Nixon Charts Poverty Fight
President Nixon told Congress he will prioritize poverty and outlined initial steps to improve federal aid to the poor. He proposed delegating Headstart to HEW, moving Job Corps to Labor, and transferring several anti poverty programs from OEO, with a comprehensive future poverty plan promised by July.
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Nixon
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Coffee Guilty Of Murder In Second Degree
Hoover L Coffee 39 was found guilty of murder in the second degree by a Linn district court jury after deliberating from Monday to Tuesday. Judge William R Eads set February 27 for sentencing with an appeal bond of 20000. The case stems from the October 24 shotgun slaying of Michael Lawson 18, son of Coffee s common law wife.
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Hoover L. Coffee
Linn District Court
Kenneth Perry
Coffee
Michael Lawson
Cedar Rapids Schools Struggle With High Absentee Rates
Absenteeism remains high across Cedar Rapids schools as upper respiratory infections surge. Franklin junior high reports over 20 percent absent, with 270 Tuesday and 235 Wednesday of 1,090 students. Tyler and Grant Wood also show steep numbers, while Jefferson high tallies about 275 absent from 1,950. The Linn County Medical Society has labeled the outbreak an epidemic and urged public awareness and treatment measures.
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Cedar Rapids
Richard Manson
Franklin Junior High School
Franklin
Tyler School
East Side
Grant Wood
Wilson Junior High School
West Side
Wilson
Maurice Tone
Jefferson High School
Linn County Medical Society
Marines Battle Toward Laos Border in 100 Degree Heat
UPI reports U.S. Marines press toward the Laotian border in the A Shau valley as heavy fighting leaves 196 North Vietnamese dead and 185 graves found nearby. Five Marines killed and 20 wounded mark losses in Wednesday action amid 100 degree heat and fierce enemy resistance.
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Saigon
UPI
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A Shau
Laos
Leathernecks
UPS
David Lamb
da Nang
Vietnam
Vanish on Gamblers Flight Shocks Hawthorne Nevada
Ground crews on skis and snowshoes hunted for a DC-3 airliner missing after takeoff from Hawthorne Nevada with 35 aboard on a gamblers flight. The Mineral County Airlines plane disappeared amid a snowstorm over the High Sierra as a grim search and rescue effort stretched through the night.
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UPI
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Chuckle: A Bright Eye Signals Curiosity
A brief humor item notes that a bright eye signals curiosity while a black eye suggests excess. The note plays on perception and wit in a compact, lighthearted style.
Israel warns Arab states to curb air route raids
Israel warned Arab nations and airlines to take immediate action to prevent further attacks on its air routes. Transport Minister Moshe Carmel said Israel can break up guerilla raids anywhere and vowed to safeguard air traffic. He blamed Lebanon for attacks, cited incidents in Athens and Zurich, and warned of chaos unless action is taken. Gideon Rafael added context before page continuation.
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Israel
Moshe Carmel
Switzerland
Lebanon
Beirut
Carmel
Athens
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Algeria
Zurich
Popular Front For ‘the Liberation of Palestine
Front
Middle East
Witness testifies three rifle shots and three men fled Dallas
District Attorney Jim Garrison presented Richard Randolph Carr who testified he saw three gunmen flee the Texas School Book Depository after a pistol shot preceded the rapid rifle fire during President Kennedy’s assassination. Carr described two men escaping in a station wagon and one walking away toward Houston Street. The testimony followed a maid locating the name Clay Bertrand in a guest book connected to Oswald.
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New Orleans
UPS
Jim Garrison
Kennedy
Texas School Book Depository
Dallas
Richard Randolph Carr
Garrison
Carr
Dealey Plaza
Houston
Commerce Street
Eastern Air Lines
Shaw
Clay Bertrand
Warren
Oswald
Jessie Parker
Israeli Restraint Sought by U S
Washington urged utmost restraint in the Middle East after the Arab attack on an Israeli airliner. State Department spokesman condemned the assault as deplorable and senseless and warned such attacks heighten tension. U N Secretary General U Thant criticized the strike and hoped for no retaliation.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Middle East
Israel
State Department
Robert McCloskey
Nixon Invitation by Russia Not Denied
The White House refused to confirm or deny that Nixon has been invited to visit the Soviet Union. Spokesman Ronald Ziegler declined to discuss the speculation after Nixon's long meeting with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin.
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Nixon
Russia
Washington
White House
Soviet Union
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Anatoly Dobrynin
Moscow
Dwight Eisenhower
Johnson
Czechoslovakia
de Gaulle
Eisenhower
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