Radio message highlights welfare reform and growth in 1970s policy
Washington reports highlights from the Presidents radio address emphasizing welfare system reform to reward work, fiscal responsibility, and a strong economy as the cornerstone of human resources policy. It notes proposed funding reaching 3125 billion in the new budget and cites a Harrisburg lottery report of 2.74 million last week.
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Congress
Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
Nixon to present Congress plans for social programs
President Nixon, at Camp David, tapes a nationwide radio address on human resources and outlines plans for health, education, welfare and other social programs to be sent to Congress early next week. He also names Charles DiBona energy advisor as he prepares a comprehensive energy message for three to six weeks.
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UPI
Nixon
Human Resources
Congress
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Charles J. DiBona
Ziegler
DiBona
Center For Naval Analysis
Arlington
Energy
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Henry A. Kissinger
John DB. Ehrtichthan
Parents Protest Loitering Arrests In Town
A group including Mrs Flaming denounced loitering arrests as unfair to residents and youths. They urged friendlier police conduct, questioned $26 forfeit funds, and cited ongoing disturbances near North Hill businesses. Police Chief Farris defended actions and noted fines go to the city treasurer.
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Farris
Sumer
POW release delayed as JMC debates numbers
UPI reports a decision on the next group of U S prisoners from Communist camps was postponed. The Joint Military Commission subcommittee did not meet, with 40 U S captives in North Vietnam and none in the South yet to be freed. One third of 19 civilian captives in the South may go free by Tuesday.
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UPI
U.S
Joint Military Commission
JMC
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South
Tran van Tra
Viet Cong
Tra
South Vietnam
Tri Ton
Mekong Delta
Gilbert H. Woodward
Steven Myers
da Nang
Republic of Vietnam
ICCS
International Commission For Control and Supervision
Prgrsvn
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Republic of South Vietnam
Radio
Hanoi
Paris
Vietnam
Aerial bombs stolen from Zambelli plant in Union Township
About $400 worth of fireworks were taken overnight from the Zambelli Fireworks Manufacturing Co. plant on English Avenue. Police reported 144 aerial bombs missing from the drying room, including 20 nine inch bombs. Plant spokesman John Zambelli warned a single pipe fires all six shots and urged caution to prevent injuries from the short fuse. Entry was gained through a door and police asked residents to report explosions or finders to notify authorities.
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Zambelli Fireworks Manufacturing Co
English Avenue
Union Township
John Zambelli
Zambelli
Court weighs lower drinking age legality in Pa
A federal judge questioned the 21-year-old drinking age as the panel reviews a Pennsylvania suit challenging its constitutionality. Attorneys spar over maturity and rights, noting 18-year-olds vote and hold office, with the court ordering briefs within four weeks.
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Philadelphia
UPI
U.S
Edward Becker
Pennsylvania
Becker
Joseph Prim
Republican College Council of Pennsylvania
Prim
Alexander Jaffars
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Jaffars
Soviets Considered A Strike Against China in 1968
Joseph Alsop, in a Moyers Journal interview, claims the Soviet Union asked the United States for tacit support for a nuclear preventive strike on China in 1968. He says Moscow feared China's rapid military growth and that such a request influenced Nixon's visits to Moscow and Peking. He cites no documents but asserts the truth of the claim.
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New York
AFI
Soviet Union
United States
China
Joseph Alsop
Public Broadcasting Service
Bill Moyers
Alsop
Nixon
Moscow
Peking
Reagan gives jelly beans to Easter Seal youngsters in Sacramento
Gov Ronald Reagan joined Easter Seal ceremonies to kick off the California campaign. He handed jelly beans to Peter Ross Stinson, 6, of Sacramento, the national poster child, and Mary Redmond, 8, of Napa, who represents the state effort.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPE
Ronald Reagan
Peter Ross Stinson
Mary Redmond
Napa
California
Peter
Easter Seal Society
Mary
State lawmakers mum over gift scandal
In Harrisburg UPI reports a stalled probe into a gift liquor scandal involving state officials. Chief counsel Alexander Jaffars charged LCB secretary and eight members accepted liquor gifts from distillers amid a yearslong pattern. No prosecutions yet, with calls for broader investigation and police involvement.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Alexander J. Jaffars
The
Liquor Control Board
LCB
Edwin Winner
Louis Kishbaugh
Crime Commission
Pennsylvania
Unemployed Seattle Janitor Returns Burglary Cash Found
Robert T. Day, 57, a janitor, turned in $317.55 found in a discarded coat near his apartment building. Police said the money came from a tavern burglary. Day cited upbringing and honesty as reasons for his actions.
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Seattle
Wash
UPI
Robert T. Day
Flaherty seeks re election in open primary push
Pittsburgh Mayor Peter Flaherty announced his candidacy for re election in a noon news conference at the City County Building. He criticized machine politics and special interests, urging an open primary to let the people decide the next mayor. In Princeton, UPI reported Opinion Research Corp found 65 percent oppose amnesty for draft dodgers and deserters, 25 percent favor it, and 10 percent undecided, based on 1,036 telephone interviews from Feb 13-15.
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Pittsburgh
UFI
Peter Flaherty
City Democratic Organization
Flaherty
Princeton
N.J
UPI
Opinion Research Corp
Fed raises discount rate as inflation pressure grows
The Federal Reserve boosts its key discount rate from 5 to 5 1/2 percent effective Monday, the second rise in five weeks, aiming to curb inflation. The move signals tighter credit availability and comes as UPI notes the chair urged banks to accept curbed profits for public economic goals.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Reserve
Chinese aviation experts to oversee Boeing 707 production
Fourteen Chinese aviation experts moved to Seattle to supervise the production of ten Boeing 707 jetliners bought by the People’s Republic of China. They will inspect each plane during assembly to certify contract compliance, a Boeing spokesman said. The first jet under a $125 million contract is due for delivery this summer, likely August.
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Seattle
UPI
People’s Republic of China
China
Boeing
Blood-sucking fly from Africa eradicated in California
California health officials report the long winged parasite linked to cheetahs at San Diego Zoo and other zoos is apparently eradicated with no signs found since last December. The insect caused painful ulcers in coyotes and dogs and was first reported in the Western Hemisphere among cheetahs. A separate UPI item notes a Navy petty officer from Virginia convicted of theft aboard the submarine Terry Sperry and facing possible dishonorable discharge and confinement.
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Calif
UPI
Africa
California
John H. Poorbaugh
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Wild Animal Park
Western Hemisphere
San Diego
Texas
Georgia
Navy
Terry Sperry
Lempo 3
David Cramm
Woodbridge
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