Federal Judge Orders Desegregation Push to 17 States
U S District Judge John Pratt ruled many state operated schools are clearly segregated and ordered the federal government to start desegregation proceedings within 60 days. The decision expands HEW duties, hints at federal funding cuts, and covers 74 districts and more than 200 state run specialty schools in 47 states.
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Washington
Departments of Education
Siday
Nizon
U. S
John Prat
Pratt
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Supreme Court
Arkansas
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
HEW
Justice Department
Loursiana
Vann Quest Recalled As Kin Greets POW
John Paul Vann, a state department official, hunted forDouglas Ramsey, a U.S. aid official captured by the Viet Cong in Vietnam. Ramsey has returned to the United States, while Vann died last year in a helicopter crash in the central Vietnamese highlands after years of searching. Ramsey, 28, conveyed reassurance that Vann would know he was safe. Ramsey was captured January 5, 1966 while serving as an area development officer with the U.S. aid mission in Vietnam.
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Travis Ail
Calif
State ‘Department
John Paul ‘Vann
South Vietnam
Douglas Ramsey
Vann
Ite
Ramsey
Vanh
Vietnam
John
U.S
Tan Agia
Wakting
Set
Gene Vann
Nedlands
Callt
Las
Gene
Doug
Peter Amet
Associated Press
John Paul Vann
iRadio
Hand
Radio iHand
John Vann
Tot Kidnapped In Bahamas Safely Home
In Nassau Bahamas a 4 year old girl, daughter of Canadian bankers Robert and Joan Spencer of New Glasgow Nova Scotia, was kidnapped at gunpoint from their home. The child was returned safely after a ransom payment believed to be 250000. The abduction was carried out by two masked men, likely Bahamian natives. The Spencers’ other child, a 6 month old, slept nearby. The case marked a second kidnapping involving the family in little more than a year.
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Lucaya
Grand Bahama Island
Ather
Hsieh
Robert
Joan
Spencer
New Glasgow
Nova Scotia
Andrea Spencer
Raute
Spencers
Little, i
Royal Bank of Canada
Freeport
Bob
Andrea
First Phase of Homecoming is Completed as 20 POWs Return
Twenty American prisoners of war are back in Alameda completing the first phase of Operation Homecoming. The group arrived aboard a ship from Clark air base in the Philippines after a fog delay. Included are Navy, Marine and Air Force personnel with destinations ranging from Camp Pendleton to Jacksonville. Defense officials expect 22 more POWs to be released soon in Hanoi, leaving 379 Americans still awaiting repatriation.
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Alameda
Calif
Iss
Jan Michael H. Krome
Decorah
U.S. Naval Hospital
Great Lakes
Chicago
Edison Miller
Tustio
Clinton
Air Force
North
South Vietnam
Charles G. Boyd
Rockwell City
Alameda Naval Air Star
Navy
John Heili
Hanoi
Iowans greet POW Alvarez at Travis Air Force Base
Four Iowans and Alvarez a 35 year old Santa Clara prisoner of war held in North Vietnam returned Friday on the busiest day of the weeklong Freedom Flights. A crowd of about 500 cheered as Alvarez thanked Mr and Mrs America and the United States for not forgetting him. The scene included two Army air force generals, and a reception area as the returning POWs greeted families.
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Miller
U.S. Naval Hospital
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Boyd
Air Force
Sheppard Air Force Base
Heilig
Jacksonville
Fla
Cmdr
Everett Alvarez
North Vietnam
David Baker
Planeu
Craf
Alvarez
Hanoi
America
Travis Air Force Base
Santa Clara
Ejforce
John
Teacher
Baker
Huntington
N.Y
Gray Will Get FBI Nomination
President Nixon announced in Biscayne Florida that Patrick Gray II will be nominated for an indefinite term as FBI director. Gray, 36, has served as acting director for nine months following the death of J Edgar Hoover, who led the bureau since its founding.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Patrick Gray II
FAT
Gray
J. Edgar Hoover
Viet Cease-Fire Fails to Halt Fighting Says Joint Commission
Saigon dispatch reports nearly 15,000 Vietnamese casualties in three weeks of the ceasefire as the Joint Military Commission appeals to all sides to end hostilities and fully respect the truce. The document omits Article 4, blocks of armed patrols and air operations, and seeks negotiations for temporary measures at direct contact points.
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George Esper
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Joint
Miliary Commission
Paris
Hanoi
Thieu
Tran van Lam
Sullivan
NOW Leader Urges Creative Actions to End Male Dominance
Wilma Scott Helde, president of the National Organization for Women, urged a coalition of women and minority men to employ creative dramatic actions to challenge white male dominance in corporate and public systems. She cited past NOW protests that spurred change and warned that polite persuasion has failed to alter entrenched attitudes.
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Wasilington
Wilma Scott Helde
National Organization For Womens
Congress
Labor Department
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Alsilnes
Rebel Leader In Dominican War Is Slain
Francisco Caamano Deno, longtime Dominican rebel leader, and two other guerrillas were killed by government forces. The army said they were found in a mountainous area west of Santo Domingo after reportedly landing from Cuba on February 4 to overthrow President Joaquin Balaguer. Also killed were Herberto Lalane and Jose Wellington Ascanio. four soldiers were wounded in the clash. Caamano had led rebels seeking to restore Juan Bosch and had near-mystery status since a 1987 disappearance.
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Santo Romingo
Dominican Republic
Francisco Caamana Deno
Cuba
Joaquin Balaguer
Abogting
Santo Domingo
Herberto Lalane
Jose Wellington Ascanio
Caamano
Juan Bosch
U. S
Johnson
Netherlands
Dominican Emassy
London
Quantico
Coronado
Calif
Bosch
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FBI
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Iowa
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Ninth Naval District
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Adler
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But Tin
William Sullivan
Cambodia
U.S. Pacific Command
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Laos
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