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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1971
Page
5
Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged an end to bilateral U S foreign aid by 1975 as part of a report backing a 3 2 billion current year aid bill. The panel said the program dating to the Marshall Plan had outlived its usefulness and proposed channeling aid into international lending institutions by June 30 1975 with direct U S assistance stopping then.
Rep. Henry S. Reuss of Wisconsin criticized an Army economy measure that reduces daily milk from four to three glasses at some posts. He noted Coke machines were introduced in mess halls and soft drinks join coffee tea and milk, calling it a “let them drink Coke” policy that deprives soldiers of milk.
A U.S. House subcommittee report criticizes the FDA for recalling too many questionable products while failing to seize dangerous ones. It notes a tenfold rise in recalls over five to six years and a drop in seizures, and weighs recall drawbacks versus government seizure authority.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations George Bush called expelling Taiwan from the UN a travesty. He spoke to the National Federation of Republican Women and showed less optimism about next week's vote than he and Secretary Rogers had reportedly offered to President Nixon.
Washington reports that after two deadly nursing home fires killing 21 residents the Nixon administration urged governors to enforce federal state standards more strictly. HEW pledges quick federal inspection teams as Medicare payments face cuts to five homes in Ohio Michigan California, with a sixth in St Petersburg Florida given 30 days to correct fire safety deficiencies.
Washington UPI reports Supreme Court nominee William H Rehnquist told the Justice Department last spring that government surveillance of private citizens is undesirable but does not violate the Constitution or stifle free speech. Hearings reveal wide scale undercover surveillance of antiwar protests civil rights marches and party conventions by military intelligence agents.
Fundamentalist preacher Carl McIntire led about 4,000 followers through steady rain in a freedom rally on Pennsylvania Avenue. The protest near the Capitol targeted Nixon administration policy on China, Vietnam, school prayer, and an antibusing amendment, with McIntire claiming broad support despite wet conditions.
Commerce Department surveyors will measure Capitol Hill height above sea level for the first time since 1884. The 19th century landmark rises modestly above its surroundings, prompting questions about subsidence and regional elevation changes.
Police patrolled Memphis in 12hour shifts after four nights of street violence in black sections. The action followed a warning from Police Capt. Mickey Jones that the trouble apparently has peaked and should stay quiet. The disorders caused thousands in damages and claimed the life of a three year old boy struck accidentally.
U.S. District Judge George L. Hart Jr. said he will sign a delivery order Tuesday for secret documents cited by conservationists seeking to halt the Amchitka underground nuclear test. Government lawyers plan to appeal, arguing the papers advise President Nixon on test effects.
Six governors told President Nixon they could expect a most enthusiastic welcome in Moscow though Soviet leaders would not expect an instant fix of U.S. Soviet differences. They described 70 minutes with Nixon after touring the Soviet Union and Romania and long talks with Premier Kosygin and President Ceausescu. Nixon then drove to Camp David due to rainy weather, seeking impressions of Moscow visit next May.
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