Nixon seeks 60 million for arts and humanities
President Nixon urged Congress to provide 60 million dollars for the arts and humanities endowments, double the present level, saying poets painters musicians and dancers help raise the nation’s understanding and perception as engineers scientists reach the moon. He spoke at the fifth annual conference of the Associated Councils of Arts, the first time a president addressed a national arts group.
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Washington
Nixon
Associated Councils of Arts
Congress
Elderly sisters robbed and beaten for life savings
Two elderly sisters Lucy Torres 74 and Manuela Torres 71 were attacked with a flashlight in their Los Angeles home. Five teenage boys were arrested. about 14,300 dollars were recovered from a bag under a sink. The sisters were hospitalized in critical condition with fractures and head injuries.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Lucy
Manuela Torres
County Usc Medical Center
Church rejects Angela Davis defense ban by Presbyterian Assembly
The United Presbyterian Church rejected a motion to ban further legal defense funding for Angela Davis but approved a probe into the propriety of a $10,000 gift already given. Delegates voted 330 to 319 on propriety and 364 to 299 on limiting future contributions, amid debate at the General Assembly. The church emergency legal aid fund stands at $100,000. William F. Thompson was reelected stated clerk as the 15th General Assembly winds down its 14-day session.
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Rochester
United Presbyterian Church
Angela Davis
General Assembly
Sesson
Assembly
Miss Davis
California
Black Panther of
Nyc
Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund
William F. Thompson
Wayne
Rd General Assembly
Man Arrested After Attempted Aboard Air West Flight
Redmond Oregon police arrested Steven M. Street a 24 year old California man after he ran onto an Air West twin propjet at the Redmond airport ramp and demanded to be flown to Denver. Street carried himself as if armed and was taken into custody on a trespassing charge. The flight from Portland to Sacramento was delayed about two hours while passengers were unloaded and the plane searched. Street cited depression over a girlfriend and graduate school plans as possible motives.
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Redmond
Ore
UPI
Air West
Denver
Colo
Steven M. Street
Palo Verdes
Calif
Street
Bill Lovelace
Lovelace
Alter Street
Portland
San Francisco
Klamath Falls
Sacramento
Public health warns on Hong Kong metalware import
San Francisco officials warned against colorful enamel painted kitchen ware from Hong Kong sold by Cost Plus Inc. Cadmium in the items, found at 6.5 to 17.4 parts per million, can leach into foods when chipped or in contact with vinegar juices or tea. The department ordered immediate removal of the utensils from sale.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Hong Kong
Francis J. Curey
Curey
Cost Pus, Inc
Cost Plus
Curry
Lava nears Fornazzo as Etna threatens region
Molten lava reached two yards from the village of Fornazzo on Mount Etna but split on a lava ridge and spared the town for now. Other lava tongues descended Mt Elna endangering a principal road while a 9,500 foot crater shot hot sand. Local farmer Mario Coco watched his chestnut orchard burn as he saved some trees and crops. Etna has opened a new mouth halfway up the volcano, threatening eight towns and hamlets in the area.
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Catanta
Sicily
UPI
Fornazzo
Mt. Elna
Mario Coco
Senate panel weighs ghetto violence causes and reforms
Senate Judiciary subcommittee hears from Otto Kerner on police tactics shifting away from automatic weapons since 1967 riots. He cites unemployment among young blacks, lingering white racism, and improved police relations as keys to preventing summer disturbances, with focus on turning presidential commission findings into action.
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Washington
Commission On
Commission On Crime
Milton Eisenhower
Commission On Violence
Kerner
Labor Department
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Nixon college aid plan loses key House backers
In Washington, the Nixon administration proposal to fund colleges by matching federal aid to student aid drew opposition from top House education backers Rep. Edith Green and Rep. Albert Quie. They favor direct subsidies to institutions and warn the plan would neglect private colleges and fail to address needs.
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Nixon College
Washington
House
Albert J. Quie
R-Minn
Education and Labor Committee
Edith Green
Dore
James B Cardwell
HEW
Cardwell
Congress
Quie
Green
Age a factor in patent medicines
FDA Commissioner Charles C Edwards told a Senate subcommittee that drug firms use claims of novelty to dodge safety rules. He cited cases where old ingredients are mixed into new formulations under the broadly defined general recognized as safe clause, challenging three patent medicines in court and noting ads like Vivarin promise dramatic effects with caffeine and sugar.
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Washington
UPT
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Charles C. Edwards
Senate
Edwards
Gaylord Nelson
Dawis
Small Business Committee
Nelson
Henry E. Simmons
DA Bureau of Drugs
Unification of agencies approved in Nixon plan
The House approved Nixon’s plan to merge seven volunteer programs into a new agency. A 224 to 181 vote defeated a resolution to block the reorganization, which would absorb VISTA, Peace Corps, and the Teacher Corps with six smaller programs. If Senate inaction continues, the reform would take effect June 7. a June 2 Senate vote is pending.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
House
Senate
VISTA
America
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
D-N.y
Office of Economic Opportunity
Peace Corps
Teacher Corps
Park wins majority for South Korean National Assembly
President Chung Hee Park's Democratic Republican party appears to have secured a clear majority in the newly elected South Korean National Assembly, signaling strong support for his government and its policies. The report notes the party's anticipated dominance in upcoming legislative sessions.
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Seoul
Chung Hee Park
Democratic Republican Party
House Senate group agrees on public works plan
House and Senate negotiators reached a compromise to push final congressional approval for up to 2.0 billion in public works jobs. The measure would fund 40 percent of local project costs like sewers and hospitals, tied to a 5.4 billion package including four year extensions of regional development programs Nixon favors.
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House
Senate
Washington
Nixon
Jury Locked In Elevator After Guilty Verdict
A seven woman five man jury found a defendant guilty in a Municipal Court case and, while leaving, became trapped in a courthouse elevator for about an hour. The jury was freed after Tiemen lowered a ladder through a ceiling hatch. One juror quipped about a hung jury.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Tiemen
$5 billion military pay hike sparks security fears
The Pentagon warned the Senate that a one year pay raise potentially totaling over 5 billion dollars could seriously threaten national security. Deputy Secretary Packard argued the Hughes Schweiker amendment to raise the annual pay boost would force base closings and cost cutting in defense contracts.
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Washington
Pentagon
Senate
David Packard
John ©. Stennis
Harold E. Hughes
D Lowa
Richard
Schweiker
Packard
Colorado
Peter Dominick
Clouse
Hughes Schweiker
Nixon
House
Stennis
George McGovern
Mark Hatfield
R-Ore
Indochina
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Vietnam
John, V. Tunney
D-Calif
Congress
Nixon to name Froehlke Army secretary nominee
Washington APE sources say President Nixon will nominate Robert Froehlke to be the next secretary of the Army pending Senate confirmation. The 48 year old, a lifelong friend of Defense Secretary Melvin Laird, would replace Stanley Resor who announced his resignation after six years. Froehlke has served as Assistant Defense Secretary since 1963 and previously ran Laird’s political campaigns in Wisconsin.
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Washington
Ape
Nixon
Defense
Robert ¥. Froehlke
Army
Administration
Froehlke
Senate
Stanley R. Resor
Kroehike
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Froehike
Riously
Pentagon
Wisconsin
Congress
Strip girls fired for sleeping after late shift
Nine waitresses at a Soho strip club in London were fired after refusing to start work at 11 am for “beauty sleep.” Club owner Paul Raymond demanded the early shift. the staff opted out to maintain their eight hours rest, with waitress Geraldine Dack noting workers need sleep to look sexy.
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London
UPH
Soho
Paul Raymond
Raymond
Geraldine Dack
Namesake robbery disrupts Nixon ceremony drive
A bandit armed with a small caliber pistol robbed Nixon's Grig store on Tuesday as President Nixon toured the city to events marking the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway construction.
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Dobile
UPI
Nixon
Fragmented The Bailey Review masthead and notices
Obscure newspaper masthead entry for The Bailey Review of Hayward California includes publisher and mail details with misspelled names. The text lists subscription rates and office addresses for Hayward and San Leandro, with postal and printing notes.
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Baily Review, Inc
Floyd Sparks
Willian Chilegie
Business Menawer
Hayward
Fornia
Absde
Addrats
Winton
Calif
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