Rend Lake leader Jones recalls ups and downs of project
Richard Jones reflects on six years as Rend Lake reservoir and intercity water system overseer as he prepares to resign March 13 to enter private business in Louisiana. He recalls funding talks with Washington officials, triumphs in 1967 construction contracts, a 1968 court dispute over public funds, and plans to expand the conservancy district to include the Big Muddy River basin and Kinkaid Lake district.
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Rend Lake Project
Richard Jones
Rend Lake
Intercity
Bend Lake Conservancy District
Sputrich
Washington, D.C
Paul Douglas
Dill
Illinois
Benton
Louisiana
District Board of Trustees
Kenneth Gray
D-West Frankfort
Capitol Security
Supreme Court
Capitol
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Economic Development Administration
High Court
Hubert Humphrey
Washington
Iity
Benton Evening News
Southern Illinois
Conservancy District
Kinkaid Lake District
Big Muddy River
Big Muddy River Basin
Big Muddy
Children Lead Washington Welfare March Protest
More than 36,000 demonstrators and many children joined a march on the Washington Mall to decry welfare and education policies. George Wiley of the National Welfare Rights Organization spoke at the monument foot, while signs read Nixon Doesn't Care, highlighting a large DC black community presence among participants.
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New York Times
Washington
George Wiley
National Welfare Rights Organization
Washington Monument
15Th Street
Constitution Avenue
Nixon
District of Columbia
D.C
UCLA Wins Sixth Straight NCAA Title 81-76 Over Florida State
UCLA captures its sixth consecutive NCAA crown by defeating Florida State 81 to 76. coverage notes the event in the Sunday feature section with page references to the game report.
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Carbondale
Dowell
Carol Alexander
Illinois High School Association
Merle Jones
UCLA
Florida State
Maryland
Niagara
Areader
Thornridge
Illinois
Fiat Concord to Pay Ransom for Kidnapped Executive
Fiat Concord executives agreed to pay at least one million dollars to secure the release of their general manager abducted by leftist guerrillas. The firm refused demands to free or transfer 50 imprisoned guerrillas and to free jailed union leaders, while President Lanusse ruled out negotiating with criminals.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Fiat-Concord
Algeria
Alejandro Lanusse
ITT maneuvering tied to Hartford merger tax ruling
ITT arranged a complex sequence to secure a favorable tax ruling needed for its 1970 Hartford Fire merger, involving the sale of Hartford stock to Mediobanca and later to Dreyfus Fund. Critics say actions raised questions about timing, attached conditions, and regulatory handling amid Senate inquiries and consumer advocate Ralph Nader’s suit.
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New York Times
New York
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
ITT
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
United States
Washington
Senate
Richard G. Kleindienst
Hartford
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Mediobanca
Milan
Italy
Dreyfus Fund
Dreyfus
Ralph Nader
Consumer Advocate
Nixon Puts Paris Talks On Hold Strategy Seen Delaying Vietnam Peace
President Nixon shifts to a shock tactic suspending Paris negotiations. Administrators estimate no settlement this year as Hanoi waits to see U.S. withdrawal, the 1972 election, and Saigon’s Vietn amization progress. Some foresee talks resuming only in 1973 or later.
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Nixon
Paris
Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
Saigon
Indochina
North Vietnam
ITT case FBI findings disputed over memorandum origins
The ITT case intensifies as FBI analysis of a controversial memorandum is challenged by ITT experts who claim the document is fraud and dated January 1972. They contrast FBI suggestions of June 25 1971, while public figures and a Joe Anderson column reveal further lie detector test disputes and testimony.
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International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
ITT
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dita D. Beard
J. Edgar Hoover
Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
International Telephone
Jack Anderson
Albert B. Hume
Beard
Lloyd B. Furr
McLean
Hume
John N. Mitchell
Anderson
James O. Eastland
Senate Judiciary Committee
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