Ogilvie to dedicate state regional office in Marion
Gov Richard Ogilvie will speak at the dedication of the state regional office building in Marion followed by tours and an open house from 3 30 to 5 30 p m The 31 275 square foot one story brick building sits on 11 8 acres bought for 45 000 The event includes brief remarks at 7 45 p m by Ogilvie and a country music jamboree at Marion Junior High with Tex Ritter featured no admission charged
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Richard Ogilvie
Marion
C. L. McCormick
Vienna
Ogilvie
West Main Street
Marion Veterans Hospital
Veterans Hospital
Veterans Administration
Hospital
Marion Junior High
Tex Ritter
Gas rationing seen as demand surges
Washington AP reports that the director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness says heavy demand for cheap natural gas will raise prices, trigger rationing, and boost imports. George Lincoln told the Senate Interior Committee that low prices caused a run on supplies that would not have happened if gas were priced as high as oil and coal.
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Washington (Ap
Office of Emergency Preparedness
George Lincoln
Senate Interior Committee
Muskie campaigns in New Hampshire before primary
Senator Edmund Muskie opens a final state swing to counter implied defeat. He names two phantom opponents a real rival in William Loeb and an unseen margin needed to keep momentum. Reporters’ 50 percent break even is discussed as a yardstick.
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James Doyle
Washington Sta
Manchester
N. H
Edmund Muskie
William Loeb
Manchester Union-Leader
Gest
Muskie
Nixon calls for national blood bank plan
President Nixon issued a message to Congress urging action on a safe fast and efficient nationwide blood collection and distribution system. He ordered the Department of Health Education and Welfare to draft the plan.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Secret arms aid charged by Sen Proxmire
Senator William Proxmire accused the Pentagon of a secret billion dollar giveaway of U S military supplies to Southeast Asian armies. He said the transfers, not authorized by Congress, totaled 1.023 billion dollars for 1971 and 1972, largely to South Vietnam with materiel also going to Thailand Laos and South Korea forces in Vietnam.
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William Proxmire
Pentagon
U. S
Congress
Proxmire
Senate Armed Services and Appropriations Committees
Department of Defense
South Vietnam
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Thailand
Laos
Vietnam
Weekend Snow Likely After Cloudy Night
Tonight remains cloudy with a low near 30. Saturday expects snow likely with possible rain and a high around 35 to 40.
Assistance for Greece Resumed by Nixon Order
President Nixon waived a congressional ban on military aid to Greece and ordered resumed assistance. A Feb 17 memo to Secretary Rogers cited increased Soviet naval activity in the Mediterranean and the need to strengthen Athens government military capacity to deter the southern flank of NATO.
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Washington
Nixon
Greece
Athens
United States
Congress
William P. Rogers
Mediterranean
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Kennedy challenges Kleindienst on ITT antitrust testimony
Senator Edward M. Kennedy challenged acting Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst over his knowledge of a pledge to help finance ITT related to the Republican convention. The Senate Judiciary Committee opened a second day of hearings into how the ITT antitrust settlements were handled and whether political considerations influenced the settlement.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Richard G. Kleindienst
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Senate Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
Kleindienst
Nixon
John N. Mitchell
Sheraton Hotel
ITT
Richard W. McLaren
Kago
Antitrust Division
Jack Anderson
Dita D. Beard
Reuben
Ralph Nader
Bob Wilson
R-Calif
San Diego
Ego
McLaren
Robertson
Antin
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Ton
Anderson
Felix Rehatyn
Four held after armed theft at Carbondale jewelry store
Carbondale police arrested four men about six minutes after an armed robbery at McNeill's Jewelry Store on Illinois Avenue. Jewelry worth an estimated 1 000 to 2 000 dollars, mainly watches, was taken and most was recovered. victims bound with wire. Names of suspects not released.
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Carbondale
McNeill
S. Illinois Ave
de Soto
Dave McNeill
Extensive review of secrecy in government planned by House committee
The House Government Operations Committee will begin a full scale study next week on the five year old Freedom of Information Act. The hearings will run through June with appearances by secretaries Hagerty Salinger and Reedy and former Justice Goldberg.
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Washington Star
Washington
House
Committee
Foreign Operations and Government Information
Express
James C. Hagerty
Pierre Salinger
George Reedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Supreme Court
Arthur J
February Labor Report Shows Unemployment Dip and Wage Gain
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports February unemployment falling from 5.9 to 5.7 percent, the lowest in 17 months, with average weekly earnings up 35 cents to 130.27 dollars. Employment rose to 79.3 million, hours increased, and hourly pay held at 3.54 dollars as veterans’ joblessness dropped to 7.4 percent.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Librarian jailed for contempt in Kissinger conspiracy case
Zoia Horn, 53, a Bucknell University librarian, refused to testify in the federal conspiracy trial of Philip Berrigan and six others accused of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger. She was jailed in Dauphin County Prison until the trial ends or she purges herself.
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Harrisburg
Philip Berrigan
Henry Kissinger
Zoia Horn
Turlock
Calif
Dauphin County
U. S. District Court
R. Dixon Herman
Bucknell University
Lewisburg
Berrigan
Maryland
Mfs
Horn
FBI
Boyd F. Douglas Jr
Kissinger
Eqbal Ahmad
Douglas
Ahmad
Leonard Boudin
POWs in Hanoi Express Doubt Over Nixon Peace Plan
Two U S prisoners of war in Hanoi say they have little hope Nixon eight point peace plan and his China trip will secure their release. Navy Lt Cmdr David Wesley Hoffman and Cmdr Walter Eugene Wilber voice doubts during a tape interview with Dr George Wald. Hoffmann questions timing of withdrawal while Wilber notes lack of confidence in the plan. Moscow promises Bangladesh aid of 42.2 million dollars to support Mu jibur Rahman's government.
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U.S
Hanoi
Nixon
China
Navy
David Wesley Hoffman
San Diego
Walter Eugene Wilber
Columbia Crossroads
George Wald
Peking
Wilber
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Cal
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Ilinois
State Building
Southern Illinois
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Inside
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Wilson
Republican Campaign Committee
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Sen
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Dmiss
Will
Macomb
Western Illinois University
H. D. Sintzenich
McDonough
Steven Wayne Hyde
Chicago
Clyde R. Johnson
St. Anne
Hoffman
Bangladesh
Moscow
Mujibur Rahman
Mujib
East Pakistan
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