Bombs Explode In Skyscrapers Protests Hit NYC and Chapel Hill
A chaotic day of bomb blasts and student protests disrupts Chapel Hill High as 250 black pupils rally after presenting eight demands to Principal May Marshbanks. Police reinforce the 13-officer detail as students evacuate the building amid protests tied to antiwar actions and corporate power. Bombings ripple to New York city with blasts at RCA Building Rockefeller Center and General Motors Building, prompting officials to probe the incidents.
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Questions From The Page: Readers Seek Answers On Law And Life
A collage of reader queries covers military service length in Germany, divorce custody and name changes, rental or store advice, and local traffic issues. Questions include whether a cook must serve 18 months in Germany, how to change children’s names after a second marriage, how to handle custody details, and why a chest X ray unit is visiting Thomasville.
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Administration Changes Tax Views
Treasury Secretary David M. Kennedy shifted from critic to supporter of the Senate Finance Committee tax plan. He argued the measure is not too complex or inflationary, spoke to an oilmen group in Houston, and signaled Treasury will refine its reaction in forthcoming speeches while urging the Senate to modify only one floor dispute.
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Veterans Day 1969 War Protests Rise Across Nation
Americans honored war dead amid demonstrations of support for President Nixon’s Vietnam policy and preparations for protests against the U S course in the war. Veterans groups backed counterdemonstrations and Nixon aides framed Veterans Day as peace with honor.
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Acute Timber Shortage Predicted By Budget Chief
BOCA RATON Fla Acute timber shortage is predicted for the next five years with a surge in lumber prices and a shift to substitutes. Budget Director Robert P Mayo, chairman of President Nixon's lumber task force, warned that housing constriction will raise demand. He estimates softwood demand by 1978 could exceed current output by 6 to 8 billion board feet, urging a large federal increase in harvest from national forests and comparable gains from state and private forests.
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Youth wage debate intensifies in Washington
In Washington AP reports a White House proposal for a lower youth wage sparks a split among officials. Maurice Stans endorses a $1.20 to $1.25 youth rate, while Labor Secretary George Shultz and organized labor oppose any subminimum for youths. Labor sources note no firm plan exists yet and a study on youth unemployment is ongoing.
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Justice Parker Dies At 77
RALEIGH AP North Carolina chief justice Robert Hunt Parker died Monday at Rex Hospital Raleigh after a heart attack. Appointed in 1966 by Gov Dan Moore Parker was known for conservative views on race and public morality and remained active despite illnesses. Funeral services set for Wednesday at Christ Church Raleigh with burial in Enfield. Governor Bob Scott praised his long public service and noted he would appoint a successor until the 1970 election. Parker began on the Superior Court in 1962 and rose to the state Supreme Court to its top position.
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Federal judge bouts DC abortion ban as unconstitutional
US District Court Judge Gerhard A Gesell struck down the District of Columbia law prohibiting abortions by doctors, ruling the 1901 ban vague and unconstitutional. He said a woman's liberty may extend to early pregnancy decisions and urged quick appeal to the Supreme Court, noting similar laws exist in about 40 states and AMA model provisions.
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