Ecology Corps labeled a farce by CO workers in California
Conscientious objector corpsmen told a Senate subcommittee Reagan’s Ecology Corps is a farce, doing little for the environment as it pays $40 a month and offers room and board. Critics call it a conservation camp. director Griggs says the program will phase out COs as draft law changes reduce need.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Ecology Corps
Senate
California
Joe Griggs
Co's
Nathanial Stone
Stone
Humboldt Ecology Center
Weatt
State Division of Highways
Dave McFadden
Central Committee For Conscientious Objectors
McFadden
Griggs
Fish and Game and Parks Departments
Paul McKay
Inyo Ecology Center
McKay
Amtrak to run another year under House funding
The House authorized 172 million dollars to keep National Railroad Passenger Corp. operating through July 1, 1973, plus 2 million for US Canada Mexico services. An amendment barred officers from earning over 60 thousand unless profits allow more, affecting Amtrak President Roger Lewis at 125 thousand. The decision followed Amtrak's 152 million dollar loss this year and a projected 123 million loss next year.
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Washington
UPI
Amtrak
House
National Railroad Passenger Corp
United States
Canada
Mexico
Roger Lewis
Harley O. Stagger
D-W.va
Commerce Committee
Schmitz
Lewis
Hughes settles in Vancouver for possible lengthy stay
Howard Hughes, 66, arrives in Vancouver on a private jet and checks into the Bayshore Inn at 4200 a week. He plans to stay as a visitor for up to three months with a possible extension, sources say.
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Vancouver
UPI
Howard Hughes
Bayshore Inn
Hughes
Nicaragua
Los Angeles
Richard Hannah
Hughes Tool Co
C. K. Seathhard
Immigration Department
Scatchard
John Jackson
Canada
Texas House Speaker Gus Mutscher Convicted of Bribery
Texas House Speaker Gus Mutscher 39 and two legislative associates were found guilty of scheming to take a bribe during a 1969 Texas Legislature special session. Prosecutors said over $80 000 in illegal stock deals funded by Houston banker Frank Sharp fueled the scheme. The jury heard about railroading two banking bills in exchange for the stock deals. Maximum penalties cited were five years imprisonment and a 5000 dollar fine per defendant.
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Abilene, Tex
UPI
Gus F. Mutscher
Texas
Mutscher
Houston
Frank Sharp
Sharp
J. Neil Daniel
el Dorado, Ark
Feud Escalates Between Reagan and Moretti in California
Sacramento reports a verbal clash as Assembly Speaker Moretti accuses Governor Reagan of losing voter support. Moretti cites a private poll showing 60 percent rate Reagan as poor or only fair, while Reagan aides deny any poll exists.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
Bob Moretti
D-Van Nuys
Ronald Reagan
Moretti
Reagan
Gray
Oliver Quayle and Co
New York
Freshman Legislator Attacks Labor Committee on Repeal Bill
A Los Angeles Assemblyman Bill Brophy charged that a Democratic dominated committee fixed his bill to repeal a new law making it illegal to hire illegal aliens. Chairman Leo McCarthy denied the accusation calling it a lie. The panel defeated the repeal on a partyline vote amid a crowd of farm workers and Chicanos. Brophy asked for a reconsideration. McCarthy offered a second hearing if new evidence is provided.
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Sacramento
UPI
Democratic
Leo McCarthy
The
Assembly Labor Relations Committee
Brophy
Assembly
Congress
McCarthy
Soviet Cosmos marks 10th anniversary of secret program
Moscow reports the 10th anniversary of the Cosmos program a working holiday to launch Cosmos 478 into near earth orbit. Tass notes the satellite carries scientific equipment for space exploration with an orbit of 128 to 191 miles at 65.4 degrees, while Western experts say many Cosmos flights serve military purposes including FOB tests spy satellites and intercept platforms.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Tass
Earth
Cosmos
Space
Florida primary reshapes California race and busing issue
The Florida Democratic primary, won by George Wallace on a strong anti-busing platform, boosts California campaigns of Humphrey and Jackson with momentum and funds. Analysts foresee busing as a leading California issue as Wallace leads. Reagan praises Nixon’s popularity in the GOP race.
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Sacramento
UPI
Florida
California
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Alabama
George Wallace
John Hemplemann
Jackson
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Humphrey
Wallace
Joseph Correll
Ronald Reagan
Nixon
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
Oregon State freshman charged with murder in dorm stabbing
A 17 year old Oregon State University freshman Marlowe James Buchanan from Lake Oswego was arrested and charged with murder for the February 8 stabbing death of Nancy Diane Wyckoff, an 18 year old Glendale California freshman. The DA seeks adult court transfer as campus fear eases slightly.
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Corvallis, Ore
UPI
Oregon State University
Nancy Diane Wyckoff
Miss Wyckoff
Glendale
Calif
Benton County
Marlowe
James Buchanan
Lake Oswego
Ore
Buchanan
Yorty Signals California Focus in Democratic Run
Mayor Sam Yorty trails in New Hampshire and Florida and appears to exit serious presidential contention. He will campaign only in California, to influence the party’s choice and aim for a moderate California delegation if he wins the June 6 primary. He says he is not pulling out but will alter strategy.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sam Yorty
New Hampshire
Florida
Yorty
California
Yorth
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