Suit seeks Michigan band antiwar halftime approval
ACLU filed in Superior Court seeking to overturn University of Michigan officials’ ban on an antiwar halftime performance at the Rose Bowl. Named defendants include President Robben Fleming and Athletic Director Norm Canham. Stanford president Doug McHenry supported expanding the protest to include militant Black Angela Davis. The band had planned the same antiwar halftime act as at homecoming versus Indiana.
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University of Michigan
Rose Bowl
Rebeca Schenck
Joel Silverstein
ACLU
Silverstein
Nixon
Stanford
Michigan
Vietnam Veterans Against
Florida
Key Biscayne
Wirin
Oontain
Doug McHenry
Northern California University
Angela Davis
Robben Fleming
Michael Radock
Norm Canham
George Cavender
Indiana
Manhunt Ends as Swiss-Austrian Bandits Are Captured
In a dramatic pursuit, police helicopters cornered three gunmen after they seized hostages in a dog kennel. Friedrich Back, 21, and another man were taken as the robbers demanded faster cars and passage to Hamburg. One kidnapper was killed while the others were overpowered. the hostage Bach protected himself during the assault. The incident follows a new German hostage law increasing penalties to up to 14 years or harsher if harm occurs.
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Bach
Frankenhelz
Lcense
Wincenik
Paul Braun
Saarbruecken
Julius Gross
Gross
Vicenik
Hamburg
sVicenik
Wade
Francois Mattei
Corsica
Charles Donnadillo
Vietnam War Updates From Indochina and Cambodia
Reports from the region describe ongoing clashes and air strikes across Indochina. An army light observation helicopter was shot down inside Cambodia with two American crew wounded, while government forces claimed 28 North Vietnamese killed in central Vietnam with U.S. air support. Cambodian and South Vietnamese actions faced enemy attacks near Phnom Penh and Saigon, with casualties and reinforcements reported. The North Vietnamese urged war escalation against U.S. raids, denouncing them as attempts to subdue the Vietnamese people.
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U.S
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
Cambalia
Phnom Penh
Cambodian High Command
1St Air Cavalry Division
Saigon
Eurodollars and their threat to national economies
Eurodollars are large in scale and largely unregulated, fueling global liquidity. Analysts note the potential for destabilization yet acknowledge their role in smoothing international finance and funding European industry. Repatriation could reduce pools and bolster U.S. investment and job creation.
Father and two sons killed in Georgia air crash
A father Richard L. Carver and his two teenage sons Richard I. Carver Jr. and Tommy Carver, all of Harrisburg Illinois, perished when their single engine 1968 Sini Marchetti four seater crashed near Carter's Dam 18 miles northeast of Calhoun Georgia while the mother and daughters traveled by car from Fort Lauderdale to Memphis. Georgia patrol notified relatives as NTSB sent investigators to the scene to determine the crash cause.
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Carter's Dam
Georgia
Richard L. Carver
Richard I. Carver Jr
Tommy Carver
Harrisburg
Il. Mirs
Carver
Georgia State Patrol
Cordele
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Memphis
Tenn
National Transportation Safety Board
Calhoun
Justice Harlan Remembered as Scholarly Yet Human Figure
The obituary recalls Justice Harlan as more than a legal scholar a man of great worth and a beloved brother and friend. Born May 20 1899 in Chicago he held Princeton Oxford and New York Law School degrees and served in the U S Air Force earning military decorations. He rose from New York attorney to the U S Court of Appeals in 1954 then supreme court associate justice in 1955 noted for long opinions and conservative views while dissenting at times amid a changing court.
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Justice Harlan
Harlan
Chicago
Princeton University
Oxford
New York Law School
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
United States
Alfred Smith
Borough of
Queens
New York State Crime Commission
U.S. Air Force
Felix Frankfurter
Hugo L. Black
Lewis F. Powell
William H. Rehnquist
Senate
Earl Warren
American Bar Association
New York Times
Washington Post
Pentagon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Hoffa on prison life and reform mission after release
Hoffa recalls his time in maximum security and an honor dormitory at Lewisburg prison. He says Washington dictated his quarters and duties including mattress duty, condemning the dehumanizing routines, and outlines his parole limits and intent to advocate prison reform. He urges lawmakers and judges to improve correctional institutions.
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Washington
Bureau of Prisons
iHoffa
Washngton
Lewisburg
Consumer repair service reforms proposed with review board
A plan to improve repairs for customers outlines a system to ease complaint filing and bind repair services. It calls for a review board of consumers educators engineers and company officials to evaluate comments and inspect participating dealerships.
Trade and tax ideas shape 1970s U S strategy
The report outlines proposals to revive American competitiveness through tax changes such as a value-added tax, industrial investment incentives, and a technology push. It critiques European Common Market policies, warns against discriminatory trade blocs, and highlights Japan as a model of international trade used to boost domestic production. It urges non-discrimination and a stronger U S role in global economic policy.
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Europe
Congress
Nixon
United States
Peterson
Japan
Germany
France
Britain
Soviets
U.S
Ashbrook launches bid citing Nixon budget and defense shifts
Ashbrook declares his candidacy blaming Nixon for budget deficits and weakened anti-Communist stance, claiming the 1968 pledge is abandoned. He cites strong but limited support from Buckley and hopes for New York Conservative Party endorsement, while rejecting third party splits.
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McNamara
U.S
Ashbrook
Nixon
Willliam Buckley
National Review
New York
Conservative Party
James J. Bekertoy
Wiliam Tuckley
Senate
New York Conservative Party
Republican
Mod
Ermizaluim
Virginia considers public defender system for indigent cases
A Virginia State Bar study urges a pilot public defender program in three population areas to curb rising court appointed counsel costs. If approved, pilot projects would launch in a large city, a mid sized city, and a rural area with full time defenders and assistants, evaluating statewide expansion after one to two years.
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Richmond
Ally
Andrew P. Miller
James R. McKenry
Virginia Beach
VSB
U.S. Supreme Court
Miller
McKenry
Rhode Island
State
New Jersey
North Carolina
Cary
Ayetteville
Greensboro
U.S. District Court For
Virginia
Florida
Supreme Court
Assembly
India to aid Bangladesh and tensions rise after war
Premier Pal addressed international aid, stating that Western pressure will not affect India’s stance as a peace loving nation. India plans to send rice and wheat to Bangladesh if needed, and expects a record grain harvest of about 110 million tons. A UN dispatch reports a mass grave near Khulna with 20 000 to 45 000 bodies and an estimated 50 000 killed in the nine months of conflict. In Karachi, Pakistan, passports of industrialists and their staff were seized under Bhutto’s order. Rawalpindi reports Yahya Khan placed under house arrest awaiting inquiry into war handling, with calls for trial by several leaders.
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United States
Japan
A.P. Shindle
India
Bangladesh
Park
Khulna
United News of India
Karachi
Pakistan
Bhutto
Daily
New Times
Rawalpindi
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Yahya
Conservatives Hold Fire on Rebelling Against Nixon
Analysis shows GOP conservatives offer little support for Ashbrook and anticipate some may campaign against him. Buckley and other leaders worry a revolt could harm Nixon, while a survey in 20 states found no broad uprising. A Romney strategist predicts Ashbrook may win a sizable New Hampshire vote amid split GOP support.
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Ashbrook
James J. Buckley
New York
Buckley
William F. Buckley Jr
National Review
William V. Rusher
Ben
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Nixon
Sen
White House
Alvin 0. Bramstedt
Alaska Gop
New Hampshire
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
California
Nixon, Brandt discuss alliance unity and East West talks
Officials said the United States would not negotiate a mutual European troop reduction bilaterally with the Soviets. The leaders agreed on early East West talks on force reductions and a carefully prepared European security conference. Brandt invited Nixon to the 1972 Munich Olympics, unlikely to be accepted, as Nixon plans reelection efforts. Brandt then vacationed in Sarasota with his family while Nixon drove with neighbor C B Behe Reboza and planned to return for New Year’s Eve with Pat.
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America
Europe
Nixon
George H. Chittenden
Morgan Guaranty Trust
United States
Eugene Birnbaum
Chase Manhattan Bank For International Monetary Affairs
Presidnt
U.S
Brandt
Munich
Sarasota
Gulf Coast
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C.B. Behe" Reboza
Washington
Pat
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