Nixon Backs Free Election In S Vietnam
President Nixon endorsed South Vietnam President Thieu’s peace proposals as a path to a rapid settlement if the Communists agree to serious negotiations. He highlighted readiness for any political outcome from free elections and noted prior talks at Midway Island and ongoing Saigon-Washington consultations.
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Washington
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thien
Hanoi
Midway Island
Thieu
Ziegler
White House
Saigon
Court reverses Dr Spocks conviction in draft case
The First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the convictions of Dr Benjamin Spock and three others found guilty last year of conspiring to counsel young men to evade the draft. Spock and Harvard graduate student Michael Ferber were freed, retrials ordered for Rev William Sloane Coffin Jr. and Mitchell Goodman, while Marcus Raskin was acquitted. The court ruled the convictions violated the First Amendment by protecting free speech.
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Boston
Circuit Court of Appeals
Benjamin Spock
Spock
Harvard
Michael Ferber
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Yale University
Mitchell Goodman
Temple
U.S. District Court
Marcus Raskin
Washington
Goodman
Coffin
Apollo 11 Astronauts Endure Final Prelaunch Physicals
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Apollo 11 crew Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins undergo final major prelaunch medical exams as countdown proceeds their eight day flight planned to begin at 9 32 am EDT next Wednesday doctors track heart rate respiration and other baselines to compare in flight and after flight data while ground teams monitor suit cooling water temperature oxygen use and body heat.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin B. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Armstrong
Aldrin
Mission Control Center
Rocco Petrone
Hopkins Named To Study Group
Representative Forest W. Hopkins of North East says he has been named a member of a House committee examining all manpower training in Pennsylvania. The study stems from House Resolution No. 99 and aims to review state programs across departments with a focus on moving welfare recipients into job training and work. Hopkins notes the panel will provide oversight and ensure training leads to employment.
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Forest W. Hopkins
North East
House
Pennsylvania
Lee A. Donaldson Jr
Hopkins
Senate moves toward Safeguard compromise with testing plan
Senate leaders signal a possible accord on the Safeguard missile defense bill. Proposals would bar deployment while expanding radar and computer testing at sites in North Dakota Montana and two Pacific locations Kwajalein and Eniwetok. Key senators Aiken Mansfield Cooper Hart and McIntyre discuss modifications likely to win broad support from both parties and the Nixon administration.
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Washington
Senate
Pacific
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Aiken
White House
Pentagon
David R. Packard
Packard
Ronald J. Ziegler
Sens
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
North Dakota
Montana
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
Mike Mansfield
Kwajelein
Eniwhetok
Mansfield
Shortway Color Film Promotes Interstate 80 View
The State Highway Department plans a 27 minute color film on Interstate 80 construction. Public information officer Robert E. Hetherington says the project costs about 5 thousand dollars, far less than outsourcing at about 30 thousand. Three such productions are under way detailing history, industrial growth, and economy across 13 counties while showcasing safety and absence of signals. The Public Information Bureau will produce, directed by Henry L. Miller with cinematographers Meachum, Snavely, Davis, and Reber.
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State Highway Department
Robert E. Hetherington
Department
The
Journal
Areday
Hetherington
Highway Department Public Information
the Journal
Pennsylvania
Monroe
Carbon
Luzerne
Columbia
Montour
Northumberland
Union
Clinton
Centre
Clearfield
Jefferson
Clarion
Butler
Venango
Mercer
Public Information Bureau
Department of Highways
Henry L. Miller
William D. Meachum
Thomas A Snavely
James A. Davis
Edward Reber
Helicopter Dusting Field Strikes Wire Lands Safely
A Agrotor helicopter struck a electric line near Pittsfield on Route 6 while dusting a potato field for George Langer Farms. The pilot from Youngstown sustained a minor facial cut but escaped injury. The craft landed in a nearby field about three miles north of Pittsfield. Langer reported only minor damage and noted the firm was hired to dust leased potato fields.
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Pittsfield
Agrotor
Youngstown
Ohio
George Langer
R.D. 1
Marnie D. Taylor
B.D. 1
Langer
New Sugar Grove
Blind for 31 Years Sees Family First Time in Life
Ralph Voelker blinded at 17 after a paint pressure tank explosion in Arlington Heights, returned from New York where an experimental operation repaired one eye. He saw wife Dolores for the first time and his four children Paul 8 John 6 Alan 4 months Jeanne 15 months, while expressing joy and gratitude.
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Voelker
New York
Paul
John
Alan
Jeanne
Dolores
Arlington Heights
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
House Eyes Violence Control May Cut Off Student Aid
Washington AP House Appropriations subcommittee backs a provision to cut federal funds to students involved in violent campus uprisings. The amendment removes the hearing requirement and would bar aid to those who participated in disruptions, affecting about 1.5 million aid recipients.
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Washington
House
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Smith
Office of Education
House Education and Labor Committee
Education and Labor Group
Nixon
Edith Green
D-Ore
Education Committee
Congress
Local Man Fined For Unpaid Motor Vehicle Fines
Gary D. Wolfe, 22, of Kundracik's Trailer Court on East Columbus Avenue, was arrested after failing to pay fines on two motor vehicle citations. He was brought to Justice Floyd Marsh of Beaver Dam by Trooper Richard Gambino, who fined him on both charges. Wolfe paid the fines and was released.
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Corry
Gary D. Wolfe
Kundracik
East Columbus Avenue
Richard Gambino
Wolfe
Justice of the Peace
Floyd Marsh
Beaverdam
Marsh
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Dr. Spock
Shortway
Pittsburgh
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Neal Smith
Iowa
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van Erie Hospital
Endsley
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