Black investigators fault college police and officials in Southern Uni deaths
An unofficial black investigative panel blamed college administrators police and state officials for the November 16 shooting deaths of two black Southern University students. The panel urged criminal prosecutions, while Gov Edwards called the findings black wash. The panel plans a detailed report in two weeks after interviewing witnesses.
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Charles Layton
Associated Press
Baton Rouge, la
Southern University
D'army Bailey
Berkeley
Calif
Bailey
Louisiana
Edwin Edwards
Edwards
William Guste
Denver A. Smith
New Roads
Leonard Douglas Brown
Gilbert
Southern Administration
Gusle
Guste
Netterville
Amiss
Black Committee
Southern
New York
Chicago
California
Atlanta
Four Die As New Orleans High Rise Fire Claims Victims
Coroner identifies three women aged 56 31 and 30 from New Orleans and nearby Me lairie as fire victims along with 38 year old Charles Michel of Kenner. One man died of smoke inhalation while another may lie under rubble as officials probe arson and a second blaze in the same building. Fire chief cites explosion heard by occupants and evacuees seek cause as flames spread rapidly through the 1967 office apartment structure.
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Norris Faley
New Orleans
Jacqueline Mailho
Melairie
Janice McBeth
Charles Michel
Kenner
James Fitzmorris
Louis San Salvador
Howard Johnson
Rault Petroleum Corp
Court Denies Newsman’s Petition For Release In Contempt
California Supreme Court denied without comment William T. Farr’s habeas petition seeking release from a contempt sentence. Farr, 37, was jailed in Los Angeles by Judge Charles H. Older for refusing to reveal his news sources about a 1970 Manson trial story.
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San Francisco
California Supreme Court
William T. Farr
Farr
Superior Court
Charles H. Older
Los Angeles
Older
Charles Manson
Mark E. Hurwitz
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
Herald-Examiner
Manson
California
District Attorney's Office
Los Angeles Times
Cape Area Braces for 750000 Moon Launch Visitors
Cape Kennedy area anticipates about 750000 visitors for Apollo 17 lift off next Wednesday night. Homeowners offer rooms for free or up to 25 a night with minimum stays. hotels within 50 miles full. IRS cautions large chains may violate price controls. local managers warn against price hikes during the space shot.
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Cocoa Beach
APJ
Cape Kennedy Space Center
Maybell Wilkins
Greater
Cape Kennedy
Mrs. Wilkins
Internal Revenue Service
Miami
IRS
Norman Cooper
Titusville
Nixon Talks on Vietnam War Holds Up Peace
Nixon battles over a settlement as North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam become the sticking point. Saigon demands a full withdrawal, while Hanoi hints at a possible reduction. Duc stays in Washington after meeting Nixon, with Kissinger heading to Paris to continue talks with Le Duc Tho.
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South Vietnam
Saigon
Hanoi
North Vietnam
U.S
Kissinger
Duc
Washington
Nixon
William P. Rogers
Paris
le Duc Tho
Parole Granted for Father Berrigan in Draft Records Case
AP reports Father Philip Berrigan, a Jesuit priest, was granted parole by the U.S. Parole Board effective December 20. He has been imprisoned since July 5, 1968, for damaging draft board records in Baltimore and Catonsville, with concurrent sentences for smuggling letters and related offenses. His full term ends February 18, 1974. His brother Daniel Berrigan was released on parole earlier. The government dropped conspiracy charges in September against Berrigan and seven others in a Kissinger plot case.
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Catonsville
Selective Service Office
Federal
Lewisburg
Father Berrigan
Daniel Berrigan
Philip Berrigan
Henry A. Kissinger
Demos Consider Strauss Endorsement Amid Party Ties
Charles Manatt and other DNC figures weigh Bruce Strauss for Democratic chair as 15-20 members reportedly favor him. Burg’s letter counters claims Strauss lacks party reform sympathy and defends his Connally friendship. Governors and governors-elect named as endorsers include Andrus, Docking, Ford, Mandel, Anderson, Bumpers, Askew, Carter, Waller, O’Callaghan, Hall, King, West, Briscoe, Hearnes, Edwards. Others leaning include Eagan, Anderson, Rampton, and Scott.
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Charles Manatt
California
McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Mitchell
DNC
Miss Burg
Strauss
Texas
John B. Connally
Dolph Briscoe
Warren Hearnes
Missouri
Edwin Edwards
Louisiana
George Wallace
Alabama
William Eagan
Alaska
Forrest Anderson
Montana
Calvin Rampton
Utah
Robert W. Scott
North Carolina
1972 Hurricane Season Ends Quietest in 42 Years
AP reports the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season ends with only four hurricanes, the quietest since 1930, due to cool sea temperatures, a stationary ITCZ, and varied winds aloft. Hurricane Agnes caused 122 deaths and $3.48 billion in damage. other storms stayed at sea.
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G. Michael Harmon
Associated Press
Miami
Fla
National Hurricane Center
Robert Simpson
Nature
Simpson
Atlantic
Tobacco quota hike prompts NC agriculture official reaction
Raleigh NC AP North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Jim Graham said the USDA 10 percent increase in flue cured tobacco quotas for 1973 was more than he expected. He noted Secretary Earl Butz likely reviewed the situation but admitted North Carolina surveys did not support such a large rise.
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AMA
Psros
South Carolina
Thomas Parker
Greenville
Parker
Board of Trustees
House
Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Jim Graham
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Graham
Earl Bulz
Robbery Foiled and Storm Science Mixed News
A masked robber with a shotgun robbed a station and forced the manager to the floor while others inside were beaten and the safe pried from the wall. In Florida a hurricane expert explained why this year’s storm season was unusually quiet and storms behaved oddly due to intertropical convergence zone dynamics.
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Grees
Simpson
Meat and bread prices show October shifts across food chain
The October farm value of pork fell 4 percent while the middleman's share rose 8.7 percent. Pork at 87.5 cents a pound up from September and 22.7 percent higher than a year ago. Bread declined slightly from 24.7 to 24.5 cents per pound.
Wallace Says He Has No Regrets Over Presidential Campaign
Gov. George C. Wallace said he has no regrets about his presidential bid and would go through it again. He remains paralyzed from the waist down after the Maryland shooting and indicated ongoing political involvement, including possible 1974 governor runs and a future presidential bid, while reaffirming loyalty to the Alabama Democratic Party.
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Wallace
Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Laurel
Alabama
Maryland
Arthur Herman Bremer
George McGovern
Democratic Party
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