Chicago 7 Lawyers Planning Challenge Of Antiriot Law
The government won a split verdict in the Chicago 7 trial as five men were convicted of crossing state lines to incite rioting at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Two defendants were acquitted of conspiracy and incendiary device charges. Contempt sentences against all seven remain, with appeals planned on both convictions and the antiriot statute's constitutionality.
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Chicago
Lee Weiner
John BR. Froines
Froines
Weiner
David T. Dellinger
Jerry C. Rubin
Thomas I. Hayden
Abbott “Abbie” Hoffman
Bennard C. “Rennie” Davis
Julius J. Hoffman
Cook County
Hoffman
William M. Kunstler
Leonard I. Weinglass
Kunstler
Weinglass
Freig
Anita Hoffman
Abbie
Julie
Rubin
Thomas A. Foran
U.S
Southern Senators Target Federal Courts In Busing Battle
Southern senators pressed to strip federal courts of power to order busing for school integration as part of a $33 billion four year education bill. The Stennis amendment aims for a uniform national policy while Ervin seeks to block court orders. The move follows a political victory for the South but faces House sponsor resistance and possible presidential veto.
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Washington
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
South
John Stennis
Dmiss
Dixie
Ervin
Stennis
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
House-Senate
House
Nixon
Conference Committee
United States
North
Scott
Mississippi
John €. Stennis
D-Miss
Subsidizing Mass Students In Private Colleges Urged
A Massachusetts report for Gov. Sargent urges direct state aid to private colleges to sustain enrollment and maintain quality. It proposes 15 percent reimbursement of public education cost, detailing amounts for bachelor, master, first professional, PhD, and medical degrees, and notes constitutional change may be needed. The panel warns deficits could reach 50 million by 1973 76 and rise into the 1990s, risking reduced access and public costs.
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Boston
Francis W. Sargent
Massachusetts
Select Committee
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Commonwealth
U S Probes of Space Cooperation With Soviet Union
The United States has made 21 offers over 11 years to cooperate with the Soviet Union in space ventures, from joint exploration to information sharing, but all have been ignored or rejected. Repeated attempts include condolences sent after Komarov’s death and calls for shared missions, yet Moscow did not reply or declined invitations to exchange visits and discuss cooperation.
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Wasilington
United States
Soviet Union
Space Agency
Janes E. Webb
Vladimir M. Komarov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Keith Glennan
U. S
U.S.S.R
Frank Borman
Moscow
Moon
Avon, N.Y
Borman
Nixon
Aeronautics and Space
Congress
Cosmo Nauts Georgi T. Bergavoy
Konstantin Feoktistov
Cape Kennedy
Raikonur
Central Asia
Frederick Seitz
U.S. National Academy of Sciences
M. V. Keldysh
Soviet Academy
Remove Bars to Voting Urges GOP Senator Goldwater
Sen. Barry Goldwater urged Congress to remove legal hurdles blocking millions from voting in presidential elections. He argued residency rules and absentee limits are outdated for a mobile society and proposed a universal citizen voting right regardless of residence. He opposed narrow residency provisions and highlighted broader voting rights protections in the administration bill.
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Sen. Goldwater
Washington
Barry Goldwater
Congress
Arizona Republican
Senate
Constitutional Rights Subcommittee
Goldwater
PHA Approves Six Housing Projects in Pittsfield
Pittsfield Housing Authority acted on six projects yesterday. The NAACP's Samuel Harrison Housing Corp. was named official developer for a mixed-income project on Francis Avenue with about two dozen units. Victory Hill plans for 50 single-family homes were approved, heading to federal review for occupancy hoped next fall. A 10-unit Osceola Street project was dropped due to zoning issues. new duplex or two-story apartment proposals will be sought. Turnkey Associates was chosen to develop a 100-unit elderly high-rise with a $1.73 million price tag, facing several steps before work begins. State 703 funds for large low income families provide no current financing, prompting pursuit of local or group funding for about 80 units across two sites. The cost estimate tops $1 million for Victory Hill.
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NAACP
Victory Hill
Osceola Street
Pittsfield
Samuel Harrison Housing Corp
Columbus Urban
Francis Avenue
Prentice Bradley
Hodgson Houses of
Millis
Hodgson
Turnkey Associates
Int
Tong Island
Columbus
Turnkey
PHA
William RB. Palmer
Urban Coalition
Palmer
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Chicago 7
David Dellinger
William Kunstler
AP Phot
Sen
Tagh Scott
America
Tidental
Reds
T Vear-Ale
John W. McCormack
Duey
Capitol
Clarence Mitchell
Mitchell
Fen
Joseph J. Tydings
Dmd
Victory Wilk Project
Bradley
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