Perkins Defends OEO Amid Nixon Plan On Job Corps
Rep Carl Perkins chairman of the House education and labor committee leads a push against Nixon’s proposed reorganization of the Office of Economic Opportunity. He seeks to block transfers, boost CEO funding, and add an employer of last resort program with public works and an emergency hunger plan. Perkins warns the effort could gut anti poverty programs.
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Kentucky
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Nixon
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Bucher to await shore duty after Pueblo seizure
Cmdr Lloyd Bucher commander of the Pueblo will wait for a five admiral court of inquiry into the ship seizure. He will be reassigned to an undisclosed shore job while the 81 Pueblo survivors await new orders. Crewman John Grant said the men would be sent home in a week or two. a farewell for the crew is set for Monday night. The admiral panel will forward its report to President Nixon.
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UPI
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Train Conductor Killed by Sniper in Harlem Stop
A Penn Central train conductor was shot and killed by a sniper during a scheduled stop in Harlem New York. Police ordered rooftop searches to locate the shooter amid the deadly incident.
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New York
UPI
Penn Central Railroad
Manhattan
Harlem
Astronaut Scott Appears Outside Apollo 9 Hatch
New color footage shows David Scott crawling almost completely out of the Apollo 9 command module on the third day of the flight. Russell Schweickart filmed Scott reaching for thermal samples while strapped to life support hoses as James McDivitt remained inside. The film captures the rendezvous maneuver and docking with the lunar module, with Schweickart and McDivitt aboard. Debriefings proceed nine hours daily after a flawless Atlantic landing, with a White House dinner slated two days later.
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NASA
Russell Schweickart
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Space Agency
Atlantic Ocean
White House
Heavy Snows Delay Korean War Games
In Yoju South Korea heavy snow postponed 24 hours of joint U S South Korea drills. The operation Focus Retina involved paratroopers flown from North Carolina and was termed the longest airborne assault by the military. North Korea denounced the exercise as provocative and one phase unsettled some in Japan.
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South Korea
North Carolina
North Korea
Carmichael Appears on European TV in Berlin
Stokely Carmichael shown in a West Berlin studio on a European broadcast seen in 15 countries including the Soviet Union. The scene featured Miriam Makeba, with Carmichael bowing after the MC called him the famous American Negro leader.
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Berlin
European
Soviet Union
Carmichael
West Berlin
Miriam Makeba
Miss Makeba
Chuckling at Egotism Turns Ruts Into Grooves
A witty riff on ego and self delusion as a man stuck in a routine imagines himself in step with the times. The humorous piece plays on confidence misreading reality and the social pull of self assurance.
Copter Downed In Korean Area Killing Seven Aboard
A U S medical evacuation helicopter crashed in the western DMZ area during a clash with North Korean forces. Seven crew and soldiers died, most Americans, with three casualties from an earlier exchange. The North Koreans fired on a work detail placing demarcation markers. the UN said the North opened fire after warnings. The incident follows three other shootouts in five days.
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Seoul
U.S
North Korea
Demilitarized Zone
Iowa Labor Plans March at Des Moines Capitol
United Auto Workers Iowa director for political action Edris Owens says 200 UAW members will join a Wednesday march on the statehouse to back two migrant labor bills. Supporters include NAACP NAACP and League of Women Voters in urging stricter child labor limits and migrant housing standards amid reports of substandard conditions. The march recalls Iowa’s 1947 Capitol rally during right to work debates.
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DES Moines
Iowa
United Auto Workers
Edris Owens
UAW
Statehouse
Owens
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
League of Women Voters
Auto
Capitol
Four Army Airmen Freed by Cambodia Return Home
Four U S Army airmen released after four weeks of captivity in Cambodia arrived back in the United States on Saturday to reunite with their families.
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Washington
Cambodia
U.S
Three Klansmen seize Monroe anti-poverty program
In Monroe Louisiana white politicians including a state senator and three men with Ku Klux Klan ties assumed control of the Ouachita parish multi purpose community action program. The Office of Economic Opportunity calls the takeover deliberate subversion. New leaders removed the black director and top aides and installed supporters.
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Monroe
Office of Economic Opportunity
Ouachita Parish
Towns battle over 1966 anti poverty program corruption raised
P Rayfield Brown director questions program aims as threats and violence mark its history since the 1966 head start project. Ku Klux Klan symbols violence and a shooting tied to the program sparked controversy as William Brown a Louisiana state senator defends new board take over to curb waste.
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P. Rayfield Brown
Ku Klux Klan
William Brown
Monroe
Louisiana
Rockets Hit Saigon Causing Fires and One Wounded
Saigon and surroundings faced seven rocket strikes despite Nixon warnings. A guard was wounded at a warehouse. a Shell oil dump near Nah Be suffered a major fire controlled within an hour. The attacks hit shantytown Ninth precinct and Fourth precinct with casualties, adding to prior strikes since Feb. 23.
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