Editorial: Families Hopeful, Governors Skeptical on Aid Plan
Five state governors traveled to Washington to press for the Family Assistance Plan. They urged federal direction and funding to guarantee a nationwide minimum income and uniform eligibility, while Virginia Governor Linwood Holton backed slower, local control citing costs and political realities. The debate split along practical and fiscal lines with Holton arguing for immediate relief and refinements later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eut Nixon
Congress
Virginia
Linwood Holton
Holton
Overnor
Overnor Holton
Nixon
Nixon orders 4000 sky marshals to protect US airlines
President Nixon mandates 4000 federal sky marshals to guard United States airlines amid hijackings. Escorts will come from Treasury and other federal agencies, joined by military police, with carriers funding detection gear and guard seating while a tax levy offsets program costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Jordan Desert
Nixon
The
Treasury
Congress
Community of Nations
United States
High Seas
Egypt
Lebanon
Hussein
Von Braun team faces budget cuts halting moon program
The NASA budget for 1971 prompts layoffs and demotions among von Braun’s Peenemunde veterans at Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville Alabama. At least seven receive dismissal notices and five are demoted. 38 remain. Albin Wittman 62 says the moon landing fulfilled their dreams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Wernher von Braun
London
United States
von Braun
America
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Third Reich
NASA
New York Times
Peenemunde
Albin E. Wittman
Suez clash looming as Russia backs Egypt
Washington reports confirm Soviet military aid to Egypt for an amphibious crossing of the Suez Canal including power rafts and pontoon bridges. Israel faces a tense showdown as Meir weighs talks with Nixon amid fears of renewed canal control by Cairo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Israel
Russia
Suez Canal
United Arab Republic
Suez
Golda Meir
Nixon
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Arabian Sea
Indian Ocean
Arabian
Donald Bergus
U.S
Cairo
Bergus
Middle East
Germany
Soviet Union
Axel Springer
Europe
Berlin
Springer
der Spiegel
Venice
Americans Embrace Broad Philanthropy In 1969 Giving
The Family Economics Bureau reports Americans donated a record 17.6 billion to religion education health and welfare culture and civic causes in 1969. Bequests totaling 1.5 billion and corporate gifts aided urban and health programs while volunteers surged with 60 million people giving 245 million hours weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family Economics Bureau of
Northwestern National Life Insurance Co
Family Economics Bureau
Detroit
United Negro College Fund
United Fund
United Funds
Julius Rosenwald
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hitler
Baltic Sea
High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
High Point
N. C
D.a.rawley
C. H. Lockwood
David A. Brawley, JR
Randall B. Terry, JR
Joseph P.rawley
JOR Aroun
Egee Cees
C. W. Patterson, JR
V. W. Idol, JR
Richard Teague
Mgr
Associated Press
N.C
AP News
By Jack Anderson
Pharaoh
Moses
FAIR
Ohio
Chillicothe Correctional Institution
Charles H. Fair
Martin Janis
Chillicothe
Merry
Holt McPherson
Pn al
University of Richmond
E. Clairborn Robins
Richmond
Minnesota
New York
Harvard
Cornell
Yale
Andrew Carnegie
Pittsburgh Symphony
Carnegie
Mrs. Carnegie
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!