Witnesses vent on busing divide in school desegregation debate
Peggy Simpson reports from Washington where PTA leader Mrs. Richard P. Holmes of Richardson Texas argues busing minority children to white schools deepens white children’s sense of racial superiority and that forced integration won’t improve public education. Harry Golden suggests a constitutional fix to allow prayers on buses as a workaround.
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Washington
PTA
Dallas
Richard P. Holmes
Richardson, Tex
Judiciary
Wade
Harry Golden
N.C
Congress
Golden
Holmes
Edna Wade
Unified Concerned Citizens of Alabama Inc
Alabama
State ABC Stores Post Record Liquor Sales and Profits
North Carolina state ABC stores sold 178.2 million dollars of liquor in the last fiscal year, a four million rise from the year before, with record net profits exceeding 19.5 million. Mecklenburg led with 2.1 million profit on 20.5 million in sales. many counties and cities reported strong returns. The five cent rehabilitation tax yielded 2.3 million, down slightly from 2.4 million, amid shifting bottle size sales.
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Raleigh
N. C
ABC
North Carolina
State Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control
James W. Pierce
Pierce
Lion
Mecklenburg County
Autopsy Finds No Mutilation in Yellow Thunder Death
A second autopsy confirmed the cause of Raymond Yellow Thunder's death as a cerebral hemorrhage. Indians questioned rumors of torture, noting tension in white-Indian areas. Charges still pending against five whites from Gordon after the Feb 20 incident at an American Legion hall.
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Rapid City
S.D
Gordon
Neb
Raymond Yellow Thunder
Yellow Thunder
John Echo Hawk
Boulder
Colo
Echo Hawk
Native American Rights Fund
American Legion
American Indian Movement
AIM
South Dakota
Three IRA Terrorists Blown Up
In Belfast a blast at an IRA bomb workshop killed three members described as a teenage apprentice and two lieutenants. The group said to be volunteers included John Johnson age 20 and Gerard Crossan age 21 with Tony Lewis 16.Authorities called the explosion accidental as a 30 pound gelignite charge detonated during preparation. The incident raises sectarian tension in Northern Ireland amid ongoing violence.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Dublin
John Johnson
Gerard Crossan
Tony Lewis
Polish fish catch to be inspected by Coast Guard
Polish trawlers operating near the United States will undergo inspections by Coast Guard and federal fishery officials under a U S Poland agreement. The move targets vessels over 110 feet and aims to enforce fishing limits on species including soup, flounder, hake, menhaden and black sea bass. Cmdr Frank H. Diersen said inspections are voluntary but noncompliant masters will be reported to their nations.
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Portsmouth
Coast Guard
United States
Poland
Russia
U.S. Middle Atlantic
Frank H. Diersen
5Th Coast Guard
Eitheir
Viet Army Drives Into Cambodia To Hit Base Camps
A South Vietnamese armored force of about 100 vehicles and thousands of troops entered eastern Cambodia aiming to destroy North Vietnamese and Viet Cong bases. Initial reports say fewer than 5,000 troops in the first day with up to 20,000 by next week, as B52s soften target areas and air and artillery strikes support a broader offensive near Tay Ninh and Saigon vicinity.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Saigon - To- Phnom Penh
Tay Ninh
South Vietnam
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Associated Press
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Gastonia
Terry Woster
Rentlemens
Johnson St
Kodak
Akistan
George Esper
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
North Vietnam
Russell Stover
Calhoun Drug Store
Monthey Ave
ABS
Spencer-Parlier Bros
S. Main
High Point
SCV
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