Lear Jet designer predicts steam powered cars will rise
Bill Lear, inventor of the Lear Jet, says steam turbine cars will replace internal combustion autos to meet clean air rules. He describes efficient steam expander design, costs, and a future with lighter cars, 70 mph speed limit, and automatic road safety alerts.
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Bill Lear
Lear
Southern Illinois Airport
Carbondale
Environmental Protection Agency
Stanley
Boston
Nixon seeks bipartisan campaign reform panel next week
President Nixon plans to ask Congress to create a 16 to 20 member bipartisan commission to study past campaign abuses and propose reforms. White House sources said a joint resolution would authorize the panel and fund its operation. Separately Gen Cushman Jr testified to Watergate probes about CIA aid to Hunt, while Gen Haig faced criticism over civilian control concerns raised by Rep Moss.
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Congress
White House
Commission
Senate
Marine Corps
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Cushman
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CIA
E. Howard Hunt
Congressional
Hunt
John Dhrlichman
Ehrlichman
Senate Armed Services Committee
Army
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Haig
John E. Moss
D-Conf
Elmer B. Staats
General Accounting Office
FBI probes missing wiretap documents tied to Mardian and Sullivan
FBI focuses on former Assistant Attorney General Robert Mardian and ex FBI aide William C. Sullivan over missing wiretap logs and authorizations. Mardian contacted at his Phoenix home. Sullivan reportedly expected for questioning in Washington. Sullivan allegedly handed the documents to Mardian in October 1971 without Hoover’s knowledge amid tensions with Hoover.
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Joy Aschenbach
Washington Star-News
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Robert Mardian
FBI
William C. Sullivan
Mardian
Justice Department
Phoenix
Ariz
William D Ruckelshaus
Sullivan
J. Edgar Hoover
John N. Mitchell
Mar
Hoover
Pentagon Papers trial reveals FBI tapped Halperin phone
In Los Angeles last week Daniel Ellsberg learned FBI intercepts occurred on Morton Halperin's line, not Ellsberg's. Halperin, Kissinger adviser and defense official, used the tapped line. DOJ says the wiretaps were unrelated to the Pentagon Papers leaks.
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Los Angeles
Ruckelshause
W. Matt Byrne
FBI
Daniel Ellsberg
Ellsberg
Morton Halperin
Henry A. Kissinger
Halperin
Justice Department
Pentagon
IBM money paid U of I official for Europe lectures
Ronald Brady vice president for planning and resource allocation at the University of Illinois spent a week in Europe last November funded by IBM Corp. He delivered lectures at 11 universities and IBM paid lecture fees totaling between 500 and 1000 dollars. College president John Corbally says there is no conflict of interest or appearance of impropriety. Brady notes IBM dominates higher education administrative computing.
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University of Illinois
Europe
IBM Corp
Ronald Brady
Brady
IBM
Illinois
U of I
John Corbally
Ohio State University
Corbally
State track team wins at state meet
SIU TRACK team captures State meet. STU BASEBALLERS win three more. News highlights from Southern Illinois pages 13 feature the track squad triumph and a baseball winning streak amid a day of campus sports coverage.
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Jack Griggs
Carbondale
Andrea Nordstrom
Zelah Scalf
Illinois
Andrew Kozinn
SIU
STU Baseballers
Prison Riot Erupts At Sumter Institution In Florida
About 800 inmates, mostly black against white, clashed at Sumter Correctional Institution in Bushnell Florida on Saturday. The warden reported fires inside the facility and possible hostages. Injuries were reported but not yet quantified as inmates used improvised weapons like broom handles and mops.
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Sumter Correctional Institution
K. D. Conner
Sumpter County
Brezhnev to visit United States for working summit
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev will visit the United States June 18 to 26 for talks with President Nixon, focusing on accelerating SALT talks, expanding trade, and broader cooperation. Kissinger noted Viet Nam, cease-fire enforcement, and potential talks in Paris, London, and Camp David. The visit mirrors Nixon’s trip to the USSR last May. Khrushchev was the first Soviet leader to tour the United States in 1959.
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New York Times
Washington
Leonid I. Brezhnev
United States
Nixon
White House
Soviet Union
Henry A. Kissinger
Moscow
Kissinger
Brezhnev
Indochina
Middle East
Vietnam
Hanoi
London
Europe
Paris
le Duc Tho
Camp David
California
San Clemente
Nikita Ss. Khrushchev
Cambodian Outposts Fall Narrowing Capital's Sea Lifeline
Communist-led forces overran two government outposts west of Phnom Penh amid fighting that closed Highway 4 to Kompong Som, worsening the capital's fuel shortage. Reports say heavy losses fell on government units, with U.S. aircraft continuing operations in Cambodia.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Thamt Pong
Kompong Som
Saigon
U.S
Col
Duong Dinh Thao
Paris
Vietnam
Honolulu
U.S. Pacific Command
Satuday
Mothers worth more than minimum wage says expert
Storrs Connecticut AP a family relations expert argues a mother's value exceeds 8320 dollars a year at 100 hours weekly labor cost. Dr Eleanore Luckey of the University of Connecticut notes care cannot be bought and outlines roles a mother fills and the social pressure on working mothers.
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Department of Child Development and Family Relations
National Council On Family Relations
Hartford Insurance Group
Congress
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