Nixon to spend 500 million education fund on integration
President Nixon plans to allocate about two thirds of a 500 million education fund to school districts in the North and South to aid desegregation. Minority student counts will be doubled in the formula, with HEW funding for innovative integration efforts and a minimum 100,000 per state.
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Carl Albert Expected to Take McCormack's Place
Washington AP John W McCormack retires after 42 years in Congress leaving his speakership to his assistant Carl Albert a 22 year House veteran With no major opposition in the Democratic party the only obstacle would be a Republican House win in the fall McCormack cited his ill wife and desire for rest as reasons not age or dissent to step down Albert told reporters he would vote for him if he were in the next Congress and the retirement is likely to trigger a fight for floor leader by Democrats in the House
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John W. McCormack
Congress
Carl Albert
Massachusetts
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House
GOP
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Harriet McCormack
Sam Rayburn
Donnybrook
Alma Rakes Jamaica and Threatens Cuba
Hurricane Alma pounds Jamaica and the Cayman Islands with 40 knot winds and heavy rain, nudging toward Cuba as forecasts show gale force winds and long squalls across Camaguey and eastern provinces. An Air Force hurricane hunter plan is dispatched to assess strength while St Paul passes a teacher contract settlement raising credentialed pay over 12 to 13 years.
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Steel helmet workers rally for Nixon on Broadway
Steel helmeted construction workers led tens of thousands along Broadway to a City Hall rally in support of President Nixon and his Vietnam policy. Police did not estimate the crowd. a high official put it around 150,000. The march, with Mohawk dancers and longshoremen, pressured Mayor Lindsay amid antiwar protests elsewhere.
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Panel of Judges Dismiss Attempt to Test Abortion Law
A panel of federal judges in Minneapolis, by a 2-1 vote, dismissed an effort to have Minnesota abortion law ruled unconstitutional. The majority said there was no justifiable controversy since the woman involved had already had an abortion. The ruling ended the case without a decision on the law’s constitutionality.
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Jane Hodgson
Washington County
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Minnesota
Ramsey County Grand Jury
Edward Devitt
Distict
Philip Neville
Charles Vogel
Fargo
N.D
Brandt Offers Postwar Treaty With East Germany
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt proposed a 20 point treaty to establish diplomatic relations with East Germany without full recognition and suggested potential United Nations membership for both German states, as he and East German Premier Willi Stoph resumed talks inside West Germany amid emotional public responses. The exchange followed Stoph’s demand for full Bonn recognition as a prerequisite for better ties.
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Willy Brandt
Willi Stoph
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United Nations
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Stoph
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East Germany
Nixon orders flag at half staff for Memorial Day
President Nixon proclaims flags to fly at half staff all Memorial Day to honor Americans who died in Vietnam. He says the tragedy of the Vietnam struggle requires a marked tribute beyond mere thought and prayer.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
Police disperse protestors at Univ without violence
A peaceful confrontation at the University of Minnesota between about 100 students and riot police ended without violence after a 2% hour ROTC protest rally. Two students were arrested Lee Cohen for interfering with an officer and Robert Allen for alleged unlawful assembly.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Lee Cohen
Robert Allen
Allen
Goetz seals vindication as Blue Shield dispute eases
Lt. Gov. James Goetz, asserting Blue Shield’s insolvency, sees his stance vindicated after an audit showed a 4.43 million dollar deficit. The report contradicts earlier Blue Shield figures, fueling a clash with Gov. Le Vander aides. Officials forecast gradual solvency with rate increases and asset liquidation.
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Goetz
Blue Shield
Minnesota Insurance Division
Blue Cross
Harold LeVander
Douglas Head
Thomas Hunt
Head
Justice Dept asks Supreme Court to block Armour Greyhound merger
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to outlaw Greyhound’s planned takeover of Armour & Co. alleging the merger would violate antitrust law and a 1920 decree since Greyhound already has food interests, making the deal improper.
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Armour
Washington
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Greyhound
Armour & Co
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Catholics in U S decline for first time this century
The Official Catholic Directory reports a drop in U S Catholics for the first time this century along with declines in infant baptisms converts and student enrollments in Catholic elementary high school seminary and college programs. The U S weekly Vietnam war toll topped 200 for the first time in nine months with 217 Americans killed last week.
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New York
United States
Catholic Directory
U.S
Saigon
Youth 16 Confesses in Savannah Civil Rights Leader Slaying
In Savannah Georgia a 16-year-old Black youth confessed to the pistol slaying of civil rights leader James Floyd during an attempted holdup. Capt Jim Weaver Savannah Police chief of detectives said the youth was charged with murder and a 17-year-old companion was arrested as an accomplice. Both suspects are Black.
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