Supreme Court Upholds State Power to Cap Welfare Aid
South Carolina gains authority to set a ceiling on ADC welfare payments. The ruling helps limit future deficits in the state’s $75 million welfare budget and allows policy boards to determine a new family limit within the state’s means. The decision is seen as a modest, humane restraint on costs in a low-income state.
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U.S. Supreme Court
South Carolina
State Welfare Department
Welfare Department
Supreme Court
Department
Icy
Harris Report On Neighborhood School Plans In Desegregation Talks
The Harris Report notes South Carolina can avert a federal desegregation suit by filing neighborhood school plans for next fall after a two hour Washington session with Nixon administration officials. The aim is to gain compliance without court action with bus routing not required for racial balance, though rural zones may not be a cure.
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Ray Harris
South Carolina
Harris
Washington
U.S. Justice Department
Administration
Lamar
Darlington County
Pee Dee
Lowcountry
Nixon's School Policy and Its Legal Context
The article argues President Nixon’s school policy offers clear executive direction missing from predecessors. It critiques reliance on ad hoc court decisions, highlights adherence to Brown v. Board and Oregon ruling principles, and condemns politicized administration while defending equal opportunity goals. It notes funding should target need and warns against forced transfers and lax discipline.
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Nixon
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Oregon
Supreme Court
Brown v. School Board
Blue Row of Graniteville Named for Gregg Street
In Graniteville in the mid 1800s Gregg built four to five room Gothic houses with steep roofs and scrollwork eaves, priced at 400 dollars each. The blue wash gave the street the name Blue Row though later painted white and renamed Gregg Street. Five wells once served early Blue Row families.
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Graniteville
Gregg
Blue Row
Gregg Street
Graniteville Company
Privacy For The President By Holmes Alexander
A column argues the Justice Department proposal to require extensive disclosure from White House picketers is excessive and that presidential privacy is essential. The piece praises George Reedy’s Twilight of the Presidency as a candid, insightful look at the unique constitutional role and duties of the President.
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Law and Order
Justice Department
White House
George Reedy
Ted Sorensen
Richard Neustadt
Reedy
Garaudy Hidden in Prague Amid 1968 Communist Tensions
Henry J. Taylor reports that Roger Garaudy, 56, secretly travels in Prague while French and Czech Communist circles feud over Moscow's control. Gareudy's presence coincides with Czech humor amid political arrests and a May 29 anniversary of WWII resistance.
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Roger Garaudy
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Communist Party
Luugi Longo
Free World
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Jan Masaryk
Bedrich Bicheller
Vladimir Kazan- Komark
Kazan- Komark
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U.S
Boston
Ruzyne
Vladimir
Jan Kubis
Josef Gabeik
Royal Air Force
Gestapo
Reinhard Heydrich
Heydrich
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