Senate Approves Kleindienst as Attorney General
Rich ard G. Kleindienst wins a 64 to 19 Senate vote to become the nation's top law enforcement officer after a four month confirmation fight. Democrats pressed antitrust and ITT links while Republicans largely supported the Phoenix lawyer as 24 days of hearings concluded with a confident Kleindienst stating the process is over.
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Henry M. Jackson
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Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
Carter Sees McGovern Move Toward Southern Acceptability
Governor Carter says McGovern's move toward regional acceptability hinges on key issues. He cites need for pledged delegate support clarity and welfare tax positions, and notes 250 more delegate votes may be required to win on first ballot at Miami convention. Georgia, South Carolina, Missouri, and Oklahoma cited as potential sources.
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Southern Democrats hear on party platform in Atlanta
The Democratic Party holds a day long hearing in Atlanta to gauge Southern views on the national platform. Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, Senator David Gambrell, and civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy testifying, with a goal to guide platform writers later in the month.
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Associated Press
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Abernathy
Miami Beach
Alabama
George Wallace
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Gambrell
South Carolina
Robert McNair
ARP Church Ends Meet With Memorial Service
The General Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church closed its 168th annual meeting with a memorial service. Rev. W. P. Grier of Mooresville ARP Church was named moderator elect to succeed Charles Carlisle of Due West in 1973. A commission will seek a central site for denominational offices and a committee will study building a home for the aged.
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Charles Carlisle
Due West
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Carlisle
Erskine College
Charlotte
Atlanta
Rock Hill
Communist Party Seeks Signatures for NC Ballot
Jarvis Tyner, Communist party candidate for vice president, told Charlotte that the party has 3,000 of 10,000 signatures needed by July to qualify for North Carolina ballots. He, a Black activist, toured the city to boost the campaign as the party pushes a serious bid in 1972 after a small 1968 showing.
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Jarvis Tyner
Communist Party
North Carolina
Tyner
Education Bill Backed By Preyer in Washington
Rep. Richardson Preyer the only NC Democrat on the House delegation to back the $21.3 billion education bill as the House approved it 218 to 180. The measure includes a strong antibusing provision delaying desegregation orders for 18 months while appeals run, drawing mixed reactions from Civil rights supporters and antibusing members.
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Roy Taylor
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Nick Galifianakis
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Walter Jones
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Black minister named NC Methodist district superintendent
The Rev James H McCallum was named the first Black district superintendent in the North Carolina United Methodist Conference, overseeing 82 churches in the Sanford District. He previously led Wilson Temple Church in Raleigh and served as assistant to Bishop Cannon. Early moves to Rockingham to head the new 12th District.
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North Carolina United Methodist Conference
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Wilson Temple
United Methodists Church
Raleigh
J. W. Early
Sanford
Early
Rockingham
William R. Cannon
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Chicago Delegates Face Challenge to Daley Ties at Convention
A hearing by the Democratic Credentials Committee found Chicago Democrats violated reform rules more flagrantly than others. Ten independent challengers claim the organization secretly slated and endorsed delegate candidates while Daley aides defend quotas as lawful but critics say disenfranchise voters. Cecil Poole, hearing officer, to report in weeks.
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Richard J. Daley
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Daley
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Chicago Democrats
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Davis
Cecil F. Poole
San Francisco
Judge Orders Docket Clearance for Conventions
In Miami a circuit judge directs clearing trial dockets to keep police available for street duty during two summer political conventions. Chief Judge Marshall Wiseheart said the move aims to cooperate with officers normally involved in traffic accidents and criminal cases.
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