Pentagon Plans Return of 3 Million Tons War Supplies
The Pentagon seeks to haul about 3 million tons of decontaminated war materiel from Vietnam as Vietnamization winds down. Some leftover tonnage may go to South Korean and Thai forces, with scrap sold by competitive bid. Equipment includes tanks, APCs, trucks, electronics, cranes, and more, decontaminated to safety standards to avoid plant bugs.
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Washington
Pentagon
Vietnam
Defense Department
U.S
United States
Agriculture Department
Southeast Asia
Nixon Proposes Sweeping Foreign Aid Overhaul bill
Congress receives Nixon administration plan for a major foreign aid reform with 3.3 billion dollars in new overseas military and economic assistance. The plan would split economic and security aid, replace AID with three new agencies, and create a development coordinator to oversee boards.
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Congress
Washington
Nixon
Agency For International Development
Internatonal Development Corp
International Development Institute
U.S
Weather Outlook Calls for Showers and Cooler Night
A chance of showers and cooler weather is predicted for tonight with lows in the mid-40s. Tomorrow will be cloudy and cooler with highs in the lower 60s.
Noise screening tool tests housing site serenity by book
HUD official George Winter describes a new noise screening method using an unreadable book and a reader to judge sound levels at proposed housing sites. If noise drowns the reader at seven feet the site is unsuitable. if intelligible beyond 70 feet the area is very quiet. The process lacks technical equipment and relies on averaged results from two testers switching roles.
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George E. Winter
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Miliar
Winter
Cop Taunter Sentenced To Short Pig Pen Term
In Shaker Heights Municipal Court Judge Manuel M. Rocker imposed a three hour pigpen sentence on 19 year old Robert L. Vitek Jr for calling a police sergeant a pig. The unusual penalty accompanied a $500 fine and 30 day workhouse term, with $400 of the fine and the workhouse suspended on condition Vitek sit three hours in a pigpen. The judge noted the pen was arranged with a local farmer and emphasized clarity between a pig and a police officer.
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Cleveland
Shaker Heights
Robert L. Vitek Jr
Manuel M. Rocker
Vitek
University Heights
Jay L. McKenna
Erie
Faces of America In Search of Escape Through a Nation
AP reporters Peter Arnett and Horst Faas chart poignant lives across the United States during a three month tour. They profile Miss Angie Solari in Indian Gulch California, Lola Pepton in San Francisco and other figures from Montana to Chicago, capturing a spectrum from old West sternness to lives on skid row and amid urban danger. The dispatch surveys who Americans are beyond grand vistas and power, ending with a patrol through a nation’s human sides.
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America
Angie Solari
Indian Gulch
Castle Air Force Base
Lola Pepton
Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco Bay
Alcatraz
Lola
Mont
Midwest
Mountain States
Peter Arnett
Horst Faas
Wolf Creek
Montana
Los Angeles
Skid Row
Red
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Woody Holton
Virginia
Linwood Holton
Williamsburg
Ann Landers
Heloise Ever
Valley News
Need
Cop-Taunter
Faces OF America
Mother Lode Country
California
Solari
Seattle
Dan Morin
Trixie’s
Indiana
Morin
Two Creek
Hong Kong
Bangkok
West Oakland
Chicago
Joe Stachula
Stachula
San Francisco
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