Ft Detrick Center Becomes War on Cancer Hub
President Nixon announced at Ft. Detrick the conversion of the former biowarfare center into a National Cancer Institute facility to lead a national cancer effort. About 600 personnel will operate across nine labs with $70 million value, and 40 scientists will meet Oct 25 29 in Washington to plan the national strategy.
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Ft. Detrick
Nixon
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J. Glenn Beall
Frederick
White House
Unemployed Teachers Find New Jobs in Unconventional Areas
Robert Dwan and a group formed the Organization of Unemployed Teachers OUT to place teachers in new roles. They propose developing schools in city and county jails as a radical employment option for educated teachers in San Mateo California.
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Calif
Robert Dwan
Dwan
Cowan
San Francisco Bay Area
Linda Williams
Nexus
Menlo Park
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Unemployed union forms in Rhode Island area
Arthur Hazard, a Vietnam veteran and former programmer, helps found the Unemployed Workers Union in Providence with about 200 members. The group seeks more unemployment benefits and outreach, after a 200-member base grew from the DES pamphlets and a meeting with Gov. Licht.
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Providence, RI
Arthur Hazard
State Department of Employment Security
Hazard
Unemployed Workers Union
Frank Licht
Alert Tests Suspended by FCC Over EBS Glitches
The Federal Communications Commission halts random Emergency Broadcast System tests until recommendations from a National Industry Advisory Board subcommittee are implemented. The twice weekly EBS tests will continue. A February incident involved a civilian Army employee transmitting a national emergency alert in error and crowding stations off the air.
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Washington
Federa Communications Commission
National Industry Advisory Board
FCC
EBS
Prairie Fire Curb Commission Sits Rail Safety Hearing
State Corporation Commission will hold a Dec. 14 hearing to decide if railroads operating in Kansas should adopt procedures to prevent prairie fires. Seven railroads are ordered to testify on cause and need for rules, with a Jan. 11 ROC trial on the show cause order.
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Topeka
Kan
State Corporation Commission
Dale Sattels
Commisson
Saffels
ROC
Flint Hills
Kansas
Classified ad placement hours notice
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Nixon's wife to join president on trips to Soviet Union and China
Mrs Richard Nixon confirmed she will accompany the President on trips to the Soviet Union and mainland China, including a May visit to Moscow. She previously joined him on the 1959 Soviet trip when he was vice president.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Soviet Union
China
Moscow
Department Merger Opposed by Grange in Kansas
Emporia Kansas AP reports John W Scott master of the National Grange says eliminating the Department of Agriculture would fragment rural interests. He urged rural Americans to oppose President Nixon's reorganization plan at the Kansas Grange annual meeting. Ray Clark of Wallace won re election to a three year Kansas Grange executive term.
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Montgomery
el Alamein
Emporia
Kan
Department of Agriculture
John W. Scott
National Grange
Scott
Kansas Grange
Nixon
Ray Clark
Wallace
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Chanute issues revenue bonds for water and power system
The City of Chanute Neosho County Kansas finances expansion of its municipally owned Electric Light Water and Gas Systems through Ordinance No 784 authorizing Series 1971 Revenue Bonds totaling 675 000 and detailing terms interest payments and redemption options with bonds payable solely from system revenues and pledged funds.
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Minnesota Supreme Court rules against same sex marriage bids
The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously rejects Baker and McConnell's plea for a marriage license, reaffirming marriage as a male-female institution rooted in Genesis. It rules a ban does not violate the U.S. Constitution and upholds that marriage classifications do not breach equal protection.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota Supreme Court
Richard John Baker
James Michael McConnell
Mankato
Minn
Supreme Court
Hennepin County
Baker
University of Minnesota
McConnell
High Court
U.S
Explosion destroys Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant switch station
An explosion at the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant in Johnson County damaged a 500000 dollar electrical switching station. Faulty circuit breakers triggered the blast that melted a metal wall and cut power. emergency generators maintain minimal power as repairs proceed. The project was completed last May by A. G. Proctor Construction under an 800000 dollar federal contract as part of a 12 year modernization. Col Louis A. Mallin led the plant, scheduled for deactivation in January.
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DE Soto
Kan
Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant
Johnson County
Erwin A. Schmidt
Corps
A.G. Proctor Construction Co
Aurora
Colo
Louis A. Mallin
Schmidt
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