Postal Changeover Asked Say Waste On Arms In Billions
A joint congressional subcommittee accused the Pentagon of wasting billions in military procurement. It urged a harder look at national spending priorities between military and civilian budgets, citing weak cost controls and overreliance on 100 contractors. The report criticizes incentive contracts and claims billions are wasted yearly.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Congress
Senate-House
William Proxmire
Dwis
Department of Defense
Proxmire
Subcommittee
Len Jordan
Idaho
Charles Percy
Ill
Donald Rumsfeld
Nixon
Joint Economic Committee
Regents approve tuition hike for three Iowa universities
The Iowa Board of Regents approved fall tuition increases for the University of Iowa University of Northern Iowa and Iowa State University. Resident annual basic tuition rises to 620 600 and 600 respectively with a surcharge plan that would set base at 432 plus a variable surcharge. The 5 2 vote included opposition from Quarton and Richards who warned the increase is permanent and out of line with other states while Louden Fairfield urged cost reductions and called the move necessary.
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Des Moines
State Board of Regents
University of Iowa
University of Northern Iowa
Iowa State
Quarton
Astronauts Home for Crucial Debriefings
Apollo 10 astronauts Thomas Stafford Eugene Cernan and John Young returned to a hero’s welcome at SPACE CENTER following eight days in space. They faced immediate physical exams and discussed how their mission will shape Apollo 11’s moon landing plan set for July 16 at Cape Kennedy. The crew’s splashdown near Princeton occurred at 11:52 a.m. CDT as officials vowed the program’s next bold step.
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Cape Kennedy
Space Agency
Pacific
Thomas Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Princeton
Coe College Disturbance Leads to Nine Arrests
About 250 Coe College students disrupted campus from 2 to 6 a.m. with toilet paper rolls and debris. Nine people were arrested for missile ordinance and disturbing the peace. two pled guilty and were fined. trials set for July 31 with others pled innocent.
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Coe College
Jack B. Evans
Steven G. Amundson
Gregory P. Aldridge
Richard O. Ristine
Douglas A. Loucks
Keith A. Truesdell
Thomas M. Read
Larry A. Himmel
Ely Road
Sidney A. Scholl
Circle Drive
Evans
Aldridge
Ristine
Loucks
Truesdell
Himmel
Amundson
Read
Nixon proposes government owned independent postal corporation
President Nixon urged Congress to replace the post office department with a government owned but independent corporation to run the nations mail. The nine member board would chair a new postal service with rate panels, aiming for self sufficiency within five years and including binding arbitration while striking remains prohibited.
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Winton Blount
Post Office Department
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
House
Senate
Post Office
U.S
U.S. Postal Service
Blount
Johnson
North Viet Violations Exceed 5000 Since DMZ Halt
Saigon AP reports U S Command charges North Vietnam with over 5000 DMZ violations since the November 1 bombing halt. Sunday shelling hit a Marine position south of the DMZ killing eight and wounding 24, amid claims Hanoi stockpiled weapons across the DMZ and has not honored the ceasefire. The command cites 5044 indications of enemy presence inside the DMZ since the halt, including troop movements bunkers and shelling.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Command
Dmz
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Krist Gets Life Term For Kidnap
A jury convicted Gary Steven Krist of the $500,000 ransom kidnapping of Barbara Jane Mackle but recommended mercy citing his precautions to keep her alive. Krist, 24, received a life sentence with possible parole after seven years in Georgia. The 20-year-old Emory junior was buried in a box for 83 hours after being abducted from a Decatur motel.
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Decatur, Ga
Gary Steven Krist
Barbara Jane Mackle
Krist
Georgia
H. S. Rainwater
Rainwater
Miss Mackle
Emory University
Decatur
Robert Mackle
Coral Gables
Fla
FBI
Atty
Richard Bell
Bell
Mobley Childs
James Venable
H. C. Hubert
Venable
Everyday humor for boys and their dog and mother
A brief chuckle line notes that every boy should have a dog and a mother to ensure it is fed regularly, reflecting lighthearted domestic wit. No further context or specifics are provided.
Slovak Kin Toasts Apollo Trio in TV Splashdown
In Vysoka nad Kysucu Czechoslovakia a cousin of Eugene Cernan led a toast to Apollo 10 astronauts, including Cernan Stafford and Young, as viewers watched the splashdown on a small TV. Imrich Cernan and local kin recall family ties to the astronaut and recount prayers, a family sawmill, and letters from Eugene and relatives back home.
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Cernan
Apollo Trio
Vysoka Nad Kysucou
Czechoslovakia
Imrich Cernan
Eugene Cernan
Pacific
Eurovision
Imrich
Stafford
Andrew Cernan
Wysoka
Andrew
America
Stegan
Kysucou
Slovakia
Moravia
Prague
Maria Kubackova
The
Space Center
Eugene
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Phyllis Fleming
Tom Louden Fairfield
William Quarton
Cedar Rapids
Jonathan Richards
Red Oak
Ralph Wallace
Mason City
Casey Loss
Algona
Howard Benedict
Texas
Pago Pago
Thomas Stafford
John Young
Young
Houston
Cedar Rapids News
Corporation
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Treasury
Childs
Ruth Eisenmann Schier
University of Miami
Gene Kramer
John
Navy
Vysoka
Katarina Cernanova
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