Nixon Puts Poverty Agency to Work
President Nixon designates the Office of Economic Opportunity as the central driver of a new social progress mission. He outlines reorganizations, new offices, and stronger health and legal services, plus expanded training funds as he ties welfare reform to broader foreign policy efforts.
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Poverty Agency
San Clemente
Calif
Office of Economic Opportunity
Earth
Gress
California
VISTA
America
OEO
OFO
Office of Health Services
Office of Legal Services
West Coast
White House
Congress
Family Assistance Welfare Program
Donald Rumsfeld
Illinois
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
William P. Rogers
Japan
South Korea
China
Indonesia
Australia
New Zealand
Speculators Move on Pound as Markets Open
European money markets opened after the French franc devaluation with modest activity. The Belgian franc fell to its limit and forward trading halted while the pound dropped slightly in London yet held above critical support levels. The German mark strengthened in Zurich as traders weighed potential German revaluation after the fall elections. British officials argued the pound remains sound against another devaluation despite possible speculative pressure.
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London
Europe
Brussels
Bank of England
Zurich
National Assembly
Bizarre Coast Killings Puzzle Police
Police in Los Angeles hunt a suspect in the Sharon Tate killings and a second slaying five miles away, while questions about a potential copycat linger. Investigators describe multiple stabbings, blood messages, and a missing red Ferrari as they probe links to the Tate case and identify victims Leno LaBianca and Rosemary LaBianca.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Bryce Houchin
K. J. McCauley
Tim
Leno A. LaBianca
Rosemary
Miss Tate
Bel Air
LaBianca
Benedict Canyon
Thomas Noguchi
Miss Folger
Frykowski
Parent
Helder
Polanski
Dinic
London
Wood Fragments May Be From Noahs Ark Found
Archeologists on Mt Ararat in eastern Turkey report discovering hand hewn timber about 4000 years old that researchers believe could be from Noahs Ark. The six man team led by Harry Crawford plans to search beneath a glacier for the vessel next summer after dating and testing wood at centers in the United States France and Turkey.
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Istanbul
Turkey
United States
France
Mt. Ararat
Harry Crawford
Denver
Colo
Burger Urges Broad Reform of U S Prison System
Dallas AB scene of Warren Burger urging wide reform of the United States prison, parole, and probation systems during the ABA’s 92nd annual meeting. He backs limited confinement and work releases while noting no specific program. Over 5,000 lawyers and judges attend as topics include ethics and victim compensation.
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Dallas
Warren &. Burger
America
Burger
American Bar Association
ABA
William ‘J. Gossett
Delay Mars Trip Urged by House Space Head
Rep George P Miller chairman of the House Space Committee urged delaying a Mars landing for 5 to 10 years to develop new tech and gain flight experience He said international collaboration with Russia could arise and noted the moon as the immediate US focus Temperatures through Saturday will run below normal with a gradual warm up and showers later in the week
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Washington
House Space Committee
United States
Mars
George P. Miller
D-Cal
Russia
Miller
Spiro T. Agnew
Thomas O. Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S
Conscience or State From a Soviet writer's asylum tale and censorship tale
Anatoly V Kuzietsov, a three year old Soviet author, seeks asylum in Britain arguing Soviet censorship ruined his work. He recalls publishing his novel in Yunost only after editors altered it to fit socialist realism, then faced praise and later criticism at home.
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Anatoly V. Kuzietsov
Anhin
Britain
London
Sally Telegraph
Siberia
Russia
Moscow
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Giscard d'Estaing
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Slim
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Robert Helder
Garretson
Jesse Buckles
Roman Polanski
Woytech Frykowski
Steven Parent
IL Monte
Guarretsan
Council of Ministers
Karl Schiller
Jacques Duhamel
Valery Giscard d Estaing
Hendrik J. Witteveen
Netherlands
Fp Phote
U. S
Literary Institute
Yunest
Yunost
Soviet Union
Chance
Yunast
Czechoslovakia
Louis Aragon
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