Justice Department Says Draft Law Can't Be Used To Muffle Protests
Selective Service Director Lewis Hershey backed a Justice Department view that draft laws cannot silence constitutionally protected protests. He said reclassifications are administrative, not legal punishments, and noted no court ruling finding SSS violations in the Michigan students’ trespass case. Senate Hart criticized the action while Vinson asserted no department guidance endorses suppression.
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Justice Department
Washington
Selective Service
Lewis
Hershey
U.S. Viet Nam
University ‘of Michigan
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Hart
Asst
Atty
Fred M. Vinson Jr
Ft. Stewart
Ann Ambot
Mich
Gen. Hershey
Sen. Hart
Focal Board
Vinson
Georgia Court Action Planned to Seat Bond in Negro Rep.-Elect Row
Atlanta and Washington reports describe Dr. Martin Luther King Jr returning to Georgia to discuss court action to seat Julian Bond as a state representative after Bond was denied a seat for antiwar and anti draft views. SNCC chair John Lewis announced plans to protest if needed and to push a massive voter registration drive. Bond and SNCC officials indicated a federal suit may be filed Wednesday.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Georgia
Julian Bond
King
Andrew J. Young
Bond
Young
Southern Christian Leadership
Los Angeles
West Coast Associates
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
U.S
Viet Nam
Washington
Charles, Jr. Weltner
D-Ga
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Carl’e
Sanders
Assembly
Capitol
John R. Lewis
House
Lewis
Fed. 1
Morehouse College
Fourteen Held In Rape Case
Laurinburg court sent 14 youths to Scotland County Superior Court after finding probable cause on rape charges for 13, and accessory before the fact for one. All are held without bond due to capital crime involvement. A Jan. 31 term of Superior Court is set.
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Laurinburg
N.C
Scotland
Did Peter Minuit Goof New Yorkers Think So Today
Report on New York woes including transit strikes power failures and shortages. The piece notes a perceived decline in city fortunes and ends by questioning the historic transaction with Indigenous peoples as a possible misstep attributed to Peter Minuit.
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Peter Minuit
Federal Small Business Association
New York
Manhattan Island
Two Are Killed By Train In N C
Statesville North Carolina two residents Grady Leon Overcash and his wife were killed when a westbound Southern Railway freight train struck their car at an unprotected crossing south of Statesville. The crash occurred around 4 45 p m on an unpaved road. Several youths were named in connection with the incident and Jack Bostick 21 of McColl is charged as an accessory.
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Statesville
N.C
Southern Railway
Grady Leon Overcash
Leaders Discontent With Viet Nam Peace Offensive
Campus protest leaders across several universities distrust Johnson’s peace offensive and predict new demonstrations. They say the move aims to boost war effort, with nationwide actions planned for March 25 and 26 by the National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Viet Nam.
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New York
U.S
Viet Nam
Johnson
White House
National Coordinating Committee
Michael McKain
University of Utah
Student Action
Stanley Nadel
University of Michigan
Chicago
Paul Booth
Students For A Democratic Society
United States
Dean Rusk
Booth
John Ducard
China
North Viet Nam
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Eric Lessinger
Harvard-Radcliffe
Lessinger
Viet Nam Day Committee
Berkeley
Calif
Univer
Hearing For Three Officials Delayed
In Wilmington, the trial of three New Hanover County officials tied to missing Recorder's Court funds was rescheduled to February 21. Assistant District Solicitor Allen Cobb cited heavy current term workload as the reason for the postponement. Liston W. Humphrey, suspended Recorder's Court clerk, is accused of embezzling at least $3,000 for personal use. County auditor T. D. Love and Foster Edwards, clerk of Superior Court, face charges related to failing to perform duties in connection with the alleged embezzlement.
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Wilmington
New Hanover County
Recorder's Court
Allen Cobb
Superior Court
Liston W. Humphrey
T. D. Love
Foster Edwards
Flood tragedy at Hassayampa River crossing claims Ruby Angton
In Buckeye Arizona Ruby Angton 55 a King farm worker died when his tractor overturned while crossing the flooded Hassayampa River at Narramore road. He drowned beneath the vehicle after the accident on Monday.
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Buckeye, Ariz
Ruby Angton
King Farm
Hassayampa
Narramore Road
Angton
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