NEA Discusses Touchy Issues at 1970 Convention
Seven thousand delegates at the NEA 108th annual meeting in San Francisco commence work on the 1970 71 program addressing integration church state relations and federal aid to education. Walter J. O'Brien warns desegregation risks hatred and discrimination while James H. Williams notes hundreds of incidents of black educators being demoted or fired post integration.
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San Francisco
National Education Association
NEA
Walter J. O’brien
Trenton
N.J
NEA Human Rights Council
O’brien
South
James H. Williams
Southeast
Atlanta
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
SEATO Condemns North Vietnamese Attacks in Cambodia
The SEATO council urged a political solution based on Cambodia’s sovereignty and neutrality. It offered diplomatic help but no military aid to the Cambodian government, noting only six of eight members endorsed the communique and USA stance against SEATO military involvement in Cambodia.
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Manila
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Cambodia
Alliance
Council of Ministers
United States
Thailand
Monday Holiday Plan Adopted By 45 States
Forty five states have adopted Always on Monday holiday bills to grant workers three day weekends each year starting with Columbus Day as a national holiday. The plan shifts Washingtons Birthday Memorial Day Columbus Day Veterans Day and Labor Day to Mondays for federal workers and District of Columbia. Some states including Louisiana Oklahoma South Dakota West Virginia and Wisconsin will reconsider in January while eight states rejected Columbus Day.
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Washington
Louisiana
Oklahoma
South Dakota
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Congress
District of Columbua
George Washington
Robert McClory
Ill
McClory
Gates
Alaska
Arkansas
Iowa
Maine
Mississippi
Nevada
Oregon
South Carolina
Pentagon trims draft target as calls fall and boards told
Draft planning shrinks from 260000 to 150000–180000 while monthly calls retreat with August at 10000. Local boards told not to forward men with numbers above 215 for pre induction exams as Tarr’s remarks spark speculation on higher lottery outcomes. Induction for those born in 1951 deferred to next year with no official high end estimate.
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Tarr
Trial Opens In Absentia For Sihanouk In Cambodia
In Phnom Penh a military tribunal began the trial in absentia of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodia’s ousted leader, charged with treason for allegedly aiding the Viet Cong and sabotaging the economy. Premier Lon Nol’s government seeks to weaken his popular support among about seven million Cambodians.
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Phnom Penh
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Sihanouk
Lon Nol
Europe
Silent Majority rally at Lincoln Memorial stirs tension
Organizer plans to ignore the event while radicals warn of chaotic scenes at the reflecting pool with unclothed children, Viet Cong flags, and drug use. Activists counter that a manufactured patriotism fuels the protests, not genuine popular sentiment.
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Lincoln Memorial
Waskow
Trucker settlement brings wage increases in Chicago strike
About 37,000 Chicago area truck drivers reach a tentative deal raising wages by 1.65 an hour over 34 months, from 4.15 to 5.80, ending a local strike amid a broader industry lockout. Frank E. Fitzsimmons calls the agreement responsive to union demands as operations plan to resume. Ray Schoessling says trucks will roll once equipment is ready.
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Chicago
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
The
International Teamsters
Ray Schoessling
Teamsters Joint Council 25
North Carolina cities seek higher share of gasoline tax
S Leigh Wilson executive director of the North Carolina Local Government Commission told a subcommittee that cities need a larger portion of the nine cent state gasoline tax under the Powell Bill. He urged a half cent increase to reach about 1 percent for municipal streets and urged a $20 million 1971 73 appropriation to provide 25 percent state matching grants for sewage treatment works.
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Arolina Unicipa Ties
General Assembly
S. Leigh Wilson
The
North Carolina Local Government Commission
Wilson
Department of Water and Air Resources
Powell
North Carolina
Irish Smugglers Pursued After London Raids
Scotland Yard hunted an Irish arms ring after raids on three London homes yielded four heavy machine guns, dozens of rifles, submachine guns, 23 000 rounds of ammunition, and other military equipment. Two married couples and four others were questioned as detectives linked the seizure to planned shipments to Ireland amid sectarian clashes.
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London
Scotland Yard
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Marcos Says Japan Must Replace U S in Asia
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos urged Japan to take a more active military role as the United States maintains a presence in Asia. He warned that withdrawal would worry small nations and noted Japan’s growing defense budget while expressing confidence in improving U S Philippines ties after talks with Secretary Rogers about a phased U S personnel reduction.
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Pacific
Marcos
William P. Rogers
Rogers
United States
Asia
Rights Head Denies Charge on Desegregation Delays
Justice Department civil rights chief Jerris Leonard denies press charges that he urged delaying desegregation deadlines for Chatham and Bladen counties in North Carolina. Leonard says he only proposed a one year extension, which was rejected. Panetta alleges Leonard pushed Burlington plan and notes other districts with high Black student concentrations.
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Washington
Justice Department
North Carolina
Jerris Leonard
Leonard
Leon Panetta
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Panetta
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Cincinnati
Tion
Chatham
Bladen
Burlington
N. C
Richland
Columbia
S. C
Lenoir County
N.C
Bounds Recommends Prisoner Incentives For State
North Carolina Commissioner of Corrections Lee Bounds urges an incentive pay plan for inmates. Wages of 10 cents to $1 a day would come from the prison enterprise fund, costing up to $402,000 annually. He also proposes shifting funding from the Highway Commission contract to the general fund to free enterprise funds for wages.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Commissioner of Correction
Lee Bounds
Department of Correction
Bounds
Advisory Budget Commission
General Assembly
State Correction Commission
Prison Enterprise Fund
North Carolina Highway Commission
Correction Department
Highway Commission
A Grim Reminder From Gastonia Firework Incident
Charles Bishop of Gastonia holds a firecracker as a grim reminder of a July 4 1969 accident caused by a homemade mixture.
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Charles Bishop
Gastonia
Bald Head Island Ownership Fight Highlights Private Sale Option
Bald Head Island remains under a private sale option as Carolina Cape Fear Corp. may buy the 12 000 acre island before the Sunday deadline. Frank Sherrill says the firm is interested but has not approached him recently. Governor Scott pushes for state ownership to protect the ecology and block private resort plans valued at 288 million dollars. Nature Conservancy offers a path to public ownership by funding Sherrill’s asking price to buy time for public funds.
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Greensboro
Bald Head Island
Sherrill
Carolina-Cape Fear Corp
Henderson
Bob Scott
Cape Fear
Nature Conservancy
Nine Arabs Killed in West Bank Clash and Gaza Attacks
Israeli army reports nine Arab saboteurs from Jordan killed west of the Jordan River near the King Abdullah Bridge with no Israeli casualties. Separately grenades wounded 23 in Israeli towns, a 14 year old Arab boy was killed in Gaza, and others were injured as troops conducted searches.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan
Jordan River
Sea of Galilee
King Abdullah Bridge
Dead Sea
Suez Canal
Hebron
Jerusalem
Gaza
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William McMahon
John Foster Dulles
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J. Curtis Counts
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William R. Henderson
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