Civil Rights Clause Added To Revenue Sharing Plan
Washington lawmakers add civil rights provisions to a three year nine month extension of federal revenue sharing. Private citizens could seek court action to block funds for discriminatory government entities after exhausting administrative remedies, drawing sharp criticism from Rep. Robert Drinan who calls the change a serious departure.
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Washington
House Government Operations Subcommittee
Congress
Subcommittee
Robert Drinan
D-Mass
New York Quiet Hardly Has Diminished Since 1956
New York City officials reveal noise levels from 1956 and compare with recent data showing most locations in the mid-80s decibels, Washington Square residential area at 74 decibels. Environmental head cites budget cuts for fewer inspectors hindering progress toward a 70 decibel goal.
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New York
UPI
New
Washington Square
Low
Buried Wife Alive Trial Claims Purely Accidental
Quentin Till testimony in Laura Wright murder case contends the incident with a bulldozer was accidental after Wright and wife argued over an insurance policy. Medical examiner cited fatal injuries from soil suffocation and trauma. Brother-in-law Ralph Higginbotham corroborated hearing the bulldozer and Wright’s statement of burial.
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Wright, Jr
Quentin Till
Laura Wright
Till
Wright
John Legowik
Police Report Sees Two Fins in Loch Ness Incident
Two Scottish police officers reported sighting two dark fins about 20 feet apart moving rapidly in Loch Ness. They noted boiling water between the fins and later found no vessel or other sign as the shoreline was reached. The report adds Nessie lore and related ancient and modern claims.
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Loch Ness
Fort Augustus
Scotland
Donald Nicolson
Hamish Gray
Nicolson
Gray
Britain
Nessie
St. Columba
Robert Rines
Academy of Applied Science
Boston
Civil Rights Leader Hastie Dies at 71 in Philadelphia
Philadelphia AP report says Judge William Hastie, first black federal appeals judge and early civil rights figure, died at 71 after collapsing during golf. Hastie served as senior judge on the Third Circuit since 1971 and was appointed to the appellate court in 1949 by President Truman. Chief Justice Warren Burger called his death a great loss.
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Philadelphia
William Hastie
United States
Hastie
3Rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Cyril Riley
Riley
Appeals Court
Truman
U.S. District Court of the
Virgin Islands
U-5
Warren Burger
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Museum of Natural History
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N.Y
Averky Tauscheff
Syracuse and
Holy Trinity
St. Luke’s Memorial Hospital Center
Utica
Abraham Lincoln
Ford
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Lois Gilbertson
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16Th Ave
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Iowa City
Owa
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