Thurmond accuses Dem official over Life magazine story
U.S. senator Thurmond charged a South Carolina Democratic official helped prepare a Life magazine piece alleging a land sale to the state was inflated. He said Don Fowler aided editors and cited that Simons and he were paid less than property value. Fowler denied direct involvement. Life journalist Walsh said Fowler provided background but was not a prime source.
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Columbia
S.C. S.C
S.C
South Carolina
Democratic Party
Life Magazine
Charles Simons
Life Story
Thurmond and Simons
Thurmond
Don Fowler
State Democratic Party
Life
Voice of the South
Clement Haynsworth
Supreme Court of the United States
Haynsworth
High Court
Fowler
Sen. Thurmond
New York
Denny Walsh
Senate panel OKs ammo purchase exemption bill
The Senate Finance Committee advanced a measure to allow most ammunition purchases without recording buyer name age or address. Backed by 47 senators and the NRA the amendment attaches to a foreign tax bill amid debate over preventing sales to minors criminals and others. The sponsor Sen Wallace Bennett said the exemption covers rifle and shotgun ammo and .22 rimfire components.
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Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Bennett
Congress
Bra Free Friday proves a bust on UNI campus
On the University of Northern Iowa campus in Cedar Falls the Bra less Friday event drew male attention but ended with little interest as photographers reported confusion and a campus pond yielded two tossed bras.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
University of Northern Iowa
Space Fund Approved After Senate Debate
The Senate swiftly passed a 3.7 billion space authorization by voice vote after 22 months of debate, sending the bill to a conference with the House. Senator Yarborough opposed amendments to restore funds, while Proxmire criticized lunar plans as not solving domestic issues.
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Washington
Senate
Ralph Yarborough
Dtex
Senate Space Committee
Senate House
House
Nixon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
First Lady Removes Nixons Plaque and Phone During White House Tour
Mrs Richard M Nixon led newswomen through the presidential living quarters revealing changes in the White House bedroom. She removed a Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis plaque and her husband pulled out Lyndon B Johnson’s 50 button telephone. The tour showcased private life details.
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Helen Thomas Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixons
Nixon
Oval Room
Southland
Lincoln
Washington Monument
Cabinet
Cabinet Committee
Compton Road Corner Cutoff Plans Announced
Los Angeles county Road Department moves to build a corner cutoff at El Segundo Boulevard and Compton Avenue in Compton. Supervisors authorize payment of 2.167 to Granite Dill Manufacturing Co. for the project site as plans advance.
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County Road Department
el Segundo Blvd
Compton Ave
Compton
Burton Chace
Granite Dill Manufacturing Co
CAB Restricts Newly Awarded Air Routes
The Civil Aeronautics Board blocks certain new routes in the South Southwest and Pacific Northwest to remove overlap among Eastern Braniff Continental and others. It prevents Eastern from direct Los Angeles to Atlanta and Miami routes via one-stop patterns and bars Braniff from single plane Seattle to Miami Tampa and Continental from Dallas to Honolulu via Los Angeles in favor of existing authorities.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Frriday
South
Southwest
Pacific Northwest
Eastern
Braniff
Continental
CAB
Florida
Miami
Tampa
Los Angeles
Houston
National
Northeast
Delta
Bar Eastern
Los Angeles-Atlanta
Nonstop
Puerto Rico
Atlanta
Dallas-New Orleans
Dallas
Texas International
New Orleans
Lubbock
Amarillo
Tex
Oklahoma City
Wichita
Kan
Denver
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Bar Continental
Honolulu
Southern Tier
Dallas-Phoenix
Albuquerque
N.M
Smoking Danger on Planes Studied for Cabin Contaminants
Washington AP reports Secretary Volpe ordered a yearlong study on tobacco smoke in passenger aircraft. FAA and HEW will run the project with cooperation from the Air Force Surgeon General and MAC, using military charter flights as test beds to measure carbon monoxide and other impurities in cockpit and cabin.
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Washington (Ap
Secretary of Transportation
John A. Volpe
Air Force Surgeon General
Military Airlift Command
FAA
Office of Aviation Medicine
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Oks
William Proxmire
D-Wis
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Heath
Yarborough
First Lady
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Miami-Tampa
Federal Aviation Administration
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Salem House
Orange County
South Bay Area
San Diego
Orange Ave
Temple Ave
Pacific Coast Hiway
Long Beach
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