B52s Pulled From Southeast Asia War Effort
The Pentagon orders the return of 30 B52 Stratofortresses to the United States, shifting them to the strategic bomber force or for training. A separate AP report from Dahomey notes a military junta seizing power in Cotonou and arresting President Emile Devlin Zinsou amid ongoing instability in the former French colony.
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Washington
Pentagon
Southeast Asia
Air Force
United States
Strategic Bomber Force
Dahomey Cotonou
Dahomey
Emile Devlin Zinsou
Mawice Kauandete
Poison gas shipments under attack in Pacific Northwest
United States senators protested Army plans to ship more than 700 railroad cars of poison gas from Bargersville to the Umatilla Army depot in Oregon. The request sought White House and Pentagon action to bar the shipments through the Northwest.
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Washington
White House
Pentagon
Army
Pacific Northwest
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Mark C. Hatfield
R-Ore
Barger
Wash
Umatilla
Ore
New England Dairymen to Get 8.5 Million Windfall
The Supreme Court ruled 4-2 that the Agriculture Department cannot legally set a milk price differential for urban producers, freeing about 6,500 New England dairy farmers to receive roughly 8.5 million dollars. Harvard Dean Franklin L. Ford to resign. East Greenwich man charged with brutal double slaying of wife and child, and fires set. Railroads seek 4 cent a ton rate hike, on top of a nationwide 6 percent increase already in effect.
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Washington
New England
Boston
Supreme Court of the United States
Agriculture Department
R.J
East Greenwich
R.I. (Ap
Daniel H. Marzilli
Marzilli
Granite Shore Study Approved by Public Works Panel
The Senate Committee on Public Works approved a Corps of Engineers study of New Hampshire shores. Senator Norris Cotton and Senator Thomas McIntyre requested the study for beach erosion control hurricane protection and related purposes.
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Okey
Washington
Senate Committee On Public Works
Corps of Engineers
New Hampshire
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Cotton
Thomas McIntyre
French ambassador ends Maine visit in Portland
In Portland AP reports the French ambassador to the United States concluded a two day stay with a symphony concert in his honor and a flight with Gov. Curtis. In Old Town an Aroostook Airways plane with three aboard was reported missing near Passadumkeag Mountain as rain and heavy overcast reduced visibility during its final approach to Old Town airport.
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Portland
United States
Maine
Gov. Curtis
Old Town Old Town
Aroostook Airways
Carolide
Passadumkeag Mountain
Old Town
Senate Fights Nixon Over Import Quotas Bill
The Senate advanced a broad import quota amendment led by Norris Cotton amid Nixon administration opposition. The vote showed rising protectionist sentiment as the bill heads to House Senate conference for a possible compromise.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Senate House
Mike Mansfield
John J. Williams
R-Del
GOP
House-Senate
Nixon
Mid March Seen Date For FB ILAs At Pease AFB
Brig. Gen. Morgan S. Tyler Jr. told Kiwanis members at Howard Johnson's Pease AFB will receive the FBI11A in mid March. The new plane, built by General Dynamics, increases manpower by about 500 and features variable geometry wings.
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Morgan S. Tyler ,Jr
87Th Air Division
Kiwanis Club
Howard Johnson
Pease Afb
Tyler
Fort Worth
General Dynamics
FBIHA
Air Force
Fbiiia
Rarions
Gen
ORHS Teachers Reach Agreement on 1970-71 Salaries
DURHAM The Oyster River School Board and Teachers Guild agreed on a 5.6 percent cost of living based salary package for the 1970 71 school year with scale minimums of 6300 and maximums up to 12000 plus merit steps. Benefits include 15 sick days yearly 90 percent health coverage 10000 life insurance and tuition reimbursement. One sabbatical per year may be granted at half pay for eligible staff.
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University of New Hampshire
Durham
Oyster River School Board
Teachers Guild
Judge Rules Against Exhumation in Kopechne Case
Wilkes Barre AP judge declines exhumation and autopsy for Mary Jo Kopechne. He upholds drowning as cause of death, paving way for a Massachusetts inquest. Kennedy expresses relief and hopes the matter concludes quickly while Kopechne family advocates patience.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M Kennedy
Bernard C. Brominski
Common Pleas Court
Massachusetts
Mary Jo
Joseph A. Kopechne
Berkeley Heights
Larksville
Pennsylvania
Washington
Kennedy
Kopechne
Brominski
Dist
Atty
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Mass
Dinis
UNH Protestors Occupy Huddleston Hall Over GE Interviews
A coalition of UNH students occupied Huddleston Hall to block General Electric recruitment interviews amid labor disputes and wage concerns. University officials warned of disciplinary action but meetings proceeded in the Field House with 15 students and five GE interviewers today.
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MIT
Huddleston Hall
General Electric Corp
Coalition To Stop
General Electric
Durham
Coali J
General Electrics
University For A Democratic Society
Huddeston Hall
MccConnell
NIH
McConnell
Aat
UNH
UNHS
University
UIH
School Board Upholds Locker Search Ruling and Housekeeping Changes
City Atty Driscoll defends authority to inspect lockers for drugs amid a ruling that school officials may search as needed. Board splits six to five, endorsing a shift to full-board meetings and delaying signature requirements, amid other policy debates and a possible property transaction.
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John C. Driscoll Driscoll
Driscoll
Americo Belluci
Raimond Bowles
T. Russell Enghtman
Paul Harvey
Peer Mallaley
Warren C. Nickerson
Peter Weeks
John W. Purgin Jr
Wyman Y. Boynton
Philip F. Gray
Robin Jaffe
Alice M Lee
Witham
Hopley
West
Seraich
Bret Bowad
Petes Weeks
Arguregor
Manater
Rob Reith
Tax Repeal Urged in Petitions in Maine
More than 300 signatures collected in York and Ritters area as part of a statewide drive to repeal Maine personal income tax. Frederick E. Malsbenden of York leads 12 petition sheets with about 400 signatures each. Mrs. Lester Avery also leads a protest petition in Ritters area. Scott Bruce of Edinworth coordinates efforts to gather 23,900 signatures to force a repeal bill or a referendum in the next legislative session. The plan targets a 7 to 9 percent personal tax and a 3 percent corporate levy, aiming to prompt action by the legislature or a public vote.
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York
Maine
Frederick E. Malsbenden
Ritters
Lester Avery
Stateawe
Scott Bruce
Ednworth
Bar Hart
Ereny
New Hampshire
Armed Invasion At Akron University Administration Building
Police and witnesses say armed Black students invaded Akron University’s administration building in Akron Ohio today. A secretary reported three shots fired with no injuries. Gov Rhodes ordered 90 patrolmen and 790 National Guardsmen stood by as university officials estimated about a dozen to ten Black students involved. the campus serves about 13 000 students.
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FDA
Washington
Herbert L. Ley Jr
Food and Drug Administration
Ley
Charles C. Edwards
Robert H. Finch
Akron
Ohio
Akron State University
James 4. Rhodes
National
State Hospital Meeting Yields No Quick Headway
Concord officials and medical leaders described a disappointing hospital meeting with Governor and doctors. Spokesman said the talks fell short on funding moves for New Hampshire care, doctors hoped for an executive order and planned another session in January to push the state medical care crisis forward.
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Concord
Sata
Nea
Lampshire
Waller Peterson
Saci
Hamilton Putnam
Hampshire
Peterson
Putnam
Agam
Two Union Leaders Cited for Contempt
In Providence, two Providence Teachers Union leaders Anthony Mancini Jr and A Harvey Silverman were found in contempt for defying a court order to end a teachers strike. They were held in custody briefly but released after pledging efforts to resolve the stoppage as an arbitration panel's one year economic pact was reached. Few teachers reported to work amid the dispute between the union and city officials.
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Providence, R.1
Providence Teachers Union
Joseph Weisberger
Anthony Mancini Jr
A. Harvey Silverman
Weisberger
Mancini
Richard C. Briggs
Exeter Loses Self Contained Urban Area Tag
Exeter was stripped of its self contained urban area designation by federal and state planners. A March change, conveyed in a letter to Town Manager Paul Keefe from HUD planning director Frank Batstone, places Exeter in Region 16’s coast side sub area including Hampton Stratham Epping and Newfields. To qualify for HUD aid Exeter must align with the urban area plan and regional offices are to confirm eligibility conditions.
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Exeter
Paul Keefe
Housing and Urban Development
Frank Batstone
Portsmouth
Seabrook
Epping
Fremont
Brentwood
Kingston
Hampton
Stratham
Newhelds
Bernanmd Levie
Ots
New York
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Los Angeles
Charles M. Manson
Sharon Tate
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