EPA seeks new mandate as permit maze stalls river cleanups
The EPA warns that court rulings in Washington and Philadelphia plus Congress inaction threaten cleanup efforts. Under the 1899 River and Harbor Act and 1970 regulations the agency has issued 20,000 permit applications but cannot proceed due to environmental impact statement demands and due process issues. Permit applicants face uncertainty while the agency urges the Justice Department to appeal and Congress to modernize the act.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Congress
EPA
John Quarles
Corps of Engineers
Engineers
Washington, D.C
Philadelphia
District of Columbia
Justice Department
Having Fine Time The Vacation Dilemma
An editorial explores how vacations can bring freedom, refreshment, and new experiences or become burdens of cost and overindulgence. It argues balance matters and notes the risks of overspending, perpetual leisure, or returning exhausted. The piece questions why many vacations begin on crowded weekends.
Congress Eyes Nixon SALT Deals as Defense Budget Faces Cut
The national security race centers on Nixon's arms treaties with the Soviet Union. Congress plans to back the pacts despite Republican cries Moscow won. Democrats and many Democrats push to curb Pentagon funding, arguing SALT opens the door to deep weapon development cuts.
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Gannett News Service
Washington
Congress
Nixon
Moscow
Pentagon
McGovern
Europe
Laird
United States
Moscow Hanoi split deepens as Nixon visit looms
The June 3 Nhan Dan blasts Hanoi at Moscow for inviting Nixon and calls the Kremlin an accessory to counterrevolutionary acts. Moscow Radio defends peaceful coexistence and urges negotiations, signaling a sharp Sino-Soviet and Hanoi rift amid the Nixon summit.
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Hanoi
Moscow
Kremlin
Nixon
Nhan Dan
Soviet Union
Mr. Nixon
North Vietnam
U.S
Radio Moscow
South
Vietnam
New Times
Central Committee
Foreign Affairs Department
Summer Sales Bring Buyers to Local Stores
Shoppers flock to retailers as summer sales promise substantial reductions amid expectations of rising prices this fall. Advertised bargains tempt value conscious buyers to stock up on present and future needs.
Khrushchev Says No War Over Berlin and No Deadline
Soviet Premier Khrushchev told Romanian workers the USSR sees no reason for war over Berlin and that no deadline will be set to settle the Berlin issue. Dr Nancy Larrick Crosby elected a trustee of Goucher College Baltimore. Eugene Paul Miller, son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Miller, earned a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard on June 14.
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Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Berlin
Nancy Larrick Crosby
Goucher College
Baltimore
Eugene Paul Miller
Eugene Miller
Harvard University
Senate panel backs 177 million navy funding rise
25 years ago in 1947 lawmakers on the Senate appropriations committee recommended a 177 million dollar hike in navy funding for fiscal 1948 starting July 1. Senator Byrd warned the labor bill veto pressure was intense and expected a veto override to be closer than anticipated. Walter Knee bought the old City Hotel property at Loudoun and Fairfax Streets.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Byrd
Senate
Walter Knee
Old City
Loudoun and
Fairfax Sts
Looking in the Bible for conscience guidance
Daily Meditation contrasts good and evil consciences and asserts moral principles are found in the Bible. It argues the Bible, called The Word of God, provides the most extensive guide to right and wrong and warns against sinful experience shaping conscience.
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God
Lawmaker Questions Tax Loopholes and Fairness
Representative Bow gathers Treasury data showing 106 taxpayers with incomes over 200000 paid no federal income tax in 1970. He notes foreign taxes and charitable deductions can mislead, urging careful study before any broad tax reform.
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Washington
Congress
Frank T Bow
Ohio
Treasury Department
Bow
U.S
Hypocrisy and Sincerity at Parsons College Protest
The News-Free Press notes that Iowa Parsons College students opposed to war raised $350 to finance a playground fence shielding children from traffic. The piece argues for judging protesters by actions over rhetoric and to respect their stance regardless of opinion on war.
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Chattanooga
Senn
Parsons College
Iowa
Guerrila
AP test finds mail delivery mixed in nationwide study
The Associated Press mailed letters between six bureaus to test mail delivery for the second time in 15 months. City addressed mail arrived faster than last year while air mail proved spotty and zip code relevance remained inconsistent.
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Shreveport
Associated Press
How's Your IQ Memory Quiz From Early 20th Century
A snippet lists questions and scoring thresholds for a trivia quiz. It asks capital of Charlotte Amalie, Open Door policy country, a milk beer wine researcher, an English author rhyming with Rhode Island Reds, a date in Roman numerals, literal Rio de Janeiro meaning, streets named Fleet Threadneedle Bond in a city, Miller Stuhldreher Crowley Laydon as a group, jam session instruments for Benny Adler Casals, and the wife of an Earl.
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Charlotte Amalie
U.S
John Hay
Rhode Island
McMlix
Rio de Janeiro
Fleet
Threadneedle
Bond Streets
Miller
Stuhldreher
Crowley
Laydon
Jack Benny
Larry Adler
Pablo Casals
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Proxmire
Winchester Evening Star
Jack F. Davis
Thomas T. Byrd
Eugene P., Miller
Douglas B. O'Connell
Winchester
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