Nixon upbeat as foreign policy gains fuel 1972 bid
President Nixon, buoyant after a string of foreign policy moves, pursues a campaign strategy focused on foreign policy. He cites US Soviet arms talks, China accommodation, Middle East efforts, and an anticipated Vietnam settlement as factors likely aiding his re election in 1972. He tours Alabama amid mixed receptions and hints at more travel to the Northeast and Southwest.
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Nixon
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Birmingham
Ala
Northeast
Southwest
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Old Confederacy
China
Middle East
Vietnam
Saigon
Taft Runs As Favorite Son For Nixon In 1972
UPI reports U. S. Senator Robert Taft Jr. of Ohio announced he would run as a favorite son candidate to support President Nixon in 1972. He aims to rally Republicans and independents in Ohio’s May primary and counter antiwar efforts from outside Ohio seeking to embarrass Nixon.
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UPI
U. S
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
Nixon
Taft
Republican Party
John Andrews
GOP
Bob Taft
Charles A. Mosher
Washington
William B. Saxbe
White House
Bowling Green arrests tied to University ROTC demonstration
Police began arresting 24 to 28 persons, mostly students, for disrupting an orderly assembly at Bowling Green State University during a May 18 ROTC program. Suspects were identified from police photos and eyewitness reports amid a shorted ROTC review on campus.
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Bowling Green, Ohio
Bowling Green
Bowling Green State University
William Fox
Fox
Nixon to Hold No-Question News Conference Next Tuesday
President Nixon will hold a live radio and television news conference with no advance announcements. The White House said the event will be in the East Room of the White House next Tuesday evening and the exact time will be announced later.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Weather outlook with warmer temps and sun
Partly cloudy and cool today with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. Clear and cool tonight with lows in the upper 30s to low 40s. Mostly sunny and warmer tomorrow with highs in the 60s. Rain chances 20 percent today and tonight and 16 percent tomorrow. Winds west to northwest 10 to 18 mph today and light and variable tomorrow. Sunset today at 7:47 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow at 5:58 a.m.
Soft enforcement approach in water pollution cases
Federal officials outlined a lenient strategy to enforce water quality rules against polluters. Criminal charges would be a last resort, likely aimed at plant managers, with emphasis on voluntary cooperation before any suit. The plan was shared at a NAM conference broadcast to 27 cities.
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Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
National Association of Manufacturers
John Quarles
Environmental Agency
U S sees criminal cases as last resort in pollution actions
Assistant attorney general Shiro Kashiwa explains the DOJ would prefer civil injunctive suits if recommended by the EPA or Army Corps. About 40 civil suits seeking injunctions are pending. EPA chief William Ruckelshaus says discharge permits will be denied and violators prosecuted only when a company shows no real effort to meet standards.
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Shiro Kashiwa
U.S. Attorney General
EPA
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Justice Department
Kashiwa
William D. Ruckelshaus
Lorain County Gets Least Ohio Road Funds in Division Three
Ohio state road upkeep money for the last fiscal year shows Lorain County receiving the smallest share among eight counties in Division Three. Despite being the most populous and having the most state highway miles, Lorain’s funding trails the other seven counties. Population figures place Lorain at about 255 582 residents.
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Ohio
Ohio Highway Department
Medina County
Ashland
Ashland County
Crawford County
Ohio House Republicans Unveil 2 Percent County Income Tax Plan
The GOP proposes a flat 2 percent county personal income tax to raise over 1 billion dollars as part of a tax package alongside an 8 billion dollar two year budget. Officials say surplus of 10 to 30 million may result, with a possible reduction to the rate to adjust revenues. A vote on the package was being targeted for tomorrow amid factional GOP debate.
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Columbus
UPI
House
Ways and Means
E.W. Lampson
Jefferson
Trial exhibit test puts hole in office floor
A loaded .22 automatic rifle used as an exhibit in the Willie Wynn armed robbery trial fired a bullet into the second floor office floor of Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Mikus, narrowly missing those below. Wynn faces multiple charges including robberies at Oberlin Inn and Lawson Store in Elyria. he denies all charges.
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Lorain County Common Pleas
Paul J. Mikus
Willie Lee Wynn
Grafton St
Oberlin
Elio Zerbini
Provenza
Baker's Hardware
Wellington
Floyd Irish
Wynn
Oberlin Inn
Lawson
Lake Avenue
Elyria
Linda Hamilton
Mikus
Woman wills 900000 for friendless animals home
Columbus Ohio Mrs Lilian Tracht Schaaf 76 left 900000 in her will for a home for friendless animals to be built and run with strict rules none may be used for medical research and staff must be lovers of animals The home to be named Downlian in honor of her husband and father Adrian Tracht and Downs was a metallurgical engineer who died twenty years ago.
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Columbus
UPI
Lilian Tracht Schaaf
Downlian Home
Downlian
Complaints fade as government run services take charge
Washington reports that creating government corporations to run rail and mail services reduces complaints. Amtrak halves passenger complaints after taking charge, while service quality improves though rates rise and delivery remains erratic. Politicians are externalized from blame as corporation directors handle operations.
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Washington
UPI
Amtrak
New Postal Corporation
Postal Service
Corporate takeover of armed forces pitched as reform plan
The piece imagines abolishing the Defense Department and placing the Pentagon under a National Peacekeeping Machinery Corp to run the military like a business. If unprofitable, the venture could be dropped, as with Amtrak's action on the Wabash cannonball, implying government by corporation could improve life.
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Pentagon
National Peacekeeping Machinery Corp
Amtrak
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