Legislative pressure builds as Florida teachers strike widens
Gainesville students picket Gainesvill High School while 40 other students rally against Kirk's education bill. UF and Daytona Beach Junior College professors back the Florida Education Association, pledging support and a day’s pay. Dade County senators push for a special session after a claimed Tallahassee leak. Substitutes fill gaps as Palm Beach County votes to accept half the 2,600 teachers’ resignations amid student protests and broader walkouts.
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University of Florida
Kirk
Fantasyland
FEA
Gainesvill High School
Daytona Beach Junior College
Dade County
Robert Shevin
Tallahassee
Florida
Fla
Sesson
Sian
Phil Constans
Execu
al Piva
Monstead
University of Florising
Gainesville
Claude Kirk
Miami
Florida Education Association
State Capitol
Capitol
Palm Beach County
Robert W. Fulton
Penn survey: one third of students used drugs
A University of Pennsylvania survey of 665 undergraduates found that 37 percent had used illegal narcotics. The Daily Pennsylvanian cites marijuana as the most common drug, with 86 percent of users admitting pot use. City officials doubt the results while school officials defend the methodology.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Daily
Pennsylvanian
Anthony Bender
Gerald Robinson
Dennis Wilen
the Pennsylvanian
Bender
MF Tha
Ncers
Federal Poll Watchers On Hand in Mississippi
In Jackson Mississippi federal poll watchers monitor an election with candidates including Charles Evers a civil rights leader Republican Hagan Thompson and Charles H Griffin. The poll notes a strong liberal stance on desegregation and drug policy amid national concern over voter registration and election conduct.
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Mississippi
Charles Evers
Mississippi Race Faces Runoff In House Seat Fight
The Mississippi 3rd district election draws 195000 registered voters with about 65000 Negro residents. 90000 expected to cast ballots as campaigns show little vigor. If no candidate wins a majority a March 12 runoff will decide who serves after John Bell Williams retires. In Philadelphia, a separate high school stabbing left three pupils injured amid gang rivalry, while local officials discuss the political race as candidates claim experience or call for countering leftist influence in Washington.
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Pavers Sue Pepees
John ‘Bell Williams
Lmen
Reginald Moore
Phillip Jackson
le' Evers
Roy Jones
Evers
Association For the Advance
Two Million Students Said to Use LSD
Washington AP reports Rep Tim Lee Carter said surveys show about 1.9 million young people use LSD and questioned the enforceability of a proposed federal possession crime. James Goddard of the FDA voiced personal doubts about deterrence, while administration officials argued penalties would aid enforcement.
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LSD
Washington (Ap
Tim Lee Carter
Kentucky
House Commerce
James L. Goddard
Food and Drug Administration
Goddard
Administration
United States
Carter
Justice Department
Narcotics Bureau
Jus
Donald G. Brotzman
R-Corp
Peter N. Kyros
Maine
William L. Springer
Illinois
GOP
McCarthy frames 1960s foreign policy referendum
Minnesota Senator Eugene J. McCarthy argues his bid for the Democratic nomination offers voters a three part referendum on Vietnam priorities and U.S. role for the century. He cites a potential coalition with the Viet Cong to end the war and urges bold foreign policy choices. Rockefeller accepts politics on garbage strike scrutiny. Lindsay backs drafting Rockefeller while stressing he is not draftable.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Eugene J. McCarthy
U.S
McCarthy
Cambridge
Mass
Vietnam
United States
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York City
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
George Romney
Massachusetts
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Carl A. Auerbach
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Auerbach
University of Minnesota
Johnson
Mardi Gras Climax Tonight in New Orleans Parade Spirits Soar
New Orleans readies for Mardi Gras as Rex the Carnival king plans champagne toasts with his queen Delia Lane Har Idie of 21, while Zulu leads the first parade through Canal Street. Crowds fill St. Charles Avenue behind masks before the masking ordinance ends at sunset.
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New Orleans
America
Canal Street
Rex
Delia Lane Har Idie
Victor Schirol
Gallier Hall
Villere
Milton W. Bienamee
Bienamee
Zulu
Elks
Policeman slain after Holiday Inn hold up shootout
In Goldsboro North Carolina AP report says three men robbed the Holiday Inn clerk Grant A Black of 310 dollars then fled. Police stopped a white car in which one suspect opened fire killing Officer Walter Rouse age 26 and wounding Officer D E Dale age 29 who was shot twice including in the back. Dale remained in serious condition at Wayne Memorial Hospital with good chances of survival. Rouse was married and had a young child.
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Goldsboro
N.C
Holiday Inn
Grant A. Black
Grant
Walter Rouse
D. E. Dale
Dale
Rouse
Rousel
Wayne County Memorial Hospital
Israel Offer Is Rejected by Egypt in UN Terms
CAIRO. An Egyptian government spokesman rejected Israel’s offer of direct negotiations under UN auspices. Dr. Mohamed Hassan Zayat said Israel seems bent on imposing its own peace terms. The Security Council last November urged withdrawal from Arab lands seized in the June 5-10 war, Arab recognition of Israel, a Palestinian refugee solution, and free navigation through regional waters.
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Israel
U.N
U.N. Security Council
Mohamed Hassan
Zayyat
Security Council
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