Uncle Sam in Washington A Lifetime Parade of Patriotism
John Rusk, now 70, has portrayed Uncle Sam for 29 years in 5,000 appearances across parades and school events. He collects autograph cards and keeps a frayed jacket, saying patriotism drives him even though he never accepts pay.
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Washington
UPI
John Rusk
Boy Scouts
Uncle Sam
The
Elks
Moose
Shriners
Scottish Rites
Grotto
Optimists
Oxon Hill
James Montgomery Flagg
I Want
Lincoln
Uncle Sams
John Kennedy
San Francisco
Rusk
Fairfax
Sam
Atlantic City
N.J
Nixon Tapes and Papers Delayed by Court Ruling
Supreme Court upholds 1974 law but Congress must set screening rules before 42 million documents and 880 tapes can be sorted. Archivists expect years before public access. personal items sealed, others protected for privacy.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Nixon
Supreme Court
Nixon
Congress
Daniel Reed
General Services Administration
GSA
Reed
House
News Networks Scramble Overexpanded Nightly News
Networks shelve plans for bigger nightly news after affiliates balk. CBS 60 Minutes success tempts more magazine formats, NBC pilots Now with Perkins and Ellerbee. ABC brings back Westin as VP to shape Reasoner Walters news, plus six part Washington Behind Closed Doors drama in September.
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New York
UPI
CBS
NBC
Jack Perkins
Linda Ellerbee
Disney
Hardy Boys
Nancy Drew
Yves St. Laurent
Peoria
ABC
Roone Arledge
ABC News and Sports
al Westin
ABC Evening News
Harry Reasoner
Barbara Walters
Westin
ABC News
William Sheehan
Sheehan
Washington
John Ehrlichman
the Company
Jason Robards
John Houseman
Cliff Robertson
Robert Vaughn
Andy Griffith
Stefanie Powers
Kansas plans energy conservation pilot program
Governor Bennett announced submitting a Kansas Extension Service pilot plan to ERDA to cut energy use by homes, small businesses, and irrigation farms. The six delivery teams will offer information, technical help, and public meetings from offices in Colby, Hutchinson, Garden City, Manhattan, and Chanute, focusing on efficiency and solar energy.
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Topeka
UPI
Robert Bennett
Kansas Extension Service
Federal Energy Research and Development Administration
Robert Robel
Kansas Energy Office
Washington
ERDA
Congress
Bennett
Kansas Cooperative Extension Service
Extension Service
Colby
Hutchinson
Garden City
Manhattan
Chanute
Magazine to Print Charles Manson Prison Essays
Houston UPI The Contemporary Arts Museum will publish Points of View Magazine essays written in prison by Charles Manson. Editor Howard J. Perlstein says the writings are neither condemned nor endorsed, but important as prison writing and for public understanding. He obtained permission from attorney Paul Fitzgerald to publish the pieces, including two sermons and a handwriting sample.
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Houston
UPI
California
Charles Manson
Contemporary Arts Museum
Eveyone
Manson
Howard J. Perlstein
New Points of View Magazine
Perlstein
Los Angeles
Paul Fitzgerald
U.S
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Smithsonian
Museum of History of Technology
Washington, D.C
War Manpower Board
Federal Records Center
Suitland
Executive
White House
Stan Mortenson
San Clemente
John Brademas
D-Ind
N. Santa Fe
Levis
Reg. Price
Main
Royce Wells
Kansas
Santa FE
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