Integration Woes Face Congress
Congress returned from a five day holiday to tackle public school desegregation across the nation. Senate votes on Southern sponsored amendments to a $35 billion education bill while the White House pursues a mixed stance. The Stennis equal enforcement plan is debated alongside a freedom of choice measure.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
White House
Nixon
John Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
William M. Colmer
House Rules Committee
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Robert H. Finch
Colmer
Finch
House
Department of Labor
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
G. Harrold Carswell
Two-car crash injures driver. multiple vehicles damaged
One person died and several cars damaged in a crash after noon on West Church Street. Eleanor M. Russell, 45, was rear‑ended by Caldwell, 17, who blamed icy roads and following too close. Damages ranged from 150 to 1,000 dollars. Caldwell faces failure to yield. Two parked cars were also reported struck with minor or no damage.
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New York State
First Avenue
West Pleasant Street
Journal
Endsley
Russell
West Church Street
Caldwell
Brian M. Staples
Northwest Street
Ford Sargent
Fifth Street
Third Suspect Arrested In Area Rape Case
MEADVILLE A third suspect was arrested Saturday in connection with the rape of a 19 year old Teepleville girl on Thursday and committed to Crawford County Jail after arraignment. Claude C Proper Jr 18 of Townville was arrested at his home while consulting with a family minister. He was arraigned Saturday afternoon before District Magistrate Charles Gillette of Townville and committed to jail in default of $10 000 bond. His father Claude C Proper 35 and Duane Sterling 18 both of Townville were arrested Friday on the same charge and also jailed in lieu of bond. A fourth suspect Donald Lalone 2% of Cambridge Springs has not yet been apprehended. A preliminary hearing will be held Thursday at 1 30 p m before Magistrate Gillette. RALEIGH The sheriff s office issued a permit to carry a pistol to Rev J Wesley Shipp whose Wake County home was shot at in December during a Christmas party. Shipp declined to say if he bought or would carry a pistol. No one was hurt.
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Meadville
Teepleville
Crawford County
Claude C. Proper Jr
Townville
Charles Gillette
Proper
Claude C. Proper
Duane Sterling
Donald Lalone
Cambridge Springs
Raleigh
N.C
Sheriff's Office
Wake County
J. Wesley Shipp
Shipp
Parade marks Chinese Year of the Dog in San Francisco
More than 200000 people attended a week long celebration capped by a parade through San Francisco's Chinatown. Marion Kam Yin Lee 21 of Honolulu rode the midway as Miss Chinatown USA amid dragons lions and bands. Police reported no arrests along the 14 block route though firecrackers sounded constantly despite a ban.
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San Francisco
Western Hemisphere
Marion Kam Yin Lee
Honolulu
Antiwar Protests Planned Nationwide April 15
Mobilization Committee maps new antiwar actions for April 15 with Student Mobilization Committee and New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam aligning with Vietnam Moratorium Committee. The plan links tax protests to war costs and inflation, aiming at college strikes and mass demonstrations nationwide while debating slogans about U.S. imperialism versus bringing GIs home. Advanced rhetoric splits within radical and liberal groups over messaging.
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Cleveland
Unneasy
Washington
San Francisco
Student Mobilization
New Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
U.S
SMC
Carol Lipman
Miss Lipman
House Advances Auto Fees and Utility Tax Proposals
Harrisburg AP reports the House plans final votes on motor vehicle registration and utility property tax bills while Senate Democrats prepare a discharge resolution to push a 15 mill tax on public utility property. A PennDOT department bill faces concurrence votes. other tax measures target business and advertising sales tax exemptions.
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Harrisburg
House
Senate
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Penndot
GOP
Robert D. Fleming
R-Allegheny
Coroner Rules Hit Run Death Was Homicide
Meadville area coroner Wilbur C. Thomas ruled the early morning hit run death of Lee Alan Thomas 23 a homicide by motor vehicle. Thomas was found on a rural road east of Meadville with his pickup off the snowbound roadway. a passerby discovered the body about 7 a.m. Authorities noted low early hour traffic and that Thomas had awakened nearby residents to warn of the truck’s position before returning.
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Meadville
Crawford County
Wilbur C. Thomas
Thomas
Lee Alan Thomas
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