Baby Born in Taxi Ride Ends at Hospital
In Chicago a 4 pound 54 ounce boy was delivered after mother Sherry Avila went into a cab with her husband Frank and was brought to Wesley Memorial Hospital by cab driver Erwin Hollbeck. The train incident began on a Rock Island Lines train from Peoria as Avila was returning from a baby shower. Hollbeck reportedly exclaimed Oh my God during the ride.
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Sherry Avila
Chicago
Peoria
Rock Island Lines
Frank
la Salle
Peru
Joliet
Avila
Erwin Hollbeck
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Hollbeck
Supreme Court curbs draft boards authority in protest cases
The Supreme Court ruled 5 3 that draft boards cannot speed induction of Vietnam war protesters. Justice William O Douglas said no federal statute grants such power, calling it administrative absolutism not favored by our lawmaking traditions. The only punitive tool remains prosecuting those who refuse induction orders.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Wiliam C. Douglas
Congress
Douglas
Nixon plan proposes federal aid corporation for rail links
The Nixon administration will seek a federally aided semipublic corporation to operate and modernize key intercity rail links with a $100 million federal investment over three years. It would be an alternative to direct subsidies to railroads running money losing passenger services. Walter Ulbricht urged full recognition by West Germany as a prerequisite for improved ties and linked renunciation of force to talks with Moscow.
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Washington
Department of Transportation
Congress
Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Ulbricht
Bonn
Soviet Union
West Germany
Grams
Senate
South
Nixon
Supreme Court
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Post Office
Nelson seeks constitutional right to a clean environment
Sen. Gaylord Nelson urged a constitutional amendment guaranteeing every person an inalienable right to a decent environment. He warned that pollution could lead humanity to disaster by century's end and called the environmental crisis the biggest challenge facing mankind.
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Washington (Ap
Gaylord Nelson
Senate
Wisconsin Democrat
Soviet Moskva Cruises Into Atlantic From Naples
The Moskva missile helicopter cruiser, 18,500 tons and a key Soviet anti submarine unit, has left the Mediterranean and sailed into the Atlantic for the first time, sighted 400 miles west of France and moving northwest as a Soviet force of several submarines and ships reportedly sails southwest in the Norwegian Sea after North Cape.
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Naples
Italy
Moskva
Mediterranean
Atlantic
U.S. 6Th Fleet
France
Oslo
Norwegian Sea
North Cape
Area Districts Alarmed by Proposed School Aid Cuts
Kansas districts warn Gov Docking budget could end kindergarten and other programs. If state aid is cut local property taxes would rise. districts expect increased millage to cover deficits. Some departments like Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital face staff cuts. Welfare director notes minor increases in welfare funding.
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Catherine O’leary
Robert Docking
Buford Fisher
Calvin Delay
Yates Center
Fisher
Jack Han
Erie
John Smith
Humboldt
James Brown
Southeast
Kansas
Dock
Fred Linde
Richita
Linde
Florida Sets Heels On School Order
Washington AP Florida Governor Claude Kirk told the Supreme Court that Florida cannot meet the desegregation order for immediate school integration and asked for a rehearing and delay to next fall. He said mid year calendar changes would be avoided and urged no school closings to transfer personnel or pupils. Louisiana also sought emergency rehearing as the court had ordered desegregation by February 1 for about 309,000 students in five Deep South states.
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Washington
Florida
Claude Kirk
Supreme Court
Kirk
Inter
Louisiana
Deep South
Kansas House considers income tax tied to education funding
In Topeka the Kansas House introduced a bill to earmark income tax receipts for state aid to public schools and shift from property taxes. Proponents say no rate change is needed and more money could raise school funding if required.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Lawrence Slocombe
R Peabody
Fred Meek
Ridana
Slocombe
Duane McGill
Winfield
House
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Tax Proposal Doubts
An intercepted note questions why income tax proposals tax any remaining income, highlighting uncertainty about what portion would be taxed and provoking surprise among readers.
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Cha
Erie High hot lunch protest not as large as feared
Superintendent W J Han of Unified School District 101 says Erie High School lunch protests over the hot lunch program were blown out of proportion. He notes participation had improved before coverage and cites the five district schools using the same menus and recipes with no complaints except at Erie High.
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Erie
Erie High School
Unified School District 101
W. J. Han
Loretta Harding
Thayer
Stark
Galesburg
St. Paul
Han
Harding
Erie School
Birds Starve in Ice Covered Area Say Neosho Residents
Martha Stoltz a retired biology teacher at Neosho Junior College notes many birds in the Hungry Area are starving due to ice and snow. She urges feeding birds and buying prepared food at supermarkets as pesticides threaten birds more with chemical use increasing.
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Martha Stoltz
S. Evergreen
Neosho Junior College
Weather: Snowfall expected in Kansas with cold week ahead
The Weather Bureau reports one to two inches of snow fell in a wide band from Norton to Salina and may spread to east central Kansas. Up to three inches expected in that area, causing slippery roads. Lighter snow elsewhere through Tuesday, with colder than normal temperatures and highs around 20 to 30s.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Norton
Salina
Kansas
Estern
Democrats Challenge Nixon on Education Spending in New Session
Congress reconvenes with Democrats aiming to veto the $19.7 billion HEW budget for education and health programs. Nixon may veto, citing a $1.26 billion excess. Override requires two thirds in House and Senate, with GOP opposition. Senate action likely this week as White House plans new budget cuts and a root-and-branch policy agenda unfolds.
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Congress
Nixon
Capitol Hill
White House
House
Senate
GOP
John W. McCormack
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Montana
McCormack
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
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