Broad land use powers explained by consultants
A report for the President's Council on Environmental Quality says local state and federal governments can restrict land use for environmental protection though many units hesitate due to constitutional doubts and political pressure. It foresees future court battles over wilderness areas seacoasts and other regions while urging broader planning beyond traditional zoning.
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Washington
President’s Council On Environmental Quality
Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
Council
Chicago
Council On Environmental Quality
Russell Train
California
Pacific Coast
New York
Adirondack Park
Nixon reiterates innocence as Watergate probes continue
President Nixon pleaded for the case to be settled by courts and took responsibility for aides actions, defending his decision on tapes and denying White House involvement. He pledged to seek political decency and noted no evidence of White House complicity.
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Washington
Nixon
Watergate Prosecutor
Senate Committee
Senate Watergate Committee
America
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
George Bush
Republican National Committee
Robert Strauss
Democratic National Committee
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Inouye
White House
Justice Department
FBI
John W. Dean III
L. Patrick Gray III
CIA
E. Howard Hunt
Watergate
Cranston warns of bread famine and market controls
Sen. Alan Cranston warned of a possible bread famine if wheat exports are not temporarily frozen and markets closed to curb grain speculation. He urged a federal probe into Midwest exchanges after wheat jumped to a 150 year high and said bread prices could rise four to five cents a loaf.
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Sacramento
Alan Cranston
United States
California Democrat
Cranston
Los Angeles
Earl Butz
California Chamber of Commerce
Weather forecast and observed temperatures across locations
Partly cloudy and warm today with possible showers or thunderstorms this afternoon or evening, high mid 80s. Tonight partly cloudy with a chance of showers and storms, low mid to upper 60s. Friday partly sunny and warmer, high in the upper 80s. Wednesday high 84 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam, low 59. 7am 66 and 11am downtown Morris 75.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Emergency surgery for Gen Omar Bradley
General of the Army Omar N. Bradley underwent emergency surgery at UCLA Medical Center to insert a sieve like device preventing recurrent blood clots from reaching the lungs. The 80 year old, hospitalized for clots tied to an old West Point football injury, is described by his wife as having survived the operation with a serious but hopeful prognosis.
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Los Angeles
Omar N. Bradley
Kitty
Bradley
University of California At Los Angeles Medical Center
West Point
Normandy
France
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Clark, Mo
Army
Bulova Watch Co
Inmate Charles Neeley Remains At Large After Vienna Walkaway
State police continued morning search for Charles Neeley a 28 year old Springfield man serving time at Vienna Minimum Security Correctional Institution for burglary armed robbery unlawful use of weapons and escape. A prison spokesman said he walked away Tuesday.
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Vienna, Ill
Charles Neeley
Springfield
Vienna
Jury resumes Agnew probe in Maryland bribery case
A special grand jury in Baltimore resumes hearings into an alleged bribery and kickback scheme involving Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. Witnesses include two of Agnew's longtime associates, with Attorney General Richardson having met Agnew on Aug. 6 to discuss the investigation status.
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Baltimore
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Justice Department
Atty
Elliot L. Richardson
Department
Horace Webb
Baltimore County
Maryland
New York Times
Richardson
the Times
Lester Matz
Jerome Wolff
Baltimore Engineering
Allen I. Green
Green
Towson, Md
Webb
United States
Deny rezoning for airport in Kendall County Oswego Township
Kendall County Board denied Richard Lambert's petition to rezone agriculture to a special use for a commercial airport in Oswego Township despite attorney Peter L. Krentz arguing compliance with county rules. The vote was eight to one with Howard Shoger dissenting.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
Richard Lambert
Oswego Township
Lambert
Peter L. Krentz
Plano
Krentz
Fred Dickson
Aurora
Robert Hacker
Little Rock Township
James Mann
Consolidated Freightways Inc
Waubonsee Creek
George Bell
Consolidated
Bell
Roger Curry
California
United States
Philip McDonald
Howard Shoger
Shoger
Lebanese jetliner hijacked over Mediterranean
A Middle East Airlines Boeing 707 with 110 passengers and 10 crew from Libya to Lebanon was hijacked over the Mediterranean and forced to land at Lod airport under escort by two Israeli fighters. The hijackers, unidentified, seized the plane and ordered the flight to Lod.
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Tel Aviv
Libya
Lebanon
Mediterranean
Lod
Edmond Ghosn
Beirut
Ghosn
Jers
Middle East Airlines
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Wauponsee St
Lloyd (Shorty) Heiden
William Pfaff
James Day
Terry Cleeton
Herald
Ment
Gop
Omar Bradley
Morris Daily Herald
Illinois
Gerald Bitner
Church St
Coal City
John B. Smith Jr
Main St
Seneca
Grundy County
William Button
Charles Ingram
Bitner
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