Federal grant backs antipoverty pilot programs
A $7.4 million federal grant to Opportunity Funding Corp will attract about $37 million in private capital and test projects in blighted areas. The program aims to guarantee savings and insurance, encourage home ownership, and spur firm investment in low income zones.
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Associated Press Washington
Opportunity Funding Corp
Donald Rumsfeld
Office of Economic Opportunity
Gleason to marry Beverly McKittrick in England
Miami press spokesman Hank Meyer says comedian Jackie Gleason will wed Beverly McKittrick in Ashford England on Saturday. The couple will honeymoon in London before a stay in Surrey while Gleason recently obtained a New York divorce from his wife of 34 years.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Felicia Warburg Sarnoff
Robert Sarnoff
RCA Corp
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Roosevelt
Paul Felix Warburg
France
Europe
Miami
Jackie Gleason
Beverly McKittrick
Ashford
England
Hank Meyer
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Surrey
Gleason
New York State
Draft Ends Through Lottery System Progress
The article discusses men born under the draft and the agony of suspense during lottery day. It notes Nixon’s proposal to end the draft by making military service more attractive and shifting to an all volunteer army.
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Nixon
Singing Flame May End Air Jets Whine At Penn State
Mechanical engineer Gerhard Beethof tests a method at Pennsylvania State University to cancel jet engine noise by generating a pure tone in the hot exhaust that is out of phase with fan noise. Early experiments show an oscillating electric field can induce sound at the field frequency and even transmit music with fidelity.
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College of Engineering
Pennsylvania State University
Gerhard Beethof
Local Selective Service Office Info for Pecos Area
The Pecos area local Selective Service Office runs every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. For details call 505-885-2096 in Carlsbad New Mexico or contact the local office at 445-2104.
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Alvin E. Lawrence
Pecos
Carlsbad
N. M
Six Die in Newark Fire Suspected Arson
Six persons including four children died when a suspicious fire tore through two three story frame buildings in Newark. Six siblings were among the injured along with four other residents and two firemen. Deputy Fire Chief Thomas O’Boyle said investigators believed arson caused the blaze and gasoline cans were found at the start of the fire in the front stairway and halls.
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Newark
Marcos Menes
Thomas O’boyle
Cambodian arms flood and Viet drives signal renewed conflict
Large scale South Vietnamese operations continue as observers warn of renewed attacks after brief lulls. Arm shipments arrive for Cambodian forces with US planes delivering about 30,000 carbines and 9,000 captured weapons from border supply dumps. Prince Norodom Sihanouk wrapped up a two week North Korea visit and departed by train likely toward ce
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Cambodia
South Vietnam
U. S
Norodom Sihanouk
North Korea
Draft Call and Dates List
A dense ledger of dates with associated numbers arranged as a long sequence. The list cites multiple months and days with numeric codes, including items like Nov 15 362 and Jan 27 173, spanning across months from January to December and mixing years and decimals.
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