Albany Soldier Kennett Keller Honored With Medals
SP4 Kenneth L. Keller son of Mr and Mrs George Keller is honored in Albany with posthumous Bronze Star and Air Medal plus other awards. The medals were presented to his parents by the U S government and a full military funeral was held June 7 1970 at Albany High School gymnasium with burial at Hillcrest Cemetery.
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Kenneth Keller
Albany
Times
Kenneth L. Keller
George Keller
U. S
Spieller
SP Keller
Albany High School
Ft. Sheridan
Hillcrest Cemetery
Bomb Threats Rise Prompt Nationwide Airport Security Tightening
The FAA tightened security at U S airports amid bomb threats blamed on the Weatherman faction. Officials noted spread to military sites and government installations, with tighter checks on passengers and baggage and extra police at Friendship Airport. Lewiston Idaho evacuated about 100 passengers after a bomb threat with no explosion.
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Weatherman
Federal Aviation Administration
al Garvis
FAA
Washington
Friendship
Baltimore
Robert Bandridge
Dulles International
Seattle
Lewiston
Idaho
City Leaves Pick Up Planned and Sewer Infiltration Test
Monroe Street Department will collect leaves next week using the city vacuum. Residents should listen for schedules on the Times and rake leaves to gutters. The city will test sewers for infiltration with non toxic smoke from manholes to detect illegal connections and reduce storm water inflow. report sightings to City Hall Engineering.
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Monroe Street
Nathan Krassy
Klassy
City Hall
U S Will Continue Talks With Soviet Union
Secretary of State Rogers says the United States will keep negotiations with the Soviet Union on common problems despite Soviet missile violations in the Middle East and Moscow’s harsher cold-war tone. He plans to raise Indochina cease-fire, Berlin talks, and a full U S withdrawal from Indochina in talks with Andrei Gromyko on Oct 16.
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William P. Rogers
United States
Soviet Union
Middle East
Moscow
Rogers
Indochina
Berlin
Andrei Gromyko
New York
Nixon
U.S
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Gromyko
State Department
Israel
Egypt
Cuba
Cienfuegos
Agnew declines face to face debate with protesting youths
Vice President Spiro Agnew rested after failing to secure a direct debate with about 200 youths who protested outside a Phoenix hotel. The peaceful demonstration followed his campus speech condemning permissiveness cited as fueling violence. A police security cordon watched from across the street as negotiators in Detroit resumed talks between General Motors and the United Auto Workers.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Spiro T. Agnew
Phoenix
Ariz
Agnew
UAW Talks Extend as Strike Enters Day 26
AP report notes no formal agreement after second negotiating session with UAW President Leonard Woodcock and GM vice president Earl Bramblett. Talks focused on problems and differences with no concrete solutions yet.
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UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Earl Bramblett
Colleges Are Used As Radical Forum
A House committee report says many colleges finance and host speeches by radicals and militants, potentially fueling radicalization. Questionnaires from 127 colleges show 1,411 speeches in two years. 67 speakers tied to radical groups were paid $109,243. Notable names include Benjamin Spock, Dick Gregory, Mark Rudd, and Rap Brown.
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Washington
House
Internal Security Committee
Benjamin Spock
Mark Rudd
Weatherman
FBI
Rap Brown
Cambridge
Government Orders Air Charter Probe
Secretary Volpe ordered a sweeping investigation of the air charter industry and its FAA supervision as more planes were grounded after the Wichita State disaster. An AP survey shows most colleges avoid unscheduled-charter flights, with many using commercial or scheduled-airline charters, while a few occasionally use nonscheduled-charter services.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
John Volpe
FAA
Wichita State
Associated Press
Univer
Debates on Flight Security Measures and Hijack Prevention
A letter writer asks if a man with boxing gloves could pull a gun and a lawyer suggests all passengers provide bank references. Another reader proposes passengers use a lie detector and answer if they plan to hijack the plane. The exchange reflects strong opinions on in-flight security.
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New York
NATO Opens Largest War Games Amid Eastern Mediterranean Maneuvers
NATO launches its biggest annual war games in the eastern Mediterranean as the Soviet bloc conducts large scale drills in East Germany. Officials cite Brotherhood in Arms as a major postwar exercise with potential involvement of up to 580000 personnel from seven nations, though figures vary widely.
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Brussels
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mediterranean
East
Germany
Brotherhood In Arms
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