Notable mix of 1960s headlines including Croninger
A Tulsa student, Croninger, was handed the wrong film at KOTY and mistaken for carrying radioactive material after an urgent campus notice. Mieke Tunney debuts as a recording artist in New York with Sean Downey, while Princess Anne rides through a pond mishap at Windsor. Defense Secretary Laird undergoes surgery, and others include divorces for Bess Myerson and Carol White. A protest at Leeward Community College and a town youth day quarrel in Weehawken conclude the roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Croninger
Croninger
University of Tulsa
KOTY
Albert urges national talk on unemployment and inflation
House Speaker Carl Albert urged Nixon and top aides to convene a national conference on unemployment and inflation with broad representation from government industry finance labor agriculture and consumers. He called for accountability for 5 million officially unemployed plus millions more underemployed and those who stopped looking for work. Mondale proposed advancing tax relief rules for 1971 and extending unemployment benefits from 26 to 39 weeks to spur the economy.
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Washington
UPI
House
Carl Albert
Nixon
White House
Oklahoma Democrat
Carl D. Perkins
D-Ky
Albert
Senate
Walter F. Mondale
Dminn
Mondale
New cabinet attempt fails in Cambodia
In Phnom Penh ailing Premier Lon Nol abandons plans to form a new cabinet after the resignation on April 20. Four elder statesmen sought to assemble a lineup but faced obstacles from Lon Nol’s brother Lon Non. Sirik Matak reportedly refused to join citing the environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Ton Nol
Lon Nol
Cheng Heng
Sisowath Sirik Mataka
Apa
Lon
Sirik Matak
la Republicain
San Jose youth 18 held in schoolgirl murder case
San Jose Sheriff James Geary announced the 18 year old from San Jose was arrested in the stabbing death of Kathy Bilek a Saratoga High School student aged 10. He may face questions about 1969 knife slayings of Debra Furlong and Kathy Smadey. Bilek was found stabbed 49 times in a ravine near Villa Montalvo after hiking the day before.
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San Jose
James Geary
Kathy Bilek
Saratoga High School
Geary
Debra Furlong
Kathy
Smadey
Miss Bilek
Villa Montalvo
Charles Bilek
IBM
San Jose City College
Food stamp cuts may hit 4 million
A witness testified that proposed HEW regulations could reduce food stamp aid for as many as 4 million poor Americans. Senator George McGovern noted past expansion to 10.6 million people, while critics warn the reforms would mainly affect those somewhat better off among the poor. Government estimates vary, with HEW memo predicting 340,000 cut and 1.7 to 2 million further affected, leaving 10.5 million current users facing changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
George
Mer
D-S.d
McGovern
Select Committee On Nutrition and Human Needs
Mec
Ronald F. Pollack
Food Research and Action Center
National Poverty Law Agency
Connecticut
Maryland
New York City
South Carolina
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Pallack
HEW
Department
American student dies in Tokyo knife incident
A 25 year old American, Charles Morris Benedict of Chatsworth California, died at a Tokyo hospital after slashing his stomach with a knife while visiting friend James Stewart in downtown Tokyo. Police identified the victim.
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Tokyo
Eupire
Charles Morris Benedict
Chatsworth
Calif
James Stewart
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