Campaign Begins To Conserve Fuel
Nixon launches a national energy conservation drive with Snoopy as a symbol to cut energy use by five percent this winter. The plan includes thermostats lowered by four degrees, energy saving tips to consumers, school energy kits, and business and government efforts to reduce consumption. Henry L. Diamond emphasizes citizen action as crucial to success.
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U.S
Nixon
Snoopy
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National Energy Conservation Campaign
Charles M. Schultz
Henry L. Diamond
New York State Environmental Agency
Citizen's Advisory
Solons To Debate Capital Home Rule
Washington lawmakers open debate on four home rule measures for the capital with voting set for Wednesday. The proposals range from full locally elected control to partial plans keeping funding or presidency appointment powers, tracing a clash rooted in 19th century federal oversight and post Civil War governance. Washington's history as a federal city dates to 1802 with a 1820 1871 period of local mayors and councils before Reconstruction era struggles led to renewed federal control.
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Washington, D.C
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Maryland
House District of Columbia
Congress
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Georgetown
County of
Two Workers Die From Insecticide Fumes Aboard Ship
In New Orleans two men, Edwin R. Fitzgerald Jr. and Nolan Pritchard, were killed after entering two holds of the British vessel La Molinera to sample fumigated grain. Four men entered the holds and failed to return, prompting others to search. all five later survived after exposure to carbon tetrachloride fumes.
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New Orleans
Port Authority
Edwin R. Fitzgerald Jr
Nolan Pritchard
Beckwith Indicted on Gun Control Violations in New Orleans
Federal grand jury in New Orleans indicted Beckwith of Greenwood Mississippi on three counts of violating the federal gun control act tied to a ticking time bomb he drove into the city last month. Beckwith, previously tried twice for the slaying of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, has not been convicted. Authorities say he planned to use a dynamite bomb on a Jewish leader’s home, a detail not confirmed in open court.
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New Orleans
Byron de la Beckwith
Beckwith
Greenwood
Miss
Medgar Evers
Judge Elvis Stout Praises Scouting at Monroe Ceremony
Monroe County judge Elvis Stout spoke Monday at Scout Troop 234’s Court of Honor at First Methodist Church Monroe. He praised Scouting’s constructive influence on youth and urged continued support by the Ouachita Valley Council and local clergy.
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Monroe
Elvis Stout
Ouachita Valley Council
Judge Stout
Scout Troop
First Methodist Church
J. W. Webster Jr
W. D. Boddie
Stout
Scouting
Senate Panel Hears Portly Campaign Spy
John Buckley identified as Nixon campaign agent Fat Jack testified before the Senate Watergate committee about photographing Muskie campaign documents and relaying them to Nixon re election HQ. Buckley said he recruited a cab driver to deliver boxloads of papers and emailed photographs to Reitz and a late Nixon aide.
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John Buckley
Fat Jack
Muskie
Senate Watergate Committee
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
GOP
Fred Taugher
George McGovern
California
Los Angeles
McGovern
Frank Mankiewicz
Edmund S. Muskie
Bert I. Bernhard
Nixon
Patrick J. Buchanan
Donald H. Segretti
Kenneth Reitz
Buckley
Reitz
House Labor Committee
Office of Economic Opportunity
Senate
Elmer Wyatt
Portable escape: the trouble of trying to get away
The saying notes that modern getaways are largely portable causing a paradox for travelers seeking rest. It reflects on mobility, convenience, and the ease of packing for a quick retreat.
Georgetown researchers unveil ACTA Scanner X-ray device
Georgetown University scientists announce a prototype ACTA Scanner that produces cross sectional X-ray views with four times more detail than conventional images. Ledley leads the project costing $200000, using a pencil thin beam, detectors, and a computer to display color coded TV images for diagnosis.
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Washington
Georgetown University
Robert S. Ledley
Biophysics
Georgetown
Agnew Faults U S Housing Programs As Failures
New York AP Vice President Spiro T Agnew criticized federally subsidized housing programs for low income Americans calling them failures and urged support for Nixon administration alternatives. He noted six million helped but 24.5 million remained in poverty and some higher income families received subsidies.
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New York
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
New York Building Congress
Nixon
Partly Cloudy Skies Across Twin Cities and Monroe
Residents may expect partly cloudy skies with a 20 percent chance of rain today and Wednesday. Highs reach upper 80s, lows in the upper 60s with southeasterly winds 5 to 15 mph. FAA at Monroe Municipal notes a Monday high of 89 and 68 at dawn.
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Monroe
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Louisiana
Impounded Funds Plea Is Rejected
The Georgia effort to take presidential impoundment of congressionally appropriated funds directly to the Supreme Court was rejected. The court declined the bid with a brief order, while actions included Hoffa jury-tampering appeal denial and a copyright dispute with CBS.
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Washington
Georgia
Supreme Court
High Court
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Columbia Broadcasting System
Richmond
John Dowdy
D-Tex
Dowdy
Congress
District of Columbia
Florida
Glenn W. Turner
LSU Authorized To Sell Bonds For Married Student Apartments
The Louisiana Bond Commission approved LSU to sell 2 million dollars in building bonds to finance construction of 120 married student apartments at LSU New Orleans. Grambling College sought 467 thousand dollars for arts and agriculture facilities but withdrew the request due to doubts about funds. The LSU issue will retire existing bank loans. sale date was recommended for November 13.
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Baton Rouge
State Bond Commission
Louisiana State University
LSU
New Orleans
Grambling College
Grambling
Division of Administration
Israeli Jets Hit Damascus as Fronts Roar Across Sinai and Golan
Israeli Phantom jets bombed Damascus in the first raid on the city in the fourth Arab-Israeli war, hitting the Defense Ministry and Radio Damascus amid heavy ground fighting along the Suez Canal and the Golan Heights. Egypt and Syria claimed contrasting gains as air raids and tank battles raged, two major Egyptian airfields were struck, and widespread casualties were reported with no independent verification.
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Suez Canal
Golan Heights
Cairo
Eguypt
Associated Press
Elias Antar
Defense Ministry
Radio Damascus
Antar
Israel
Nazareth
Egypt
Sinai Desert
Quenitra
el Rom
el Mansoura
Nile Delta
East Bank
Th Canal
Syria
Sinai
New Type Kidney Surgery Showcased by Boston Doctors
Doctors report the first patient to undergo a revolutionary kidney procedure spent 30 hours outside the body with a preserved kidney, enabling a seven hour operation to save his remaining kidney. Robert Cafarelli, 42, a school principal from North Andover, could return to work within a month.
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Boston
Robert J. Cafarelli
North Andover
Mass
Boston University Medical Center
Cafarelli
Armitage
Saugus
Carl A. Olsson
Urology
University Hospital
Olsson
Saxbe Declines Reelection Narrowing GOP Field
Washington AP Sen William Saxbe a frequent critic of Senate gridlock said he will not seek re election in 1974 becoming the third GOP senator to bow out. His exit may set up a GOP primary between Rep William Keating and Rep Clarence Brown as Democrats face a reshaped field.
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Washington
William Saxbe
Ohio
Senate
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
Saxbe
Willam J. Keating
Cincinnati
Clarence J. Brown
Urbana
Cleveland
Howard Metzenbaum
John Glenn
Metzenbaum
Alan Bible
Nevada
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Hughes
Robert Ray
Marlow Cook
Kentucky
Sen
George Aiken
Vermont
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