Racial flareups hit southern high schools
Racial clashes erupted at Patrick Henry, Fluvanna County, Ribault and Statesville high schools amid Black Culture Week. Police arrested 36 black students in Ashland for trespass and disorderly conduct after white walkouts. In Palmyra, three black students and a mother were arrested over a disturbance tied to a suspended black student. Fifteen blacks were arrested in Jacksonville as tensions rose. one school shut and another saw a principal resign over leadership concerns.
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UPI
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Charlottesville
Palmyra
Fluvanna County High School
Ribault High School
Jacksonville
Fla
Herbert Cochley
Statesville
N.C
J. Albert Hyatt
Luna 20 Returns Moon Rocks from Apollonius Mountain Region
Moscow reports the Luna 20 unmanned probe has launched a return mission with rock samples from the Apollonius Mountain area of the Moon. The craft, launched February 14, is to separate, re-enter Earth's atmosphere, and land by parachute after delivering samples in a sealed container.
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UPI
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Tass
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Soviet Union
Jarring visits Amman as Israel resists prepeace withdrawal
UN Mideast envoy Gunnar Jarring flew to Amman for talks with Abdullah Salah after three days in Cairo and a Cyprus stop. In Jerusalem Defense Minister Dayan rejected a prior withdrawal condition for talks, saying Israel would not meet an ultimatum to withdraw to pre 1967 lines. Israeli sources view US indirect talks over the Suez Canal as the best path toward peace, and cautioned against Jarring replacing an American intermediary.
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Egypt
Jarring
United States
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Svetlana Peters Walks Out on Husband in Arizona Divorce
Svetlana Alliluyeva Peters, daughter of Joseph Stalin, left architect William Wes ley Peters and their 10 month old daughter Olga in December. Peters, 59, said divorce is unavoidable and that she rejected the Taliesin lifestyle. Mrs Peters, 45, had previously divorced twice and left Russia for communal living concerns. In Cardiff, Wales, Jim Pope’s secretary said his wife Sally Pope called claiming they had a baby, saying she delivered it herself at home.
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UPI
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Russia
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Wright
Cardiff
Wales
Jim Pope
Sally Pope
U.S. zoos bid for pandas after historic China trade
Six U S zoos compete for two giant pandas promised by China in an exchange tied to a Nixon administration musk ox trade. Chicago Cincinnati St Louis Detroit and Washington await bids while Detroit cultivates bamboo in hope of securing the pair.
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China
Brookfield Zoo
Chicago
Peking
Nixon
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Matilda
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Szechwan Province
Tibet
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Detroit
Washington, D.C
U S top priority unclear accord with Russia
UPI analysis notes Nixon seeks dialogue with a rising power while Moscow, a super power, remains wary. With parity in destructive capability, the strategic arms talks dominate policy. Continued Soviet buildup alarms Washington, yet both sides hint at possible interim agreements ahead of May meetings.
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Phil Newsom
UPI
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Nixon
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Priest among those killed at English base by IRA bomb
A 50-pound IRA bomb killed Father Gerard Weston and five others at Aldershot's officers mess, injuring 17, as Scotland Yard and police hunted two suspected IRA attackers. The IRA claimed responsibility saying the attack was retaliation for Bloody Sunday and that civilians were not the target. Weston had been brought to England for safety from Northern Ireland.
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UPI
Gerard Weston
England
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Geoffrey Howlett
Weston
Aldershot
Britain
Scotland Yard
16Th Parachute Brigade
Dublin
Londonderry
IRA Leader Arrested in Dublin Amid IRA Crackdown
Cathal Goulding aged 49 chief of staff of the IRA official wing was arrested in Dublin with three other leading members. They face offenses against the state and are held at Bridewell Prison. Police say the group connected to The United Irishman and Sinn Fein official wing. A bomb hit a filling station and an army observation post in Belfast injuring one British soldier.
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Northern Ireland
UPI
Dublin
Irish Republic
Cathal Goulding
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Bridewell
Goulding
Parachute Regiment
England
John Garland
Michael Ryan
The
United Irishman
Tony Heffernan
Sinn Fein
At the movies Harte shows two violent films and more
Harte screens two intense films Gimme Shelter a Rolling Stones documentary recounting a tumultuous tour ending in a deadly open air concert for 300000 youths and See No Evil starring Mia Farrow about a blind girl pursued by a killer both with strong ratings. Dirty Harry also appears drawing critics though debated for its place in modern cinema and moral questions about police procedures.
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Rolling Stones
Stones
California
Mia Farrow
Clint Eastwood
Supreme Court
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