Nixon Proposes 2.566 Billion for Transportation Funding
President Nixon urged Congress to approve 2.566 billion dollars in special revenue sharing to ease transportation problems. About 20 percent would strengthen urban mass transit, with the rest for planning, construction, and modernization of highways, aviation, and transit systems.
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Volpe
New Authority Sought Over Water Pollution Disaster Risk
Washington AP The Transportation Department urged new federal power to restrict hazardous discharges and fund cleanups with unlimited liability. President Nixon sent the report to Congress without immediate endorsement, noting possible changes. The plan targets spill prevention reporting penalties and insurance, warning a major city could lose its water supply if a spill occurs.
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Transportation Department
Nixon
Congress
Runaway Locomotive Crashes Into Train at Lake Geneva
A diesel switch locomotive began an untrained run near Crystal Lake and, traveling about 90 mph, struck a idle North Western commuter train at the Lake Geneva depot. A crewman slept in a double decker car and was uninjured. Diesel spill and wreckage disrupted traffic.
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Proxmire Mulls Presidential Bid Amid Candidacy Talk
Senator William Proxmire says he is considering a run for the presidency, not limited to a favorite son bid. He notes movement could occur if conditions warrant and would be nationwide. Wisconsin supporters have formed a committee to back him for the 1972 Democratic nomination, potentially positioning him as a vice presidential possibility. Proxmire, a trained economist, was questioned during a radio interview with Representative William Ryan.
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Congress
White House
William F. Ryan
D-N-Y
New York
George S. McGovern
McGovern
Proxmire
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Wild Rose teacher dies in head on crash near Wautoma
Vivian Burkhardt 30, a physical education teacher in Wild Rose since 1969, died en route to University Hospital after a head on collision at 8 50 p m on highways 21 and 73 one mile east of Wautoma. Miss Margaret Anderson 24 and Marvin Gutche 4 R 1 Wautoma were also injured. investigation ongoing.
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Wautoma Hospital
Margaret Anderson
Marvin Gutchie
Waushara
Wautema Hospital
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Gutche
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Plymouth
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Kenosha County
Brown County
Willie Dotson
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Reuben Wheat
Chicago
Robin C. Olson
Shawano
U.S. 41
Lawrence
Olson
Snow likely tonight with chilly overnight lows
The forecast calls for continued snow with overnight temperatures dropping into the 20s. Details appear on Page 8, with more on expected accumulation and timing.
Look At Pentagon Finance Study Urges Cost Cuts
Washington AP report details a $2 million GAO study criticizing defense industry profits and Pentagon policies. Comptroller General Elmer Staats defends the GAO process, denying changes to figures after pre-release review, while Sen. Proxmire signals a forthcoming hearing on defense profits. Pentagon notes defend profits as not excessive or unreasonable.
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Pentagon
Congress
Elmer B. Staats
General Accounting Office
GAO
Staats
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate House Economic Committee
Priests Seek Right to Marry in Catholic Church
The National Federation of Priests Councils, representing about 60 percent of U S Roman Catholic clergy, urged allowing priests to choose celibacy or marriage. The House of Delegates approved 193 to 18 after hours of debate, 35 000 of 39 000 clerics in the federation would be affected. The move could permit currently celibate priests to marry and allow divorced priests to return to religious life. The vote precedes a papal synod set for Sept 23. The group also condemned the Vietnam War and backed Rev Philip Berrigan and co defendants amid charges related to kidnapping Kissinger and destruction of government property.
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International Synod of Bishops
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Vietnam
Nixon to Seek Auto Insurance Reforms Across States
The Nixon administration requests Senate consideration of a state by state reform plan for auto insurance focusing on no fault liability. Volpe backs gradual shift to first party non fault coverage with caps on damages and high medical expense limits while Magnuson Hart back a nationwide bill but acknowledge state led changes. The draft proposes mandatory coverage for car owners, high medical costs, income loss caps, and replacement services payments.
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Secretary of Transportation
John A. Volpe
Senate Commerce Committee
Volpe
Warren G. Magnuson
Congress
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