Nixon Signs Emergency Job Act for Public Service Work
President Nixon signed the Emergency Employment Act to quickly place about 150,000 unemployed Americans in public service jobs. The $1 billion program targets economically distressed areas with environmental, health, education, safety, housing, and rural development work. California gains the largest share at $100 million, with provisions for veterans and additional funds for high unemployment regions.
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Washington
Nixon
California
James D. Hodgson
Nevada prostitutes to test VD drug in six month study
Nevada plans a six month trial of progenasyl a spermicide antiseptic to reduce venereal disease among about 200 of the state's 240 prostitutes in 40 houses with local option approval. Doctors explain it enmeshes germs and is not a treatment while noting limits and need for other drugs.
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Carson City
Nev
Nevada
Edwards
Amerex Laboratories, Inc
San Antonio
Tex
City Commission Meets On Carmody Boulevard Vacation
A public hearing on vacation of a section of Carmody Boulevard west of Germantown Road for the airport runway is set for tonight’s City Commission meeting. The agenda also includes a resolution on depository contracts with First National and Barnitz banks, to be discussed at 7 p.m.
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Carmody
Germantown Road
City Commission
First National
Barnitz
Man Guilty In Kidnaping Case In Warren County
Walter Irvin Coomer of Louisville pleaded guilty in Warren County Common Pleas Court to kidnapping a Pleasure Ridge Park woman, Mrs. Alice Faye Van Gundy, on April 6. Judge William Young ordered a pre sentencing investigation after the suspect drove the victim to a Mason motel where she escaped unharmed as he passed out.
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Lebanon
Kentucky
Warren County
Constrictor Found In Ditch On Local Property
County patrolman reports a physical therapy device found in a ditch on the Jerry Petry property at 6346 Trenton Franklin Road. The device’s ownership is undetermined and it was taken to the Butler County jail property room for pickup.
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Mack Hurley
Jerry Petry
Trenton-Franklin Road
Hurley
Butler County
Middletown Park Board Eyes New Sites and Land Lease
At a recent meeting the Middletown park board discussed acquiring land for two new parks including a 25 to 35 acre playfield in the east end and a 200 acre picnic area leased from the Miami Conservancy District for $1 a year. Plans to restore or tear down the W. W. LePaid Park golf course farmhouse were considered, with demolition approved. The board noted pay gaps for park leaders and rising vandalism at Wilson Park as a new bikeway gathers popularity and requires adjustments.
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Jerri Spencer
Middletown
Cecil Runyon
John Paschal
Bob Metz
W. W. LePaid Park
Metz
Connor
Paschal
Wilson Park
Parks Department
Jackson sounds warning on leftist attack on working class
Senator Henry M. Jackson told New York labor delegates that leftist radicals threaten the Democratic Party by mocking law and order and belittling working people. He argued liberals alienate minority workers by opposing crime and supporting environmental and economic growth policies.
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New York
Democratic Party
Law and
Henry M. Jackson
Harditats
Washington Democrat
Jackson
New York State Federation of Labor
Nixon
Conservation Award Winners Named
Barbara Pattee age 17 of Columbus won first place and a $400 scholarship in the 1971 Ohio Youth Conservation Program. Brenda Sue Newcome of Frazerburg Muskingum County earned $300 for second place and Valina Lloyd of Lancaster won $200 for third.
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Columbus, Ohio
Barbara Pattee
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Brenda Sue Newcome
Frazersburg
Muskingum County
Valina Lloyd
Lancaster
Ohio Federation of Federal Land Bank Associations
Indian Artwork by Herbert Fall Displayed in Middletown
A painting by Herbert Fall showing the Miami Indians along the Miami River is on display at the Middletown Public Library. The canvas, bought by the Middletown High School graduating class of 1923, will be presented to the school later this month and hung in the principal's waiting room.
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Herbert Fall
Miami River
Middletown Public Library
Middletown High School
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Pittsburgh
Children Hospital
Oakland
William M. Edwards
Bureau of Preventive Medicine
Commission
Ralph
Dan Marini
First Ave
Bill Clinger
Frank Daugherty
John Hoskins
Metropolitan Life
U.S
Union Saniterv
Lecetions
Sen
Henry Jackson
SEN_ JACKSON
Conservation Award
Lhmbat
Central Ave
Ford
Ford Country
Curry Ford
Tytus
Middletown, Ohio
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