Agnew condemns quota systems for college admissions
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew denounces quota plans at a Lincoln Day dinner in Chicago saying the only valid criterion is aptitude. He condemns open admissions and ethnic or socioeconomic quotas while urging merit based selection amid protests outside the Hilton and Palmer House.
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Thomas A. Pledge
Chicago
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
U.S
Ralph T. Smith
Smith
William Rentschler
Lake Forest
Nixon
Illinois
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Conrad Hilton
Palmer House
Midwest
Explosions injure two Berkeley reserve officers
Two reserve policemen, Paul Morgan and Allen Hamm, were injured when two blasts hit a parking lot between City Hall and the courthouse in Berkeley around midnight. A blue satchel was seen before the blasts. A third bomb threat prompted police to cordon off a block as they searched vehicles.
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Berkeley
UPI
City Hall
Paul Morgan
Chamber of Commerce
Allen Hamm
Morgan
Hamm
al Jake
Berkeley Barb
Junior officers to be honored in Vandenberg program
The Air Force Systems Command JOA at Vandenberg announced a junior officer recognition program. It will honor an outstanding JOA junior officer at an official function in March for accomplishments from July through December 1969. Nominations due February 28 with endorsement and detailed resumes.
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Air Force Systems Command
AFSC
Inflation to trouble again as growth slows in 1970
A panel of 20 private economists forecasts inflation around 4.5 percent for 1970 with real growth near 1 percent. They expect GDP to reach about 985 billion, slower early in the year then modest improvement, amid easing credit in coming months.
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Norman Kempster
Washington
UPI
Business Council
Nixon
Maurice Mann
Mississippi Bankers Association
The
Commerce Department
Chiropractors to Name Top Citizen in Tri Counties
The Tri-Counties Chiropractic Society plans its regular monthly meeting in Santa Barbara on Tuesday February 17 at 7 30 p m. Nominees for Citizens of the Year will be selected based on community welfare contributions. Reports from attendees of the California Chiropractic Association Health Service Foundation Seminar in Los Angeles will be given.
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Santa Barbara
Ventura
San Luis Obispo
Tri-Counties
Chiropractic Society
el Paseo
Warren F. Sears
Carpinteria
Sears
California Chiropractic Association Health Service Foundation
Los Angeles
Carl Kloss
Santa Maria
Ronald Kemp
Paul Zemella
Lew A. Mullins
Morro Bay
Tri - Counties
Flu Widespread Across Nation With Hong Kong Strain
The National Communicable Disease Center reports influenza and flu like illnesses in 45 states with widespread activity in Louisiana Rhode Island and Maine. Through Feb 7 there were 244 flu deaths nationwide. Officials warn the outbreak will last three to four more weeks before easing.
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Atlanta
UPI
National
Communicable Disease Center
NCDC
Federal Health Agency
Louisiana
Rhode Island
Maine
Delaware
South Dakota
Arkansas
Wyoming
Nevada
Hong Kong
Michael Gregg
Gregg
Deposed Senate leader vows fight as power shift unfolds
Ex-Senate President Pro Tem Howard Way, ousted by Sen. Jack Schrade, says he keeps his powder dry and a counter coup is possible. Way criticizes losses as part of politics, remains committed to reform for a more representative Senate and vows to press on from his Capitol suite. In Buellton, Riverbend mobile park seeks eight new spaces and 10 overnight spots, bringing total to 72, with sanitary facilities required by the Santa Ynez Valley planning panel.
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George Skelton
Sacramento
Senate
Howard Way
Exeter Republican
Sen
Jack Schrade
San Diego
Way
State Capitol
Schrade
The
County Planning Commission
Rivergrove
Buellton
Community Services District
Boyd Bettencourt
Santa Ynez Valley
Buellton Businessmen’s Assn
Mrs. Truman Quiet on 85th Birthday
Independence Missouri United Press International reports Mrs. Harry S. Truman declines to reveal what her husband gave for her 85th birthday. She plans a quiet day focused on her ailing husband, who turns 86 May 8, as Truman reflects on enduring duties and the political stage remains fragile.
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Mrs. Truman
Independence
Upi
Harry S. Truman
Avalanche Strands Thousands at Val d Isere Ski Resort
Thousands of tourists remain stranded after avalanches closed Route 202 to Bourg St Maurice. At least one infant died and several were injured as new slides hit departing convoys and chalets. Temperatures dropped, easing further avalanches. Some 2,000 of 6,000 skiers had exited earlier.
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John A. Callcott
Val D’isere
France
UPI
Bourg St. Maurice
Edward Classen
Lake Forest
Ill
Noel Machet
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Cancer Foundation of
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Hillside House
Jesshill Love
Direc
Tor
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Boeing
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Lompoc
California
Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
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J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
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Pe Conner
Lunny
Wesley A. Huffman
Ray McCuen
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Vaughn Proctor
Wilma Jack
Dan Duffy
California Newspaper Publishers Association
United Press International
International Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
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California Press Association
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Valley Drive-In
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London
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Panavision* Technicolor
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Wild Bunch
SAT. JR
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Tarzan
India
Mobile Home Park
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Joseph Kenrick
Long Beach
Rules Committee
Howard
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New Orleans
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