City Clean-Up Campaign and Auto Disposal Plan
May will host a city wide cleanup with a ward by ward schedule and a new containers theme to curb trash. The city has signed with Southern Converting to dispose of abandoned autos by title and distance based fees, aiming to reduce eye sores and hazards.
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Public Works Department
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C.P
High Point
Southern Converting Company
Leo Kelleher
High Point Road
Greensboro
Southern Converting
Kelleher
Easter egg hunt chaos at park on Easter Monday
Reader laments adults overpowering children at a park Easter Monday egg hunt. Preschoolers often left empty handed as parents swooped in, grabbing eggs and filling baskets instead of letting kids compete. The writer criticizes the behavior and suggests adults stage their own hunt next year.
Scientist Lapp Says Safeguard ABM Plan Is a Mistake
Washington AP scientist Ralph Lapp, longtime critic of Defense programs, calls the Nixon admin move to deploy the Safeguard antiballistic missile system an incredible mistake. He argues it would provoke Soviet buildup and doubts any first strike protection. Lapp says the plan overestimates U.S. and Soviet capabilities and flaws in the administration’s logic.
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Ralph E. Lapp
Senate
Lapp
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Congress
Soviet Union
Laird
Pentagon
Harvard Hall clash as police seize protesters
More than 400 officers cleared 200 Harvard protesters from University Hall in Cambridge injuring 30 and arresting about 200 amid clashes with helmeted police. Students chanted and hurled objects while Pusey faced calls to depart as Yard turmoil continued.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard
University Hall
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Harvard Yard
Memorial Church
Pusey
Nathan M. Pusey
Harvard Crimson
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Crimson
Premium Rates Questioned in Title Insurance Probe
Congressional investigators probing home costs focus on title insurance premia and how titling costs relate to insurer profits. They cite possible antitrust violations and data gaps while noting an estimate that home buyers overpay about 50 million dollars annually.
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Dick Barnes
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Banking Committee
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Federal Reserve Board
Proxmire
Antitrust and Monopoly
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Nixon eyes NATO role in East West ties amid 20th anniversary
President Nixon said NATO allies will turn the fist of defense into a hand of friendship with the Soviets as conditions change. He outlined a three point plan for stronger political coordination, including meetings of NATO deputy foreign ministers, a strategic planning group, and a committee on modern society to marshal Western resources for better living standards. He urged a broader political and social dimension to complement military strength, recalling Eisenhower's fist metaphor.
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Washington
Nixon
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Millionaires Escape First Tax Reforms
Washington reports the Nixon administration will target conglomerates foundations and wealthy hobby farmers in early tax reform proposals. Millionaires paying no taxes will be excluded for now. Ways and Means plans drafting after hearings with focus on private foundations and large mergers.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Capitol Hill
Treasury Department
Ways and Means
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Richard W. McLaren
Justice Department
Moore urges veto power for NC governors in future
Former Gov Dan Moore told a constitutional amendments subcommittee that future North Carolina governors should have veto power though he sees no need for extra powers now. He supported a plan to reduce state departments to three and empower reorganizations, suggesting a limit of not more than 50 departments rather than 25.
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Raleigh
Dan Moore
Constitutional Amendments Subcommittee
North Carolina
Moore
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Life Magazine
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John Harvard
Radcliffe
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