Government Has No Remedy For De Facto Segregation
AP reports Jerris Leonard says the Nixon administration will not seek a Supreme Court ruling on de facto school segregation caused by housing patterns. He cites lack of solutions if the Court struck down unofficial segregation and notes progress toward voluntary desegregation in several states.
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Washington
Nixon
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Jerris Leonard
High Court
Leonard
South
Florida
North Carolina
Arkansas
Mississippi
South Carolina
Consumer wants fat hotdog makers named after ban
Washington AP A consumer group leader criticizes the Nixon administration for withholding brand names of meat packers charged under a rule to limit fat in hotdogs to 30 percent. Erma Angevine of the Consumer Federation of America urges open competition and consumer choice. The Agriculture Department cites trade secret concerns for withholding names while reporting an average fat content of 28.5 percent in early 1970.
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Washington
Erma Angevine
The
Consumer Federation of America
Agriculture Department
Senator says 100,000 U S textile workers suffer brown lung
Senator Harrison Williams reports about 100,000 active or retired textile workers suffer byssinosis in the nation. He notes 250,000 more are exposed to cotton dust daily as he tours Greenville plants and prepares for a hearing on a broad occupational health bill.
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Greenville
5. C
U. S. Senate
Subcommittee On Labor
Williams
South Carolina
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Secretary of Labor
Cafeteria Closing Sparks UNC Picket Plan
UNC nonacademic workers union plans picketing against the Lenoir Hall cafeteria closure cited as a move to break the union. Carrie Lakes of AFSCME said students and workers would protest at South Building housing admin offices. timing not announced. SAGA food services, which ran UNC dining halls, will lay off 12 workers and leave campus May 27.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Lenoir Hall
Carrie Lakes
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers
South Building
UNC
Saga Food Services
SAGA
Pilots parachute 36000 feet into sea after jet storm
Two Air Force pilots survived a 36 000 foot plunge into the Atlantic after a thunderstorm disabled their F4 Phantom jet. Capt Daniel Heitz and Lt MacArthur Weston were rescued by a Texaco tanker crew near Charleston, then flown to the base. The men described surviving on rain and life raft and thanked rescuers.
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Charleston
Air Force
Charleston Air Force Base
Atlantic Ocean
Here
Warner Robins Air Force Base
Georgia
United States
Torrejon Afb
Spain
Daniel Heitz
Grand Rapids
Mich
Rages
MacArthur Weston
Jacksonville
N. C
Texaco Illinois
Weston
Heitz
North Carolina Veteran Sentenced to Two Years in Marijuana Case
Roger Dale Smith, 21, of Asheville, who served in the Army, was sentenced by U S District Judge George H Boldt to two years in jail for illegally importing marijuana from Korea. The judge noted the sentence was stricter than he personally would prefer but said he must uphold the law and its two year minimum.
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Tacoma
Wash
North Carolina
U.S
Accidental Bombing Causes U S Casualties in Vietnam
The U S Command reports the loss of five more aircraft with 15 Americans dead and six wounded. An accidental bombing by U S planes killed 10 Vietnamese and wounded 20. Additional crashes near Pleiku and Da Nang add to mounting losses as U S air operations continue across the Central Highlands and Laos.
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Saigon
USS
U.S
Army Ahl
Pleiku City
Air Force
Laos
Thailand
Khon Kaen
Stokes urges 25 billion for national water treatment funding
Mayor Carl Stokes told a Senate panel that at least 25 billion dollars must be spent on water treatment facilities. He backed Senator Muskie’s call and urged a federal share of at least 50 percent, plus long term regional financing and watershed authorities to control pollution beyond political borders.
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Washington
Carl Stokes
Cleveland
Senate
Stokes
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
Air and Water Pollution
Congress
Cides
Ft Bragg Soldier Drowns At Smith Lake
Ft Bragg North Carolina authorities report soldier Edgar J Potter 21 of Corsicana Texas drowned Sunday while swimming at Smith Lake on the Ft Bragg reservation.
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Ft. Bragg
N.C
Edgar J. Potter
Corsicana
Tex
Smith Lake
Ft. Bragg Reservation
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Harlem
Angevine
Harrison A. Williams
DN. J
U. S
Tan Son Nhut
Dak Seang
Central Highlands
da Nang
Ihe
Viet Cong High Command
Charles McC. Mathias
R-Md
Maryland
Arne Wile P. Barnes
Furr
Armfield
Greensboro Rd
Wivre Furniture Company
One
H. M Blankenshe
Peckdoss Emger
Santina Cleaners
Archdale Discount
S. Main
Boyd Gullimera
Praeling
Lauan
Hedgecock Builder Supply Company
Ward St
High Point Tei
Davis Patrol & Watchman
IBM
Univac
International Computer Services, Inc
Main St
High Point
Discount Center
Fairfield Plaza
Wwe Gallon
Sky City
Palual Ome & Loan Association
North Main
Archdale-Trinity
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