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Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1972

Page

5

Poet Marianne Moore Dies At Home At 84

New York AP reports Pulitzer Prize winning poet Marianne Moore died at her Greenwich Village home Saturday at age 84 after a heart ailment. A boxing and baseball fan, she lived 86 years in Brooklyn before moving to Greenwich Village in 1968. Funeral services scheduled Tuesday at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn.

New York Marianne Moore Miss Moore Greenwich Village Floyd Patterson John Warner Moore Greenwich Conn Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church Brooklyn Langston Hughes William L. Nichols National Book Committee St. Louis Bryn Mawr College T.S. Eliot

Housing Policy Changes Highlight Civil Rights Debate

The article discusses eight HUD criteria for funding multifamily housing including public housing. It notes tensions over open nonsegregated opportunities, needs of lower income families, and job creation. Critics from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and others say the rules push projects to suburbs, limiting city housing growth. William Donohue of New Haven Redevelopment Agency voices concern about suburban incentives.

HUD Conference On Civil Rights Civil Rights William Donohue New Haven, Conn

Indochina voices call for reform and jailed Ellison case

The piece recalls criticism of the court system and missing officers in Indochina era rhetoric, while in Georgia Miss Ellison faces imprisonment in a case linked to armed robbery. Attorney Peter Ellison Geer questions payment rights for defendants, and Judge Geer denies bail for a couple amid a larger discussion of law enforcement and political pressure. Sheriff White reports a forcible jail escape by Patton, who is charged with armed robbery, simple assault, and car theft.

Georgia Ellison Peter Geer Nha Patton Grand Jury North Vietnam National Assembly U.S. News Army Wiliam C. Westless Moreland W. E. Brig Kone Ham Kontum Central Highlands Nguyen van Thong Vietnam Thong Peliku West Saigon Seminole County Anc Miss Ellison Dan White White

Vietnamese Offensive Strength Report Sparks Debate

U S officials estimate enemy strength for the offensive at 50,000 troops while news agencies had claimed 80,000. Cambodia reports say seven recoilless shells were fired as a convoy of five small fuel tankers and two towing tugs passed near Phnom Penh, wounding two seamen.

US S Thong Cambodia Mekong River Phnom Penh

Nixon's Peking visit seen as face for China

AP reports Nixon's trip to Peking will confer immense face on China by visiting its soil, a historic gesture shaping U.S.China ties. Analysis notes Chinese concept mientze of dignity and pride, and how Western powers' actions have long affected Chinese status and reciprocity.

John Roderick Associated Press Tokyo United States Peking People’s Republic of China Nixon Joneses Washington Johnson China Europe Japan Asia Sykes Middle Kingdom Rome N.Y

Snowstorm traps dozen at Oswego Eastern Snow Conference

Blizzard meteorologist at the State University College at Oswego was snowbound with about 35 attendees at a local motel during the storm that struck Tate on Thursday. The city had 1.48 to 2 inches of snow through Saturday noon, with 10 to 12 more inches expected before the storm subsided Saturday night.

the State University College At Oswego Tate Sykes

Guard units join search for missing boy in Raleigh area

Bob Scott authorized mobilization of National Guardsmen to aid in locating the boy. State Adjutant Gen. Perd Davis called in guardsmen from Sylva and Waynesville. About 50 to 75 guardsmen expected to participate starting Sunday morning as conditions were cold.

Raleigh Bob Scott Perd Davis National Guard Sylva Waynesville

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