Private Schools Face Tax Benefit Shakeup Across the South
Private school leaders acknowledge a loss of income tax deductions for donors would hurt finances but not close schools. They emphasize tuition as primary funding and warn tuition could rise if tax breaks vanish, with several new academies forming in Mississippi and Alabama amid integration concerns.
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Atlanta, Ga
South
Associated Press
Robert H. Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
Finch
Louisiana
Treasury Department
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
Alabama
Max Champion
Lowndes Academy
Lowndes County
Graham Lowe
Deerfield Academy
Albany
Joe B. Hill
Stratford Academy
Macon
Hill
News Priorities Questioned by Violence Commission
A study for the National Violence Commission argues media contribute to violence by neglecting root social issues and overemphasizing conflict. The 613 page report by Robert K. Baker and Dr. Sandra J. Ball notes the press is defensive and notes some groups use violence to gain publicity.
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Washington
National Violence Commission
America
Commission
Justice Department
Robert K Baker
Seattle
Sandra J. Ball
Milton S. Fisenhower
Bottlers Promise Price Cuts Praised in NC
Raleigh AP reports the North Carolina Soft Drink Association pledged to cut prices if the crown tax is repealed, a move welcomed by Gov. Bob Scott who said it could align with a pre tax level. Restaurant Association officials also praised the pledge and backed wholesale tax reduction figures.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Soft Drink Association
Association
Bob Scott
Scott
The
Soft Drink Association
North Carolina Restaurant Association
T. Jerry Williams
Williams
LBJ’s Newest Granddaughter Nicole Marie Named
The latest Johnson grandchild is Nicole Marie Nugent born to Luci Johnson Nugent and husband Patrick. Luci and Patrick also have a son, Patrick Lyndon, who turns three next June 21. The third grandchild is a daughter of Luci’s sister Lynda Robb.
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Lbj’s
Nicole Marie
Austin, Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nicole Marie Nugent
Luci Johnson Nugent
Patrick
Patrick Lyndon
Luci
Lynda
Charles Robb
North Vietnamese strengthen anti air defenses in Laos and Delta buildup
Official sources report Hanoi increasing antiaircraft defenses in Laos to protect infiltration routes and a rapid Mekong Delta buildup. U S Command says three light observation helicopters were shot down Monday with one crewman wounded.
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Saigon
Laos
Mekong
South Vietnam
U.S
Infiltration Air Defenses Strengthened In Mekong
North Vietnamese antiaircraft fire rose about 30 percent in 1969 as US bombers pressed the enemy supply network in eastern Laos. In two battles near Da Nang foothills and south of Saigon, 55 NVA troops were reported killed, with American losses at two dead and 17 wounded. Earlier disclosures noted the presence of surface to air missiles in Laos.
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da Nang
Saigon
Laos
Delta
Blacks Generation Gap Is Problem For Army
Lt. Gen. John T. Tolson of Ft. Bragg says the Army faces racial and generation gaps in dealing with young black soldiers. He tells reporters that the service has not fully understood the rising pride in race among these troops and stresses the need for better comprehension and approach.
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Tolson
18Th Airborne Corps
North Carolina
Black Brigade
Gis
Vietnam
Gis United
Ft. Bragg
Ervin Attacks Secret Service as Voting Rights Move Afoot
Sen Sam J Ervin Jr outlines a Jan 27 Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on voting rights He rebukes a North Carolina NAACP charge and blasts the Secret Service over its request for reports on certain Americans calling it a threat to First Amendment freedoms The protests target Secretary of the Treasury David M Kennedy who said inquiries are needed for presidential protection.
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Ervin
Senate
North Carolina
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Secret Service
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Teachers Suspended After Nude Class Demonstration
In Long Beach California four nude models posed before a soci-ology class of 250 as two professors showed provocative films. Marion Steele 31 and Dr Donald Robertson 29 were suspended for 30 days without pay amid a broader inquiry. The event sparked campus complaints and drew press attention from about 20 reporters.
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Long Beach
Calif
California State College
Marion Steele
Donald Robertson
Steele
Robertson
America
William Staten
Downey
Police Department
Leo Goodman-Malamuth
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Kathryn Johnson
Melvin Planche
New Evangeline Academy
Ville Platte
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N. C
NAACP
Statesville
J. C. Harris
United States
Constitutional Rights Subcommittee
Justice Deparment
Civil Rights Commission
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Cambodia
Demilitarized Zone
Nguyen van Thieu
Wachovia Bidg
Salem St. Thomasville
N. C
Nat Walker
Artistic Beauty College
Dolly
N. Main
High Point
Grace Flower
Wrenn St
Westwood
Wife
Sparkles
Williams Flowers
South Main Street
RCA
RCA Service Company
Holbrook St
Greensboro
N.C
Winston-Salem
Harold C. Davis Funeral Home
Harold C. Davis
Chapel of Blowers North Main
Farriss Avenue
Ruth Oliphant
West End
Beauty Shop
College Preparatory
Oak Ridge
OAK Ridge Military Institute
P. O. Box
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