Sesame Street for adults prompts education push
The U S Office of Education may expand CTW efforts beyond children to adult instructional programs. Sid Marland Jr notes plans to explore areas like Right to Read career and environmental education with the Sesame Street model. An $8 million annual CTW budget has educated millions of preschoolers, prompting questions on adult impact.
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Sesame Street
Children’s Television Workshop
U.S. Office of Education
CTV
Sidney P. Marland Jr
CTW
The
Times
New Orleans
Times-Picayune
Pollution Fight Asks More Funds
Washington AP report says the Citizens Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality says air pollution is the nation's top health hazard and deserves a bigger federal budget share. It urges compulsory phased car anti pollution devices, stronger water quality programs, and continued funding for water treatment matching a $12 billion three year plan.
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Washington
Citizens' Advisory Committee On
Nixon
Mills Not a Declared Seeker of Presidency
Washington AP Mills says he is not a candidate for the White House though friends may urge him to run. He tours the South and Florida and notes he does not want his name on the ballot but remains open to possible support in states with primaries next year. Observers see limited southern appeal and mixed signals from party colleagues as Muskie gains early backing in North Carolina.
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Washington
Wilbur D. Mills
White House
Nashville
Tenn
Richard Fulton
William R. Anderson
Ray Blanton
Raleigh
N.C
Mills
Florida
Bill Chappell
House
Walter R. Jones
D-N.c
George Wallace
Wilbur
Wallace
North Carolina
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Bob Scott
Quick Ban on Strip Mines Opposed
Janet Stashar reports that a sudden national ban on strip mining could trigger energy shortages. Osborn of the U S Bureau of Mines warns a five year phaseout would require oil imports and likely a shift back to deep shaft mining. The Hechler bill aims to ban strip mining after six months, risking 20 000 miners and a sharp drop in Western coal output.
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Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Elburt F. Osborn
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Osborn
House Appropriations
Ken Hechler
D-W.va
Hechler
Appalachian
United States
West
Bureau
Congress
Hollis M. Dole
Mineral Resources
Republicans Ready for New Drive in Ethnic Vote Lines
GOP officials convene nearly 200 ethnic Americans in Washington to form the Nationalities Council as a permanent division. They stress anticommunism and law and order to court Italian, German, East European and other heritage groups, arguing ethnic Americans share core values with the Republicans and favor strong defense. Estimates place ethnics at about 80 million in the population, with 30 to 40 million of voting age.
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Gregg Herrington
Associated Press
Washington
GOP
Robert Dole
Kansas
Democratic Party
GOP National Committee
First Nationalities Council
Laszlo Pasztor
GOP Heritage Groups
New Left
America
Richard Scammon
Ben Wattenberg
U.S
Stalin's Daughter Gives Birth In California
Svetlana Peters, daughter of Josef Stalin, gave birth overnight to a seven pound nine ounce girl named Olga at Marin General Hospital San Rafael. The mother and baby are reported well. Peters, 45, and her husband William Wesley Peters, chief architect of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, reside in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Calif
Svetlana Peters
Josef Stalin
Olga
Peters
William Wesley Peters
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Scottsdale
Ariz
Spring Green
Wis
Marin General Hospital
S.J. Hayakawa
San Francisco State College
Johnson Library to Cost Four Times Estimate
Budget records show the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library will cost the federal government four times more to operate than the figure provided to Congress. President Nixon, Vice President Agnew and veterans from Johnson's Great Society prepare for the dedication on the University of Texas campus as the General Services Administration takes over operation and protection, adding costs to the National Archives budget for 31 million documents and 500000 photographs from Johnson’s presidency.
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
Congress
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Johnson
Great Society
University of Texas
General Services Administration
National Archives
Fnal
Archives
Federal Treasury
GSA
Office of Education
Sid Richardson
Funeral cost of SST is criticized
Washington AP reports the House rejected the Senate's 155.8 million SST shutdown payment and approved 97.3 million instead, signaling the SST death. Senators who awaited final action quit, and House leaders say revival efforts are over. The split funded contract repayments to Boeing and General Electric.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
U.S
Boeing Co
General Electric
White House
Boeing Board
William H. Allen
Mass Production of Modular Homes Seen Expanding
Housing Secretary George Romney foresees rapid growth for modular housing in the next decade as 75 percent of U S housing may be built on assembly lines. The Levitt Building Systems plant rolled out the first modular unit under Operation Breakthrough and plans to produce 600 units this year with 2 000 units on a single shift by 1973. Seven plants are planned nationwide as 22 firms compete for a slice of the modular market. 200 units will be site assembled near Detroit 43 near Raleigh and 25 in Seattle.
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Battle Creek
Mich
George Romney
Romney
Kalamazoo
Levitt Building Systems,Inc
Levitt
Operation Breakthrough
79 Nations Agree On Satellite Authority Shuffle
Washington AP Lewis Gulick reports 79 nations at the Intelsat conference agree on a new permanent setup for international satellite communications. President Nixon called the agreement historic, noting reduced U.S. voting power to 40 percent or less and Comsat’s future removal as manager in about seven years. A parent assembly will have one vote per country with advisory power only.
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Washington
Nixon
Intelsat
International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium
U.S
United States
U.S. Communications Satellite Corp
Comsat
Intelsat Assembly
Urges Voter Drive for 18ers
Bill Alexander, D Ark, asks Arkansas Association of County Judges to plan a voter registration drive for 18 year olds who gain eligibility under the constitutional amendment. He urges judges to expedite registration of these eligible citizens in a letter to Ouachita County Association president Judge Alfred Stinnett.
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Washington
Bill Alexander
D - Ark
Arkansas Association of County Judges
Alexander
Alfred Stinnett
Ouachita County
Association
Orders More Blacks Hired by State
Gov. Dale Bumpers ordered state department heads to hire more Black workers. Letters went to directors of 13 major departments and to the Merit System Council and Office of Economic Opportunity. Independent agencies Game and Fish and Highway were included. Administrators will keep minority applicant files and coordinate referrals with related agencies.
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Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
State Department
J. Merle Lemley
State Merit System Council
Robert Whitfield
State Office of Economic Opportunity
Bumpers
State Game and Fish Commission
State Highway Department
Wks
State ‘Asment
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