Six feet of Arlington dream tests cemetery rules
A. Henry Kauffman, WWI hero and decorated veteran, wished to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery beside his buddies. Despite his son Jack and veterans groups pressing White House and Congress, Arlington Space limits prevent honoring the dying wish, prompting a bureaucratic battle over burial in the famed cemetery.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Riverside Chapel
A. Henry Kauffman
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington Cemetery
Black Jack” Pershing
Kauffman
Jack
Coast Guard
Veterans Hospital
Arlington
Jack Kauffman
Pentagon
White House
Congress
Cancer vaccine progress shown at American Cancer Society seminar
UPI reports progress in developing vaccines for cancer. BCG and VCN vaccines show promise against fibrosarcoma and some breast cancers, though chemotherapy or irradiation may counteract effects. Experts urge careful trial planning while noting encouraging melanoma and sarcoma results and early immunization efforts for osteosarcoma in youths.
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Clearwater, Fla
UPI
American Cancer Society
Pennsylvania
Richard L. Simmons
University of Minnesota
Simmons
Donald L. Morton
Ucla School of Medicine
William F.’Enneking
University of Florida Medical School
Senators urge public hearings on Alaska pipeline report
A bipartisan group of 23 senators called for public hearings on an Interior Department report about environmental dangers of the proposed 2.5 billion dollar trans Alaska oil pipeline. They urged closer scrutiny as Interior officials opposed further hearings.
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Washington
UPI
Interior Department
Interior
William T. Pecora
Pecora
Rogers C. B. Morton
Alaska
Valdez
Muskie heckled by welfare mothers in Madison rally
Senator Edmund Muskie faced interruptions from welfare mothers during a Wisconsin primary campaign stop. Corinne Caire led chants calling for welfare reform while Muskie remained calm and promised to address welfare issues after his remarks. Jackson and Lindsay criticized the Nixon era on campaign finance and linked Project Sanguine to environmental concerns.
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Madison
Wis
UPI
Edmund S. Muskie
Illinois
Muskie
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Resources Conservation Council
Corinne Caire
Miss Caire
Sen
Henry Jackson
Washington
New York
John V. Lindsay
Jackson
Nixon
Romney Named Ripon Society Republican of the Year
The Ripon Society selected Housing and Urban Development Secretary George Romney as its Republican of the Year for achievements in new housing metropolitan planning and federal revenue sharing with state and local governments. The group noted Romney addressed urban social polarization between central city poor and suburban affluent areas.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Ripon Society
Republican Research and Policy Organization
George Romney
Soledad jury deliberates in Soledad Brothers trial
An all white jury in the Soledad Brothers case deliberated to decide if defendants John Clutchette and Fleeta Drumgo were guilty of killing a prison guard. Angela Davis watched as Judge S Lee Vavaris instructed the nine women and three men and ordered sequestration for the night. The state links Davis to the case.
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UPI
Soledad Brothers
Angela Davis
S. Lee Vavaris
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Soledad
John Clutchette
Fleeta Drumgo
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