Treaty action urged for rapid Senate ratification
Washington officials urged speedy Senate ratification of the Moscow arms limitation treaty to enable broader future talks. Secretary Rogers and Gerard Smith addressed the Foreign Relations Committee and defended the accord amid opposition from Jackson and Goldwater. Defense Secretary Laird planned to defend the Moscow agreements before the Armed Services Committee.
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Washington
Wpi
Senate
Moscow
William F. Rogers
Gerard C. Smith
Arms Central and Disarmament Agency
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Barry M. Goldwater
R-Aziz
Nixon
Soviet Union
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Senate Armed Services Committee
Air war in Vietnam resumes full blast after Hanoi visit
U S command reports record Sunday strikes on North Vietnamese air defenses amid Soviet leader Podgorny’s Hanoi trip. More than 14 anti aircraft items destroyed including 76 SAM sites, with Phantoms claiming the most air defense hits since the current offensive began. Separate ground actions report heavy fighting near An Loc, and Thieu vows a three month drive to reclaim lost territory. US troop levels drop to seven year low of 80,100 with 1,800 to withdraw. 1,100 more to depart in 15 days to meet Nixon goal.
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Saigon
UPH
North Vietnam
Nikolai ¥. Podgorny
Hanoi
Air Force
U.S
Hanoi-Haiphong
Podgorny
Panhandle
Ninh Binh
Quang Tri Province
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
7Th Fleet
Indochina
South Vietnam
Nixon
An Loc
Highway 14
Pleiku
Kontum
Highlands
Agnew Opens US Jaycees Convention in Atlanta
Vice President Spiro Agnew kicks off a four day United States Jaycees meeting in Atlanta with 17,000 delegates expected to attend. Notables include Billy Graham and Sen. Hubert Humphrey as speakers, as Dean Rusk discusses prevention of World War III.
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United Press International
Atlanta
UPH
Spiro Agnew
United States Jaycees
Dean Rusk
Agnew
Evangelist Billy Graham
Hubert Humphrey
Agnes Hurricane Brings Tornadoes To Florida Coast
Hurricanes Agnes pound Florida with 120 mph winds and eight foot tides. Tornadoes kill at least five in Florida and unite with heavy rain as Panhandle warnings extend from Panama City to St. Marks. Evacuations urged for low lying areas amid looming floods.
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Don C. Becker
Miami
UPI
Agnes
Florida
Florida Panhandle
Panama City
St. Marks
National Hurricane Center
Apalachicola
Apalachee Bay
Florida Gulf Coast
Tampa Bay
Sheriff's Office
Okeechobee
Sheriffs Department
Treasure Island
Keys
Panhandle
Robert Simpson
Hurricane Center
Trains crash tunnel death toll rises in France
Rescue halted as ceiling cave in endangers workers in the so called tunnel of death near Soissons 62 confirmed dead 86 injured with 40 to 50 bodies still trapped in the wreckage remote from Paris. A passenger Bernard Debre survived briefly before hospital treatment.
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Soissons
France
UPI
Paris
Bernard Debre
Rene Dijoud
Community centers face financial crisis and funding cuts
The article details the struggle of local community centers as CHARGE funding dwindles, WESAC gains stability through United Fund aid, and centers like East Side and South Side seek new sponsorships. The United Fund weighs whether to add them as delegate agencies while campaign goals lag, forcing temporary relief but risking long term survival.
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Charge
GEO
Joseph NeFelice
WESAC
Gordon Marks
United Fund
South Side
East Side
Mahoningtown
Ellwood
OEO
East Side Center
South Side Center
John Blair
Blair
Community Center Study Committee
New Castle
Dici
Craton Center
State appoints 43 member panel to study public schools
Governor Shapp names a 43 member commission to review curriculum organization staffing governance and finance for 12 to 15 months. Lt. Gov. Kline and James Rowland co chair the panel with six Board of Education members eight legislators and education leaders. The group will propose ways to raise education quality while containing rising costs.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Millon J. Shapp
Ernnest DP
Kline
James Rowland
State Board of Education
Board of Education
Shapp
Doctors urge doctors to lead health reform at AMA meeting
In San Francisco Congressman Daniel Flood urged that solving national health problems rests more with American doctors than the federal government. Flood, chair of the HEW appropriations subcommittee, told about 400 physicians at the AMA convention that government provides tools and doctors must apply them. He called the system rooted in tradition and said the government would be a junior partner. About 10,000 physicians were registered for the convention.
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San Francisco
UPI
Daniel J. Flood
R-Pa
Flood
House
Department of Health, Ednecation and Welfare
Congress
American Medical Association
Fland
The
AMA
Bill for prisoners leave time proposed by Schweiker
Sen Richard Schweiker sponsors a bill to allow American prisoners of war to accumulate unlimited leave while held by the enemy. Under current law troops earn 30 days of leave per year but may not store more than 90. The measure aims to prevent loss of earned leave and would provide full compensation upon return to aid reintegration and career restart.
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Washington
UPT
Richard
Schweiker
Rpa
Night club gutted in Ross Township blaze
A six alarm fire destroyed the Three Doves Restaurant on Babcock Boulevard in Ross Township near Pittsburgh. Firefighters from six communities battled the blaze for nearly two hours. one firefighter was treated for exhaustion and no other injuries were reported. The explosion caused power outages in parts of the North Hills area.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Ross Township
North Is
Three Doves
Babcock Blvd
North Hills Passavant Hospital
Collapse of parochial schools warned in study
A panel appointed by Archbishop Cardinal John Krothere predicts a national collapse of the Catholic school system. Led by John T. Garash, the study calls the crisis the most comprehensive of its kind in the United States. It warns dwindling finances will devastate parochial schools and, if they fail, will have disastrous effects on public schools.
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Philadelpha
UPS
United States
Cardinal John Krothere
John T. Garash
Ina Corp
Garash
Faces murder charges in Delaware County motel killings
Marilyn Dobrolenski a 19 year old from Toledo Ohio was to stand trial on murder charges in the deaths of two Delaware state troopers Ronald Carey 29 and David Yarrington 24 who were shot during a motel holdup inside the Pennsylvania border January 5 Investigators say she with Irving Hogg 40 led a crime spree through Michigan Ohio and Delaware County while allying with others and the gunfight left Carey dead instantly and Yarrington dying soon after
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Pennsylvania
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Monroeville
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Harry Rhule
Mustang
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Armed Forces
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Los Angeles
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Saudi Arabia
Disney
Prince
Northrup
Lockheed Aeronautic
John Mitchell
George McGovern
Mitchell
McGovern
South Dakota
Spiri Agnew
Marie-Luce Cagniard
Jean Chamant
St. Leger Abbey
Indiana University
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Miss Olson
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UPI Photo
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