Victims of Crime Act of 1972 Aims Federal Aid Plan
A proposed act introduced by Sen. John L. McClellan creates a three member board to award up to 50000 dollars to innocent victims of violent crime based on financial need. It would extend federal cost sharing to states and subsidize life and disability insurance for police, firemen, and prison guards along with a 50000 dollar death benefit for line of duty deaths.
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Congress
Senate
John L. McClellan
District of Columbia
National Parks and Forests
Jesus
Virginia Moves to End Repeater Drivers Forever
Virginia cracks down on repeat offenders with a lifetime license suspension after three major or twelve minor traffic offenses in ten years. Driving without a license could trigger a mandatory one to five year sentence. The plan, backed by the National Association of Insurance Agents, aims to spread similar laws nationwide to curb highway deaths by targeting habitual offenders.
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Virginia
National Association of Insurance Agents
White House leak threatens trust and security breach
The Washington leak involves secretly marked WSAG minutes from December meetings on India East Pakistan. Copies reach columnist Jack Anderson and newspapers. the issue centers on finding and stopping the source, framed as a breach of trust in government.
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Washington
Washington Special Acion Group
White House
India
East Pakistan
WSAG
Pentagon
State Department
CIA
Jack Anderson
Anderson
Pakistan
United Nations
Bangladesh
Cavour
Washington Post
Henry Kissinger
Daniel Ellsberg
Ellsberg
Nixon Muskie clash over environment in new Congress
In Washington the fight between President Nixon and Senator Muskie over a sweeping anti pollution bill heats up as Congress prepares for a vote. The measure aims at halting water pollution by 1985 with billions in funding and a shift of costs between federal and state authorities.
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Muskie
New
Congress
Gamel News Service
Washington
Nixon
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Senate
House
White House
Democratic Congress
William D. Ruckleshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
Ruckleshaus
National Industrial Pollution Control Council
Balloon Offerings Raise Curious Reactions Across the Nation
A Brooklyn psychoanalyst links TV football to sexual need while a California psychiatry professor ties laughter to tension relief. In Oklahoma City, church youths handed balloons to strangers and faced dirty looks, highlighting varied responses to everyday oddities.
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United States
Brooklyn
California
Oklahoma City
Virginia General Assembly urged for taxes and plan
Lindsay Almond Jr called for continuation of 1960 cigarette and liquor taxes and adoption of a state income tax withholding plan at the opening session. The piece also notes leadership changes, a city planning drainage proposal, Moore's Wholesale Builders Supply to open a Winchester branch, and various state and local fiscal details.
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Lindsay Almond, JR
Virginia General Assembly
Elliott D. Marshall
Winchester Evening Star
Winchester
Roanoke
Moore's Wholesale Builders Supply, Inc
True worth lies in sincerity and honesty in action
The meditation argues true worth stems from sincere beliefs and deeds. External show and vanity in giving offend Jesus, while a widow’s small coin shown as sacrifice embodies real value and the command to love God and neighbor.
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Jesus
God
Nazareth
McCarthy Seen as Serious Force Beneath Lighthearted Pose
William S. White analyzes Eugene McCarthy's candidacy as dual in tone and aim. The elfin persona masks a hard core effort to keep the Democratic field honest and shift support away from late adapters to antiwar positions, with likely gains among conservative Democrats.
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Washington
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Gauguin
Senate
France
Edmund Muskie
Muskie
Paul Revere
Lexington
Elfin McCarthy
Cloud Nine
Remarks from a dogcatcher cited in chatty quotes
By Hal Boyle the piece collects stray dog banter and adult reflections from a dogcatcher named Bozo and his interactions with kids and townspeople. It ends noting a government price commission stance on Postal Service rate increases and inflation.
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New York
Bozo
Prince
Mr. Barker
Charleston
S.C
News and Courier
Price Commission
Commission
Congress
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Republican National Committee
Ruckleshaus’ Agency
I.Q
Kentucky
U.S
Jack Sprat
United States Coast Guard Academy
U.S. Army
Memphis
Tenn
Capitol Sanitarian
Congressional
Longworth House
Truman
W.A. Baker
West Virginia
Sarah Zane Hall
Eugene P. Miller
Jack F. Davis
Douglas B. O'Connell
William S. White
Eugene
Hal Boyle
Harvard
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