Carswell Denies Racism in Senate Hearing
Judge G Harrold Carswell faced Senate questions over a 1948 white supremacy speech and alleged ties to a racially segregated country club. He asserted he is not racist, offered partial refunds on a club repair, and said he never held office or directorships at a country club. Civil rights groups and politicians debated his fitness for the Supreme Court amid opposition.
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Washington (Ap
Harrold Carswell
Tallahassee
Fla
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Georgia
Carswell
Capital City
Fifth US
Circuit Court of Appeals
Roman Laruska
R-Neh
GOP
Judiciary Committee
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Hugh Scott
Scott
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Senate
William Proxmite
Wisconsin Democrat
G. Harrold
Capitol
Gurney
Nixon vetoes $19.7 billion eduhealth bill on TV
President Nixon used television to veto a $19.7 billion education and health appropriation, calling it inflationary and the wrong amount for the wrong purpose. He cited excess spending by $1.26 billion and signaled a White House showdown with Congress. Humphrey urged override, while House votes determine if the veto stands.
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Washington
Nixon
Capitol Hill
White House
Congress
White House-Capitol
Departments of Health, Education and Welfare and
of Labor
Office of Economic’ Opportunity
House
Humphrey
Bill
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Hope of Strike Settlement Grows With New GE Offer
Reports from New York say a new GE contract proposal improves on earlier offers and could settle the General Electric strike soon. Union and company officials remain officially silent as negotiations focus on contract language and staged improvements.
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New York
General Electric
the Eagle
Missouri
Lemuel R.boul- Ware
Charles J. Melvin
Pittsfield
J. Curtis Counts
Government to convert 1000 cars to natural gas fuel
Trials with two natural gas auto fuels show reduced pollution and plans to convert up to 1000 government cars by year end. GSA head Robert L. Kunzig cited 12 already using the fuel with 70 more to convert and urged no or low cost adoption.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Commerce
General Services Administration
Robert L. Kunzig
Kunzig
Bill
GSA
Meir praises Nixon pledge to aid Israel amid Arab backlash
Israeli Premier Golda Meir welcomed President Nixon’s pledge to maintain the Middle East arms balance by supplying weapons to Israel, while Arab media denounced the move. Nixon said the U.S. would provide arms to friendly states as needed. Libyan and Algerian talks with oil firms promise coordinated price discussions and negotiations in Tripoli and Algiers.
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Associated Press
Golda Meir
Nixon
Middle East
Israel
U.S
Meir
Washington
United States
Cairo
al Ahram
Britain
Palestine
Libya
Algeria
Tripoli
Humanities Called US's Only Hope
Historian Barnaby Keeney told Congress that the United States faces a growing imbalance between science and humanities, risking national values and problem solving. He urged doubling federal subsidies to arts and humanities and extending the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, warning universities show science priority in facilities over humanities and stressing the need to connect past, present, and future to guide policy.
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New York Times News Service
Washington
Congress
Barnaby C. Keeney
Brown University
Humanities
Thor
Keeney
National Foundation On the Arts and Humanities
Nixon
White House
Algo
Steelers Name Bradshaw First In Draft Opening
NEW YORK AP The Pittsburgh Steelers using the top pick in the NFL draft selected quarterback Terry Bradshaw of Louisiana Tech. Bradshaw 6 3 213 pounds Little All American tallied 39 career TD passes and 6589 passing yards with a 52.5 percent completion. Other first round picks include Mike McCoy Notre Dame to Green Bay Mike Phipps Purdue to Cleveland Phil Olsen Utah State to Boston Al Cowlings USC to Buffalo Steve Zabel Oklahoma to Philadelphia Mike Reid Penn State to Cincinnati Larry Stegent Texas A M to St Louis Beane Cedrick Hardman North Texas State to San Francisco.
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NEW York
Pittsburgh Steelers
Terry Bradshaw
Louisiana
Phil Olsen
Utah
Buffalo
al Cowlings
Southern California
Philadelphia
Steve Zabel
Oklahoma
Cincinnati
Mike Reid
Penn State
St. Louis
Beone
Larry Stegent
Texas A & M
San Francisco
Cedrick Hardman
North Texas State
Pittsfield Faces Housing Crunch and Overbuild Debate
Pittsfield is debating a surge of more than 1,000 proposed public and private housing units for low and moderate income families. Critics fear overbuilding, while advocates stress unmet need. projects hinge on site access and scarce federal financing, with several largely unfunded and uncertain for 1970 completion.
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Pittsfield
Richard W. Paul
Gerous
Paul
Richard 8. Lipez
Antipoverty Agency
Pittsfield Housing Authority
PHA
Victory Hill
Columbus
Hun
Dred
Dalton Division Road
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Labor Rights Bloc
Thomas Q. Morton
Federal, Mediation and Conciliation Service
International Union of Electrical Workers
United Electrical Workers Union
IUE
Counts
Tiger
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Los Angeles
Mrs. Meir
Steelers
Bradshaw
Reid
By Grier Horner
Time Magazine
A Dan
Berkshire Life Insurance Co
Osceola Street
Melbourne Road
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