Soviet Sub Missile Flight Test Signals Shift in Cold War
The International Institute for Strategic Studies reports a Soviet submarine launched ballistic missile with range over 3000 miles. It predicts Moscow will overtake the US in strategic submarines by mid 1970s and notes broader Soviet military growth and shifting Asian powers.
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London
UPS
Soviet Union
International Institute For Strategic Studies
Russia
United States
America
Pentagon Papers Series Wins '72 Pulitzer Prize
New York Times won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for publishing the Pentagon Papers. Jack Anderson won National Reporting for Indo Pakistan War policy. Rochester Times-Union reporters won Local Reporting for Altica prison riot. Boston Globe staff won Investigative Reporting for Somerville corruption. Additional honors went to Wall Street Journal, AP, UPI, Bethlehem Globe-Times, Richmond News-Leader, Chicago Daily News, St Louis Post-Dispatch. Neil Sheehan did not win.
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New York
UPD
New York Times
Pulitzer Prize For Public Service
Jack Anderson
Richard Cooper
John Machacek
Rochester Times-Union
Altica
Boston Globe
Timothy Leland
Gerard M. O'Neill
Stephen A. Kurkjian
Ann DeSantis
Somerville
Mass
Peter R. Kann
the Wall
John Strohmeyer
Bethlehem
Globe-Times
Jeffrey K. MacNally
Richmond News-Leader
Mike Royko
Chicago Daily News
Frank Peters Jr
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Neil Sheehan
Pentagon
Times
Senate Reverses USIA Budget Cuts After Clashes
The Senate voted 57 to 15 to back the U S Information Agency, curbing cuts from 200.2 million to 154.6 million. Sen. Fulbright led opposition over access to administration files while Sen. McGee sought to restore 45.6 million, drawing support from Jackson though Humphrey and Jackson faced charges of pursuing presidential prerogatives.
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Fulbright
Tost
Congress
White House
Gale McGee
D-Wyo
USTA
Voice of America
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Henry M. Jackson
N-Wash
Jackson
Camaign
McGee
Church
Humphrey
Senate
GOP Governors Back Nixon Policy At Retreat
Republican governors meeting at White Sulphur Springs West Virginia tentatively endorsed a general Nixon policy statement. The resolution backed his foreign and domestic aims but stopped short of endorsing bombing in Vietnam. Final vote and briefing by John Mitchell are planned for Tuesday with 18 governors present.
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White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Nixon
Vietnam
John N. Mitchell
UMW Vote Overturned By US Judge
A federal judge overturned United Mine Workers President W. A. Boyle's 1969 reelection citing labor law violations. The 190,000-member union must hold a new election as Boyle's term would end in April 1975. The trial spanned nearly five months with testimony on numerous union irregularities.
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Washington
UPI
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony” Boyle
U. S
William B. Bryant
Boyle
Joseph A
Jock” Yablonski
Yablonski
Clarksville
Wallace courts Hoosiers in Indiana primary race
Gov George Wallace works the Indiana stage urging voters to “shake the eyeteeth” of Hubert Humphrey and party leaders as Indiana prepares for Tuesday’s Democratic presidential primary. Humphrey and Wallace lead the ballot with Muskie listed but campaigning little.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Cupid
George C. Wallace
Indiana
Humphrey
Price and wage controls lifted for small firms and workers
The Cost of Living Council announced lifting price controls on five million small businesses and wage controls on 19 million workers. Exemption applies to firms with 60 or fewer employees, excluding health services and construction, and local units with 60 or fewer staff. The move covers about 28 percent of U S company sales.
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Washington
UPI
Cost of Living Council
Council
Donald Rumsfeld
U. S
Tax System Fair Says Money Man
Assistant Treasury Secretary Edwin S. Cohen defended the tax system before the House Ways and Means Committee while countering claims that 100 high earners paid no income tax in 1970. He noted 15,300 taxpayers with incomes of 200,000 or more paid an average 175,000 in taxes and cited a few cases paying taxes on prior income. He also suggested adjusting the standard deduction by filing status to address inequities.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
Edwin S. Cohen
House
Ways and Means Committee
Cohen
Edward J. Koch
William F. Ryan
D-N.y
Congress
Apollo 16 rocks show distinctive lunar samples from Descartes
Geologists opened the first bag of Apollo 16 lunar samples and found four rocks that differ from earlier missions. Dr. Patrick Butler noted the largest rock is soccer ball sized and lighter in color, with analysis continuing after the lunar dust is removed.
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Butler
Houston
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K
Ken” Mattingly
Sul Buller
U.S. Geological Survey
Young
Duke
Moon
Descartes
Space Agency
Cayley Plains
Young and
North Bay Crater
Abortion Law Discriminates Says Rep Miers
Florida state Rep Mitey Miers D Tallahassee urged challenging the abortion statute in the Supreme Court arguing it harms the poor. He spoke as protesters marched from the Capitol to the governor’s mansion amid a national push to repeal abortion and contraception laws and end forced sterilization.
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Tallahassee
Fla
UPH
Mitey Miers
D-Tallahassee
Florida
Supreme Court
Miers
Women’s Abortion Coalition
Community notices from Okaloosa Digest compiled for Playground Daily News
Local groups list upcoming meetings and programs in Valparaiso Fort Walton Beach and surrounding areas. Items include St Marys Lunch Menu Eglin NCO Wives Club Valparaiso Garden Club Maids of Mecca Fort Walton Kiwanis Zeta Tau Alpha Anita alumni Florosa PTA YMCA classes Cinco Bayou Town Council and Summer Recreation registrations with dates times and contact numbers.
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Okaloosa Digest
Playground Daily News
PGDN
Eglin Nco
Eglin Nco Wives Club
Airmen’s Club
Valparaiso Garden Club
Valparaiso
W.P. Fogarty
Okaloosa Avenue
Maids of
Mecca
Fort Walton Beach
Shrine Club
Mary Esther
Shriners
FWS Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Holiday Inn
Okaloosa Island
Jerry Melvin
Zeta Tau Alpha Anita
FWB
James G. Waugh
Pochahontas Dr
Barbara Owens
Ann Waugh
Barbara Willis
Florosa Pta
PTA
Florosa
YMCA
Cinco Bayou
Kelly Avenue
Ferry Park Recreation Center
Thurmond hints Connally as Nixon VP pick possibility
Senator Thurmond noted Nixon may visit Treasury Secretary Connally in Texas and suggested Connally could join the ticket if seen as strengthening it. He praised Agnew as a strong vice president and did not rule out Connally’s inclusion. In Georgia, Rothschild Junior High faced bomb threats leading to a trap line. a 16 year old hockey player was arrested after a traced call to his home.
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Charleston
S. C
UPI
Strom Thurmond
Nixon
Treasury
John Connally
Texas
Connally
Thurman
Spiro Agnew
Angew
Agnew
Thurmann
Lexus
Columbus, Ga
UPT
Rothschild Junior High School
Det
Joorazier
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United Press International
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Michel Laurent
Associated Press
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USIA
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Minnesota
Little Guy
Southern Belles
Money
Teasury
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Harry Myers
Harald Stallings
J. B. Converse
Emory Hudson
Donald Neal
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