Maureen O Connor Youngest City Council Winner in San Diego
Maureen O Connor a 25 year old Rosary High School teacher won a San Diego City Council seat defeating 50 year old Lou Ridgeway and noted the youth vote plus college age supporters helped her upset victory. She planned to run government with outreach to citizens and youth groups and will resign teaching but continue advisory work at Rosary High School.
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San Diego
Maureen O’connor
Colleen
Lou Ridgeway
Maureen
Pete Wilson
Jim Bates
O’connor
Rosary High School
Miss O'Connor
O'Connor
Mavourneen
Council
Rosary High
Miss O’connor
Jerome
Apollo revival gains steam among scientists and lawmakers
More than 100 scientists at a Houston Lunar Geophysical Conference back a 1974 Apollo extension with unmanned lunar orbital flights. Proposals include a six to nine day manned moon mapping flight using an Apollo lander as an observatory, plus orbital missions around Earth and the moon, leveraging surplus Apollo equipment as funds were cut for later lunar landings.
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Frank Macomber
Copley News Service
U.S. Astronaut Corps
Congress
Earth
Houston
Federal Space Agency
Smithsonian Institution
Paul Gast
Planetary and Earth Sciences
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manned Spacecraft Center
Moon
Gast
Apollo
1971 Construction Year Sees Strong Texas Growth Says UT Bureau
The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research notes 1971 exceeded expectations with new dwelling units up 36 percent and nonresidential construction up 10 percent. They project Texas urban area authorizations to top 115,000 by year end, led by Houston Dallas and Fort Worth. Apartment permits reach 55,153 through October as homebuilding in the 25 000 to 35 000 dollar range is expected to accelerate in 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Stanley A. Arbingast
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
Arbingast
U S Congress Rated Least Outdated by Paris Conference
At the 59th Inter Parliamentary Conference in Paris 700 lawmakers from 67 nations compared systems. U S committee chairmen gain independence by seniority though have power, while French and British committees emerge as weak or limited bodies under executive control.
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Thomas Nuzum Copley
Paris
Free World
U.S
America
Ireland
Mary T. W. Robinson
United States
Canada
Norman Cafik
Cafik
France
Georges Pompidou
Assembly
Roger Schwartzenberg
University of Paris
William Fulbright
Britain
Timothy Fortescue
Solon urges farm laborer on agricultural advisory board
Rep. James O'Hara asks the Agriculture Department to expand its 26 member safety advisory panel to include farm laborers. He argues workers face pesticide exposure and machinery hazards and deserve representation, noting millions work for wages on farms and are at risk. A department spokesman cites current farmer dominance on the panel but supports consideration of workers’ voices.
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Washington
James O’hara
Agriculture Department
Advisory
Michigan
O’hara
Department
Free enterprise to the murderer of air industry?
AP reports on Sept 9 the U S government guaranteed up to 250 million in loans to Lockheed Aircraft amid bankruptcy fears. Lockheed argued the guarantee was not a loan, while critics warned subsidies lure higher costs and harm free enterprise. Chairman Daniel Haughton warned airline profitability hinges on drastic breakthroughs in technology and cost reduction.
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John Caniff
New York
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockheed
Washington
Daniel Haughton
Haughton
Air Transport Association
Beverly Hills
Calif
Texan incomes dip slightly in October but higher than year ago
Estimated personal income in Texas fell 3 percent in October yet remained 7.6 percent above October 1970 levels. For January–October 1971 consumer income rose 7 percent while purchasing power increased about 2 percent for Texas residents, with fixed income groups losing real purchasing power.
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Austin, Tex
Texas
Francis May
University of Texas
University Bureau of Business Research
May
Nixon
Should U S keep Guantanamo base in Cuba amid tensions
The piece weighs whether the United States should withdraw from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba as critics demand normalization with Havana. It notes Sen. George McGovern and Sen. Edward Kennedy urging closure, while Admiral Holmes and the Navy defend staying. It covers lease terms from 1903, rent of 3386 dollars, and Cuba’s opposition.
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Theodore A. Ediger
Copley
Miami
United States
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Cuba
Caribbean
Guantanamo
George McGovern
South Dakota
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
U.S
Nixon
John Chafee
Fidel Castro
Gitmo
Navy
Havana
Guantanamo Bay
E. P. Holmes
Atlantic
House Subcommittee On Inter-American Affairs
Castro
Sierra Maestra
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California
John F. Kennedy
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Maureen O’conner
Mediterranean
Tunis
Tunisia
U.S. Congress
Solon
Agricultural Board
Doves
Tanamo
Cienfuegos
Brian McCauley
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