Judge frees Wounded Knee trio in misconduct ruling
UPI reports U.S District Judge Fred Nichol dismissed all charges against Dennis Banks and Russell Means after a trial span of eight months. The judge cited government misconduct and criticized the FBI while noting juror illness halted the verdicts. AIM leader Means praised the judicial system as the Pine Ridge confronts a broader reaction.
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Energy development urged to curb inflation at Dallas conference
Dallas officials and industry leaders joined Sen. Gaylord Nelson in arguing that expanding U S energy resources will reduce shortages and steady prices. The roundtable was one of 13 regional meetings ahead of a Ford chaired inflation summit. Interior Secretary Morton warned against neglecting environmental costs while accelerating resource development.
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Attendance rises as Boston busing plan runs smoothly
On day four of a court ordered desegregation plan in Boston 800 police lined routes to South Boston High School where four buses brought about 140 black students and six whites from Roxbury and Columbia Point. Attendance rose citywide to 70 percent as demonstrations eased and officials saw signs of improved stability amid continued tensions.
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Klan plans white freedom rides to Boston busing protest
National Klan director David Duke says about 150 Klansmen from the South will travel to Boston to support the desegregation plan and oppose forced race mixing. He cites a planned Thursday rally and notes participants will wear security uniforms rather than hoods. Duke portrays the ride as organized white support, not violence.
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Textbook furor mirrors Nazi Germany in West Virginia schools
Charleston area schools reopen after a two week dispute over texts led Superintendent Kenneth Underwood to compare conditions to Nazi Germany. He ordered a 30 day book review as miners and parents protested at coal mines across Boone and Kanawha counties while talks in Washington continued. An Oak Ridge report notes the Atomic Energy Commission’s five year UT contract for the university animal lab to study radiation effects.
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Mary Louise Smith Named First Woman GOP Chairman
Mary Louise Smith, 59, was unanimously elected the first woman to lead the Republican National Committee. She urged the party to rebuild, noting declining registration and fewer GOP officeholders, and outlined plans to deploy RNC staff nationwide to aid candidates in the November election.
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New Hampshire Maine near agreement on marine boundary
The Maine New Hampshire boundary dispute moved closer to settlement as New Hampshire ordered the proposed compromise to the U.S. Supreme Court special master Tom Clark. Maine and New Hampshire officials along with the New Hampshire Commercial Fishermen's Association discussed a plan that would split roughly 2,400 acres of lobster waters and set a boundary along Portsmouth harbor and the Isles of Shoals.
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