Rocky Mount Schools Try Desegregation Smooth Path
In Rocky Mount North Carolina the school system with about 3600 whites and 3400 blacks has pursued desegregation with a mix of measures. A biracial student council and race based appeal board give pupils a voice while teachers and administrators received 100 hours of race relations training.
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Rocky Mount
Eit
Ben F. Currin
North Carolina
U.S. Supreme Court
John Graham High School
Warrenton
Rocky “Mount
Rocky ‘Mount
Currin
School’ of Education
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Pension Measure Is Pushed Through Senate Debate
Washington AP reports Senate approval paves way for a $5 billion Social Security increase to Nixon for a swift passage. The plan would boost checks for about 26 million Americans by 10 to 56 percent on Jan 1, with payments rising in June. The package would also raise the wage base to $9,000 and set eventual employer and worker contributions at 6.5 percent by 1987. The House is expected to accept the Senate’s 10 percent boost, but may reject the $100 minimum monthly payment. The measure also liberalizes benefits for 600,000 elderly not covered by regular Social Security and allows retirees to earn up to $2,400 a year without benefit loss. The bill would raise the national debt limit to $430 billion. The administration says the increase is needed by Tuesday to avoid Treasury embarrassment.
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Troops to Remain as Laos Campaign Near End
South Vietnamese field officers said the Laos operation should end in about two weeks with most troops withdrawing to border posts. Brig. Gen. Pham Van Phy reported decimating Hanoi s 59th Logistics Command, a major Ho Chi Minh trail supplier. Some units already moved toward the border as operations wind down.
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Holger’ Jensen
Associated Press
Saigon
Laos
George Esper
Ham Nghi
Pham van Phy
Hanoi
59Th Logistics Command
Phu
Highway 9
Esper
Sepone
Delta One
Sophia
Vietnamese forces push toward Sepone as Route 914 focus
U S troops advancing in Laos drive toward Sepone as the 1st Infantry Division begins the final phase of a patrol of Route 914. North Vietnamese casualties and war materiel losses from heavy U S air strikes are reported near Sepone with Saigon pressing helicopter lift tactics to pressure the supply network despite a pullback.
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U.S
Laos
Sepone
1St Infantry Division
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Muong Nong
North Vietnam
Saigon
Lutheran minister works hard at University of Maryland
America's first woman Lutheran minister, Rev. Elizabeth Platz, 29, serves as university chaplain at Maryland. She suggests a mother image can aid counseling college students, noting that students seek help beyond gender. She has five years at the university and was ordained last November.
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College Park
America
Elizabeth Platz
University of Maryland
Miss Platz
Lt Col Herbert predicts end of Army career in civil service clash
Lt Col Anthony B. Herbert, 40, says within six months he will receive a letter date for becoming a civilian and plans to file charges against Maj Gen John Barnes and Col J Ross Franklin over alleged failure to investigate crimes in Vietnam. He accuses commanders of tolerating murder and torture of Vietnamese civilians in the Ca Lai area. CID is investigating. Herbert notes the probe began after he threatened federal action. He is a Silver Star and Bronze Star recipient, wounded four times, married with one child, and pursued a master's degree after enlisting as a high school dropout. He says his action is to honor colleagues and debts of professional support.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Anthony B. Herbert
Herbert
John Barnes
J. Ross Franklin
173 Airborne Brigade
Ca Lai
Ytrea
Rejection Pleases Textilists
Leaders of the Textile Workers Union of America praised President Nixon for rejecting Japanese textile trade proposals. The AFL-CIO affiliated union said the proposals would not provide meaningful relief from excessive imports and supported pursuing quotas along Rep. Mills plan.
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Atlanta, Ga
Textile Workers Union of America
Nixon
Afl-Cio
TWUA
William Pollock
Union
Wilbur D. Mills
Mills
Meir urges joint peace force for Sinai and Gaza tensions
Premier Golda Meir advocated a multinational peacekeeping force to demilitarize Sinai and deter attacks on Egypt or Israel. She also said Israel would retain Sharm el Sheikh and the Golan Heights, oppose Gaza return, and reject a separate Palestinian state. The U N and United States discussions on peacekeeping and indirect talks proceed amid Soviet criticism and US assurances of friendly engagement.
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Egypt
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Meir
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Gaza Strip
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Jordan River
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Izvestia
William P. Rogers
U.S
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