U S SUSPENDS NUCLEAR TESTS FOR PEACEFUL USES
The United States cancels underground detonations for Project Plowshare due to budget limits and environmental opposition. The move pauses tests for fiscal 1971 while the AEC notes potential future funding questions and shifts toward engineering blasts seeking new energy sources.
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Washington
United States
Atomic Energy
Est
AEC
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Admin
ABC
Panama Canal
Farmington
N.M
Nixon Proposes $2 Billion Manpower Plan in Revenue Sharing
President Nixon asks Congress for a one third rise in federal outlays for manpower programs, totaling about $2 billion in the first year under a revenue sharing framework. The plan would give states and localities broad discretion, with automatic funding triggers if unemployment stays at 4.5 percent for three months, and strong safeguards against discrimination.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Secretary of Labor
Labor Department
Lourdes Knights Bound For Milwaukee State Tournament
Lourdes High School sends its championship basketball team and supporters to Milwaukee for the WISAA state tournament. The sendoff features student cheers, band, and staff organizing buses and tickets as the Knights prepare to face St. Catherine of Racine in Friday’s first round. Officials praise the students for sportsmanship and spirit, a tradition noted since 1966.
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Lourdes Knights
Lourdes High School
Milwaukee
Lourdes
Knights
St. Catherine of Racine
Northwestern
Judy Russell
LHS
Glen “Red” Kemp
Appleton Xavier
Manitowoe Roncalli
John B. Dewane
Mary Marella
William Behring
Behring
Father Dewane
Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena
Green Bay
WISAA
de Pere Abbot Pennings
Witness Testimony Details Orders At My Lai Killing
At My Lai Lt. Col. Barker ordered Medina to spare villagers as Calhoun testified during Lt. Calley’s court martial. Calhoun said Major Gen. Koster countermanded a later order to return and check civilian casualties, while Medina declined to re-enter the village.
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FT. Benning, Ga
UPT
My Lai
Ernest L. Medina
William L. Calley
Charles C. Calhoun
Calley
Calhoun
Frank A. Barker Jr
Barker
Medina
Samuel W. Koster
11Th Light Infantry Brigade
Oran K. Henderson
Col
Reid W. Kennedy
Kennedy
Ger. Koster
Railroad Strike Threat Is Averted
In Washington negotiations to avert a nationwide railroad strike continued after an overnight breakdown. UTU President Charles Luna and union negotiator Clyde Lane met with Assistant Labor Secretary W. J. Usery Jr to push a settlement on work rules, with a 3 p.m. CST resumption planned at the Labor Department.
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Washington
UPI
United Transportation Union
UTU
Labor Department
W. J. Usery Jr
Charles Luna
Usery
Luna
Clyde Lane
Labor
James D. Hodgson
Warmer and Cloudy Tonight With Mild Overnight Low
Weather forecast notes warmer conditions and cloudy skies tonight with near twenty degrees overnight. Details continue on page two.
Northwestern coeds duped in sexual spanking scam
Thirteen Northwestern University coeds answered a Daily Northwestern ad for a scientific study on spanking. They were paid with bad checks by a man claiming to represent G&S Love Industries, later found to be fraudulent. Authorities pursued the case as more than 10 answered the ad. some participants reported pain and embarrassment, while others recalled the deception.
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Evanston
UPN
Northwestern
Joe
Daily
G&s Love Industries
G&s
Love Industries
Four American Airmen Kidnapped in Turkey
Four U S airmen were abducted near Ankara by five armed Turks demanding 400000 dollars. The group called itself the Turkish People’s Liberation Army and threatened a firing squad if money was not delivered. Names include Sgt Jimmie Sexton and Airmen Larry Heavner Richard Caracci and James Gholson.
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Ankara
Turkey
U.S
Jimmie J. Sexton
San Angelo
Tex
Larry J. Heavner
Denver
Colo
Richard Caracci
Stamford
Ner’s
Anatolian
Gholson
Turkish People’s Liberation Army
Stadio
Foreign Ministry
Naped
Jimmy Ray Finley
Fort Worth
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Winnebagoland
William Handley
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