Ingenious Mayors Hold Economy Key in Tight Budget
Mayors Kevin White of Boston and Peter Flaherty of Pittsburgh press tight budgets amid reduced tax bases and growing welfare demands. White imposes a 5 percent payroll cut across agencies except police and warns vacancies will not be filled. Flaherty confronts unions after a plumbers strike over jurisdiction as he runs city within means.
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Kevin White
Boston
White
Peter F. Flaherty
Pittsburgh
Flaherty
Divorce in the sixties reshaped American marriages
Census data show rising divorce rates and more single young adults in the 1960s while median first marriage ages held at 23.2 for men and 20.8 for women. In 1970, 47 divorced per 1000 married. remarry rates higher for men.
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Census Bureau
Nixon Eyes 1971 Emphasis on Domestic Affairs and Limited Foreign Policy
The 1971 State of the World message may follow a year marked by Nixon focus on domestic policy and a quieter foreign policy role. Kissinger consolidates influence, while State Department power wanes and internal tensions surface over policy directing.
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Nixon
Indochina
State Department
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Kissinger
William P. Rogers
Dean Acheson
Truman
Secretary of State
Woodrow Wilson
Col. E. M. House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Secretary of Defense
Rogers
Congress
Africa
Richard Holbrooke
Foreign Service
Department
Interior sanctions Alaska oil pipeline amid criticism
Interior Department approved the 800 mile Alaska pipeline on January 13 amid claims its ecologists say the decision ignored facts and relied on oil industry propaganda. Top interior ecologists allege their views were muzzled and suppressed during approval.
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Washington
Interior Department
Department
Interior
Alaska
Secret 38 page report attacks Alaska pipeline plan
Ecologists allege Interior Department rush to aid oil interests risks land and marine resources. They claim the 800 mile Alaska pipeline is vulnerable to bombing, earthquakes, and sabotage and demand a master land use plan before proceeding. Hearings are upcoming in Washington and Alaska.
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Department
U. S
Alaska
Venezuela
Mideast
America
Interior Department
Washington
Interior
Rogers Morton
Laos Sweep Drives Nixon Strategy and Space Contract
The piece argues the Laos cross border action aims to disrupt North Vietnamese buildup and blunt a looming fall offensive to pressure U S withdrawal. It notes J Robert Porter Jr obtained a 54118 contract for Earth Satellite Corp to study sensor satellites aiding the fishing industry.
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Washington
Laos
Hanoi
U. S
Nixon
North Vietnam
J. Robert Porter, Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Earth Satellite Corporation
High Point Chronicle Reports Community Calls for Calm After Panthers Clash
The High Point column recalls a tense eviction of Black Panthers at Hulda Street ending in Police Lieutenant Shaw Cooke wounded and likely to recover. It notes perps fled, praises measured law enforcement, and urges community restraint across races. It also covers local home purchases, Lincoln car history, a new church, mail automation, and a safety award for J Frank Shields.
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High Point
Hulda Street
Shaw Cooke
Eastern Hills Christian Church
Sechrest Funeral Home
Enterprise Street
Christ
Greensboro
Associated Press
N.C
Point
N. C
High Point Enterprise, Inc
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