Argentine City Under Martial Law Cordoba Under National State of Emergency
Argentine troops occupy Cordoba with tanks and armored cars as a general strike begins. President Levingston ratifies a city state of emergency while Gen Alcides Lopez Aufranc orders troops. About 85 arrests by nightfall. 600 soldiers in the downtown core. Police and soldiers dispersed demonstrators with no major rioting reported.
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Cordoba
Argentina
Roberto Marcelo Levingston
3Rd Corps
Alcides Lopez Aufranc
Aufrane
Nixon proposes 2.566 billion transit fund for states
President Nixon urged Congress to provide 2.566 billion in special revenue sharing for transportation. Ten percent would fund planning and research, 90 percent allocated to states and DC by population, urban pop, area, and rural mileage, with mass transit capital grants based on SMSA populations and a minimum state allocation of 250,000 dollars.
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Nixon
Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
Secretary of Transportation
Puerto Rico
District of Columbia
U.S
United States
Goodell Predicts GOP Insurgency if Nixon Resists Withdrawal
Former U S Senator Charles Goodell says a Republican insurgency to challenge Nixon could form in 1972 if withdrawal from Indochina date is not set. He cites Reps Paul McCloskey and Donald Riegle as insurgent leaders and notes Lindsay may switch parties.
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NEW York
U.S
Charles E. Goodell
Republican Party
Goodell
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
James F. Buckley
GOP
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Indochina
Paul MceCloskey
California
Donald Riegle Jr
Michigan
John V. Lindsay
City Controller Loses Medicaid Claims Appeal
New York City Controller Abraham D Beame says the state refused to pay 2.5 million in Medicare and Medicaid claims due to tardy filing by the former Department of Hospital which ceased last July. In London John Patrick O Loughlin faces sentence after his 135th drunkenness conviction on St Patrick s Day with a judge noting an Irishman s chance in March 17.
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New York
UPI
Abraham D. Beame
Beame
Department of Hospital
London
John Patrick O'Loughlin
St. Patrick’s Day
Leonard Spark
Giant Rail Merger Plans Called Off
The proposed merger of the Chesapeake and Ohio and Norfolk and Western railroads to form the largest line in the nation was cancelled. C O and N W presidents Devine and Fishwick said they would urge boards to drop the plan first made in 1965, citing drastic changes in the eastern railroad scene and Penn Central’s bankruptcy and job cuts.
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Cleveland
UPI
Chesapeake & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
Eastern Railroad
C&o
Gregory S. Devine
N&w
John B. Fishwick
Penn Central Railroad
Penn Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central
Bandit Frees 2 Hostages After Holdup
An Orlando area gunman robbed a savings and loan, took manager Ralph C. Hasler and teller Lillie E. Tompkins hostage in a sheriff’s car. He freed Tompkins on a rural road near the Ocala National Forest and later released Hasler after a chase toward Lake County.
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Orlando, Fla
Savings and Loan
Ocala National Forest
Orlando
American Federal Savings and Loan Co
Ralph C. Hasler
Lillie E. Tompkins
Hasler
Mental health overhaul urged by joint Albany committee
After a three year study a New York joint legislative committee proposes the first broad reform of the mental health law in 44 years. The plan adds civil rights protections for patients new recognition of alcoholism and drug addiction and expanded community care to reduce state facility reliance. It also sets admission certifications requires rights notices and broader patient communications with outsiders.
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Albany
UPI
Darwin J. Niles
Johnstown
Niles
New York
Supreme Court
Astate
Agnew Attacks CBS Over Two TV Documentaries
Vice President Spiro Agnew charged CBS documentaries Hunger in America and Project Nassau raise authenticity questions. He cited a CBS staffer who also wrote The Selling of the Pentagon and urged scrutiny by the public on national media practices.
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Boston, Mass
Spiro T. Agnew
Columbia Broadcasting System
Middlesex Club
Agnew
America
Nassau
CBS
Haiti
CBS Television News
Department of Defense
Pentagon
Agnews
Congress
Federal Communications Commission
Hot Springs Found Near Uelen for Culture and Health
A new hot springs near the eastern village of Uelen in the Soviet Union was reported by Tass. The waters will be used to grow vegetables and treat various ailments, according to the Soviet news agency.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Uelen
Tass
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