Nixon Names Kennedy Ambassador to NATO
President Nixon announced former Treasury Secretary David M. Kennedy will serve as the new U.S. ambassador to NATO, while remaining ambassador at large. The move underscores Washington’s commitment to strengthen European economic, political, and military ties amid the Brandt talks and the ongoing 300,000 American forces in Europe.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Ald Brandt
Nixon
Willy Jofeo
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Florida White House
Kennedy
Brussels
NATO
Robert Ellsworth
Campaign to Conquer Cancer Expands at Fort Detrick
In 1971 the United States intensified its cancer drive with a $100 million NIH cancer research push announced in the State of the Union, a new cancer care program, and a national institute budget boost. The Port Detrick site emerged as a central focus, with several options debated and a Conquest of Cancer Act advancing through Congress before Nixon signed it in December.
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Congress
National Institutes of Health
Nixon
National Cancer Institute
Port Detrick
White House
HEW
Senate
Detrick
Washington
House Foreign Commerce Committee
House- Senate
Mathias
America
Fort Detrick
Two Injured In City Crash On West Second Street
Police say two Pinoak Lane residents Jack and Ethel Gretzinger were injured in a two car crash on West Second Street at 7 27 p m. Jack Gretzinger was charged with negligent driving after his car hit the rear of Donald Thompson s car. Thompson from Fairview Avenue had stopped to turn left onto Lindbergh Avenue. Damage was estimated at 1300 for Gretzinger s vehicle and 300 for Thompson s car.
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West Second Street
Pinoak Lane
Jack Eugene Gretzinger
Ethel Gretzinger
Fort Detrick’s
Jack Gretzinger
Donald $. Thompson
Fairview Avenue
Gretzinger
Thompson
Lindbergh Avenue
Gretzginger
Frederick Memorial faces six percent rate cap and debt woes
Hospital administrator Dow outlines Phase 2 rules limiting price increases to six percent, causing a two percent margin for expansion. The year 1971 saw a 353000 loss, with annual 600000 bad debts. Proposes advance deposits for uninsured patients and notes obstetrics drains. Staffing gains include a new controller, pharmacy director, and infectious disease officer.
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Internal Revenue
Dow
Frederick Memorial
Brunswick
Charles A. Markel
Fred L. Weamer
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Washington, D.C
Irwin Shure
Sinai Hospital
Baltimore
Dorothy G. Smith
New Farm Subsidy Rules Tighten Partnerships and Ownership
Washington AP reports new Agriculture Department rules to curb abuses of the 55000 cap on subsidies. All partners must be actively engaged in farming and corporate venture members face stricter ownership limits. Rules follow congressional charges of asset splitting via partnerships and corporate structures. Investigations by Agriculture and GAO are ongoing.
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Walsengton
Agriculture Department
Congress
General Accounting Office
Bloodmobile results honor several donors and set January visit
The article lists volunteers earning one two and three gallon pins for blood donations and credits James A Grove as chairman with a long list of helpers. The first bloodmobile trip of 1972 is planned for January 3 at the Francis Scott Key Post 11 American Legion Home with donor registration from 1 to 6 30 p.m. Legionnaires are urged to participate to support December and January bloodmobiles.
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Carol Chappell
Marion D. Carmack Jr
Austin L. Darrow
William M. Holzapfel Jr
Drew Shafer
A. Eugene Appleby
Nelson R. May
L. Clinton Rhowdes
M. Dawn Stine
James Aa. Grove
Dean Galvin
Francis Scott Key
American Legion Home
E.church Street
National Legion
One GI Killed In Viet Nam As Week Toll Drops
AP reports the weekly casualty figure shows one American killed in action in Vietnam last week, the lowest weekly toll in nearly seven years. Maj Chester Hanson said the figure marks the smallest weekly fatality since March 1 1965, just before the major U S troop buildup. The report also notes five Americans died from nonhostile causes and 29 wounded. South Vietnamese headquarters show 287 government troops killed and 633 wounded with 14 missing last week.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Chester Hanson
Succes
Sion
Lense
US. Command
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Woody and the Gang
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Roy E. Baker
Heraardwick
Frederick Bottled Gas CO
Market St
Frederick Area
WFMD
Facia
CCA
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Ft. Detrick
Benjamin Moore
Garst Paint Center Inc
Frederick, Maryland
Viet
Jesus
Fast Patrick St
Montevue
John Q. Ramsburg
Montevue Home
Loyola Federal
Savings and Loan Association
Maryland
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