Kerry testifies on Vietnam horrors and GI dissent
In a packed Senate hearing Kerry of Vietnam Veterans Against the War denounces war policies and condemns wartime actions. He cites Calley and urges Congress to end the war with honor, predicting growing GI refusal to fight and a broader movement at home.
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Navy
Ghenghis Khan
John Kerry
Yale Law
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Kerry
Symington
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Waltham
Mass
Congress
Nixon
William Calley
Calley
Teener Jobs Bill Seeks School Age Work in Lodging
Rep Forest Hopkins introduces House Bill 643 to loosen child labor rules, allowing minors over 16 to work in hotels and motels where liquor is not served. The measure, urged by Harborcreek High School student Robert Slencak, aims to ease employment placement and training barriers cited by hotels and motels. The Department of Labor and Industry indicated support.
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Forest Hopkins
North East
Robert Slencak
Harborcreek High School
Department of Labor and Industry
Airlines Seek Altoona Route Swap and Replacement Service
Allegheny Airlines asks the Civil Aeronautics Board to suspend Altoona service and approve an Air East replacement commuter plan. The program, with 15 passenger Beech 99 aircraft, aims to improve service to Pittsburgh and Harrisburg in cooperation with the Altoona community. Similar deals exist at 13 other cities on Allegheny's network.
Women's Lib Hits Newsboys
In the back room of The Journal Pressroom reporters recount a surprising clash as the women's liberation movement reaches the daily paper route. Newsboys face shifts in duties and attitudes as activists push for new roles amid newsroom debates.
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Journal Pressroom
Equal Tuition Proposal From Pitt Student Before Senate Panel
University of Pittsburgh student Michael Haley told a Senate Appropriations Committee panel that tuition should be equalized across the three state related universities and Temple University. He urged shifting state aid and creating a generous loan program tied to earnings, to ease rising college costs for poorer students. Medical school representatives supported more state funding to reduce borrowing burdens. Pennsylvanians enrolled should drive subsidies, said Peter Isenberg of Thomas Jefferson Medical College. Pittsburgh’s largest ever class of 5,820 graduates announced for Sunday.
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Harrisburg
University of Pittsburgh
Senate
Michael Haley
Senate Appropriations Committee
Haley
Pennsylvania State
Temple University
Yale
Supreme Court weighs North integration cases and desegregation
The high court may decide to hear Cincinnati and Chicago suburbs cases challenging school segregation, signaling how far northern desegregation will go. New unanimous rulings approved mass busing and attendance-zone gerrymandering, with hints of support for civil rights in northern districts shaped by housing patterns.
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Supreme Court
Cincinnati
Chicago
Charlotte
N.C
Mobile
Ala
Athens
Chicago-Cook County
Julius J. Hoffman
Hoffman
U.S. Court of Appeals
Warren E. Burger
North
South
Eye College Deferments And Draft Overhaul Debated
Senate Armed Services panel backs a two year draft extension and restores Nixon administration pay raise levels for troops while approving enlistment bonuses. The panel votes to keep the extension at two years, rejects one and four year options, and approves a large pay hike to boost volunteer service as a path to ending draft calls. The discussion also covers desegregation era rulings in northern cities, focusing on court interpretations of school integration and district responsibility in Cincinnati and Chicago area cases.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Nixon
House Armed Services Committee
House
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Margaret Chase Smith
Rmaine
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
John G. Tower
R-Tex
William B. Saxbe
R-Ohio
Pentagon
Sons
Symington
Hughes
House Committee On
Workmen Must Pass Secret Service Test at Ft. Knox
FT KNOX Ky AP painters carpenters and other workers on a forthcoming project must pass a Secret Service security check. The job is to paint and repair the U S Bullion Depository at Fort Knox. Victory A Harkin chief security officer said workers will not see the gold. vault will be locked during renovation later this year.
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FT. Knox, Ky
Secret Service
U.S
Ft. Knox
Victory A. Harkin
Board of Precious Metal
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