New Policy On Aged Is Nixon Plea
President Nixon urged a new approach to aging in America saying the generation gap between older citizens and younger generations has often been ignored. The remarks were prepared for a joint convention of the National Retired Teachers Association and the American Association of Retired Persons.
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Chicago
Nixon
America
National Retired Teachers Association
American Association of Retired Persons
Nixon urges cuts to substandard nursing home benefits
President Nixon called for a cutoff in federal medicare and medicaid benefits to substandard nursing homes. He urged a new alliance between younger and older Americans to prevent fragmentation and isolation of older people. He criticized aging facilities as unsanitary, overcrowded, and understaffed, and promoted transforming nursing homes into symbols of comfort. He cited rising federal spending on aging and social security increases to bolster support for revenue sharing with states.
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Chicago
UPI
Nixon
Indiana
Former C R Man Killed in Quad Cities
Alvin V. Davis of Moline is charged with murder after a Friday shooting at the Davis residence in Moline. Victim Frank P. Janda, 23, of Davenport, manager of the Kmart Food Store in Moline, died from head wounds at a Moline hospital. Davis arraignment pending. services at Arosh funeral home.
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Alvin V. Davis
Moline
Wayne Carey
Frank 'P. Janda
Davenport
Frank Janda
Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids
Carey
Janda
Davis
Jandal
Kmart
Judge Denies Dismissal in Medina My Lai Case
A military judge refused to dismiss murder charges against Cant Ernest Medina for the 1968 My Lai killings. Trial jury selection set for June 26, with the case reclassified from capital to non capital, allowing life imprisonment and witness depositions in Vietnam. Medina voiced confidence and awaited trial date amid defense motions.
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Medina
Cpherson
Cant
Ernest ‘Medina
My Lai
Kenneth Howerd
Lee Bailey
William Catley
East
Thearmy
Vietnam
Howard
Ilempariet
Extra Powers To College Heads IOWA CITY
The Iowa board of regents unanimously empowered university presidents to declare a campus emergency for up to 48 hours during violent unrest. In an emergency, presidents may impose temporary rules affecting students and staff, bar individuals, restrict meetings, and set curfews with penalties up to one year suspension or expulsion.
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Iowa City
Iowa Board of Regents
See Bladder Cancer Link With Coffee
LONDON AP coffee drinking may cause bladder cancer according to Lancet a study by Harvard School of Public Health epidemiology department and Kresge Center for Environmental Health. Women appear twice as prone as men in the researched American cancer victim sample though the authors caution against firm conclusions. The report notes the finding was accidental during a study on cigarette smoking and cancer and calls for further investigation.
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London
Lancet
Department of Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health
Harvard
Senate pushes withdrawal from Indochina and draft tweak
The Senate approves a policy of total U S withdrawal from Indochina within nine months subject to prisoner releases and votes to extend draft authority while House resistance endangers passage. A Mansfield amendment would seek a House vote to instruct conferees, but likely fail.
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U. S
Indo-China
Nixon
Senate
U.S
Indo China
House
New York
Carl Albert
Mike Mansfield
Chamber
Massive Iowa Storm Leaves One Dead and Wide Damage
A severe northeast Iowa windstorm Thursday night killed 85 year old Never Sampson of Fayette county after his barn was crushed. In Jackson Junction Winneshiek county roofs were ripped from Turkey Valley school and a Milwaukee Road freight derailed, blocking Highway 1. Electrical and phone service dropped, cranes were sent from La Crosse and Austin to clear the tracks, and recovery continued into Friday with multiple injuries reported and extensive tree damage across Fayette and Winneshiek counties.
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Lowe
Iowa
Sampson
West Inion
Fayette County
Clarence
West Union
Burnham and Wood Funeral Home
Jackson Junction
Winneshiek County
Eldorado Ln
Turkey Valley Consolidated
Jackson
Junction
Keith Q.connell
la Crosse
Wis
Austin
Memoirs of LBJ Back Study Data
Newsday reports Lyndon Johnson’s unpublished White House memoirs reveal early 1964 plans for large scale U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The Vantage Point notes the admin sought a deeper military role, aligning with the Pentagon study origins, and the galley edition is with Hart, Rinehart and Winston for November publication.
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Garden City
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Vietnam
U.S
Newsday
New York
Hart, Rinehart and Winston
High Court To Rule on War Study
The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments from The New York Times Washington Post and the government over resuming publication of the secret Pentagon study on Vietnam war. Justices split 5 to 4 to deny the government's request for a hearing and continue restraints on both papers. The decision leaves timing uncertain as the case proceeds.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Pentagon
New York Times
Washington Post
Times
Post
Nof Sagted
the Times
Black
Douglas
Brennan
Marshall
Burger
Harlan
Stewart
White
Blackmun
Washington State
Aaron Rasher
Justice Department
Newsday
Erwin Griswold
Na Asher
Johnson
Publishing House of Foreign Relations
Beyond Re
Pair
Griswold
Debnson
New York Court
Brenton Bank Approved to Open Cedar Rapids
Iowa banking superintendent Collin W. Fritz approved Brenton Banks Inc to charter a new bank in Cedar Rapids. The plan includes occupying half a block for the bank with remaining land sold for commercial development by Robert Armstrong and Peter Bezanson. Eight local banks opposed the charter, arguing no area in Cedar Rapids needed another bank. The order requires capital of 500000 and a surplus of 300000 with undivided profits.
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Cedar Rapids News
Des Moines
Iowa
Collin W. Fritz
Brenton Banks, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Rwing
First
Bank
Robert Armstrong
Peter Bezanson
Armstrong
Brenton
Merchants National Bank
Marion
Cedar Rapids- Marlen
Fritz
Bombay Deluge Dumps 22 Inches, Eight Killed
In Bombay a 48 hour rainfall measured at 22 inches triggered floods in low-lying districts and a landslide that killed eight people. Local authorities urge evacuations and remain on high alert as rescue teams search affected neighborhoods.
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