Montagu Says Women Superior to Men at Tufts
Anthropologist Ashley Montagu told about 300 Tufts faculty and students that women are superior to men in resilience and stress tolerance. He argued women better manage emotional strain including running the American household and noted men’ s emotional suppression leads to acne and nervous disorders. He cited wartime data showing far more male psychological casualties than female.
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Medford
Mass
Ashley Montagu
Pentagon study rebuts Viet Nam veterans drug fears
The Defense Department reports 2,000 to 3,000 Vietnam returnees dependent on drugs, far fewer than feared, based on a 900-person sample from the 1970-71 heroin era. Separately Air Force Col. Theodore Guy accuses under 20 POWs of collaboration, calling for action against them.
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Washington
Pentagon
Richard S. Wilbur
Defense Department
Vietnam
Ashington
Air Force
U.S
North Vietnam
Theodore W. Guy
Tucson
Ariz
Nixon Aide Signals Possible Tax Hikes to Curb Economy
Washington AP Herbert F. Stein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, says the Nixon administration may consider raising some taxes if the booming economy cannot be controlled by other means. He told reporters at a news conference Monday that tax action would be a natural possibility.
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Washington
Nixon
Herbert F. Stein
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Kissinger Says North Vietnam Violated Cease-fire Clauses
Henry Kissinger told the Associated Press membership meeting that North Vietnam has systematically violated key cease-fire clauses. He cited failures to withdraw troops from Cambodia and Laos and questioned the value of a signed agreement when violations persist.
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New York
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Nixon
Associated Press
Navy minesweeper Force sinks after fire in Philippine Sea
The 65 crewmen of the 750-ton minesweeper Force were rescued unharmed eight hours after the wooden-hulled ship burned and sank in the Philippine Sea. The crew were saved by the Scottish freighter Spraynes, 820 miles west of Guam, and reported in good condition aboard the Spraynes.
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Honolulu
Philippine Sea
Navy
Guam
Mariana Islands
B52 Bombers Fail to Break Cambodian Siege Around Phnom Penh
American B52s bomb Phnom Penh area in their heaviest strikes in weeks. The raids targeted Communist troop positions 11 to 20 miles southeast along Highway 30 and near Takeo, a provincial capital 39 miles south, as dawn approached.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Takeo
City Won’t Bond Nursing Home in Chanute
The City Commission refused to consider issuing industrial revenue bonds to Medicalodges Inc for an extended care facility in Chanute. The panel said issuing bonds while another Chanute nursing home is being built without bonds would give Medicalodges an unfair advantage.
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Medicalodges, Inc
Chanute
Medica
John Schultz
Agency on Aging Created for Southeast Kansas Nine Counties
Gov Robert Docking announced the creation of an Area Agency on Aging for nine southeast Kansas counties. A contract to form the agency was awarded to three mental health centers with Mark Minton named director. Services planned include meals on wheels transportation homemaker aides and home chore service to help seniors remain in their homes.
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Robert Docking
Kansas
Southeast Mental Health Center
Humbold
Crawford County Mental Health Center
Four County Mental Health Center
Mark Minton
Pittsburg
Docking
Regional Special Olympics Meet at Parsons Friday
About 500 young athletes will compete in a regional Special Olympics at Parsons Senior High School track starting 10 a.m. The event, sponsored by the Kansas Association for Retarded Children and the Joseph P Kennedy Jr Foundation, was moved from Parsons State Hospital due to wet weather. A June 8 and 9 state Special Olympics at Washburn University in Topeka follows, with the 1972 Los Angeles competition noted for Kansas medals.
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Parsons
Parsons Senior High School
Kansas Association For Retarded Children
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation
Parsons State Hospital
Kansas
Washburn University
Topeka
ABC
Los Angeles
Rights of Society Hit Woman Thrice
Mrs. E J King of 1522 S Santa Fe complains of eminent domain actions that affect her property and farming rights. She cites loss of parking along South Santa Fe and a sanitary landfill across from her farm as devaluing factors. State and city officials say highway widening and borrow area plans may require land take with fair compensation, topsoil removal, and restoration, though no firm use is decided yet.
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Burns
Mark T. Roberts
State Highway Commission
South
Santa Fe
Roberts
Weather Summary: Mild with Showers and Tstorms Today
Area forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Lows tonight in the mid to upper 50s. Wednesday remains mostly cloudy and cooler with a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. East winds 10 to 20 mph. Rain chances 50 percent tonight and 20 percent Wednesday.
Deception Indicated in Watergate Coverup Claims
Reports claim President Nixon knew of a Watergate coverup with top aides Halderman and Ehrlichman implicated. Campaign records with names of conspirators were handed to court officials, and grand jury transcripts quote James McCord Jr. saying he offered silence for clemency. White House denies advance knowledge of wiretap plans.
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Senate
Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Campaign Finance Committee
Watergate
Watergate Grand Jury
James W. McCord Jr
White House
Gerald Warren
Democratic
Mid-America Inc Reveals New Look At 16th Meet
Rol and Loveless outlined a refreshed approach for the nine county economic development group at the 16th annual membership dinner in Parsons. Kansas Department of Economic Development Director Terence Scanlon spoke on state goals and energy crisis study. William H. Boone and other trustees were reelected. J. Flynn Jr. praised Loveless as the first outside director since the group’s formation.
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Parsons
Mid-America, Inc
Monday Night
Roland Loveless
Kansas
Vermont
Loveless
Chambers of Commerce and
Mid-America
Terence J. Scanlon
Kansas Department of Economic Development
KEDC
Scanlon
Flynn
Mid - America
J. A
Biff) Caldwell
New England
Intercepted Letter Describes Frontline Chaos and Danger
The passage notes bullets whizzing by as soldiers face deadly danger. The tone implies intense combat conditions and urgency in the letters from the field. The exact identities and locations are not provided in the readable text.
Appointments Made Topeka Names Schwaller and Harder
Gov. Docking announces Henry Schwaller Sr. as secretary of administration after Senate rejection of Robert Brandt. Dr. Robert C. Harder to head new Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services. Harder aims to create six regional welfare centers after Jan 1 with 40 to 50 district offices, eyeing locations including Topeka Wichita Salina Garden City and others.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Henry Schwaller Sr
Hays
State Welfare
Robert C. Harder
Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services
Schwaller
State Senate
Robert F. Brandt
Docking
Brandt
Kansas Highway Commission
University of Kansas
Highway Commission
Harder
Wichita
Salina
Garden City
Chanute
Parsons
Pittsburg
Supreme Court backs four installment credit disclosure rule
The Supreme Court upheld a Federal Reserve Board regulation requiring disclosure of credit costs for items paid in four or more installments. The four installment rule, created under the Truth-In-Lending Act, aims to protect consumers by revealing total price, balance due after the initial payment, and other charges.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Warren E. Burger
Quires
Supreme Court to rule on desegregation city limits
The case from Richmond, Virginia asks whether court ordered school integration ends at city boundaries. NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Richmond school board argue boundaries perpetuate segregation. Virginia state officials and the federal government contend lines should not be erased to move white pupils, with similar suits in 11 other cities.
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Washington AP
Supreme Court
Richmond
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Richmond School Board
Virginia State School Board
U.S
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