Nixon Plan For Community Development Dept
The Nixon administration outlines a proposed Department of Community Development to coordinate federal aid, folding programs from HUD and others into a single agency. It would cover housing transportation water and sewer libraries and more, with a first year budget near 9.7 billion and about 30,000 staff. Local governments would file one plan and receive funds from a single agency instead of eight, aiding both cities and rural areas.
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Nixon
Congress
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Department of Transportation
Commerce Department
Agriculture Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Office of Economic Opportunity
Small Business Administration
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HUD
Agriculture
Housing Administration
FCC to clarify drug lyric guidelines within two weeks
Washington AP report says FCC Commissioner Robert Lee expects a quick clarification of the agency’s drug lyric guidelines. He stresses broadcasters are responsible for content only if unaware of what is aired, while the recording industry seeks withdrawal and a legal challenge questions evidence linking lyrics to drug abuse.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Robert Lee
Lee
Metromedia Radio News
U.S. District Court
National Coordinating Council On Drug Abuse Education and Information
Patton sweeps Oscars in seven wins at 48th ceremony
At the 48th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Patton dominated with seven wins including best picture and direction for Franklin J. Schaffner. George C. Scott won best actor amid his refusal to accept, while Glenda Jackson and Helen Hayes won top acting honors. The night featured tributes to Lillian Gish and Orson Welles with special awards and speeches from John Huston and Gregory Peck.
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Los Angeles Music Center
Goldie Hawn
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Scott
Gen
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Francis Lai
Bing Lardner Jr
Miss Jackson
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London
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Miss Hayes
Oscar
Madelon Clau
Det
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Ryan
NBC
United States
Lillian Gish
Melvyn Douglas
Douglas
Miss Gish
Gregory Peck
Jean Hersholt
Frank Sinatra
Peck
Sinatra
John Doe
John Huston
Orson Welles
Welles
Irvin Thalberg
Ingmar Bergman
Baltic
Bogus $20s with same plate number found in St Joseph banks
Police reported seven counterfeit $20 bills from the 1969 series with plate number 83 circulated Thursday in three St Joseph banks. Four notes shared the same serial number L179 639 77A, prompting bank staff to alert authorities.
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St, Joseph, Mo
St. Joseph Banks
Patton sweep marks Oscars with seven wins including best actor
AP dispatch notes Patton dominates the 43rd Academy Awards winning seven Oscars. George C. Scott earns best actor but planned to refuse the honor.
Publishers Seek Hearing On Rate Boost
Publishers seek a court injunction to block proposed USPS postal rate increases, arguing they need a hearing on amount and method. The suit targets second class mail rising about 20 percent this spring, with first class and air mail adjustments also proposed. The action cites pending postal reform and independent rate commission provisions.
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Washington
Magazine Publishers Association
MPA
American Newspaper Publishers Association
ANPA
Stanford Smith
U.S
Board of Governors of
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
Congress
Board of Governors
Court Denies Ozark Petition In Stockholder Battle
A federal judge refused Ozark Airlines bid to bar a stockholder group led by Lester I Cox from seeking control. The case involved the Cox Medical Center inheritance of Ozark stock and a May stockholders meeting. Judge Webster found no evidence of deception or SEC violations by the dissidents.
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Edward J. Crane
U.S
William Webster
Webster
Securities and Exchange Commission
Entering Coldwells Miss Pinkie Douglas Admitted
Miss Pinkie Douglas of Benton City, recently a patient at Audrain Medical Center, was admitted this morning to Coldwell Nursing Home after weeks of hospitalization.
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Coldwells
Pinkie Douglas
Benton City
Audrain Medical Center
Coldwell Nursing Home
Humphrey says Nixon cannot be kicked around anymore
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey told visiting editors that "You're not going to have Dick Nixon to kick around any more" at a White House banquet. He spoke during an NBC CBS radio interview closed to TV and cited Jefferson and Lincoln on press duty, as he and fellow Democrats McGovern Hughes and Bayh joined in a light program before about 800 guests.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Dick Nixon
White House
American Society of Newspaper Editors
NBC
CBS Radio
Humphrey
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Nixon
Thoma Jefferson
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Jefferson
Lincoln
George McGovern
South Dakota
Harold &. Hughes
Iowa
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Two Charged In Brinks Murders In Chicago
Chicago police charged Maurice Tyler and Allen Reed with two counts of murder and armed robbery in the shooting deaths of Brinks guards Gerald O Connor and Gerald Creaney on the South Side. The guards had just picked up $600 at the Southway Hotel, which was found untouched in the truck. OConnor was shot as he opened the truck door.
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Brink’s, Inc
South Side
Maurice Tyler
Allen Reed
Gerald T. O'Connor
Lombard
Gerald Creaney Jr
Southway
O'Connor
Many Chinese Hope To Visit Homeland Again
San Francisco Chinatown residents welcome Nixon China opening as they recall 22 years of travel ban. Sam Yuen, 62, longs to return to Canton and see relatives, while skeptics demand broader policy changes. Business leaders foresee revived trade and calmer world tensions amid the shift.
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Sam Yuen
Canton
United States
Nixon
Yuen
University of Canton
Chinatown
Formosa
Southeast Asia
U.S
California
San Francisco Bay Area
Lansing Kwock
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Strikers Defy Back to Work Instructions
Transit union members in Philadelphia defied their president and did not return to work. SEPTA officials said there was no sign of a back to work movement as 5200 workers remained on strike despite court orders and a tentative two year wage plan.
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Transportation Authority
Dominic DiClerico
Transport Workers Union Local 234
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
SEPTA
DiClerico
Joseph Donato
Common Pleas
D. Donald Jamieson
Mikado Set For 3 Day Run In Columbia
The Gilbert and Sullivan classic Mikado opens at 8 15 p.m. on April 21 22 and 23 in the Hall Theater Columbia Presented by the University of Missouri Columbia Department of Music and UMC students The renovated theater at Ninth and Cherry Streets resumes live performances Tickets cost 2 and 150 at the University Theatre box office Free to students with LD cards
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UMC
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Cherry Streets
University Theatre
Trix Plunkett Admitted From Audral Medical Center
Miss Trix Plunkett, long hospitalized at Audral Medical Center, has been admitted to Phillips Home for continued care.
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Trix Plunkett
Audral Medical Center
Phillips Home
Mediators Seek 32 Percent Pay Hike for Utility Workers
In SEDALIA Missouri a five member panel of the state mediation board recommended Missouri Public Service Co provide a 32 percent wage increase for unionized workers on strike since January 9. The panel vote was 4 to 1 with the union backing the raise while the company preferred 27 percent. If no settlement is reached within a week a public panel will be appointed to hear the case.
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Sedalia
State Mediation Board
Missouri Public Service Co
Daniel C. Rogers
Missouri Public Service
Rogers
Signalmen pay hike proposed after rail labor talks
A presidential board recommends raises up to 4 percent over 42 months for 10,000 signalmen in the Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen. The 42 percent rise would lift hourly pay from $3.81 to $5.42, with monthly workers under a separate formula. The Labor Department released the recommendation, noting an AP error naming enginemen.
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National Railway Labor Conference
Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen
Labor Department
Associated Press
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