Nixon Aide Dispute Over Extra REA Funds
A dispute unfolds within the Nixon administration as the Agriculture Department seeks an extra 20 million dollars to support Rural Electrification Administration loan programs this fiscal year. The Bureau of the Budget denied the request on April 30, per an REA spokesman. A loan user group official commented.
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Nixon Administration
Agriculture Department
Rural Electrification Administration
Bureau of the Budget
REA
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Congress
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
NRECA
Robert D. Partridge
Partridge
America
Indochina
White House
Bureau
Cambodia
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Southern Research Institute
Birmingham
Ala
The
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FTC chief calls TV ads a major consumer concern
Los Angeles AP Caspar Weinberger chairman of the Federal Trade Commission warns the average American child will see about 350000 televised commercials by age 18. He says the agency must monitor messages annually to curb false advertising and protect consumers. He praises networks for honesty and notes TV could strengthen democracy.
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Los Angeles
Caspar W. Weinberger
Federal Trade Commission
Weinberger
FTC
Seremons
Cambodian Mekong Front Falls to Viet Cong Advancers
U S Navy report says Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops have seized control of all villages along the Mekong from the border to the Neak Luong ferry crossing 37 miles southeast of Phnom Penh. The Cambodian army moved about 2,000 troops to a position 10 miles north of Neak Luong but no attack timing is indicated. A 10,000 man South Vietnamese task force with American advisers was withdrawn from Cambodia as a fresh ground force prepared to
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Mekong
Neak Luong
Phnom Pehn
Cambodia
Mekong Delta
Camerodia
Ba Thu
Saigon
Campus Unrest and National Guard Deployments Mount
Across several states protests flare on college campuses. At Southern Illinois University Carbondale police clash injures nine students and 12 officers as about 450 troopers relieve police. Gov. Moore alerts West Virginia guards for potential duty at West Virginia University. National Guardsmen clash with demonstrators at Wisconsin Madison. Fires and barricades erupt at multiple campuses as protests surge after Cambodia invasion news.
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Ilinois University
Carbondale
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore Jr
West Virginia University
Morgantown
National
Univeristy of Wisconsin
Madison
Kent State University
Rhodes
University of New Mexico
U.S
Cambodia
Kent State
Kent
Association of American Colleges
Nixon
White House
Ae Nixon
Association of American Universities
Washington
Washington Monument
Three Killed Six Hurt In Louisiana Explosion
An exploding hot water heater on an offshore drilling platform off Louisiana killed three men and left six injured. Movible Offshore, Inc. workers were involved, and the Shell Oil Co. platform suffered two blown walls while the wells remained undamaged. Authorities cited a failed pressure relief valve as the cause. Names of the deceased include Joseph R. Carvin and Robert L. Booker along with Kenneth Mahaney. Survivors were treated and released or hospitalized with varying conditions.
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Morgan City
C. E. Chism
Movible Offshore
Joseph R. Carvin
Biloxi
Miss
Robert L. Booker
Houston
Tex
Kenneth Mahaney
New Iberia
Donald R. Bardel
Poplarville
Carol Desormeaux
Charles J. Martinez
George Parker
Raymond D. Louviere
Gordon D. Wallace
Reklaw
Chism
Agnew Criticized as Traveling GOP Barker by Moyers
Former press secretary Bill Moyers blasted Vice President Spiro Agnew calling him a traveling barker. Moyers, speaking at a Texas Bill of Rights Foundation event, argued Agnew attacked television and the press for political gain while ignoring media excesses and the Wallace challenge to Republicans.
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Bill Moyers
Spiro Agnew
Moyers
Agnew
Montgomery
Ala
George Wallace
Wallace
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