National panel backs ending penalties for private marijuana use
The National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse unanimously recommended eliminating all criminal penalties for private use and possession of marijuana. The report, to be sent to Congress and President Nixon, urges restraint on penalties for sale and criminal activity, while noting mixed views within the panel and potential shifts in public attitude.
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N.Y. Times News
Washington
National Commission On Marijuana and Drug Abuse
Nixon
Commission
Congress
James T. Carey
University of California At Berkley
Alabama
Minnesota
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Supreme Court
Houston
Virginia
Jacob K. Javits
R-N-Y
Harold E. Hughes
D-Jona
Joan Cooney
Children’s Television Workshop
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Prison responsibility broad issue in reform efforts
NEW YORK UPI It is drastically wrong to give prisons sole responsibility for reforming criminals Corrections Commissioner Benjamin J Malcolm says the business community must share in making productive individuals from people with prison records He cites reforms at Rikers Island including an inmate council and opposes unionizing while proposing inmates join regular unions after release and revision of laws restricting former criminals from certain jobs
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New York
UPI
Benjamin J. Malcolm
Malcolm
WOR Radio
Rikers Island
Sadat convenes 12 advisers after Moscow visit
Egyptian president Anwar Sadat called a strategy meeting with 12 top advisers for Sunday to review foreign and domestic policy in light of his Moscow trip. UPI reports Cairo weighing Rogers indirect talks offer and possible reopening of the Suez Canal, amid questions over Soviet arms and a new Arab offensive.
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United Press International
Anwar Sadat
Moscow
Cairo
Washington
Middle East
William P. Rogers
Israel
Sadat
Suez Canal
Kremlin
Egypt
National Congress of the Arab Socialist Union
Nixon to China trip eyed as CHOU lauds American people
Premier CHOU EN-LAI commented on President Nixon's upcoming trip to China saying the American people are a great, diverse, yet united nation with vast potential and shared aspirations. He stressed hope and mutual understanding from past experience.
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Nixon
China
Chou En-Lai
Orange County Publications 1972 Sunday edition details
Vel 15 No 194 dated February 13 1972 lists the weekly Sunday publication by Ottaway Newspapers Orange County Publications Division Middletown New York with home delivery rates 90 cents per week newsstand price 20 cents and notes mail postage paid at Middletown.
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Orange County Publications Division
Ottaway Newspapers, Inc
Mulberry St
Middletown
N.Y
Nixon to visit Peking Hangchow and Shanghai
UPI correspondent Charles R. Smith notes Nixon’s upcoming trip will include Peking Hangchow and Shanghai with diplomatic aims amid Soviet U.S. talks. The piece also highlights a mental health home program in three counties aiding 160 patients through Middletown State Hospital ties.
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China
Nixon
Hangchow
Shanghai
UPI
Charles R. Smith
Orange
Sullivan
Delaware
Middletown State Hospital
Margot Mitchell
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Concord Hotel
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