Testimony on Black Panthers Renews Fear of Degenerate Cult
Senate hearings feature Larry Powell and wife Jean detailing how the Black Panthers allegedly corrupted teens, ordered murders, and taught crime. They describe fund flow to leaders, with infighting and a shift from community defense to exploitation, while warning of extremist tactics.
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Senate
Black Panthers Party
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Larry Clayton Powell
Jean
Powell
Chairman Mao
Panthers
Black Guard
David Hilliard
Rephoto
Black Panthers
Black Panther Society
Militant Negro Organization
Ohio Attorney General Calls for Cabinet Level Urban Affairs
Ohio Attorney General Paul W. Brown told commissioners and engineers from 88 counties in Cleveland that county affairs should join the Department of Urban Affairs and that the department be raised to cabinet level. He warned counties face funding shortages and outdated statutes hampering modern needs and urged better revenue distribution to strengthen local law enforcement, services and metropolitan equality.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio
Paul W. Brown
Department of Urban Affairs
Brown
Cleveland
Atty Gen Brown Avoids Key Topics in Ohio Speech
Ohio Attorney General Paul W. Brown spoke before county commissioners and engineers, outlining topics to avoid including income taxes and education. The prepared list noted permissions for county income tax and state tax with cautions, plus concerns from sheriffs and peace officers.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Paul W. Brown
Brown
Department of Public Safety
State Highway Patrol
Clifford Proposes Vietnam Outback
Former defense secretary Clark M. Clifford argues in Foreign Affairs that the United States should begin withdrawing ground combat troops from Vietnam by end of 1970 and disengage to allow South Vietnam to shoulder more of its burden. He cites world changes since 1965 and calls for ending maximum pressure in favor of negotiated peace.
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New York
Clark M. Clifford
United States
Vietnam
Clifford
Lyndon B. Johnson
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Current Foreign Affairs
Council On Foreign Relations
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Johnson
Washington
Ph—_ Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Nixon
Maine
Democrat
Defense
Paris
House GOP Reports Nixon Campus Dissatisfaction Deepens
A 37-page report by 22 House Republicans to President Nixon details widespread student discontent across over 50 colleges. They urge avoiding rash federal cuts, blame colleges for handling the mood, and propose actions including lowering the voting age, a National Youth Foundation, a student Teachers Corps, and expanded loan and work-study programs.
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Washington
Nixon
House Republicans
GOP
William Brock
R-Tenn
National Youth Foundation
Nixon to hold first Washington news conference in two months
President Nixon schedules a 7 p.m. EDT news conference in Washington with no opening statement and questions to follow. The session comes amid pressure for a faster U.S. troop withdrawal from Vietnam, a new start to arms control talks with Moscow, and a remedy for mounting inflation and economic strain. The briefing will be televised nationwide by the three major networks.
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Washington
Nixon
U .S
Vietnam
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
U. S
Moscow
Viet fighting swirls around Tay Ninh City
Allied forces repelled a Viet Nam assault on Tay Ninh City as clashes raged on all approaches. North Vietnamese commandos struck a U S artillery base, rocket barrages hit allied sites, and a Saigon councilman was assassinated in Cholon.
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Tay Ninh
U.S
van Dien Quang
Cholon
Cambodia
Washington
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
9Th
Five Senate Moderates Support Lindsay For Re election
Five leading Senate Republicans including Brooke Hatfield McMathias Javits and Goodell say they back New York Mayor John Lindsay for the November election despite his GOP primary loss. They argue his national political future remains bright if he wins. Lindsay will appear on the Liberal party ballot. Agnew signaled support for Marchi. Nixon comments deferred.
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Washington
Senate
New York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
Charles Mc. Mathias Jr
Maryland
Jacob K. Javits
Charlies E. Goodell
John Marchi
Spiro T. Agnew
Pittsburgh
Niven
Marchi
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
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