Israel to Hold Occupied Territories Amid Peace Push
Prime Minister Golda Meir presented a new 24 member cabinet in Jerusalem pledging Israel would hold on to the Arab territories seized in the 1967 war while working toward peace. She criticized the Soviet Union and France and warned against erosion of U.S. policy, as Moscow rejected the U.S. peace plan. An Israeli officer was captured in a Cairo raid near Ismailia, with casualties reported.
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Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Israel
Middle East
Soviet Union
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
France
Britain
Ezer Weizman
Weizman
Defense
Moshe Dayan
Dayal
Abba Eban
Yigal Allon
Meir
Moscow
U.S
Pravda
United States
Rogers
Cairo
Suez Canal
Don Avedan Shamoun
Tel Aviv
Ismailia
Detergent Phosphate Debate Faces House Hearing
A House subcommittee led by Rep. Henry Reuss will examine phosphate detergents as a major pollution source, weighing clean water against household cleaning. Industry spokesmen dispute the claim, citing other phosphate sources and potential harm from bans on detergents and appliance impacts.
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New York Times
Washington
House
Henry 5. Reuss
D. Wis
Reuss
Conservation and Natural Resources
Government Operations Committee
United States
Lakes
Erie
Ontario
Supreme Court rules black homeowners may access shared parks
The court, in a 5 to 3 decision, extends the 1866 civil rights law to prohibit racial exclusion from suburban recreation facilities like Little Hunt Park in Fairfax County Virginia. Justice Douglas notes no exclusivity plan exists and compares the restriction to a racially restrictive covenant. The ruling builds on 1968 housing discrimination precedent.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Fairfax County
Little Hunt Park
Virginia
Douglas
Little ‘Hunting Park
Five Day Forecast Sees Near Seasonal Highs
The forecast projects temperatures through Saturday averaging around 25 degrees with little daily variation. Snow is expected Wednesday night into Thursday, impacting travel and visibility.
U S Tightens Up To Get School Aid to Poor
U S tighten up to get school aid to poor. The article reviews Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, its $1.2 billion funding in 1969, and audits showing misdirected spending. It notes a task force, HEW safeguards, and a shift to week to week funding to prevent misuse while preserving aid to disadvantaged children across districts.
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U.S
Washington
America
James E. Alien Jr
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund
HEW
Philip Kyropatkin
Kropotkin
U.S. Treasury
Retired Lutheran Pastor Rev Henry Dickert Dies
Rev Henry B Dickert D D age 51 pastor emeritus of Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center Pittsfield after virus pneumonia. He led Zion's 83 years in the ministry 45 years before retiring Sept 1 1957. Tribute by successor Rev Gordon E Hohl noted his many contributions and the close pastor parish bonds.
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Henry B.dickert
Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Berkshire Medical Center
Pittsfield General Unit
Dickert
Zion’s
Hob
Gordon E. Hohl
Fasts Mark War Protest On Weekend
Antiwar actions ended quietly across the nation with fasts and vigils. In Oceanside California about 3,000 marchers including 730 antiwar Marines clashed briefly with roughly 200 off-duty Marines. Harvard Radcliffe students held a 30 hour fast donating refunds to aid refugees in Vietnam. Washington hosted smaller gatherings replacing a large rally, and New York Vietnam veterans read war dead names at Riverside Church for 337 hours.
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Oceanside
Calif
Harvard
Cambridge
Radcliffe
Vietnam
Washington
New York City
Riverside Church
Five Inches of Snow Hits Berkshires Storm Death
A five inch wet snowstorm hit the Berkshires causing multiple auto accidents including one fatality. Richard E. Pucko, 33, of Pittsfield died instantly in a head on crash on Route 8 in Cheshire at 4:30 Sunday. Anthony F. Mazza Jr and four passengers were hospitalized with facial injuries. Berkshire County also saw Felix A. Paul die early Sunday in a separate, snow unrelated crash. Highway crews worked overnight. salt eased travel and clear weather was forecast tonight and tomorrow.
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Berkshires
Richard E. Pucko
Euclid Ave
Pittsfield
Cheshire
H. Roberts
Allen P. Roberts
Marcia I. Roberts
Hancock
Plunkett Memorial Hospital
Adams
Michael Gralinsky
Todd Bell
Pucko
Berkshire County
Felix A. Paul
Clayton Road
Sheffield
Paul
Atlantic
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Hanoi
Cyrus Eaton
Hong Kong
Nixon
Eaton
Foreign Correspondents Club
Paul Delaney
Carl L. Klein
Interior
Klein
Rincon
Los Angeles
Pacific
Harbor
Los Angeles International
Associated Press
Garven Hudgins
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
James E. Allen Jr
Henry Dickert
D.D
Ors Dickert Tian
Centinucu
Henry ¥. Dickert
Anthony F. Mazza, Jr
North Adams
Ralph
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