Administration plans to dismantle the OEO
The Nixon administration drafts a strategy to end the Office of Economic Opportunity and fold its programs into other agencies. The plan advises delaying Congress, securing allies in the House and Senate, and portraying the program as ineffective and wasteful while deflecting criticism from protesters and local readers.
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Nixon
Office of Economic Opportunity
Congress
OJC
Associated Press
OEO
Nisart
Experts in U.S. puzzled over Russian tests
US intelligence assesses a string of eight ICBM firings from Svobodnyy toward the Kamchatka Peninsula. Analysts debate whether the tests test launch-crew readiness or confirm reliability after a December failure. The missiles carried single warheads. Moscow has yet to perfect multiple warhead arming.
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Washington
All
LS. Esperts
Svobodnyy
Kamivhlatke
U.S
Russia
Jeonard Fralick Named Director of Douglas County Youth Services
APIAA fore mer head counselor at Boys Town Jeonard Fralick was elected director of a proposed Douglas County Youth Services System by the Program Advisory Committee. The plan seeks $174,000 in federal money to fund 75 percent of one year’s cost starting April 1, with local and state funds covering the remainder. If approved, Fralick would earn $10,500 annually to head the new agency. He has coordinated several youth services for the Department of Mental Health Resources since October 72 and formerly worked at Boys Town for 20 years.
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Neb
APIAA
Boys Town
Jeonard Fralick
Douglas Ymiity
Douglas County
County Department of Mental Health Resources
Fralick
Department of Mental Health Resources
Noys
Labor unions slam Nixon wage controls in AFL-CIO report
The AFL-CIO Maritime Trade Department and 44 unions with about eight million workers say Nixon's wage controls cheat workers and consumers of growth, while profits surge in industry. They cite productivity gains not shared with workers and warn Phase 3 limits may widen inequality despite small wage gains in 1972. AFL-CIO unions meet for their winter gathering in Miami Beach.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Tn May
Nixon
Afl-Cio Maritime Trade Department
Nison
Paul Hall
Maritime Group
Labor Report
Afl-Cio
Labor Federation
Regional Council Expands in Nebraska Five-County Reach
The West Central Nebraska Council of Governments added Deuel and Keith Counties with Ogallala and Keith and Grant and Perkins Counties. North Platte Mayor Jabert Kares chairs the body as planners discuss cooperatives and regionwide planning. Federal funding for countywide plans is anticipated next September.
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North Platte
Lineal Couty
Ogallala
Keith County
Woh
Dennis Zwaggerman
Condor Wingspan Measures Big Flight Habits
National Geographic notes the Andean condor rarely flaps its 0 foot wings except during takeoff landing or emergencies. The bird typically glides on thermal currents, conserving energy during travel.
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National Geographic
Congress Eyes New Budget Control Plan
Washington AP reports Congress pursues effective budget control amid three prior failed efforts. A 26 member Joint Study Committee on Budget Central has agreed on principles to cap yearly spending and enforce ceilings, with Rep Al Ullman optimistic about early success despite mesh and timing challenges between two budgets and past appropriations.
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Congress
Nixon
Joint Study Committee On
Budget Central
al Ullman
D-Ore
Cochairman
Altman
Legislative salary bill moves to floor in Nebraska
Lincoln AP report notes the Constitutional Revision Committee on LB232 agrees to push a constitutional amendment to set Nebraska legislators salaries at 675 dollars per month or 8100 per year. Debate highlights include Sen. George Syas urging clarity on the figures and proposals shifting from 600 to 675 monthly.
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Lincoln
Neb
George Syas
Omaha
Syas
Ralph Kelly
Grand Island
Jules Burbach
Crofton
Youth gets combined sentences for robbery and rape in Nebraska
A 17 year old from Kearney was sentenced by District Judge S Sidner to 10 years for armed robbery and 5 years for rape at the Nebraska Penal Complex. The terms run concurrently after a guilty plea tied to a December 26 incident involving a 20 year old at Kearney State College. Thompson has been a ward of the state through Mid Nebraska Vocational Services in Kearney.
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Kearney
Neb
Nebraska Penit Complex
Sidner
Kear- Ney
Gerald Thompson
Deventer
Kearney State College
Thompson
Willy Mid-Nebraska
Voca-ional Services
Three Democratic critics blast Nixon environmental and farm plan
Sen. Edmund Muskie of Maine derides the message as shallow and vows to ignore it while Sen. Herman Talmadge of Georgia warns the farm plan could ruin small farmers without price supports. Sen. Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota labels ending farm subsidies the final blow in a pattern of administration missteps. Nixon urged prompt action on 19 bills to boost environment and natural resources, arguing costs fall on consumers.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Dmaine
Verman - Talmadge
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Muskle
Weto
Blaze destroys bank in Kansas in Marysville fire
A late night blaze in Marysville Kansas leveled Citizens State Bank and caused extensive water damage to Ott Electric Co Larkins TGA Food Store a dentist office and an adjoining apartment. Volunteers from neighboring towns fought the fire for over six hours in below freezing temperatures with no reported injuries and no loss estimate. The fire follows a similar 1930s blaze on the same date at a Firestone Tire Store.
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Kan
Citizens State Bank
Uketo
Blue Rapids
Frankfort
Herkimer
Kansas
Nebraska
Ott Electric Co
Larkins Tga Food
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