Miami Beach stays optimistic amid tourism rivals and conventions
Miami Beach officials reject gloom despite Miss Universe departure and Disney World appeal. Hotel executives report strong December bookings and a confident season with tours to Disney World and international advertising planned. The Democratic National Convention next July is seen as a key economic driver for visitor spending.
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Ann Hellmuth
Associated Press
Miami Beach
Fla
Puerto Rico
Jackie Gleason
Walt Disney World
Edwin Dean
The
South Florida Hotel and Motel Association
Jerry Sussman
Carillon
Sussman
Disney World
Florida
Nixon
Allen Robinson
Canada
Europe
London
Halloween raids hit Muszynski pumpkin patch in Wisconsin
In South Milwaukee, vandals and curious neighbors allegedly helped themselves to about 600 dollars worth of pumpkins cabbage and squash from a 10 acre Muszynski farm by Sunday after a rumor spread that the city would plow the crops.
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Milwaukee
Ralph T. Musczynski
South
Muszynski
Harvard pediatrician warns against educational toys
A Harvard pediatrician says many so called educational toys may harm children by replacing parental interaction. He cites "programmed cognitive stimulation" crib systems and warns turning children to machines beyond early years risks undermining mother child bonding and natural social development.
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Chicago
Harvard University
Richard I. Feinbloom
Feinbloom
American Academy of Pediatrics
Peter H. Wolff
Harvard
Pediatrics
Exiles' prayer campaign seeks Cuba freedom and unity
Miami reports a sweeping exile movement the Prayer Campaign for the Salvation of Cuba aims to restore freedom on the Castro regime. About 85 000 exile families and over a quarter million people worldwide are enrolled with thousands more inside Cuba. The effort, led by Father Manuel Lopez, ties prayer to political hope and unites diverse exiled groups through the Union of Cubans in Exile with centers across the United States. A separate shrine project in Biscayne Bay plans a 120 foot monument to Our Lady of Charity of Cuba.
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Miami
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Manuel Lopez
Castro
Father Lopez
Associated Press
Johnson
Union of Cubans In Exile
UCE
Eduardo Boza Masvidal
Havana
Lopez
Venezuela
United States
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Spain
Our Lady of Charity of
Cobre
Jose Beniton
Biscayne Bay
Manuel Viera
Tampa
Fla
Jose Ramon Peruyero
Teen age smoking rises while adults decline in 1970
Government figures show 4 million teens aged 12 to 18 smoke regularly in January 1970, up from two years earlier as adult smoking falls. The study links teen use to household behavior, noting lower rates where both parents and older siblings do not smoke.
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Washington
Fac
Ft Detrick to become cancer research center
President Nixon announced the conversion of Ft. Detrick in Frederick Maryland from a wartime biological weapons facility into a major peace time cancer research base. The National Cancer Institute will run the program with a private contractor, creating space for up to 600 personnel and a yearly program cost of 15 to 20 million dollars.
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Taos
New Mexico
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke
Hadley Rille
Ft. Detrick
The
National
Nixon
United States
Nixon plan expands farm crop subsidies to curb surpluses
The Nixon administration proposes boosting 1972 farm subsidies by up to 1 billion dollars to reduce feed grain production. It aims to idle 40 to 45 percent of nation’s feedgrain acreage and increase direct payments on remaining crops. A preliminary payment for enrolled farms would rise to about 40 cents per bushel from 32 cents.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Nixon
Agriculture Department
Des Moines
Iowa
Dallas
Tex
Former U S education commissioner dies in Arizona crash
James E. Allen served 14 years as New York education commissioner before being fired in 1970 over desegregation and Cambodia policy. He later lectured at Princeton and died in a Scenic Airlines crash in northern Arizona with his wife Florence after a Las Vegas Grand Canyon flight.
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Washington
James E. Allen
U.S
Cambodia
Princeton University
Allen
Florence
Las Vegas
Grand Canyon
Scenic Airlines
Allens
Arizona
Vietnam
New York State
Prosecution to Seek Death Penalty in Frazier Case
In Redwood City California the district attorney told prospective jurors the death penalty will be sought if John Linley Frazier is found guilty of first degree murder and sane. Frazier, 23, is accused in the execution style slayings of Victor Ohta Virginia Cadwallader and the Ohta sons Derrick and Taggart.
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Redwood City
Calif
John Linley Frazier
Frazier
Santa Cruz County
Dist. Atty
Peter Chanz
Victor Ohta
Virginia
Derrick
Taggart
Doroth Cadwallader
Women poised for high court post and more in Congress
The 1972 cycle shows interest in a woman Supreme Court appointee and broader encouragement for women in high level posts. The piece notes age trends among new women in public office, identifies several prominent female lawmakers, and cites plans to install electronic voting in the House, with Frank Ryan heading information services.
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Michael O'Connor
Copley
Washington
White House
U.S. Supreme Court
Nixon
Congress
House
Senate
Bella Abzug
New York
Ella Grasso
Connecticut
Louise Day Hicks
Masschusetts
Shirley Chisholm
Patsy Mink
Hawaii
Frank Ryan
Cleveland Browns
Washington Redskins
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Capitol
Rep
Charles Wilson
D-Calif
Wilson
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O.P
Providence College
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Peterson
House of Learning
Wolcott
N.Y
Frank Freer
Toronto
Tom Hamilton
Wendy Follittott
Toronto-Dominion Center
Wendy Folliot
Tom
Wendy
Skegness
England
Golden Butterfly Club
National Clearinghouse For Smoking and Health
the Health, Education and Welfare Department
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