AMPI seeks DOJ documents over 1972 GOP fund drive antitrust case
A major Midwest dairy cooperative AMPI files in Kansas City to force release of Justice Department records on 1972 GOP fundraising. The brief names ex Attorneys General Mitchell and Kleindienst, Kalmbach, Colson, Butz, Stans, MacGregor, and others, alleging political pressure tied to CRP contributions and a probe into Mitchell.
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UPI
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
Kansas City
Associated Milk Producers Inc
AMPI
White House
Agriculture Department
John N. Mitchell
Richard G. Kleindienst
Nixon
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Charles W. Colson
Agriculture
Earl H. Butz
Commerce
Maurice J. Stans
Clark MacGregor
George Mehren
Kalmbach
Mehren
Los Angeles
Kennedy
Johnson
CRP
Senate fuel ban risks South Vietnam military supplies
UPI reports U S officials warn a Senate ban on using defense funds for South Vietnamese military fuel could leave Saigon’s tanks planes and trucks without fuel within weeks. The Cotton amendment bars defense funds from paying for South Vietnamese fuel though a loophole reportedly might allow other funds to cover shipments.
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Washington
UPI
U. S
Senate
South Vietnam
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Cotton
House
Pentagon
Boston Tea Party reenactment opens Bicentennial events
The 1773 Boston Tea Party will be re enacted Sunday at 2 p.m. on Congress Street Bridge aboard the brig Beaver II. TV cameras film the event while rival groups plan a simultaneous boarding after planning a similar protest with symbolic oil can toss.
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Boston
UPI
Congress Street Bridge
People’s BiCentennial Commission Action Center
Jeremy Rifkin
Rifkind
Clements barred from oil policy decisions by Schlesinger
Defense Secretary Schlesinger excludes Deputy William P. Clements from oil exploration decisions to avoid appearance of conflict of interest amid Aspin allegations. Mendelin directs energy policy with service secretaries providing input while Clements remains outside decision making on oil market matters.
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Washington
UPI
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
William P. Clements
Schlesinger
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Clements
Pentagon
Arctic
Aspin
Texas
Sedco, Inc
Senate Armed Services Committee
SEDCO
Defense Department
Point Barrow
Alaska
Jerry W. Friedheim
Department
Arthur Mendelin
Mendolia
Friedheim
AEC Critics Say Hearings Fail Public In Nuclear Power
Federal study by Dr. Steven Ebbin and Dr. Raphael Kasper argues the Atomic Energy Commission sides with licensees by staging token hearings. They claim decisions are preset before hearings, rendering public input ineffective in nuclear plant cases. NSF funded the 325 page report to be published by MIT Press.
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The
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Steven Ebbin
Raphael Kasper
National Science Foundation
NSF
Program For
Policy Studies In Science and Technology
George Washington University
Washington
Ebbin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT Press
UPI
National Academies of Science
Michigan
Vermont
Kasper
Marcus Bowden
Congress
APA Board Drops Homosexuality From Mental Disorder List
In a landmark vote the American Psychiatric Association trustees declared homosexuality not a mental disorder in the DSM. The unanimous decision with two abstentions aims to reduce discrimination and improve access to help, with a call for full civil protections for homosexuals.
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Washington
UPI
Trustees of
The
American Psychiatric Association
APA
Association
Alfred M. Freedman
Senate survey links lower deaths to 50 mph speed limit
Senator Thomas Eagleton released a survey indicating fewer auto fatalities in states that reduced speed limits to 50 mph during the fuel shortage. Vermont led with a 30 percent drop, followed by Iowa 29 percent, Massachusetts 21 percent, and Washington 13 percent below average, challenging insurance industry forecasts.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Eagleton
Vermont
Iowa
Massachusetts
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