A Nixon Aide Resigns Blaming Pressure on Desegregation
Washington AP A senior HEW civil rights official Leon E Panetta resigns charging White House aides pressured slow enforcement of desegregation. He says administration factions seek election wins not unity, though he cites no names. Panetta offered resignation months ago. White House confirms only that he resigned.
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Sorensen Enters Race For U S Senate Seat
Theodore C. Sorensen former Kennedy aide announces candidacy for U S Senate from New York. He cites 13 years in the Kennedy circle and says he will not run for any faction. Other Democrats in the race include O Dwyer and Ottinger with Goodell appointed by Rockefeller.
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Neighborhood School Plan Gets U.S. Court Blessing
A federal appeals court defined a unitary school system for the first time and ordered Florida's Orange County to implement a neighborhood pupil assignment plan. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said de segregation across enrollment, staff, facilities, transport and activities is required. Three all-black Orange County schools will remain. transfers prioritize admission to nearest white schools.
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Nixon Balked on School Fund Control
Washington reports that the House Rules Committee refused to grant Nixon discretionary power to cut education funds in the 19.3 billion education and health bill. HEW Secretary Finch signaled Nixon would disapprove the bill if the new authority was not provided. Senate debate continued on desegregation and federal funding amid measures to standardize procedures for school integration nationwide.
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Senate Panel Opens Hearings On Voting Bill
In Washington, Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr. stripped down a voting rights proposal to begin new hearings on an extension of the 1963 Voting Rights Act. Civil rights leader Clarence Mitchell and Senator Joseph D. Tydings are slated to testify as the Judiciary Committee's constitutional rights subcommittee leads this push toward a bill by March 1.
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