Kennedy blasts Nixon over civil rights duties in speech
Senator Edward Kennedy, noncandidate and vocal Democrat critic, accuses President Nixon of deserting civil rights responsibilities, leaving 25 million Black Americans with hope starved by federal abdication. He spoke at the Washington Press Club on eve of Congress session and near Nixon’s official State of the Union. Kennedy repeats he will not run but will campaign for his party nationwide.
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Soviet Jews arrive in Israel amid jubilant welcome
In Tel Aviv UPI reports Brina Shlovo greets a long awaited dream as Maurice Slovas recalls escape from a concentration camp. The arrival marks one of the largest single groups of Soviet Jews to settle in Israel.
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Man replaces $1.5 million computer with humans in California
George Gustafson of the State Teacher Preparation and Licensing Commission says a demodernization cut credential processing from 95 days to 10 and reduced staff from 240 to 106. He calls the move a shift from costly automation to a manual system as 900 percent faster. The report notes the policy cut costs by removing a machine valued at $1.5 million and moved toward a leaner operation.
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MIGs Attacks Over Laos Hit Neither U.S. Jets nor Targets
North Vietnamese MIG21s crossed into Laos and fired three air to air missiles at two U S F 4 Phantom jets but the Phantoms did not suffer damage. The attack occurred about 60 miles northeast of the Plain of Jars inside Laos. A Cobra helicopter gunship was shot down 35 miles northwest of Qui Nhon with the two crew members unharmed. In Saigon a grenade attack on a police truck housing media killed one student and wounded another as U S stations reported later. Two B 52 raids dropped 180 tons of explosives in Central Highlands near the Vietnam Laos Cambodia border.
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Kennedy Center manager slams contractor work
JFK Center chairman Roger L. Stevens denounces sloppy craftsmanship and design at the six month old center. He held a news conference to address reports of overdue contractor accounts and $6 million in damage claims, saying bills remain unpaid until work meets standards and aiming to reduce claims by negotiation.
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Betty Smith dies at 75 author of Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith, author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and other novels and plays, died at 75 in Shelton Connecticut after long tenure at the University of North Carolina. She wrote a memoir of her Brooklyn childhood. born in Brooklyn, she moved to Chapel Hill in 1938 and collaborated on plays with Bob Finch.
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Little Rock Fire Claims Two Firefighters
In downtown Little Rock a blaze that began Friday night burned over 60 hours before being controlled Monday. The three story brick structure collapsed Saturday, killing two firemen and injuring seven others, four of whom were hospitalized. Fire Marshall Warren Cummings indicated the cause may remain unknown.
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