Parking signs spark reader complaint and BBB inquiry
Action Line readers debate fairness of downtown parking signs. Readers urge reporting to the Better Business Bureau while noting identical plant lots and asking if Texas has volunteer school programs like Life Magazine feature. A reader cites St Mary’s University sign issues and asks about student parking patience.
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Better Business Bureau
Widltam Ulmer
BBB
Bureau
Life Magazine
Bridgeport
Conn
Texas
San Antonio
J. Meyerson
St. Mary's University
Lillian Zalesky
Bradford
C5A’s First Flight Success
In Marietta Georgia the C5A Galaxy marked its first flight amid minor troubles and high praise. Officials described the test as highly successful with 58 more C5As planned for delivery to the Air Force by 1971 at a cost of 1.8 billion dollars. The craft weighs about 497000 pounds at takeoff and could exceed 700000 pounds. Military use is primary but a future commercial version could carry nearly 1000 passengers starting as a freighter.
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Marietta
Air Force
R. H. Charles
Armed Services
Tom
Orkination
heed-Georgia Co
Galaxy
Lockheed
Bla
CSA
San Antonio
Kelly Air Force Base
Mariatta J
SAAMA
May
Vocational Plans Made for Denver Project
A Illinois group of vocational educators works with Denver public schools to craft a Model Cities funded plan for vocational education. Professor Robert M Tomlinson leads the study, reviewing Denver population trends and existing training to propose needed programs by August 1, aiming to curb potential ghetto development. The effort notes Denver has avoided hard core slums despite rising minority populations.
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Urbana, Ill
Ilinois
Denver
Colo
Robert M. Samlinson
University of Illinois Department of Vocational and Technical Education
Tomlinson
Yomilingen
U.S
Johnson Seeks Safer World Through Nuclear Pact
LBJ speaks on a nonproliferation treaty promising a safer world by reducing nuclear war danger. He notes the need for accommodation in negotiations and expects broad global adoption once 40 nonnuclear states ratify, with the United States Britain and Russia as sponsors.
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Dean Ruskland
U.S
United States
Johnson
Sisigners
Washington
Britain
Russia
Tower backs Nixon for president in U S Senate ally
Sen John G Tower R Texas endorsed Richard Nixon for the Republican presidential nomination and urged Texas delegates to back Nixon at the National Convention. The report notes Tower’s support and mentions a separate project led by Jon Lindberg, a marine scientist, under Virginia Mason Research.
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Washington
UPI
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Today
Richard M. Nixon
Seattle
Texas
Jon Lindberg
Lindberg
Charles Lindberg
Virginia Mason Resea
B52s Bomb N Vietnam Areas Reported
Saigon reports B52 bombers raid North Vietnam including coastal artillery targets off the coast and near Cape Lay 11 miles north of Gig Linh as part of a broader campaign. Intelligence notes Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces may regroup to attack Saigon with infantry sappers rockets and mortars and officials fear coordinated strikes targeting government facilities. Police say 18 Viet Cong were killed in a day and two U S soldiers died with four wounded.
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Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
U.S
North
Saigon
Saigin
Flor
Texas Senator Tower backs Nixon as gubernatorial favorite
Tower chosen as the Texas delegation favorite son candidate said he would hear to his responsibilities under that designation. He urged Texans to support Nixon and declared Nixon the best qualified to be next president. Tower notified the Texas delegation before a news conference in his Senate office.
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Tower
Texas
Richard Nixon
The
United States
Nixon
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Iine
Dick Nixon
Senate
Warsaw Pact Maneuvers and Prague Crisis Unfolds
Foreign Communist troops withdraw from Czechoslovakia after Warsaw Pact maneuvers. Western observers had warned of possible Soviet intervention to topple the liberal new Czechoslovak regime.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Warsaw
Tokyo Quake Shakes City With Strong 6.4 Tremor
A powerful quake struck Tokyo and surrounding areas, rattling windows and disrupting transit, TV broadcasts, and services for about an hour. Magnitude 6.4 quake, depths about 36 miles, felt up to 250 miles away. One death reported from a heart attack. injuries include a girl with broken bones after jumping from a second story. Several fires and transformer outages occurred but caused no major damage.
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Tokyo
Neus
Ihibacagi Prefecture
Senator Proxmire accuses FRB of fueling recessions and inflation
Senator William Proxmire, chair of the Senate Banking Committee, rapped the Federal Reserve Board for deepening recessions and inflation over 30 years. He said a forthcoming report will urge a constant, moderate monetary policy with quarterly Fed reports and annual economic assumptions to Congress.
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Washington
William Proxeive
Ichairman
Senate
House Economic Committee
Federal Reserve Board Today
Wisconsin Democrat
Congress
Proxmire
Fed
Federal Reserve
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