Fortas resigns from Supreme Court amid impeachment pressure
Justice Abe Fortas announced his resignation from the Supreme Court amid mounting pressure and impeachment talk. President Nixon accepted it effective immediately, with Congress reacting mostly favorably though some call for full disclosure of Fortas Wolfson ties. Fortas sent Warren an explanation of returning a $20,000 Wolfson foundation fee after Wolfson’s securities violations and subsequent imprisonment.
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Fortas
Louis E. Wolfson
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Earl Warren
Warren
Wolfson Family Foundation
Wolfson
Fortas Law
Robert P. Griffin
Reich
Ellsworth to Speak at Ottawa University Commencement
Robert Ellsworth the United States permanent representative to NATO will be guest speaker at Ottawa University's commencement Sunday June 1 at 2 30 p m in the University Chapel. He will receive an honorary doctorate from university president Peter H Armacost and address The Process of Change The 1970s and Beyond. 190 seniors will receive bachelor degrees in the largest OU class. Ellsworth served in the U S House of Representatives from 1960 to 1967 and was on key committees including Joint Economic Veteran's Affairs Post Office Civil Service and the House Republican Task Force on NATO.
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Robert Ellsworth
United States
NATO
Ottawa University
Ellsworth
Peter H. Armacost
U. S
House of Representatives
Congress
Joint Economic Committee
Veteran's Affairs Committee
Post Office, Civil Service Committee
House
Republican
Capper's Assistant Becomes City Clerk In Ottawa
City Commission appoints Crlin W. Smith, known as Pete, as city clerk to replace Don Capper who resigned last week. Smith, 38, is to be paid 660 dollars monthly pending a formal salary resolution. The meeting addressed bypass issues, paving petitions, bids, and eminent domain for runway extensions at Ottawa Municipal Airport. Regulations and project updates from Public Works, including asphalt overlay liabilities and 1969 paving progress, were shared.
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Alden Cearfoss
Crlin W. Smith
City Commission
Smith
Pete
Don Capper
Cearfoss
Capper
Beech
Logan
Ottawa
Main
Verne Wadkins
Public Works
State Highway Commission
John Richeson
Tenth Street
Sycamore
Burroughs
Benefit District
Charlie
South Hickory
Richeson
Killough And Gilmore Resign From Planning Commission
Two Ottawa planning commission members resign. Robert Killough 326 S Kim leaves after one two year term. Jess Gilmore 804 Willow resigns after six years. Budge Reusch 332 Elm not reappointed. replaced by Doel Towner. Mayor Phillips expresses regret.
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City Planning Commission
Robert Killough
S. Kim
Jess Gilmore
Willow
Gilmore
Budge Reusch
Elm
Reusch
Doel Towner
Capper
Planning Commission
Commission
Killough
Lamar Phillips
Ottawa Clean Up Week Plans Mobilize City Crews
Ottawa city crews assist May 12 to 17 beautification campaign Brought by Community Development Organization with trucks from the dump site for Saturday trash pickup at 10 a.m. They repaint traffic lanes curbs and poles while tulips appear along Walnut Street. A broken street sweeper and pink litter boxes draw complaints as Vern Wadkins oversees the effort.
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Ottawa
Lance Anderson
Ginger
Verne Wadkins
Main Street
Wadkins
Lance
Lyle Anderson
N. Mulberry
Marvin G. Gast
N. Oak
Ottawa Junior High School
Walnut
Nixon Plans Vietnam Peace Move To Paris Talks
President Nixon and advisers reviewed an eight point Vietnam offer including a mutual pullout over 12 months. Henry Cabot Lodge met with Cabinet and NSC leaders before returning to Paris. U S officials anticipated a negative early reply from the Viet Cong National Liberation Front in Paris.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
Paris
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Administration
Cabinet
National Security Council
White House
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
State Department
NLF
United States
Sex Education Part II Seeks Public Backlash
SIECUS, the Sex Information and Education Council of the United States, faces broad opposition in a nationwide clash over school sex education. Critics label it a liberal influence and warn of early, coeducational programs. Renton Parents for Responsible Education decries kindergarten through 12th grade sex education, urging parental control and opposing early exposure.
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Jerry Buck
Associated Press
Siecus
Sex Information and Education Councyl
U.S
New York
Billy James Hargis
The
Christian Crusade
John Birch Society
Robert Welch
Mises
Ron Mann
Renton Parents For Responsible Education
Renton
Wash
Mary S. Calderone
Boards of Education
Cal Well Being
Seattle
Washington
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Abe
Ciary
Clark MacGregor
R-Minn
Richard
Schweiker
R-Pa
Paul Fannin
R-Ariz
Ziegler
John N. Mitchell
John D. Ehrlichman
Abe Fortas
Bob Ellsworth
City Fathers
Brookside Lane
South Walnut
Eugene Flaherty
Killough and Gilmore
Phillips
Harry Murphy
Towner
North Side
Franklin County Farm Bureau
House of Douglas
Irving Niles
Winton A. Winter
Chester Wagner
Richmond
Cedar House Nursing Home
Franklin Baker
Hickory
Wagner
Baker
Farm Bureau
Know
Mann
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