Nixon creates cabinet level council to fight pollution
President Nixon established the Environmental Quality Council at his Key Biscayne home. The group will coordinate pollution control efforts, propose tougher measures, and report to Nixon as chairman with Agnew as vice chairman. Members include Hardin, Stans, Finch, Romney, Hickel, Volpe.
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Los Angeles
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Senator McIntyre Opposes ABM Deployment Seeks Compromise
Sen. Thomas J. McIntyre of New Hampshire declares opposition to deploying Nixon’s ABM system and proposes a compromise: halt deployment, require congressional review, continue research, and test Safeguard components at Montana and North Dakota sites. He argues this could curb the arms race and save funds.
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North Dakota
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Wilmington
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Cable TV Broadcasters End 20 Year Squabble
In Washington the National Association of Broadcasters announced a proposed agreement to end twenty years of dispute between broadcasters and cable systems. NAB president Vincent T. Wasilewski said representatives from both industries engaged in talks toward a settlement.
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Nader says Ford shares blame for M151 dangers
Ralph Nader accuses Ford Motor Co and the Army of the M151 truck's instability and ensuing noncombat casualties. He urges official notification and correction in about 90,000 vehicles worldwide, citing government investigations prompted by AP reports of deaths and injuries. Senator Ribicoff backs probe by Defense and Transportation chiefs.
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Ford Motor Co
Army
Ralph Nader
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Nader
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
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Melvin R. Laird
Secretary of Transportation
John A. Valpe
Ribicoff
Associated Press
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Amherst Man Named To Head Church Council
The Reverend Arthur E. Walmsley, 41, interim rector at Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst, was elected general secretary of the Massachusetts Council of Churches at a special Assembly in Wellesley. A New Bedford native, Walmsley is a Trinity College graduate and has served on the World Council of Churches staff in Geneva.
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Walmsley
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Amherst
Forrest L. Knapp
New Bedford
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Hartford
World Council of Churches of Church and Society
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Supreme Court Backs Sentence Of Ex Official
Massachusetts Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the larceny and conspiracy conviction of Lee J. Schnackenberg former secretary treasurer of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority. He was convicted in 1967 with Highway Traffic Engineers Inc. in a jury trial over garage construction costs billed to the Turnpike Authority rather than to Schnackenberg.
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Massachusetts Supreme Court
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Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
Schnackenberg
Highway Traffic Engineers Inc
Turnpike Authority
Barber John Razor Defends Safe Ty Nickname
Covington Kentucky AP reports barber John Razor embraces the nickname Safe ty as his legal given moniker and personal brand. The piece notes the wordplay and local reception while outlining Razor’s craft and community ties.
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Covington, Ky
John Razor
Safety
Woman Gets Seven Years In Kidnapping Case
Ruth Eisemann Schier, a 26 year old biologist, pleads guilty in Decatur to a secondary role in the Barbara Mackle ransom kidnapping. She receives a seven year term and faces deportation after release. Authority notes she entered the U S in 1967 as a student and has prior felony conviction.
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Ruth Eisemann Schier
Barbara Jane Mackle
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Gary Steven Krist
Krist
Eisamann Schier
R. William Foley
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Atlanta
Wedding Bells Reported Near For Mr Coffin
The Rev William Sloan Coffin Jr 44 Yale chaplain plans to wed Mrs Harriet Gibney of Cambridge a health education director at Children’s Hospital Medical Center The Boston Globe says the marriage would occur this summer and would be a second marriage for both Coffin and Gibney Coffin was previously divorced from Eva Anna Rub.
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William Sloane Coffin Jr
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Williams College
Harriet Gibney
Cambridge
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Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Coffin
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California Sailor's Feat Doesn't Impress His Girl
Michael Kane completed a 40,000 mile world voyage in 22 months from Newport Beach. He says he accomplished his goal but his girlfriend sent word the romance is over. The former Marine captain sailed with 37 crew members and his cat Thunderball aboard a triple-hulled trimaran named Carousin'.
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Newport Beach
Calif
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Australia
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Thunderball
Tahiti
Thomas J. Kane
Kenilworth, Il
Barbara
Louse Island Keeps Name Despite Thoreau Honor Bid
Augusta Maine AP report notes Thoreau admirers urged renaming Louse Island to Thoreau Island but island owners opposed the change. The legislature discussed the proposal, yet the current name remained unchanged amid local debate.
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Augusta
Maine
Louse Island
Henry David Thoreau
Woodpecker Holes Displayed in L.A.
In Los Angeles AP reports Miss C. C. Ruku of New York, 27, displayed her collection of woodpecker holes. She says she is not an expert, only collects them because they interest her.
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C. C. Ruku
Ruku
New York
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