LEAA Block Grants Face Criticism for Waste and Inefficiency
A House subcommittee portrays the LEAA crime program as wasteful and mismanaged after sending about 1.5 billion to states without reducing crime. The report cites underutilized funds, diversions to political aims, excessive consultant fees, improper bidding, and lack of performance standards.
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Washington
House
United States
The
Legal and Monetary Affairs Sub
LEAA
Plutonium To Power Pacemakers
In Maryland Hittman Corp engineers say pacemakers may soon run on Plutonium-238 replacing mercury batteries. The isotope could extend life from years to decades with an atomic half life of 90 years. Orders have already been placed by a Baltimore hospital.
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Columbia
Bustard
Hittman
Baltimore
Treaty To Ban Germ Warfare Weapons To Be Signed Today
President Nixon prepared to witness the signing of a 25 nation pact to ban germ warfare weapons with ambassador Anatoliy Dobrynin for the Soviet Union and William Rogers for the United States. The accord aims to halt development and stockpiling while sparing existing defensive research at Fort Detrick and Edgewood Arsenal.
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Nixon
Anatoliy F Dobrynin
Soviet Union
William P. Rogers
United States
Great Britain
Vietnam
U.S
Russia
Earl L. Butz
Moscow
North Vietnam
Melvin R. Laird
Kremlin
Hanoi
Geneva
Fort Detrick
Dugway Proving Ground
Utah
Edgewood Arsenal
Fort Detrick Medical Institute
Henry Hearn
Biological Warfare Center
Hearn
Detrick Agency
Sembly
Pentagon
Short Circuit Ignites Parked Car by Horseshoe Falls
Tourists watched as an unoccupied car near the Horseshoe Falls triggered a series of malfunctions. A short circuit set the engine roaring and the vehicle bursting into flames after its lights flashed and the windshield exploded. Firemen blamed the incident on a short circuit.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Horseshoe Falls
New Hair Growth Method Promises Reversal of Baldness
Houston based Loesch Laboratory Consultants offer a 32 day trial claiming to stop hair loss and regrow hair for men and women. The ad emphasizes personal evaluation, confidentiality, and asks readers to submit medical questions and information to determine eligibility while promising answers by mail.
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Houston
Texas
Loesch Laboratory Consultants, Inc
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