Federal panel rules New York antibusing law unconstitutional
A three judge panel in Buffalo held New York State's antibusing statute invalid under the 14th Amendment. The law restricts involuntary pupil busing to achieve racial balance and applies only to appointed boards in about a dozen districts. The decision notes voluntary plans failed to curb segregation and cites Buffalo's high black school enrollment as context.
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Buffalo
New York State
New York
Louisiana
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
Donald Lee
State National Association For the Ad
Nasser Honored in Egypt as World Reacts After Death
Prayers for Gamal Abdel Nasser were held in 20000 mosques across Egypt on the Islamic holy day and the day after his funeral. Crowds filled Cairo streets as the nation mourned. Observers spoke of a potential presidency council led by Sadat and allies to guide Egypt. Brezhnev praised Nasser and pledged Soviet support. Viet Cong radios reported flags at half staff in his honor. Sadat and Sabry were briefly overwhelmed by emotion at the funeral.
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Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Nasser
Beirut
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Ali Sabry
The
Arab Socialist Union
Hussein Shafi
Farouk
Mohammed Fawzi
London
Daily Telegraph
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nas
Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Baku
Caspian Sea
Liberation Radio
State to Sue Carrboro for Unpaid Water Bill
The state of North Carolina will file suit next week to collect unpaid water charges from Carrboro in Orange County. UNC owns the system and announced a 140 percent rate increase from 50 cents to 1.20 per thousand gallons effective July 1. Carrboro resisted, hoping to prove discrimination. the dispute involves about 5,000 to 6,000 dollars monthly.
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Carrboro
Chapel Hill
State of
North Carolina
Orange
Wne
University of North Carolina
University
Carrie
UNC
Chapel Hill Police To Wear Blazers With Guns Hidden
Chapel Hill police will conceal their firearms and wear blue blazers to improve public image. Twelve officers on beats will start the experiment with three button gold emblem blazers and gray trousers. Chief Blake cites reduced perceived military presence as key, noting benefits around University of North Carolina and referencing a California town where assaults on officers dropped after similar attire.
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Chapel Hill
William D. Blake Sr
Blake
University of North Carolina
Menlo Park
Calif
March for Victory Rally Leaders Seek Million Attendees
Washington organizers of the March for Victory predict up to one million Americans will attend with flags and Bibles to support a military triumph in South Vietnam. Police expect about a quarter of that. no major confrontations between prowar and antiwar factions reported. Rev. Carl McIntire accuses Nixon of deserting Vietnamese and American soldiers. Nguyen Cao Ky canceled his U.S. appearance. The event opens with a Pentagon gathering and a Capitol memorial service before the noon Saturday march from the Mall staging to a rally.
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Washington
South Vietnam
Carl McIintire
International Council of Christian Churches
Nixon
McIntire
Pentagon
Capitol Steps
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Monument
Mandatory Attendance Stay Granted
U S District Judge Algernon Butler refused to order Lumbee Indian parents to send their children to schools assigned by a federal desegregation plan. He also denied an injunction compelling the Robeson County School Board to disregard district boundaries saying the matter is not for federal courts until state courts address it.
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Clinton
N. C
U.S
Algernon Butler
Butler
Robeson County
Wife Claims Unaware of $100,000 Theft by Husband
Belmont woman says she knew nothing of the $100,000 her husband is accused of stealing or of gifts he reportedly made. James H. Kirkland, 23, is charged with the theft alleged to occur on Sept. 12. Police arrested him, recovering $28,870 from a suitcase. Mrs. Kirkland says she learned of the case only at his arrest. Police sought money tossed into a river and a trash pile. none found. Kirkland is out on a $12,500 bond.
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Belmont, N. C
Belmont
James H. Kirkland
Kirkland
Lester Arnold
Cherokee
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