Free Birth Control Aid Sought in Nixon Message
President Nixon urged Congress to provide free birth control advice to women of child bearing age with low incomes within five years. He estimated nearly 5 million women lack adequate family planning access and called for expanding federal services while protecting individual religious and conscience rights. He warned of global population growth and its housing, education, and employment strains, proposing a Population Growth Commission to plan federal, state, and local responses.
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This Gifted Age and the Moon Footsteps Recall
Norma Millay of Steepletop, Austerlite, recalls Edna St Vincent Millay’s 1939 sonnet predicting mankind waking the moon with footsteps. The piece, published amid Millay’s fame, warns that pure science speaks yet fails to heal social ills as meteoric facts rain down, shaping a wary, gifted era.
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Apollo 11 Near Moon Touchdown Ahead of Landing
Apollo 11 crews Aldrin Armstrong and Collins logged long sleep as Columbia sped toward the moon. Ground control reported systems look good and prepared for the LM Eagle check, with navigation through the twilight zone and a planned Saturday lunar orbit insertion. Luna 13 and Luna 15 missions were noted as Soviet undertakings while experts debated the rock-return potential and Apollo 11’s safety margins.
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Apollo 11 TV Schedule Presses Moon Walk Plans
AP reports New York TV networks broadcast Apollo 11 coverage with a 7 32 to 7 45 p m ET color transmission and a 10 58 p m ET progress report from mission control. Armstrong and Aldrin may begin exploration up to 30 hours earlier than planned as Eagle targets Sea of Tranquility landing at 4 19 p m ET with a 2 21 a m ET first step after a four hour rest. crew may skip rest if alert.
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Tax Panel Drafts Laws To Plug Oil Tax
Washington AP The House Ways and Means Committee is drafting tighter oil industry tax rules ahead of the August recess. Aimed at curbing current tax advantages, the plan would reclassify certain transactions as loans to reduce tax benefits. The fate of the 2714 and 2744 percent depletion allowances remains under review with a likely downsizing anticipated.
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Five Day Outlook Sees Warm Start Then Rain
The forecast projects temperatures through Wednesday averaging just above 69 with a cooler weekend. Weather turns warmer Monday to Wednesday with showers on Monday and Tuesday.
Bond to Speak at Du Bois Memorial Park Dedication
Julian Bond the 29 year old Georgia legislator will speak Oct 18 at the dedication of the W E B Du Bois Memorial Park in Great Barrington The committee announced the speaker who will be accompanied by his father Dr Horace Mann Bond dean at Atlanta University Du Bois born in Great Barrington in 1868 and founder of the NAACP died 1963 The memorial site honors a boyhood home site and a plaque will be placed on a large boulder
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Draft Resister Freed Pending High Court Ruling
Providence AP reports Vietnam draft resister John N. Allan, 29, of North Kingston, freed until Supreme Court rules on a Boston judge’s ruling that draft exemptions discriminate against moral objectors. Allan had been sentenced to two years in Danbury, Conn. federal prison after pleading no contest to induction refusal.
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Sargent Veto Skews Pay Bill Amid Tax Clash
Boston AP Fran cis W Sargent vetoed the 92 million state employees pay raise bill then signed a 3100 million tax measure. He calls the pay raise a bonanza of bonuses and a stab at the public, says he will not back further tax increases to fund raises. He warns of cuts to UMASS Mental Health Pollution and drug control if taxes stall. He plans to persuade lawmakers against the raise while noting flaws in the tax plan.
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