Senate Debates Revised Federal Narcotics Laws
Senate opens Saturday session after passing organized crime bill. The new narcotics measure lowers penalties for possession and use of marijuana and heroin while increasing sentences for traffickers. House action unlikely this week as hearings on Safe Streets grants begin February 18. Major anti crime push praised by Atty. Gen. Mitchell with focus on federal enforcement against illegal gambling revenues.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Nixon
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Congress
Mitchell
House
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Judiciary Committee
Egyptian warplanes strike Sinai oasis El Arish
Egyptian air raid penetrates Sinai desert reaching El Arish near the Suez Gulf. An Arab woman and a 17 year old boy are wounded as four houses are damaged while Israeli installations remain unharmed. Cairo says the attack hit enemy encampments and involved a single aircraft.
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Gaza Strip
Suez Gulf
Fighting Erupts Near Black Virgin Mountain and U Minh Forest
Near Nui Ba Den north of Saigon and in the U Minh Forest in the Mekong Delta fresh clashes left 37 enemy dead in two days. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces reported four wounded. twelve enemy soldiers were killed near Nui Ba Den with no American casualties. B52 strikes pummeled bases north of the mountain and staging areas along the A Shau Valley.
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U Minh Forest
Mekong Delta
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Nui Ba den
Naissance
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Enema
U.S. 11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Bu Dop
Nui Dato Mountain
A Shau
Abernathy Opposes Carswell Nomination
Rev. Ralph David Abernathy president of the SCLC condemns President Nixon's Supreme Court pick Judge G Harrold Carswell in a telegram to Senate leaders. He says the nomination targets blacks and the poor and urges Senators to reject it while urging a new nominee with commitment to equality and justice.
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Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
G. Harrold Carswell
U.S. Supreme Court
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Nixon
Senate
U S and Soviet Union Narrow Time for Nuclear Pact
Washington reports tentative early next month as the final step to join the nonproliferation treaty and bring it into force. Britain and 25 nonnuclear states have ratified, leaving 15 countries plus the United States and Russia to complete the 40-nation threshold.
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United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Britain
Russia
Unon
GOP Targets North Carolina 3rd 4th and 6th Districts
Republican leaders in Raleigh target the 3rd 4th and 6th districts to flip the NC delegation. Earl Ruth files for re election in the 8th while Herb Howell Nick Galifianakis Fred Steele and Roy Taylor figures compete against incumbents Henderson Galifianakis Preyer and Taylor as the party seeks to regain House control. Luke Atkinson emerges as a potential rival in Asheville politics.
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Gene Anderson
GOP
Anderson
Earl Ruth
RN. C
Ruth
House
Washington
Fred Steele
Galifianakis
Steele
Steel
Wake
Durham
Orange
Chatham
Randolph
Guilford
Alamance
Caswell
Rockingham
New Clash Over Education Funding Shapes Senate Bill
Senate Labor and Public Welfare panel approves a 35 billion four year school aid bill while the administration pushes a two year plan with no increase. The measure would expand assistance to districts affected by federal installations and lift total education aid for the year to 4.34 billion and rise to 8.49 billion by 1974, amid ongoing White House veto threats on a separate 19.7 billion education bill.
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Senate
Nixon
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Congress
White House
North Carolina warms after cold snap with Sunday highs
North Carolina ends a three week cold spell as a high pressure system moves east. The Weather Bureau predicts a warming trend with highs in the 50s by Sunday and partly cloudy skies for the start of the week. Snow largely melted, though some lingering ice affects driving conditions.
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Tar Heel
Atlantic Seaboard
Weather Bureau
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Raeligh
Sunday Reading and Films Hit High Point Scene
A Sunday Enterprise feature notes adults take evening classes at the old William Penn High School Building with a man learning to sew and a woman training as a brickmason. Other items preview more X rated movies and major films heading to High Point in coming months. A two month submarine patrol in the North Atlantic carries 16 Polaris missiles and remains out of sight.
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Sunday Enterprise
High Point
The
North Atlantic
Draft calls face snag as states split on February quotas
Selective Service officials in 15 states say they cannot meet the February ceiling set under the lottery system for 19 000 calls. Sixteen states plus DC expect to meet quotas, while 15 other states and New York City are uncertain. The ceiling aims to ensure lottery numbers are called evenly across boards.
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Missouri
Georgia
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Roy Taylor
Luke Atkinson
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