Disaster Loan Plan Criticized By SBA Official
California flood victims faced tighter SBA disaster loan rules as federal orders tightened the program. Clarence Cowles, director of disaster loans, testified before a House subcommittee that the policy grew more restrictive after White House directives about a year earlier.
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House Flood Control
California
Clarence Cowles
SBA
Office of Disaster Loans
White House
Cowles
Howard Rogerson
Rogersen
Johnson
Video tape admitted in court martial on mutiny at stockade
A video recording of a disturbance at the Presidio Stockade was admitted into evidence in a Fort Lewis court martial despite defense objections. The tape by S Sgt Steven Black was said to be potentially prejudicial yet useful, showing prisoners chanting and later being moved. The board, led by Lt Col Robert Campbell, will determine guilt or innocence of five defendants.
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FT. Lewis
Wash
UPI
Presidio” Stockade
San Francisco
John G. Lee
Lee
Steven C. Black
Black
David W. Lowe
Fourth Tarzana house evacuated as hill slips again
A Tarzana residence slid more than five inches down a hill on Friday within 30 minutes, the fourth house on the street evacuated in two days. Two nearby homes on Dunas Lane were evacuated Thursday as hillside slippage continued.
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Tarzana
CNS
Dunas Lane
Private Viet Talks Seen as Path to Break Vietnam Stalemate
Paris observers predict President Nixon will order private talks with the Communists to speed Vietnam negotiations. North Vietnamese and NLF officials say private talks are needed but urge a fundamental shift in U S policy, including troop withdrawal, for progress in Paris.
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UPI
Nixon
Vietnam
Saigon
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
North Vietnam
Ray Set to Meet Lawyers Over King Case Libel Plans
Two attorneys including J. B. Stoner and Arthur J. Hanes discussed potential meetings with James Earl Ray amid talks of a possible new King assassination trial. Stoner said he would defend Ray in a criminal case if asked.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
J. B. Stoner
Savannah
Ray
Arthur J. Hanes
Birmingham
Ala
Robert Hill Jr
Stoner
Chicano Protester Shot Near Denver West High
Violence escalated during a Chicano Power demonstration near Denver West High School when a 26 year old demonstrator Joseph Vigil was wounded by birdshot fired by a police officer. Earlier 25 people were arrested after about 200 students walked out in protest of alleged racist slurs in class.
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Denver
Denver West High School
E. W. Horan
West High School
Nixon Hunger Consultant Drawing $100 Per Day
The Nixon administration hired a hunger consultant at the rate of 100 dollars daily. Robert B Choate, described as a hunger crusader, has advised HEW Secretary Robert H Finch on malnutrition since shortly after Nixon’s inauguration. He worked several days a week, offered political context, and noted broad receptivity to hunger policy ideas.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Robert B. Choate
Choate
Robert H. Finch
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Little Rock
Vista
Boston
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Senate
Saale
Vossang
California panel backs Reagan plan to reorganize state group
The eight member California little Hoover Commission unanimously endorsed Gov. Ronald Reagan's plan to abolish or consolidate 31 departments or functions and create a department of navigation and ocean development. Chairman D. W. Holmes of Madera said the reorganization would be an enlightened and common sense measure.
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Sacramento
UPS
California
Little Hoover” Commission
Ronald Reagan
D. W. Holmes
Madera
Department of Navigation and Ocean Development
United States and Canada to dry American Falls for repairs
Officials from both nations agreed to stop water over the American Falls for up to six months to inspect rock and assess needed repairs. A temporary dam will divert water from the 600 foot channel upstream of the falls, leaving Horseshoe Falls largely untouched.
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United States
Canada
Niagara Falls
Army Corps of Engineers
State de
Goat Island
Niagara River
Horseshoe Falls
Niagara
American Falls
Corps of Engineers
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E. 10Th St
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