Nixon milk price supports tied to politics not contributions
AP reports the White House acknowledged that political considerations influenced Nixon's 1971 decision to boost milk price supports, while denying campaign contributions swayed him. Two White papers countered charges linking donors to this milk case and ITT antitrust suits, as Nixon marks his 61st birthday amid Watergate efforts.
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Calif
White House
Nixon
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Media urged to cut back to conserve energy
Former White House aide Herbert G Klein urged voluntary media cutbacks including eliminating one edition of big city newspapers and halting late night to early morning TV broadcasts. He argued conservation would build public trust while not harming journalism. In California, Senator Tunney warned of possible oil market manipulation with tanks and ship arrivals up, urging probes into a suspected conspiracy.
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Ill
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Herbert G. Klein
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Nixon
Sangamon State University
Metromedia, Inc
Chicago
Los Angeles
Nixon budget hike targets defense and energy plan
President Nixon proposes a fiscal 1975 budget with defense spending rising by up to eight billion dollars to cover higher pay and material costs. The plan also includes energy research, a start on national health insurance by 1977, and a new transportation revenue sharing program.
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Nixon
Roy Ash
Ash
Office of Management and Budget
Congress
Dixy Lee Ray
Atomic Energy Commission
Administration
AEC
Cold and Darkness Prevails in Alaska Schools
FAIRBANKS Alaska AP daylight saving time stirs opposition in lower 48 while Alaska keeps routine schooling in dark half the year. Bob Clark Fairbanks transportation director notes November to late February see about 4 hours of sun daily and buses cover 5400 miles daily. Many students ride buses if far from school or in hazardous areas with poor lighting. Kindergarten to high school attend under strict rules with some walking two miles to a 20 mile bus ride. Buses are insulated to stay 40 above zero and all have radios for quick help.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
United States
Bob Clark
Clark
Carrasco pleads guilty and receives life prison term
Fred Gomez Carrasco known as El Senior chose life in prison on assault to murder charges in Corpus Christi. The 33 year old from San Antonio faced a change of venue and related charges after a 1973 motel shooting that wounded him and led to the arrest of Rosa Carrasco, his wife, who would be freed as part of a plea deal. Carrasco, a reputed drug trafficking figure linked to a Texas Mexico operation, could be eligible for parole in 15 years according to his attorney James Gillespie.
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Fred Gomez Carrasco
South Texas
Carrasco
Rosa
San Antonio
Texas
Mexico
Guadalajara
Rosa Carrasco
Associated
Gilberto
Escobedo
Bexar County
Atty
Charles Conaway
James Gillespie
Gillespie
Pun Fun Convention Ends with Howling Groans
New York AP reports the 27th annual convention of the Society for the Revival and Preservation of the Pun wrapped at the New School for Social Research. Comics celebrated Attila the Pun with a workshop led by George Q. Lewis, who envisions a pun library for groans and giggles.
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Society For the Revival and Preservation of
Carpenter
New School For Social Research
Attila the Pun
George Q
Lewis
Morrie Simkin
Manhattan
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