Williams Professor's Son Refuses Army Induction in California
Stewart Burns, 20, son of Williams College professor James MacGregor Burns, refused induction at the Oakland Induction Center. A pacifist linked to Joan Baez's Institute for the Study of Nonviolence and Palo Alto Resistance, he predicts a federal trial delays and a possible two-year prison sentence for draft resistance. He denounces the army and capitalist system, seeks CO status but criticizes it as a self-serving loophole.
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Stewart Burns
Williams College
James MacGregor Burns
California
Burns
Palo Alto
Calif
Joan Baez
Institute For the Study of Nonviolence
Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
Stewart
Iie
Columbia University
Miss Baez
Institute
Pentagon and State Department clash over signifi cant Vietnam infiltration
Washington argues the reported drop in enemy infiltration in South Vietnam may be short lived and not yet proven. The State Department calls the decline significant, while the Pentagon lists eight factors that could reverse any apparent trend and notes varying infiltration figures and methods.
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Washington
Pentagon
State Department
South Vietnam
Manoi
South
Robert McCloskey
North Vietnam
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Dmz
Blacks Halt Pittsburgh Construction The Jobs Battle Moves Inside
Pittsburgh leaders reach a pause on over $200 million in projects after three days of protests by hundreds. The Black Construction Coalition pushes for a two percent Black membership share, aiming to force negotiations with Master Builders and unions. Brown says progress but no Black workers yet. mayor Barr stresses negotiations to prevent violence and restore order.
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Pittsburgh
Enery
Black Construction Coalition
Byrd Brown
Master Builders’ Association
Trade Unions Council
Brown
The
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Joseph Barr
Barr
Black Cause
First Louisiana town closes school after integration scene
In Thomas Louisiana an all white school closed an hour after six Negro teachers entered under U S marshals protection amid threats from white parents. Federal action followed by Judge Hecbe and Atty Gen Leonard sent marshals to ensure desegregation at Washington Parish school. About 25 Negro students were assigned though few registered in the first three days.
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James T. Wooten
New York Times
Thomas
U.S
Leonard C. Vogt
Louisiana
North Carolina
Thames
Supreme Court
Uauissima
St. John the Baptist Parish
South
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HWEW
Frederick J. RB. Hecbee
New Orleans
Alfill
Washington Parish
Justice Department
Jerris Leonard
Newro
Vext
Striking Aides at Geri-Care Seek Union Representation
About 20 dissident nurses aides at the former Mapleview Nursing Home now owned by Geri-Care Corp signed to join United Hospital Workers of AFL-CIO. A UHW election petition was filed with the NLRB as a formal picket line forms on Lovers Lane. Negotiations with Dr Sidney Nathans failed to restore previous shifts and staffing.
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Geri-Care Nursing Home
United Hospital
Washington
Mapleview
Geri- Care Corp
Caids
United Hospital Workers
UHW
Afl-Cio
Leon L. Harris
Boston
National Labor Relations Board
UNW
Lovers Lane
Harris
Sidney Nathans
Geri-Care
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Florida
Sharon Gallant
Atty
Richard Gelinas
Springfield
Awry Satellite Gates at Sun From Sea Bed
Cape Kennedy Florida AP Pioneer 10 a seven million dollar experiment to probe earth sun relations wrecked at ocean floor after booster rocket went out of control. Ground stations sent signals to detonate charges as Delta rocket swerved eight minutes after launch. Also lost was a 45 wound communications satellite for practice use by ground stations.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Navy adviser cites intuition in Polaris vulnerability warning
Harvard scientist Dr. Harvey Brooks told a Senate subcommittee that Pentagon cautions the Polaris submarine could become vulnerable after 1972 rest on general uneasiness rather than concrete evidence. He said no known tech developments justify Laird’s extrapolation beyond 1972, noting only a vague intuition governing such claims.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
Pentagon
Harvey Brooks
Harvard University
Naval Research Advisory Committee
Senate
Laird
Brooks
Tam
Clifford P. Case
RNS
Lodge Demands Mutual Withdrawal To End Vietnam War
U S envoy Lodge told Paris peace talks that a negotiated settlement is impossible while Hanoi rejects mutual withdrawal of all non South Vietnamese troops. He said more than 130 battalions of North Vietnamese forces are fighting against South Vietnam and that South Vietnam cannot form its future freely without North Vietnamese forces departing. North Vietnam rejected any mutual withdrawal.
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Paris
United States
Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
North Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Housing Aid Said Getting Peace Funds
Washington housing is the new element in the budget outlook likely to reduce post war peace dividend funds for domestic programs. Officials disclosed that rather than spend peace dividend money, the government would use it to cut the national debt and lower interest rates, increasing mortgage funds. The move aims to ease housing construction shortfalls though exact figures were not released. The analysis, led by Herbert Stein, shows domestic spending hinges on postwar defense costs, with Moynihan presenting a pessimistic briefing in San Clemente.
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Washington
Ualion
Mmore
Nixon
California
Johnson
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Stein
Daniel P. Moynihan
San Clemente
Motor Scooter Ad Sparks Rapid Responses
A city ad for a red motor scooter drew over 25 inquiries before 6 30 on the first night. The advertiser urges readers to call 499 0400 to place an Eagle Classified Ad and turn unused items into cash with the help of Eagle Ad Vigor.
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Eagle
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Miss Gallant
Nathans
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Eign Relations Subcommittee
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Lodge
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