Electoral Reform Delays Carswell Nomination Vote
Senate Judiciary Committee focuses on electoral reform first, delaying vote on Supreme Court nominee G Harrold Carswell. Bayh pressures timing while Thurmond demands separate action. open hearings feature NAACP and Civil Rights leaders criticizing Carswell. Yale Law dean Pollak questions qualifications as hearings wrap.
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UPI
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Supreme Court
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R-S.c
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NAACP
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Judiciary
Fifth Circuit
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Florida
Louis Pollak
Yale University Law School
Critical Point Near In Rail Strike Talks
Washington negotiators near a turning point to avert a nationwide rail shutdown in one week without government intervention. Industry and four shopcraft unions resume talks after a two hour session as federal mediator William Usery and union chief William Winpisinger express cautious optimism but no progress on disputed work rules. The pending court orders and potential government action loom if no breakthrough occurs on the December agreement allowing cross job duties in small craft shops.
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UPI
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U.S
Congress
Chicago Seven Lawyer Sees 'Legal Lynching' in Court
William Kunstler, defense attorney for the Chicago Seven, denounces Judge Julius Hoffman over ruling that Rev. Ralph Abernathy could not testify. Hoffman reverses after Kunstler's outburst, saying Abernathy could testify if available. timing and availability, plus earlier refusals, spark mutual heat in the courtroom.
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Chicago
UPI
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Ralph Abernathy
U.S. District Court
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Ralph D. Abernathy
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Hoffman
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Mississippi
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
O’hare
Europe
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U.S
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Dozer Operator Wished He Had Stayed in Bed
CHICAGO UPD Albert Layton operated a 30 ton bulldozer in a northwest suburban area Monday on his first day back at work after a long illness. He leaned back to adjust the canopy and accidentally pushed the reverse lever causing the machine to lurch backward.
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Chicago
UPD
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Layton
Golf
Tollway
Bat Congress Berlin to feature Europe’s largest bat collection
ADN reported the second International Bat Congress will meet in February at East Berlin Zoo. Zoo workers will band about 500 bats in winter quarters near Bad Freienwalde. One keeper will discuss bat protection as a freak accident halted a control panel.
Franco to Step Down Considered As Monarch Succession Looms
UPI analysis notes General Franco, 77, frail from palsy but alert, nearing retirement with Carrero Blanco acting as president in practice. Juan Carlos de Borbon designated as successor, reshuffled cabinet emphasizing youth and Opus Dei influence while reducing Falange power. A new press law and constitutional reforms broadened viewpoints as regime seeks improved international image.
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Franco
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Sor
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Juan Carlos
Spain
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Opus Dei
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Town Hall Wrecked By Mystery Blast
A violent explosion wrecked Shaker Heights Town Hall likely a bomb. Fifteen people injured including five policemen, a judge, and the clerk of courts. Investigators debated gas leak versus bombing while a youth with a box was seen near the scene.
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Shaker Heights
Ohio
UPI
Cleveland
Goodell Warns Vietnamization Will Cost More Lives
Senator Charles Goodell of New York warned that Nixon's Vietnamization plan could cost 5,000 to 20,000 additional American lives, even if the program functioned perfectly. The UPI report from Washington notes his critique amid ongoing debate over the strategy.
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UPI
Charles £. Goodell
R-N.y
Nixon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Goodell
U.S
Vietnam
Senate
Johnson
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
GOP
Fulbright
American Express
Defendants Disrupt Black Panther Trial
In New York the opening session of 13 Black Panthers charged in a bombing conspiracy was disrupted by repeated shouts. The uproar led to an early adjournment as Justice John M. Murtagh called for a recess after outbursts from defendants and supporters.
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New York
UPI
State Supreme Court
John M. Murtagh
Murtagh
Gerald Lefcourt
Lefcourt
Legion Presents Calley $1,000 For His Defense
A crowd in Columbus, Georgia watched Lt. Calley accept a $1,000 defense fund check from the Charles S. Harrison American Legion Post 35. Post officials said the fundraiser would continue as Calley faces charges over the My Lai killings.
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Calley
Columbus
L.T William L. Calley Jr
Charles S. Harrison American Legion Post 35
My Lai
German Ship Nearly Hit By Apollo 11 Debris
A space agency engineer said debris from Apollo 11’s first stage nearly struck the German vessel Vegesach in the Atlantic. The ship was about 375 miles northeast of Cape Kennedy at 9 45 a.m. EDT July 16 during launch.
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Fla
UPI
Space Agency
Atlantic
Adolf H. Xnothe
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Vegesach
Cape Kennedy
Vege Sach
Knothe
United States
Earth
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