Income Gap Persists Between Black and White Families
Census data show median black family income far below white families in New York metropolitan area and nation. While some young black husband wife households outside the South approach white levels, overall black families remain far behind, with 1971 median income about 6 440 versus whites at 10 670.
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Tom Wicker
New York Times News Service
New York
New York-New Jersey
Census Bureau
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Public Interest Magazine
South
United States
New York City
Andrew Brimmer
Tuskegee Institute
Moynihan
South Vietnamese Fight North Vietnamese Battalion Near Quang Tri
South Vietnamese forces fought a North Vietnamese battalion estimated at 200 to 300 troops just south of the My Chanh defense line about 10 miles south of Quang Tri and 20 miles north of Hue. Air support included U S F4 Phantoms and tank fire as mortars hit advancing infantry. Casualties not yet reported. Col Le Ba Khien said a larger North Vietnamese force possibly up to 1 000 troops may have moved south to threaten Highway 1 behind the Quang Tri task force.
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Saigon
Quang Tri City
My Chanh
Quang Tri
Hue
Highway 1
le Ba Khien
U.S
U.S. Navy
Air Force
North Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Command
Sparkman Backs Bankhead wilderness and recreation bills
Sen John Sparkman testified for two Bankhead National Forest bills to create wild areas including the Sipsey River zone and to set aside outlying sections for picnic areas camping and hiking trails. The measures aim to restore and preserve the forest amid heightened recreation interests and local support.
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Washington
John Sparkman
Bankhead National Forest
Bankhead
Sipsey River
Subcommittee On
Soil Conservation, Forestry and Environment
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Sparkman
Alabama
United States
Tuscaloosa
U. S. Forestry Service
Theki Conservancy
Bobby and Boris Clash in Thrilling World Chess Match
In Reykjavik the world championship between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer heats up as both players push for decisive wins. Tuesday’s game featured bold attacks with Spassky sacrificing a pawn and Fischer defending under pressure, signaling ongoing prepared variations and strategic depth.
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New York Times
Reykjavik
Iceland
Boris Spassky
Bobby Fischer
Fischer
Spassky
Soviet Union
Mozart
Bent Larsen
Tigran Petrosian
Larsen
Petrosian
TVA to cut sampling in Kentucky Lake and Pickwick Lake
The Tennessee Valley Authority will reduce lake sampling in Kentucky Lake in Kentucky and Pickwick Lake in Alabama from monthly to every other month after finding a downward trend in mercury levels in fish. A bank robbery in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, saw a man with a handgun steal cash. no injuries and no arrests reported as investigators pursue the suspect toward Bridgeport, Alabama.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Kentucky Lake
Pickwick Lake
Alabama
TVA
South Pittsburg, Tenn
First National Bank
South Pittsburg
Bridgeport
Ala
Marion County Sheriff's Office
Bernstein On Words By Theodore M Bernstein
A columnist discusses the word hopefully and its dual meanings, tracing its primary sense of with hope and a secondary sense of expressing hope. The piece notes caution about overuse and cites examples from public figures, ending with a brief linguistic aside on sesquipedalianism and polysyllabism.
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Columbia University
William J McGill
Vietnam
Michael W. Zim
Columbus
Ohio
Air Force trainer jet crash near Selma injures crew
An Air Force trainer jet crashed about 12 miles southwest of Craig Air Base near the Dallas Lowndes County line. Airmen Capt. Gregory Kuehner, 32, of Tuscon Arizona, and SSgt. Jerry W. Shoemake, 32, of Newnan Georgia ejected and parachuted to safety as investigators seek the cause.
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Selma
Ala
Air Force
Craig Air Force Base
Dallas-Lowndes County
Gregory Kuehner
Tuscon, Ariz
Jerry W. Shoemake
Newnan, Ga
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North Alabama
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N. Mex
Bill Fesmire
W. J. Fesmire
Hickory Hills
Lee Tune
Leon Tune
John Walker
William A. Walker
Decatur 4
Priceville
Philmont
Tennessee Valley Council
Armando de Quesada
Lurleen Wallace Developmental Center
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Senate
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McGovern
Bobby
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Bernstein
Theodore M. Bernstein
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