Butler County Rejects Waterloo Area Vocational Board Plan
Butler county's school board again votes against joining the Waterloo Cedar Falls vocational district citing disproportionate seat allocation. Attorney General Scalise clarifies that district populations must be nearly equal, limiting variance. State board action urged to uphold the law and curb future objections.
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Utler County
Board of Education
Waterloo-area
Butler County
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Area
Cedar Rapids-area
Sioux City-area
Black Hawk County
Atty
Scalise
Waterloo Area
State Board of Public Instruction
Linn
Johnson County
Wilson seeks bigger Labour majority in pivotal UK election
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announces a national election for March 31 to gain a stronger Commons majority. Observers note his government held a slim three-seat edge, with Liberal defections making continued governance precarious and prompting the call for clearer leadership.
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Ear
Harold Wilson
Labor
House of Commons
Wilson
U.S
Vietnam
Britain
England
British Election Preview Faces Wilson Heath Showdown
The March 31 vote pits Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Labour against Edward Heath of the Conservatives. Polls show Labour ahead, with analysts citing cabinet strains, nationalization hopes, and a slim 3 seat majority that could shape a new government for a full term or more.
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Wilson
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Edward Heath
Britain
Heath
Alec Douglas-Home
London Times
Labor
Conservative
Nixon to Start National Syndicated Column Says Chamberlain
Columnist John Chamberlain reports Vice President Nixon plans a national syndication column and many speeches before 1968. The piece cautions against ghost writing and argues candidates should defend their own ideas rather than rely on others.
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Ormer
Nixon
John Chamberlain
Goldwater
Disarming Watts Hard-Core Kids Through Group Therapy
In Los Angeles a new Youth Opportunities unit uses group therapy to reform unemployed Watts youths. Trainees role-play as supervisors and applicants to shed attitudes, with hat etiquette and daily routines used to restructure behavior. About a dozen have been hired, mainly by the county library system, as staff note lasting need for meaningful relationships beyond work.
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OS Angeles
Watts
Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission
Department of Labor
Herbert Kaplan
McGrory
Kaplan
Carmen
Americans look at life education tops list of disappointments
Louis Harris survey finds Americans report high fulfillment in family and friends yet express dissatisfaction with education money status and looks. Two thirds of high school non completers frustrated by education while suburbanites seek higher income and women wealthier individuals lament looks.
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America
Harris
Justice Has Boxed Civil Rights Compass at White House Dinner
Hugo Black marked his 80th birthday with a White House dinner that brought together senior figures in government and law. The discussion touched on civil rights, with Black reportedly expressing qualms about progress and his recent dissents on a Louisiana sit in and voting rights case.
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Justice
Ashington
White House
Hugo Black
Supreme Court
Alabama
Ku Klux Klan
Black
Senate
Hugo
Louisiana
Hugo, Jr
Miami
Sterling
New Mexico
Washington
Tommy Corcoran
Ben Cohen
Thurman Arnold
Earl Warren
Abe Fortas
Bill Douglas
Fishing trip quip between partners in a Lion cartoon
Cartoon caption where a business partner jokes on a fishing trip that they forgot to lock the safe. The other retorts that being together makes no difference. The Lion styles the exchange in a dry, amber-hued humor.
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Mary McGrory
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Drew Pearson
Pearson
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