USDA Ordered to Send Food to Aerospace Area Needy
Seattle officials report Agriculture Secretary Butz reversed USDA policy after Sen. Magnuson condemned the denial of direct food aid. The program will distribute rice and canned goods to needy residents in King Snohomish and Pierce counties, with shipments expected by year’s start if feasible from warehouses in San Francisco and Oregon.
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API
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Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
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Snohomish
Pierce
Kobe
Japan
Magnuson
Senate
United States Senate
Lockheed Corporation
San Francisco
Oregon
U S Fund for Laos Called Aid to Fraud and Fraud Award
A Congressional report accuses the U S Fund for Laos of promoting fraud and corruption by channeling millions in economic and military aid to Laos. It cites misuses of foreign exchange funds and calls for new programs to ensure essential commodities with tighter oversight. Daniel Berrigan receives the Thomas More medal for The Dark Night of Resistance, praising his conscience driven Catholic literature.
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Laos
Daniel Berrigan
Washington
Congressional Report
U.S
Vidit Tha
Wey
Mend
U.S. Agency For International Development
Congress
Foreign Exchange Operations Fund
United Kingdom
France
Japan
Australia
FEOF
Chicago
Thomas
Browne Renamed CAB Chairman
President Nixon designated Secor Browne again as Civil Aeronautics Board chairman to December 31, 1972. Browne a Republican from Lincoln Massachusetts has served as chairman since October 1969 and his chairmanship would expire at month end. His CAB term as a member runs to end 1972.
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Nison
Secor Browne
Civil Aeronautics Board
Browne
Lincoln
Mass
CAB
U.S
Johnson resumes smoking during Austin ceremony
A chaotic holiday season led former President Lyndon Johnson to smoke again after 15 years quit. He lit a cigarette at a reception in Mayor Roy Butler's office before a beautification program launch, saying the trials of Christmas prompted the relapse. Dorothy Roach, the city secretary, noted his past heart attack while Senate Majority Leader influenced his earlier quit.
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Johnson
Fines paid spur joint French American jet engine project
Two motor journalists who paid their fines in Paris were rewarded as officials announced a joint 1 million dollar grant to develop a 100-ton thrust jet engine by General Electric and Snecma. The plan aims to have the engine ready by 1977 for civilian and military aircraft. In Tel Aviv, a police case linked to thefts was reported, while a Cicero grand jury indicted seven people for a race riot from the previous summer.
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UPI
Paris
France
Cicero
Royal Haircut Stirs Scramble
London reports Prince Charles receiving his first Navy haircut on the destroyer Norfolk during a voyage as acting sub lieutenant. Navy barber Bill Clark recounted sailors rushing to collect clippings while he saved a lock as a souvenir for his family.
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Prince Charles
Royal Navy
Bill Clark
Navy
Norfolk
Blocked Christmas Tree Sparks Religious Row in AMELO
Calvinists in AMELO block a Christmas tree in front of the town hall with officials reporting negative votes. Church leaders call the tree a work of Satan, intensifying local religious tension.
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Netherlands
UPI
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