lower Manhattan
U.S. Commerce Department
Selective Service System
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Salmon
U.S
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Ralph T. Smith
Illinois
Everett M. Dirksen
Richard Ogilvie
Charles Percy
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Sen. Aiken
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Woodford
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