Mansfield Plans Fight Over Funds
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield outlined a quick push for a $319.7 billion appropriations bill for Labor and HEW after Congress reconvenes. He warned President Nixon may veto a House-backed, education-heavy package, arguing for national priorities balancing foreign, military, and domestic needs. He aims to fast-track crime, narcotics, and education bills as well.
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Mike Mansfield
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Nixon
Montania Democrat
Health, Education and Welfare
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State of the Union
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House
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Pace
Chicago Blacks and unions agree on 4000 new building jobs
Chicago leaders and building trades officials reach a joint plan to place 4000 Negro workers into the building trades. One thousand qualified apprentices or journeymen start immediately, with on the job and full journeyman training for others under a seven member committee led by Mayor Daley to ensure implementation and minority representation by 1975.
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Richard J. Daley
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Department of Labor
Court Upholds Hospital Work for COs
The Supreme Court, in a 7 to 1 decision, upheld the power of draft boards to compel conscientious objectors to work in hospitals. Timothy J. Boroski, a Michigan freelancer, challenged the order claiming it violated the Tenth Amendment. He was convicted in 1967 for refusing hospital work at Harper Hospital in Detroit.
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Harper Hospital
Detroit
Flint
Mich
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Violence Unit Study Blames News Media For Contributing to Unrests
A National Violence Commission task force report says news media fuel unrest by not thoroughly reporting root social problems. It notes media oversensitivity to outside criticism and that coverage often highlights conflict while sidelining viable solutions. The 613 page study, not endorsed by the full commission, analyzes media's role in public protest and violence.
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National Violence Commission
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Milton 5
Eisenhower
United States
McRo
Federal Communications Commission
Nixon Names Holland All American to Sweden Ambassador
President Nixon chose Dr. Jerome H. Holland an All American football star and Hampton Institute president to be ambassador to Sweden, filling a post vacant since last year. Holland, a Cornell football great and National Football Hall of Fame member, would succeed William Heath and aims to ease U S Sweden tensions over Vietnam policy while continuing his long leadership roles in higher education.
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