Senators Enriched by Speaking Fees From Special Interests
Data show 624,976 in outside earnings for senators from speeches books and similar activities last year. The banking sector paid 615,000 to top Banking Committee members including Sen. Sparkman and party leaders, while the Associated Milk Producers gave 19,000. Sen. Hughes received 5,000 and Sen. McGee 4,000 from labor and industry groups.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
John Sparkman
D+Ala
GOP
Democratic
Senate
Associated Milk Producers
Harold E. Hughes
P. Town
Gale W. McGee
D-Wyo
Senate Committee
Senate Ethics Committee
Drug
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
PMA
Kansas Railroad
Missouri Oil Jokers Association
Democrats push higher education funding over Nixon proposals
Democratic senators organize a bid to raise federal education appropriations across all levels, aiming to reach or exceed authorized levels rather than Nixon’s lower budgets. Leader Sen. Pell argues for full funding, citing underfunded programs like public service education and international projects, while Hart compares aid to the 1965 act unfavorably funded. A separate note reports Lick Creek Grade School rehiring noncertified staff and a resignation of a fourth-grade teacher Mary Ann Keistler.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Congress
Appropriations
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
House
Magnuson
Claiborne Pell
DRL
Senate Education Subcommittee
Pell
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Lyndon
B. Johnson
Lick Creek
Lick Creek Grade
Mary Ann Keistler
Anna
Janet Mixon
Rt. 1
Buncombe
Nixon launches intensified nationwide cancer fight
President Nixon assumes direct control of the war on cancer amid optimism for progress. Officials cite advances in treatment and prevention, with estimates of cutting the 320,000 death toll by one third by 1980 and two thirds by 2000, though no cure is imminent.
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Nixon
Washington
Frank J. Rauscher
National Cancer State
Robert Q. Marston
National Institutes of Health
Marston
Conversation Stopper: Call Repair Before Dig
A public notice urges homeowners to contact repair service before digging to avoid cutting underground cables. It explains that accidental cable hits disrupt phone service for many and risk emergencies, noting 91 percent of new cable was buried in 1970 to improve reliability.
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F&e Supply
Murphysboro
Harold E, Hughes
Nate
Pete Pee Mel
Herrin
Carbondale
Mardale Shopping Center
Elisabeth Stewart
Aqua
Anton Nylon
General Telephone
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