House Buses Cross-town Desegregation Rules
The House voted 282 to 102 to ban cross town busing and to allow reopening of desegregation orders. The bill limits busing as a last resort and restricts travel to the second closest school. It could reopen orders nationwide, prompting Senate action or inaction.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Senate
Albert H. Quie
R-Minn
Supreme Court
House Education Committee
Edith Green
Dore
Weather and political notices compile regional briefing
Area forecast shows mostly sunny hot conditions with highs mid to upper 90s and a 10 percent precipitation chance tonight. Washington reports President Nixon nominating Gale W McGee and James B Pearson to the U N General Assembly delegation opening Sept 19. City Commission approves rezoning at 606 W 14th from single to multiple family housing at Don Jennings Deeper Life Manor request.
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Washington
Nixon
Gale W
McGee
D-Wye
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
U.S
United Nations General Assembly
Pearson
Kansas
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations
Commerce
City Commission
W. 14Th
Don Jennings
Deeper Life Manor
Hijacker Orders $2 Million Fast Cash On Flight To End Vietnam War
A middle aged gunman on United Flight 877 hijacked a Reno takeoff bound Boeing 727 for Vancouver demanding $2 million to aid Vietnam war crippled children. He sought cash in small bills and other gear while a radio statement linked to protests aired from CJOR Vancouver. No immediate word on surrender or meeting demands as authorities worked to resolve the standoff.
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Vancouver
B.C
United Air Lines
Reno
Nev
Vancouver International
Seattle
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United
CDT
Chicago
CJOR
San Francisco
Economy shows growth profits rise inflation slows
Washington reports a strong April to June quarter with faster economic growth, higher corporate profits, and inflation running below expectations. The government signals a healthier economy than analysts predicted.
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Washington
Kissinger Visits Tokyo After Vietnam Talks
Henry Kissinger arrived in Tokyo after two days of talks with President Thieu in Saigon. He will meet with Prime Minister Tanaka and Foreign Minister Ohira to discuss the upcoming Honolulu summit and report to Nixon at Camp David. The talks focused on the general situation in Vietnam and Paris peace negotiations, with no public disclosure of disagreements.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Kakuei Tanaka
Ohira
Honolulu
Nixon
Camp David
U.S
Thieu
Vietnam
Paris
Kissin
South Vietnam
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam
Why the post office opens late and closes early
Florence Kelley the postmaster explains the window opens at 8:30 am because mail sorting for 521 boxes takes until then and the office operates eight hours daily. Mail arrives in one delivery about 6 am, four clerks handle sorting, and the window closes at 4:30 pm per regulations.
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Florence Kelley
Chanute
Kelley
Intercepted Letter Reflects Hijacker Demands
An intercepted note hints that an airline might yield to a hijacker's demands by surrendering the company. The remark underscores wartime security anxieties and aviation vulnerability without naming individuals or dates.
Federal Grant of 20373 For Area THANKS Program
State official announces federal grant of 20373.37 to the THANKS Program serving eleven communities including Fredonia Altoona Buffalo and Toronto. The funds support drop in centers rural transportation Ring a Day and Friendly Visitors programs for residents aged 60 plus with applications open for an assistant director.
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Fredonia
Robert C. Harder
State Department of Social Welfare
Falo
Coyville
Fall River
High Prairie
Lafontaine
New Albany
Roper
Toronto
Altoona
Buffalo
Division of Services For
Kathy Cobb
Bill Atchley
Faye Hibbard
Almeta Turner
O. D. Baird
Benedict
Vella High
Atoona
Glendora Brindle
Mary Faith
Mildred Hartung
Forced Camp in Back Yard Amid Flood Ordeal
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. AP. The Murphy family and five siblings live in a tent behind their flood damaged home since June 23. Seventeen people in the Wyoming Valley remain homeless awaiting mobile homes, while 24,000 are in temporary housing. The family faces cold, bugs, and rain as they try to rebuild and decide whether to stay near the Susquehanna River, about 200 feet away, after losing nearly everything worth about 16 000 dollars.
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Wilkes-Barre
Joseph Murphy
Joseph
John Murphy
Susquehanna
Murphys
Wyoming Valley
Auto makers bow to White House price request in 1973 models
General Motors becomes first automaker to yield to White House pressure and reduce a price-hike request for 1973 cars. Ford asks for more time to study the cash cost directives while Chrysler and AMOC consider changes amid pressure. In Saigon, rockets hit Da Nang and Chu Lai, killing and wounding Americans as air power intensifies against North Vietnam.
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General Motors Corp
White House
Chrysler
American Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
Saigon
da Nang
Chu Lai
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Smugglers Ripping Off Military Surplus, Senate Told
Sen. Abraham Ribicoff called three days of hearings on smuggling of military surplus. He urged tighter government controls on surplus goods sold or given to friendly nations or scrapped to stop millions in losses.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Abraham Ribicoff
Senate
Connecticut
Democrat
McGovern Campaign Swing Criticizes Kissinger and Connally
George McGovern ends a four day Midwest campaign swing accusing Henry Kissinger of political janketeering and calling fellow Democrat John Connally a stooge.
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Milwaukee
George McGovern
Midwest
Henry Kissinger
John B. Connally
GM to Install Shields on 1971 72 Full-Size Cars
General Motors will fit shields on most 1971 and 1972 full-sized models after an NHTSA consumer protection bulletin warned that gravel or rocks could lock steering. The agency cited all full-size Pontiacs Buicks Oldsmobiles and Chevrolets as susceptible to debris in the lower steering frame near the steering coupling.
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Washington
General Motors
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NHTSA
Dockers Return to Work Break National Strike
London and Hull dockers vote to resume work by Monday ending a three week national stoppage. Over 42,000 longshoremen across more than 30 ports faced militant pleas to stay out as union leaders accept a settlement on job security and severance pay.
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London
Briain
Hull
Japanese Admiral and American Admiral Reunite at Oak Harbor
At Oak Harbor Naval Air Station a 30 year reunion brings Vice Admiral Hiroichi Samejima and retired Admiral James Russell together. The event honors 165 American squadron veterans from VP 42 of Patrol Wing Four who fought at Dutch Harbor on June 3 1942.
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Oak Harbor Naval Air Station
Hiroichi Samejima
U.S
James Russell
Samejima
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Russell
VP42
Patrol Wing Four
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