U.S. court orders busing in Atlanta
The 5th Circuit ordered Atlanta School Board to redesign its pupil assignment plan to include cross town busing and transfers to balance races. The court required free transportation and class space for students moving from majority to minority schools, citing Swann v Charlotte Mecklenburg. The board acknowledged the ruling and said a new desegregation plan would be submitted soon.
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Atlanta
UPI
US S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Circuit
Swann
Charlotte- Mecklenburg
N.C
John Letson
Circuit Court
Three Cities Agree To 1.2 Billion Water Cleanup Plan
EPA says Detroit Cleveland and Atlanta will fund a 1.2 billion cleanup to restore Lake Erie and the Chattahoochee while the federal government pays 494.6 million. Detroit and Cleveland will build new treatment facilities, Atlanta will add two plants, with timelines of six years for Detroit/Cleveland and about two and a half for Atlanta. Georgia may add matching funds. rates rose for Atlanta. COLUMBUS, Ohio A separate incident halted Columbus Airport traffic as police chased a Volkswagen on a runway. driver Jerry Bayless, 33, charged with unauthorized area operation.
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Washington
UPI
Lake Erie
Georgia
Chattahoochie River
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Detroit
Cleveland
Atlanta
William D. Ruckelshaus
Detroit River
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus International Airport
Jerry Bayless
Cincinnati
Career GI convicted in service club case
M Sgt William E Higdon, 41, was convicted by a military jury of graft and larceny for kickbacks and misusing funds from an enlisted men's club in Long Binh Vietnam 1967 68. He received a dishonorable discharge and a 25 000 fine. he forfeits pay and allowances but faces no prison sentence. His case follows a federal trial in Los Angeles related to a broader military club corruption probe.
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Huntsville
Ala
William E. Higdon
Vietnam
Los Angeles
Higdon
Edwin S. Donnelly
Redstone Arsenal
Judge Advocate General’s Office
Washington
Long Binh
William O. Wooldridge
Army
Dole predicts Vietnam War ends before winter arrives
Washington Republican Robert Dole said the Vietnam War would be over long before the snow falls, as Senate opened debate on an end-the-war measure. Critics accused the Nixon administration of misleading the public about prospects for peace amid rising casualties.
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Washington
UPI
Robert J. Dole
R-Kan
Nixon
Dole
Senate
U.S
Mark O. Hatfield
R-Ore
George S. McGovern
D-S.c
Indochina
Hatfield
Pentagon
Five face 'trials' Cuba holds 13 Americans
Thirteen Americans are detained in Cuba on alleged illegal entry and five will face a revolutionary tribunal to determine their fate. Reports tie these arrests to recent Cuban convictions of four young fishermen in Key West. The Bender brothers and McGuire aboard the yacht Caribbean are named among those seized, while eight on the tug Battler remain detained during a repair check.
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Miami
UPI
Cuba
Radio Havana
Key West
Monroe County
Czechoslovakia
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean
Bernard
Michael
Lawrence Bender
Thomas Joseph McGuire
Battler
Port Everglades
Fla
Cuban
Frank Igne
St. Petersburg
James Cuisi
Tampa
Eli Ware
Fort Pierce
Richard Evan
Paul Bedge
Gainesville
Mark Sims
New Smyrna Beach
Walter Dunlop
Riley Hughes
State Department
Mexico City confronts 20000 student demonstrators
Riot police and unmarked units clashed with about 20,000 students in Mexico City. four killed, 26 hospitalized, 159 arrested as shock brigades fired on crowds. Police reported snipers and seized weapons, while officials blamed a leftist march and MURO confrontation for the protest.
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Mexico City
UPI
Tony Halik
Alfonso Martinez
MURO
National Polytechnical Institute
Reelings From College Cinema And Local Drive-Ins
The region screens Gone With The Wind at College Cinema in Williamstown with regular pricing and 2 pm matinees. Also showing Valdez Is Coming with Burt Lancaster in Manchester GP rating, plus a Bennington Drive-In triple feature of vampires and a monster. North Hoosick Hathaway’s drives with a country and western showcase From Nashville With Music and Music City U.S.A. G.C.C. Time clocks list Harte Williamstown shows at 8, Manchester 7 30 and 9 15, drives at dusk.
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Williamstown
Valdez
Manchester
Burt Lancaster
Bennington Drive-In
North Hoosick
U.S.A
G.C.C
Harte
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New York Times News Service
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