Singer interrupts White House dinner with antiwar protest
At a White House dinner honoring Reader's Digest founders, a professional singer unrolled a protest sign criticizing Nixon's North Vietnam bombing. The Secret Service questioned her, no charges filed, she left by taxi. Nixon later praised Conniff and the Marine Band as guests reacted with shock and disapproval.
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Washington
White House
Reader's Digest
Ray Conniff
Nixon
North Vietnam
Lila
Dewitt Wallace
Jesus Christ
Carol Feraci
Conniff
Los Angeles
John Mulcahy
Bronxville, N.Y
Feraci
Secret Service
U.S. Marine Band
Vietnam
Martha Mitchell
John N. Mitchell
Wallaces
North Carolina Supreme Court Allows Return of Seized Adult Books
The NC Supreme Court orders Raleigh stores to return about 4000 seized publications while warning that intentional public dissemination could lead to charges under the 1971 obscenity law. Appellants Joe Bryant John Knoll Don Childs and B R Queen faced old law charges. court placed them on notice of possible future prosecutions.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Supreme Court
General Assembly
Joe Bryant
John Knoll
Don Childs
B. R. Queen
Hich
Knoll
Childs
Queen
Bryant, Knoll and Childs
Superior Court
Edward B. Clark
State Court of Appeals
Women Meet On Politics In Durham
About 500 to 800 women from across North Carolina gathered in Durham to launch the North Carolina Women's Political Caucus. The program featured talks by women's leaders, candidate briefings on gubernatorial platforms, nine issue workshops, and a push for 50 percent female participation in state boards.
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Durham
N.C
North Carolina
Women's Political Caucus
Pat Taylor
Hugh Morton
Reginald Hawkins
James Holfhouser
Hargrove
Bowles
American Association of University Women
The
League of Women Voters
Afl-Cio Women's Activities Department
Democratic
Republican Women of
Midge Miller
Wisconsin
Carole Anne Taylor
New York
National Women's Political Caucus
Prison unrest prompts NC to seek bigger corrections budget
Greensboro official A S Webb urges a $40 million corrections budget for actual needs and calls for Blacks in policy making. He cites rising inmate counts and racial disparities, stressing equitable administration and reform as essential amid nationwide prison unrest.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Commission of Correction
Commission
A. S. Webb
Raleigh
North Carolina
Department of Correction
Webb
Correction Department
Computerized heart analysis eyed to surpass cardiologists
Doctors at USC Rancho Los Amigos Hospital in Downey California use a heart monitoring computer with an 85 percent accuracy versus traditional cardiologist diagnoses. It detects tiny heart lesions and scars, predicts possible heart attacks, and could cost about twenty thousand dollars, with patients wearing a jacket of electrodes for quick printouts.
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Downey
Calif
University of Southern California
Rancho Los Amigos Hospital
Ron Selvester
USC
Selvester
Freedom of Prisoners Hijacker Demands 300000
An unnamed hijacker seized a jet with 101 aboard from Los Angeles to New York and demanded over 300000 dollars plus freedom for Angela Davis and a Dallas prisoner. He landed at Kennedy and released 94 passengers while negotiations continued with FBI, with his identity tied to Garrett Trapnell.
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New York
Angela Davis
Dallas
Los Angeles
Trans World Airlines
Illinois
Europe
Kennedy International Airport
FBI
Federal Aviation Agency
Garrett Brook Trapnell
Waltham
Mass
FAA
Washington
Nixon
Miami
Stuart Markus
TWA
Markus
Ray Schreiber
Garrett Trapnell
Orange County
Santa Anna
Calif
Freeport
Bahamas
Trapnell
Dutchess County
Poughkeepsie
Wallace Criticizes Loyalty Oath Demands Amid 1972 Bid
Governor George Wallace denounces Democratic leaders for requiring a loyalty oath before party acceptance. He says he will likely run the full Democratic primary route in several states while others argue he plans to spoil the election for Nixon. Jackson and McGovern dispute Wallace’s allegiance while Maddox defends him.
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George Wallace
Alabama
Florida
Mother O’brien
Lawrence O’brien
Wallace
American Independent Party
Jack
Consin
Indiana
Maryland
Tennessee
North Carolina
Sen
Henry Jackson
Washington
Nixon
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Jackson
George McGovern
South Dakota
Oil Industry Backing Private SST Development
Kenneth A. Gaskin of Tiara Oil Co says White House letters back a private plan to develop two prototype SSTs. The SST Transport & Trading Co plans a 500 aircraft fleet, projecting $25 billion in aircraft sales and $25 billion in petroleum industry sales, with implementation by year end.
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Washington
White House
Kenneth A. Gaskin
Tiara Oil Co
Gaskin
William M. Magruder
SST Transport & Trading Co
Ribicoff Drops Support for Welfare Reform Plan
U S Senator Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut withdraws backing from President Nixon’s family welfare reform plan. He argues against a universal $2,400 annual income and favors a pilot program before enactment, warning the proposal could swell welfare rolls and undermine reform efforts.
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Washington
Nixon
Sen
Abraham Ribicoff
Ribicoff
D-Conn
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
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Corrections
W. Lee Bounds
Sonville
Pennsylvania
Wis
George C. Wallace
House
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