Want Ads and a Senate Day Cut Joke
A collage of brief notes covers want ads in newspapers and a quip by Edward Brooke on trimming Senate days. Sen. Brooke suggests stopping formal titles to save work time, drawing a warm response from Senate leaders who comment on the idea with polite irony. A Georgia note recalls a clever response to misleading solicitations by paying a debt as if addressed to Occupant.
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Edward Brooke
Rmass
Senate
Sen. Brooke
Mike Mansfield
Massachusetts
Tifton
Law Makes Bomb Training Necessary
A. L. Posey watches an IRS firebomb training demo at Ft. Rucker. The program, begun Jan. 4, trains 550 Southeast agents in bomb evidence collection and explosive identification under the Organized Crime Act of 1970. Demonstrations at several forts included 15 devices per site, mostly homemade from common items.
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William L. Chaze
Associated Press
FT. Rucker
Ala
A. L. Posey
Tampa
Fla
Posey
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division
Internal Revenue Service
Joseph F. Kelly
Ft. McClellan
Ft. Gordon
All Volunteer Army Plan in Pay Proposal
President Nixon seeks a mid 1972 all volunteer Army by approving a 1.5 billion pay raise and life quality improvements. He proposes extending draft authority to two years, with emphasis on lower grade pay, ROTC expansion, and national lottery quotas. Senate panel to hear draft reform next week. other lawmakers push for broader pay increases and benefits.
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Mike Shanahan
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Congress
John Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Mississippi
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Big Increase in Telephones Worldwide
The world’s telephone count rose 90 percent in ten years to 255 million, per AT&T. The United States leads with 115.2 million phones, about 45 percent of the total, followed by Japan at 23.1 million and the United Kingdom at 13.9 million.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
United States
Japan
United Kingdom
At&t
Connally Says He Can Help Stabilize Economy
Democrat John B. Connally told the Senate Finance Committee he joined Nixon's cabinet to help stabilize the economy and he would be his own man as treasury secretary. He discussed alarm over rising prices and wages and cited a 15 percent rise in construction workers' salaries as a sticking point for federal spending.
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Peggy Simpson
Associated Press
Washington
John B. Connally
Texas
Senate Finance Committee
Nixon
Connally
the Treasury
Treasury
Defector Gets Possessions After Court Permission
New York AP Natalya Makaro va defected ballerina granted court leave to reenter her Park Avenue apartment after being locked out of what she called all her worldly possessions. An affidavit says she and interpreter Vladimir Rodzienko sublet from Irene Epstein for three months at 5400 monthly. Epstein claimed 1000 damage and unpaid bills as locks were changed during negotiations.
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New York
Natalya Makarova
Park Avenue
State Supreme Court
Miss Makarova
Vladimir Rodzienko
Irene Epstein
Phase of Manson trial turns chaotic in court
Charles Manson opened the penalty phase of the Tate murder trial with outbursts insulting Judge Older and attacking his attorney Irving Kanarek. He was ejected after punching the lawyer as chaos erupted during a day of twists in Los Angeles.
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Linda Deutsch
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Lotsapoppa
Manson
Patricia Krenwinkel
Miss Tate
Susan Atkins
Superior Court
Charles Older
Older
Irving Kanarek
Living Costs Soar and White House Silent
A Labor Department report shows the largest two year rise in living costs in nearly 25 years. December prices advanced more, lifting 1970 inflation to 5.5 percent after 6.1 percent in 1969. Unemployment rose to 4.6 million. wages lagged behind purchasing power. The White House offered no immediate comment.
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White House
Neil Gilbride
Washington (Ap
Labor Department
Joel Popkin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Paul W. McCracken
Reagan Plans to Back Nixon at 1972 Convention
California Governor Ronald Reagan said he told President Nixon he has no personal designs on the White House and will lead California’s delegation to the GOP convention pledged to Nixon’s renomination. Reagan described the relation with Nixon as very close and said there has been no communication problem with Nixon or Vice President Agnew. He noted past welfare reform criticism and opposition to national health insurance, fueling speculation of a possible alternate 1972 Republican bid.
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Bill Stall
Associated Press
Sacramento
Calif
California
Ronald Reagan
Nixon
White House
Reagan
Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Sun Valley
Agnew
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Office of Economic Opportunity
Is Youth the Best Time of Life Debate
HAL BOYLE argues nostalgia tilts views toward youth, claiming childhood seems idealized while adults recall freedom as they face later troubles. He notes children feel guilty and adolescence brings anxiety, suggesting memory colors rating of life stages.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Curbstone
Tax Revision Bill to Raise $20 Million in Arkansas Senate
A Senate tax revision bill introduced by Sen. Joe T. Ford proposes the potential to raise about $20 million, with Gov. Bumpers aides to study it for possible inclusion in the governor’s tax package. The measure tightens property assessment laws, boosts sampling by the Assessment Coordination Division, repeals certain use tax exemptions, and targets lost revenue from underassessed personal property.
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Little Rock
Senate
Joe T. Ford
Ford
Dale Bumpers
Legislative Activisry Committee On
District Lines Drawn for Congress Fight
Washington AP reports redistricting after the 1970 census shapes 1972 House elections. States will gain or lose seats. Democrats claim control of redistricting in 19 states to Republicans 11, with 20 states split. Campaigns push governors and legislatures to favor their lines.
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Washington
Bob Wilson
Calif
Republican Congressional Committee
Congress
Democratic Congressional Committee
Houses of Representatives
Florida
Texas
Ohio
Apollo 14 Blastoff Set for Sunday
Apollo 14 is ready for launch from Cape Kennedy on Sunday at 3 23 p m EST with astronauts Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa aboard Saturn 5. The mission aims for a Fra Mauro landing while Roosa orbits in Kitty Hawk and the crew undergoes medical isolation until launch.
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Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Lunar
Fran Mauro
Earth
Cone Crater
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Stuart A. Roosa
America
Houston
Louise Shepard
Shepard
Louise Mitchell
Joan Roosa
Space Rockies
Roosa
Moon
Mitchell
Antares
Fra Mauro
Cone
Kitty Hawk
Mitchel
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