Nixon Multimillion Dollar Anticrime Program Under Scan
A Mitre Corp study finds crime rose in eight cities funded since 1972 under Nixon’s anticrime program. Atlanta Baltimore Cleveland Dallas Denver Newark St Louis Portland show mixed trends with rising robbery and murder. only Baltimore and Dallas/Denver areas show some declines. The report criticizes lack of empirical basis for promised crime reductions and notes planning and cooperation flaws across cities.
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Mitre Corp
Atlanta
Baltimore
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Newark
N.J
St. Louis
Portland
Ore
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Mitre
FBI
St. Is
Bicentennial Wood Chips From Independence Hall Sell Fast
Philadelphia buyers scoop up authentic looking wood chips claimed to come from Independence Hall beams. The chips, ½ inch by ½ inch on silk in a display, go for 17.76 dollars each at John Wanamaker stores, with confirms and doubts about provenance tracing back to 1897 renovations and prior auctions.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Doroff
Detment
Independence’ Hall
Independence Hall
John Wanamaker
Reeves
Corso
Henry Gouse
National Park Service
National Price Service
Gouse
Middletown Forecast: Warm Days Ahead With Mild Nights
Weather outlook shows warm temperatures in Middletown with overnight lows mid-50s and daytime highs mid-70s. Skies are expected fair Thursday and Friday with a chance of rain on Saturday.
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Middletown
Family appeals to kidnapers in Niehous case
The family of kidnapped U S businessman William F Niehous appealed to his captors to contact them and present proof for negotiations toward his safe release. Police said contact had not been made and the investigation remained at point zero.
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Long Island
N.Y
Mel Gordon
Charles Durnes Co
Boston Picture Frame Company
Picture Frame
Doroff
Gordon
Frank Corso
Corso
Caracas
Venezuela
U.S
William F Niehous
Ultraleft
Niehaus
Niehous
Donna
Legion Warns VA Hospital Funds Cut Threaten System
The American Legion testified before Congress that proposed VA hospital construction cuts risk degrading care by delaying renovations and replacements. National Commander Harry G Wiles urged maintaining funding levels as the VA system modernizes, while opposing an eight year education benefit limit and supporting continuation of the GI bill as a separate program.
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Washington
American Legion
Congress
Veterans Administration
Legion
Harry G Wiles
Senate
House Veterans Affairs
Ford
Wiles
The
America
Large Hairy Creature Solved By Cincinnati Zoo Director
Cincinnati police and zoo director Ed Maruska concluded the elusive eight foot creature sighted since December was a large dog. Police had earlier found a six inch by two inch footprint mold thought to be a bear or large ape before Maruska identified it.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Zoo
Ed Maruska
Maruska
Zoo
Hidden $4 Billion Stored In Virginia Mountain Vault
Senator Proxmire claims a Virginia Culpeper switch vault near ee Va houses about $4 billion in fresh currency as a nuclear hedge. He criticizes the plan as waste while noting 40 guards guard the subterranean facility 80 miles from Washington.
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Washington
Virginia
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Federal Reserve Board
Pony Mountain
Ee Va
Culpeper
Federal Reserve
Verity Defends Savings Bonds as Thrift not Investment
Cincinnati AP report quotes William Verity of Armco Steel urging that U S savings bonds be viewed as thrift tools rather than investments. He contests Milton Friedman’s critique, praises bank stability, and promotes automatic payroll savings tied to the bicentennial theme Take Stock in America.
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Cincinnati
Armco Steel Corp
William Verity
U.S
Verity
Milton Friedman
Friedman
America
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Samuel Reeves
Wanamaker
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Toledo, Ohio
Owens-Illinois Glass Manufacturing Company
William Niehous
Toledo
Proxmire
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