Wallace defies desegregation orders with new directives
Governor Wallace announced a public signing in Hobson City to back his orders telling Oxford City and Calhoun County boards to ignore federal desegregation rulings. He said black and white mayors would escort him, and praised national reaction while avoiding comment on a federal judge’s remarks about his Jefferson County actions.
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B. A. Adams
Oxford
Wallace
Birmingham
Jefferson County
Pointer
Oxford Board
Calhoun Training
Calhoun
U S Forces Press Toward DMZ as B52s Hit Nearby
U S and South Vietnamese units strengthen the DMZ defense south of the line as unannounced B52 strikes into the southern DMZ continue since 1968. Stewart Kellerman reports the 101st Airborne moving up toward the line while armored carriers face fire on Highway 9 in the Cam Lo Valley.
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Cam Lo
101St Airborne Personnel Carriers
Mai Loc
Quang Tri
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
North Vietnam
Military Assistance Command
Typhoon Rose lashes Hong Kong with ferry capsizing
Typhoon Rose slammed Hong Kong with 115 mph winds causing a ferry to capsize and 26 ships to be driven ashore. At least 15 killed, 16 missing, over 300 injured including six U.S. Navy sailors aboard the Regulus. Conflicting reports on Fatshan crew and passenger aboard.
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Hong Kong
UPI
U.S. Navy
Macao
Stanley Ho
Shun Tak Shipping Co
I.L. Price
Kennedy seeks halt to U S aid to Pakistan over East Pakistan crisis
Senator Edward M. Kennedy denounced Pakistan as guilty of genocide in East Pakistan and urged the Senate to stop future U S military and economic aid. He criticized Nixon admin policies, toured refugee camps, and condemned Mujibur Rahman’s secret trial as a violation of international law amid millions fleeing to India.
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New Delhi
India
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
Pakistan
East Pakistan
Nixon
U.S
Kennedy
West Pakistan
Senate
Aligha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Mujibur Rahman
Rahman
Mujib
Drive In Movie Listings Bennington Williams Coury Hoosac Aug
Bennington and surrounding drive ins show Love Story slated for final showings before TV release with Ali McGraw and Ryan O Nea l. Other features include On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and Tora Tora Tora at Hathaway s. Show times vary with 7 p.m or 9 p.m starts. Deserter and Love Story play at North Adams. Great Bank Robbery and McCabe and Mrs Miller at Hoosac with R ratings.
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Bennington Drive-In
Bennington
Ali McGraw
Ryan O'Neal
Erich Segal
Barbara Streisand
Hathaway
Joan Baez
Big Sur
John Sebastain
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
Coury
North Adams
Auto price tags for 1972 models hint during 90 day freeze
Detroit reports indicate 1972 model cars would carry 1971 prices during Nixon’s 90 day wage price freeze. GM rescinded its tentative 4.5 percent rise, Ford hinted 1972 pricing at 1971 levels, Chrysler and AMC undecided. Tax repeal could drop new car prices about 200 dollars, while import duties tilt foreign cars higher.
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UPI
Nixon
Congress
General Motors Corp
Three Little Brothers
Ford Motor Co
Lee A. Iacocca
Ford
Chrysler Corp
American Motors Corp
U.S
Iacocca
Eisenhower resigns as envoy to Belgium
President Nixon accepted the resignation of John Eisenhower from his post as U S ambassador to Belgium for personal reasons. The White House praised his diplomatic performance and noted no successor was named. Eisenhower, 23, is married to Nixon's daughter Julie. he had helped in his father’s memoirs and has a home in Phoenixville Pennsylvania.
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UPI
Nixon
John Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
Belgium
Ronald L. Ziegler
Eisenhower
Brussels
Ziegler
White House
Formance
David
Julie
Phoenixville
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County National Bank
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Greenberg
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