Burlington Official Defends Non-Discrimination Policy
Burlington Industries chief says the textile firm pursues equal employment and does not discriminate. Charles F. Myers Jr. notes a federal plan of affirmative action with the Defense Supply Agency and cites minority hiring rising from 4 percent five years ago to 14 percent, with upgraded roles for minorities.
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Burlington
Greensboro
N. C
Burlington Industries
Walter 7
Mondale
D-Minn
Charles F. Myers Jr
Defense
David Packard
Pentagon
Richard Nixon
Minnesota Democrat
J. P. Stevens Co
Dan River Mills
Myers
Defense Supply Agency
Da Nang Dock Area Hit As Vietnam Offensive Rages
A massive shelling and air assault across South Vietnam left Da Nang dockyards damaged and a dockside ammunition depot blown into three chunks. Officials reported heavy allied losses elsewhere including 487 South Vietnamese killed and 1,707 wounded, with 5,200 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong dead and 321 defectors or surrenders. US bases at Dong Tam and Bien Hoa faced heavy attacks as forces converged on Saigon and Hue, with battles continuing near An Hoa and Quang Ngai.
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Page Que
White
South Vietnam
da Nang
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Dong Tam
Saigon
U.S
31Th
Americal
Duc Pho
Hoi An
Long Binh
Bien Hoa
Quang Ngai
Hue
Virginia Assembly faces high quality education clash
The Roanoke weekend state convention looms for 20 member Republican minority as they weigh governor and attorney general candidates and a report on constitutional revision. The dispute centers on the governor's goal of high quality public education amid broad opposition within the party and Democratic factions. Public hearings are set for March 7 on the commission’s recommendations and the division of powers.
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Roanoke
GOP
Commission On Constitutional Revision
Godwin
Commission
Assembly
Democratic
del. M. Caldwell Butler
House
Virginia
Butler
Senate
Courts of Justice
Nixon visit to Rome meets large antiwar protests
Nixon arrived at Ciampino Airport to a friendly Rome welcome but a wave of protests grew as his motorcade faced thousands of demonstrators near the Quirinal Palace. clashes erupted in Piazza Colonna and around the Parliament, with police firing tear gas and water cannons to disperse rioters. The unrest extended to the University of Rome as students fought police, while officials pledged continued talks with Italy amid criticism of Viet Cong actions and U.S. policy.
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Tors
Nixon
Ciampino
Romé
Quirinal Palace
Giuseppe Saragat
Palen Tandaen
Valel Lemutl DS
Communist Party
Chamber of Deputies
Colonna
Rome
Piazza Venezia
Widon
Piazza Colonna
Trevi Fountain
Quirinal
Colosseum
Italy
NATO
University of Rome
Rome University
Europe
Brussels
London
Bonn
Saragat
Mariano Rumor
Pietro Venni
William F. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Governors Confront Campus Dissent at Midwinter Meet
In Stephentown New York Carol Ann Upton and five children died after a kerosene heater exploded as they tried to escape a burning paper shack. Police identified seven victims including Beverly age 18 months and named children. Reagan urged federal action against campus violence and possible withholdings of funds, while Michigan and Massachusetts governors offered cautious support and stressed protecting dissent and learning.
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Stephentown
N.Y
Carol Ann Upton
Ing
Utah
Calvin Rampton
California
Reagan
Buford Ellington
Tennessee
Mitchell
W. J. Graetz
Beverly
Graetz
Spiro T. Ag
Washington
Ina
Caroline
Brenda
Linda
Robert
Richard
Bonnie
Nixon
Internal Revenue Service
Chicago
Cuba
North Vietnam
David Dellinger
Thomas Hayden
William G. Milliken
Michigan
Francis W. Sargent
Massachusetts
Sargert
al' Beal
Milliken
Sentinel ABM spat tests bipartisanship in Senate
Republican critic John Sherman Cooper urged keeping the Sentinel antimissile debate out of partisan politics while Senator Mondale warned of a budget clash with military and social programs. Defense Secretary Laird said a decision may come soon after his Vietnam trip. Easter recess and summer timing loom for hearings and floor action.
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Washington
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Cooper
Sentinel. 4 Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Sentinel
Vietnam
Laird
Johnson
Walter F. Monedale
D-Minn
Nixon
Mondale
Humphrey
University of Minneapolis
Poversty
America
Apollo 9 crew health fears prompt delay proposal
NASA medical officials warn fatigue and illness may threaten Apollo 9. Berry cites postflight sickness on prior missions and calls for better preventive medicine and rest. Mission director Hage agrees to delay while tracking a demanding first five days of flight and the costly lunar module test.
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Berry
McDivitt
Schweickart
Janat Ifania
McDicitt
Scott
NASA
George H. Hage
America
Apollo
Moon
Lunar
Earth
Volcker
Nixon faces protests in Berlin after wartime ruin visit
Nixon signed the Golden Book at Charlottenburg Castle as 300 to 400 students gathered on Kurfürstendamm to greet him. Police protected the motorcade while youths hurled eggs paint and snowballs. About 7,000 officers manned security and 1,500 U.S. children shouted for Nixon at Tempelhof Airport after a 21 gun salute from the Berlin Brigade.
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Charlottenburg Castle
Nixon
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
Kurfuerstendamm
Siemens
West Berlin
Tempicho
U.S. Army
Berlin
U.S
De Gaulle and Nixon Face Minds Meet in Three Sessions
A historical exchange outlines De Gaulle and Nixon to discuss limits of broad political understanding. Diplomats note De Gaulle’s past U.S. interactions with Roosevelt Eisenhower Kennedy and Johnson shaping expectations. Officials see Nixon’s realism as a path to closer U.S. French ties.
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de Gaulle
Nixon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
France
Dwight D. Hisenhower
United States
Britain
John F. Kennedy
Nassau
London
Lyndon
Johnson
Girl Rescued Amid Napalm Fire Ends in Tragic Village Toll
A rescuer saved a girl as napalm hit Gia Kien village. About 20 canisters from U S planes and bombers scarred the hamlet. Civilians were urged to evacuate but time ran out. Three girls and four boys died, along with 60 North Vietnamese troops. One girl vanished from the rescuer Luketina’s arms as she was carried to a waiting truck.
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Gia Kien
Luketina
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Harold Kaplan
Pham Dang Lam
Lodge
Kiem
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Soviet Union
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Tehere
Mann
Tive
Lvivs
A. Volcker
The
Treasury
Monetary Affairs
Stans
Economie
Smithfield
DIAL
Tunstall Road
Colonial
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