Nevada Cow Counties Face Reapportionment Winter
Nevada’s rural counties fear loss of influence as 1971 reapportionment nears. The Clark and Washoe counties gain power, while northern districts must unite to influence legislature and forge regional harmony for a future with city dominance but potential bipartisan cooperation.
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Paul Laxalt
Nevada
Carson City
Everett Dirksen
Washoe
Clark Counties
Washoe County
Clark County
Nevada State Journal
Las Vegas Cassius Clay Draft Case Debated As Punishment
The letter discusses Cassius Clay’s draft refusal and federal conviction, urging equitable treatment with boxer Carl Clay and questioning whether Nevada officials overreacted. It notes the governor’s opposition to a Clay fight, and compares public ostracism to broader moral standards, while urging consistent law application.
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Muhammed Ali
Cassius Clay
Las Vegas
Joe Frazier
Boxing Commission
Clay
Dr. Spock
Boxer
Carl Clay
Nevada
West
Agnew War Critics At White House Strategy Session
Vice President Spiro Agnew's sharp critique of hard core dissidents and professional anarchists framed the anti war Moratorium of October 15. A confidential Republican high command strategy meeting convened in the White House Tuesday morning.
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Washingtn
Spiro Agnew
Republican High Command
White House
Agnew
Henry Wallace
Pressure grows within GOP to muzzle Agnew over antiwar remarks
A Tuesday White House gathering shows congressional leaders and top officials weighing action to curb Vice President Agnew after his New Orleans speech provoked broad Republican anger. Mitchell and Morton faced calls to restrict his rhetoric while Nixon aides remained silent on direct measures.
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Agnew
New Orleans
Republican National Committee
Nixon
Congress
Sen
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Senate
Gerald Ford
Michigan
John N. Mitchell
White House
Harry Dent
Rogers Morton
Cynthia Rosenwald
Scherle seeks more hearings on anti poverty bill amid reform push
Rep. William Scherle blasts the Office of Economic Opportunity and urges a delay in approving a two year continuation of OEFO funding. He cites explosive evidence of corruption and mismanagement, including a Kentucky governor plea for delay and concerns over high salary officials with criminal records.
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Washington
William Scherle
Scherle
OFO
Rep. Scherle
Kentucky
Louis B. Nunn
Nunn
Office of Economic Opportunity
Congress
Controversial OEO Manual Details Probed in Probe
Report examines a manual published under D. C. Dro hat, noting incendiary passages about power strategies and poor representatives. It cites a $27,549 payment to Dro hat, and details about the Office of Operations head’s signature. It also states there are 1 050 community action agencies and a $640 million OEO budget item.
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OEO
Congress
Almanac Facts for October 29 1969 and Historical Notes
Today is Wednesday October 29 1969 the 302nd day of the year with 63 remaining The moon lies between its full and last quarter phases Morning stars include Mercury Venus Jupiter and Saturn Evening stars are Mars and Saturn In history mutinous Kiel fleet actions Turkish Republic established and stock market collapse noted First peacetime draft began in 1940 Willa Cather quote closes.
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Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Kiel
Turkey
Henry Stimson
Willa Cather
Traffic officer envisions automatic car guidance system
BOB GREGORY proposes fool proof automatic poots for cars using guide wires or electronic devices on freeways to let motorists travel long trips without touching controls. HOWARD C HUNT laments consumer market inventions harming labor and imagines devices that stimulate jobs.
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Aly. Nixon
Virginia
Linwood Holton
William Battle
Holton
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Battle
Iowa
House Education and Labor Committee
Donald Rumsfeld
New England
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Rumsfeld
Ert Allen
John Goldsmith
Paris
the Almanac
Sharon Dykstra Ore Assayer
Kolisman Mineral & Chemical
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Zoran Ken Jones
Bob Gregory
Rene Germanner
David Waite
Howard C. Hunt
Andy Frain
U.S. Public Health Service
California
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Frontier Hotel
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