Senate backs defense research against CBW while halting offensive work
The Senate Armed Services Committee kept defense research against chemical and biological warfare while deleting funds for offensive CBW weapons from a Pentagon package. It approved 38 million for defensive devices and agents, cut 16 million from 1.9 billion in requests, and left intact a 758.4 million antimissile line amid broader budget cuts.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Thomas J. McIntyre
New Hampshire
Nixon
United States
White House
Richard D. McCarthy
D-N.y
Utah
Army
Congress
New Manager Appointed at Zip Discount Crown Drugstore
Jack Huzl 31 of Kansas City named manager pharmacist at Zip Discount Crown Drugstore 8th and Mass replacing George Geiss who leaves after 30 years. Huzl holds a pharmacy degree from Iowa University and has worked in Davenport and Fayetteville before moving to Kansas City. He started here a week ago with wife Linda and daughter Sherry. Assistant manager-pharmacist is Mrs Laura Walters.
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Jack Huzl
Kansas City
8Th
Mass
Huzl
George Geiss
Iowa University
Davenport
Iowa
Fayetteville
Ark
Linda
Sherry
Laura Walters
Wichita Student Receives Duer Scholarship at KU
John B. Edwards of Wichita has been awarded a 350 Duer Scholarship at Kansas University for 1969 70. Edwards, a senior physical therapy major, is a member of Owl Society and a varsity gymnastics letterman. The fund was established in 1946 by Dr. G R Duer, an alumnus from Marinette Wisconsin, to aid men of high scholarship and potential.
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John B. Edwards
Wichita
Kansas University
Edwards
Owl Society
G. R. Duer
Marinette
Wisc
Lawrence High Senior Attends National Youth Revolution Meeting
Lawrence High senior Andy Benton was chosen to attend meetings of the Advanced Administration Institute on Youth Revolution the week of July 13 at Harvard University. Benton, president-elect of the LHS Student Council, is one of 25 students nationwide selected. his expenses are paid by the Institute. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Darwin K. Benton.
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Lawrence High
Andy Benton
Advanced Administration Institute
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Benton
LHS
Louisville adopts bounty style system to reward traffic enforcement
Louisville police initiate a point based system to encourage ticketing high risk violations. Lt. Jack Bynum says the admin measure targets accidents by addressing violations such as jaywalking, noting pedestrian deaths exceed one third of local fatalities. The points counted toward an officer’s annual efficiency rating.
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Louisville
Jack Bynum
Traffic Bureau
Powder Puff Derby Opens With 92 Entrants In Race
Ninety-two women pilots start the 23rd Powder Puff Derby from Lindbergh Field San Diego heading to Washington D C over three days. A White House brunch awaits all 168 crew members. Defending champions Mead and Herrin depart in daylight with stops at Salt Lake City Mt. Vernon and eight other refueling airports.
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San Diego
Calif
Washington, D.C
Esther P. Wright
Thomasville
Betty McNabb
Albany
Lindberg Field
Margaret Mead
Billie Herrin
Santa Barbara
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mt. Vernon
Ill
Margaret Crump
West Caldwell
N.J
Mardo Crane
Cupertino
Ninety-Nines
Scotland Yard Jurisdiction Covers Large London Area
Scotland Yard holds police jurisdiction over 742 square miles in London serving about 9 million people. Its criminal records office science laboratory and radio services operate nationwide.
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Scotland Yard
London
NAACP Attacks Nixon School Integration Policy
NAACP leaders denounce the administration plan to drop the fall desegregation deadline calling it illegal. Roy Wilkins, executive director, and Mississippi NAACP president Aaron Henry pressed at the annual convention, reaffirming the goal of school integration and condemning politically motivated shifts in guidelines.
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Jackson, Miss
Roy Wilkins
Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Mississippi Naacp
Aaron Henry
Civil Rights Division
Department of Justice
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