Conservation Class Sought for Public Schools
Philadelphia officials urged environmental education from primary grades to college to combat pollution. Maurice K. Goddard and B. Anton Hess said teaching conservation could protect natural resources and foster pupil responsibility for improving the environment, noting existing outdoor programs in schools.
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Philadelphia
America
Maurice K. Goddard
Forests and Waters
B. Anton Hess
Department of Education
Goddard
Hess
Medicare Premiums Rise for Nation's Elderly in 1970
Washington AP reports supplementary Medicare premiums will jump to 5.30 dollars monthly on July 1, a 32.5 percent rise from 4.00. Health Secretary Finch cited higher doctor fees and costs, with an added 1.30 monthly hike largely funding the program. Nixon aides link the move to tax reform and Social Security boosts, while critics call the rise inflationary and misaligned with price-control aims.
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Washington
Robert H. Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
Nixon
Medicare
Consumer Health Organization
The
American Patients Association
Association
Theodore C. Crow
Finch
Crow
Perot Eyes Moscow Trip for POW Gifts to Vietnam
Texas industrialist H. Ross Perot said the Soviet Union may allow a flight to Moscow with gifts for U S prisoners of war in North Vietnam. He planned to visit Bangkok to learn if the Moscow trip is approved and if Soviet postal officials can forward parcels to Hanoi.
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Vientiane
Laos
Texas
H. Ross Perot
Soviet Union
Moscow
U.S
North Vietnam
Perot
Hanoi
Bangkok
Pathet Lao
Thailand Sets 15 Day Visa Free Stay For Americans
Bangkok officials announced that starting January 1, 1970 American tourists will be limited to a 15 day stay without a visa, down from 30 days. The change aims to tighten travel allowances amid wider regional tensions and contingencies.
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Bangkok
Thailand
United States
Agnew says U S Asia policy aims self sufficiency and aid
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew outlined a U S goal to help Asian nations develop economic balance and self sufficiency while reaffirming treaty obligations. He launched a 10 nation, 37 000 mile trip to Guam the Philippines and Manila amid protest plans and questions on military aid. He stressed the Nixon doctrine pledging support if regional stability is threatened and indicated decisions on potential troops would be made by the President at the time. Radical groups planned demonstrations outside the U S Embassy in Manila during his visit.
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Pathet Lao
North Vietnamese
Laos
Perot
Seth Petrasi
U.S
International Red Cross
U.S. State Department
America
United States
Nixon
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Honolulu
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Guam
Philippines
Ferdinand E. Marcos
John
McCain Jr
Pacific
Michael Davidson
Air Force Two
Washington
Hawaii
Pari
Vietnam
Travis Air Force Base
California
Strategy Meeting by SDS Members in Flint Michigan
AP reports a five day SDS session in a northside Flint ballroom to map next year’s antiwar protest strategy. Ultramilitant Weatherman faction leads talks on Vietnam involvement and campus ROTC protests, with entry fee and camera restrictions noted.
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Flint, Mich
Students For A Democratic Society
U.S
Ultramilitant
Weatherman
SDS
Flint
War Council
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Vietnam
Panel Continues My Lai Probe In Vietnam Visit
Washington AP panel members press ongoing inquiry into the My Lai massacre. Staff Sgt. David Mitchell faces possible court martial for assault involving 30 civilians, while Lt. Col. William Calley heads toward Ft. Benning for murder charges. Lt. Gen. William R. Peers travels to Vietnam with Robert MacCrate to gather essential testimony at the on site location.
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Washington
My Lai
Vietnam
David Mitchell
Pentagon
Bland West
Army
Mitchell
Ossie Brown
Baton Rouge
William L. Calley Jr
Ft. Benning
Army Board of Investigators
William R. Peers
Peers
Robert MacCrate
New York
Fuiay
Secretary of the Army
Stanley R. Resor
William C. Westmoreland
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