Pentagon report notes prejudice against Black service members
A Pentagon study finds Black personnel in the armed forces face bias and unequal treatment compared with white service members, highlighting ongoing discrimination within the military justice and personnel systems.
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Rochester boys turn hubcaps into roadside business
Three Rochester youths Jay Adams 11 Todd Adams 10 and Jeff Berg 11 collect hubcaps display them with a hubcaps for sale sign and resell caps for 75 cents to 3 dollars. They once bought 300 caps for 3 at a Lake City service station auction. The boys fear police misbelief they hide tools but insist they operate honestly.
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Shakedown Finds Large Homemade Weapons at Stillwater Prison
Stillwater State Prison recovered the largest cache of homemade weapons during a 12 day shakedown. No guns or many drugs were found, but the find prompted notes on racial bias in military justice and recommendations for reform. The four volume task force urged standardized punishment for minor offenses and more Black military lawyers.
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Economic adviser says U S may buy peace in the world
Pierre Rinfr et, long time Nixon adviser, says U S should and would buy peace if needed. He predicts broad economic aid to war damaged countries, tougher trade stance, continued wage and price controls for 18 months, and a wheat production boom with markets in Russia and China. Blacks make up 4.2 percent of West Virginia's population per census.
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Communists Shell Bien Hoa Base Wounding Civilians
Soviet aligned forces fired rockets at Bien Hoa air base before dawn injuring nine Vietnamese, four Americans and a child, with thirty 100 pound rockets hitting the facility long the Saigon frontier. The assault targets a key site in the South Vietnamese air defense and buildup.
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Dubliners reject MacStiofain call for street protest
Dubliners spurned IRA commander Sean MacStiofain’s plea to march in protest against his detention. Fewer than 500 attended a Sinn Fein rally while thousands joined in Wednesday night demonstrations and Dublin’s parliament weighed tougher anti IRA measures amid political tension.
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