Executive Provides Breakfasts for 550 Pupils
Morton Walter, an insurance executive, supplies 550 Philadelphia pupils with breakfast each school day. Starting in 1968 at Drew Elementary, his Food for Thought project now funds cereal, orange juice, milk, and bread with peanut butter and jelly, aided by volunteers. He aims to expand with USDA support to cover more needy cities.
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Morton Waber
Philadelphia
Waber
Lee Linder
Associated Press
Morton Walter
Food For Thought
Walter
Drew Elementary
West
Miriam
Philadelphia School Board
Highway Dept to Open Bids on 98 Projects
The Virginia State Highway Department will advertise bids in early 1970 for about 85.5 million dollars of road work across 98 projects totaling 205 miles. Interstate work includes 16 projects costing 27.6 million, with a potential Hampton Roads tunnel under I 64 to serve eastbound traffic, aimed for late 1974 completion. Other work covers I 81 between Christiansburg and Dixie Caverns, plus paving and bridge projects.
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Highway Dept
Richmond
State Highway Department
Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads Bridge
Christiansburg
Dixie Caverns
Soviet chemical and biological weapons inventories cited
Senate testimony indicates Soviet stocks of chemical and biological weapons are still large while US policy seeks deterrence with a minimal retaliatory capacity. Gen Earle Wheeler and Dr Donald MacArthur described Soviet preparedness and the US stance amid Nixon's pledge to renounce lethal chemical use and to dispose of its biological stockpiles.
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Washington
Joint Chiefs of, Staff
Earle G. Wheeler
Senate
Nixon
U.S
United States
Wheeler
Donald M. MacArthur
Pentagon
Soviet Union
Two Arrested On Blue Law Violations In Fairfax
Fairfax County police detectives arrested Drug Fair Bailey's Crossroads manager William Henry Swann and clerk Mary Ruth Mardin on blue law charges. Swann faced counts for inducing Sunday work and selling prohibited goods, while Mardin was charged with selling four cans of furniture stain. Police say the 1779 code, amended in 1960, bans Sunday sales of nonessential items. Chief Currer notes police can allow opening but restrict certain sales.
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Fairfax (Ap
Fairfax County Police
Bailey's Crossroads
Virginia
William Henry Swann
Mary Ruth Mardin
Swann
Fairfax
William L. Currer
El Moro Tribe Homes Weathered by Kenya Gale
The El Moro tribe of Kenya lives in twig huts tied together and covered with water weeds. Stones anchor the flimsy shelters to the ground as gale winds from a nearby lake reach 90 miles an hour.
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Kenya
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