Cleanliness as a national goal drives EPA progress and auto deadlines
Cleanliness dominates religious and civic discourse and fuels a national push to reduce air and water pollution. The EPA approve s state plans and extends deadlines for 18 states to meet primary emission standards by 1977 as automakers race to balance clean tech with car performance and cost.
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Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
William Ruckelshaus
Alabama
American Samoa
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Guam
Mississippi
New Hampshire
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oregon
Puerto Rico
South Dakota
West Virginia
Ruckelshaus
Avery
U. S
WPA
Congress
Fidel Castros Africa tour and fears of heart failure
Fidel Castro the Red Hero of Communist Cuba travels to Africa and Eastern Europe to shore up support and deflect hardship at home. Warsaw stop comes amid reports from Polish sources of a possible heart infarct, which Castro denies while pressuring AP reporters. He insists on a “heart of steel” as critics warn of mortal risk.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Africa
Europe
Moscow
Havana
Fidel
Warsaw
Nixon
Hungary
Associated Press
Peck
Hades
Government productivity study cited by Hodgson argues gains may reflect measurement
The labor secretary notes federal workers show about 2 percent annual productivity growth from fiscal 1997 to 1971, outpacing private industry. The piece cautions the measure may favor easily counted tasks and highlights the need to focus on work with real public value and eliminating marginal work.
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Hodgson
Vindication of Angela Davis by Buckley and the trial
William F Buckley Jr argues Angela Davis was effectively vindicated by the jury not guilty verdict and that the case reveals the American justice system has become political and subject to outside pressure. He contrasts Davis with public figures like Kingman Brewster and Bobby Seale, questioning whether juries are inherently racist and whether revolutionaries are treated differently by the courts.
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Angela Davis
Miss Davis
Bobby Seale
Kingman Brewster
Yate
Connecticut
Brewster
Angelia Davis
Worlt
Angele Davis
Morning After Hangover Hints SALT Fallout for U S Trade
Washington column details after the SALT deal as Defense Secretary Laird and aides discuss the limits of the pact. It notes hopes for a five year breather, with spillover into U S plans for Soviet LNG and oil projects, Eximbank stance, and talks on barter grain for oil amid absent lend lease debt.
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Washington, D.C
Moscow
Soviet Union
Andrews Air Force Base
Laird
USA
Administration
Nixon
White House
Peter Flanigan
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Export-Import Bank
Flanigan
Proxmire
Ussr
U.S
Froxmire
Eximbank
Barkis
Butz
Sovietland
Russia
Democrats Turn Toward Nixon If McGovern Gets Nomination
Washington observers report a shakeup among lifelong Democrats who might publicly back Nixon after McGovern secures the nomination. White House ties constrain endorsements, while Connally would bridge to Nixon with a new Democratic for Nixon push.
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Washington
KFL
George McGovern
Item
Richard Nixon
John Mitchell
McGovern
Nixon
Humphrey
White House
U.S
Spaeli
Democratic Party
Len McGovern
Israel
Atlantic
John Kennett Galbraith
Connally
John Connally
Resolute write-in candidate seeks Morton Township GOP seat
A self declared Republican hopeful recounts failing to make the local ballot after his spouse fell short on signatures. He ran as a write in May 16 and received three votes. He vows to attend the county convention as Morton Township's delegate and predicts party bosses will select him to fill the vacancy. He criticizes cross over votes and notes broader political cynicism.
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Morton Township
Mecosta County
Michigtan
Annette
Hartke
Lindsay
George Wallace
Nixon
GOP
Delta
Louisiana
Citizens’ Party
George Romney
Michigan
John Lindsay
George McGovern
Oregon's Willamette River Restored by Pollution Drive
Washington reports Oregon transformed the Willamette from a highly polluted waterway to a popular fishing swimming and boating river. National Geographic writer Ethel A Starbird notes Chinook salmon now return past former falls, with clean water and revived life. Governor Tom McCall official Kessler Cannon recalls past pollution by municipalities mills and processors.
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Washington
Oregon
Willamette River
Wilmette
National Geographic
Ethe
A. Starbird
Miss Starbird
Salem
Tittle Mil Creek
Willamette
Kessler Cannon
Tom McCall
Natural Resources
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Holmes Alexander
Jeffrey Hart
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