Pope Calls On Catholics To Avoid Lenten Hypocrisy
Vatican City AP Pope Paul VI urged Catholics to avoid hypocrisy in Lent penitence during Ash Wednesday rites at St Peter's Basilica. He stressed inner renewal over external acts, noting life, death, and the ashes of mortality. The pontiff marked foreheads and visited Santa Sabina as Czechoslovak pilgrims joined in the centennial of St Cyril.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Czechoslovakia
United States
St. Peter’s Basilica
Paul
Paolo Cardinal Marella
St. Peter’s Basilea
Cardinal Marella
John J. Wright
Pittsburgh
Aventine Hill
Santa Sabina
Nixon
Vatican
Rome
Cyril
Apostle
Zurich Raid Triggers International Condemnation and Indignation
Arabs and three companions were arrested at Zurich Kloten Airport after the raid. Swiss officials consider possible diplomatic action and note Israel waives extradition claims. Mordechai Rachamin, a Tel Aviv native, identified as the Israeli shooter, remains in Switzerland. Reactions span condemnation from the United States France and Britain, with Arab states mostly silent. Prime Minister Levi Eshkol and Carmel blame Arab states for planning terror and urge action to protect air safety.
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Zurich
Kloten
Federal Council
Bern
Israel
Switzerland
Mordechai Rachamin
Tel Aviv
United States
Beirut
U Thant
Britain
France
Joel Je ‘Theale
Zinieb
Egypt
Cairo
Jordan
United Nations
Muhammad II
El-Farra
Maariv
Carmel
Knesset
Levi Eshkol
U.N. Security Council
Isrrael
Gideon Rafel
Foreign Ministry
Yisrael Ganot
Plane Missing Pilot Sparks Ground Search
Ray Hall, wife of missing pilot Fred Hall, joins a ground search alongside three brothers and others after the plane departed Hawthorne at 4 am Tuesday and did not respond after checking with Mina Nevada air traffic control about five minutes later. The craft carried Ray Hall as passenger, Ray Hamer as co pilot, and Pat Nanes as stewardess, with departure from Long Beach seven hours prior.
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Ray Hall
Fred Hall
Hall
Ray Hamer
Pat
Nanes
Hawthorne
Long Beach
Mina
Nev
Air Traffic Control Center
Blonds and a Pilot Program on Prejudice at Cabin John
At Cabin John Junior High near Washington, students participated in a Brotherhood Week experiment to study prejudice. Principal Tom Warren halted it after parents protested, including an unidentified congressman. Some mothers threatened to sue while others planned pickets. Students describe a generation gap widening as some embraced the learning, while critics argued for sheltered attitudes.
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Tom Warren
U.S
Jill Benderly
Sarah Smith
Cabin John Junior High
Washington
Scotland
Cabin John
Mary Tau Wood
Jill
Susan David
Chris North
Nancy
Jacobs
Proxmire Questions Treasury Picks in Holding Company Debate
Senator Proxmire warned Congress risks an embarrassing problem by relying on the Treasury's advice on holding company curbs while praising Nixon appointees Charles E. Walker and Paul A. Volcker. Kennedy pledged Treasury objectivity and effort to be fair. The exchange grew tense as Patman pressed Walker on ABA ties and Fed contributions.
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Congress
Proxmire
Kennedy
Nixon
Treasury Department
Charles E. Walker
Paul A. Volcker
Monetary Affairs
Walker
Volcker
Treasury
Patman
Federal Reserve
Nixon Hints At Extended Antipoverty Programs
President Nixon proposed continuing antipoverty programs at least until June 20 1970 and urged a comprehensive federal manpower plan to provide training and job placement. He called for integrated programs possibly eliminating Job Corps and urged Congress to extend appropriations for Job Corps Head Start and related efforts for one year beyond June 30. Nixon delegated some duties and noted mixed Head Start results while stressing efficiency and local input in administration.
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Labor Department
Nixon
Congress
White House
Tax and foundation reform debates span politics and charity
Richmond discusses Brooklyn civic work and threats tied to the Rooney race while foundations like Rockefeller critique tax exemption rules and board controls. Leaders urge caution on reform, favor self-policing and gradual changes to curb self dealing and abuses.
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Richmond
Civie
Brooklyn
Rooney
Dana S. Creel
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Creel
J. George Harrar
Rockefeller ‘Foundation
Treasury
Boach
Jthe
Rockefellers
Merrimon Cunniggim
Danforth Foundation
St. Louis
Cuniiggim
Pinante
British Broadcasting Corp
House of Lords
Lords
Jeremy Thorpe
Maurice Bonham Carter
Violet
Paddington
London
Britain
Women's Liberal Federation
Churchill
Postal Service to replace patronage with new selection boards
Postmaster General Blount outlines a system of national regional and local boards to oversee appointments for all post offices. Career employees will receive first consideration and Civil Service tests will screen qualified applicants where no career eligible exists. The plan aims to boost morale and offer incentives for deserving postal workers. Blount discussed the procedures earlier Wednesday.
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Blount
Post Office
Civil Service Commission
Plan Gains Overwhelming Support Within House GOP
A plan discussed with members of the House Republican Conference drew objections but ultimately won overwhelming support.
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House Republican Conference
Hunger Hearings Cut Across South Carolina Hunger
Senator McGovern heads three day hearings on hunger in South Carolina. Medical teams report malnutrition among rural children and call for rapid food aid while officials debate funding and federal role. Witnesses recount bureaucracy hindrances and local sanitation as key factors.
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McGovern
Special Committee On Nutrition and
South Carolina
South Dakota
Johnson
University of South Carolina
EB. John Lease
James T. Carter
Vanderbilt University
Meharry Medical College
Beaufort
Jasper
Jasper Counties, 8. C
Robert Coles
Harvard University
Mississippi
Coles
Marlow C. Cook
R Ky
Orville L. Freeman
Agriculture Committees
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
House Committee
Jamie L. Whitten
D-Miss
House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
Allen J. Elender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
McGovern Group
Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ellender
Agriculture Department
Lease
Carter
Beaufwt County
United States
Sensitivity Training In Sex Education For Elementary Teachers
New York teachers undergo an NYU program that uses sensitivity training to confront personal anxieties about sex education. The 15 hour marathon session aims to free teachers from psychological barriers and prepare them to teach elementary students. The effort supports a first masters degree track for elementary sex education, backed by HEW fellowships and school commitments to add sex education to curricula.
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New York University
Ginnis
Matian Hamburg
Dr. Hamburg
Teacher Preparation Institution
Hamburg
NYU
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Synessnere
New York City
Shaw Alcock Entreats Mistrial In High Court Testimony
The courtroom scene centers on Shaw Alcock demanding a mistrial after disputing the credibility of a state witness in front of reporters. Shaw later testifies he signed a blank fingerprint card to secure bail, denying any aliases. Police officials describe fingerprint procedures and alias questions, with conflicting memories on alias names and spellings.
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Richard Randolph
Carr
Dallas
Kennedy
FBI
Garrison
Snan
Oswald
Warren Commission
Dealey Plaza
Texas School Book Depository
Africa
Normandy
New Court‘house
Depository
Alcock
Officer Habighorst
Habighorst
State Supreme Court
Haggerty
Shaw
Irvin Dymond
Central Lockup
Clay Shaw
Louis J. Caroie
Clay Bertrand
Jonas J. Butzman
Serjeant
John M. Perkins Jr
Vietnam War Updates From Iron Page One
U.S. forces battle enemy units near Long Binh and Bien Hoa as air cavalry, infantry, and Marines probe jungle fronts 35 miles northeast of Saigon and along routes toward Hue. Reports cite 21 enemy dead, 1 American killed, 4 wounded, with allied losses and large caches of rice and munitions found in bunkers 54 miles northwest and near the Cambodian border.
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Long Binh
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Saigon
Bien Hoa
Lng Binh
Paris
A Shau
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