Freedom Sought By Groppi Challenging Contempt Writ
The Rev. James E. Groppi sought a writ of habeas corpus in Madison to free him from confinement for contempt of the state legislature. He led a Capitol protest as about 150 backers, mainly UW students, marched and vowed a long siege.
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Madison, Wis
James E. Groppi
Father Groppi
University of Wisconsin
Capitol
Hubert James
Washington, D.C
National Welfare Rights Organization
U.S. Dist
James Boyle
Vote For Tax Package Defended
State Sen. Harry Bagnal defended his vote for Gov. Bob Scott s tax package saying you either voted for the whole package or for nothing He endorsed the liquor tax and half the beer levy while denying a need for new taxes in the prior General Assembly He warned a 1972 Republican win could block future tax increases.
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Chapel Hill
Harry Bagnal
Forsyth
Bob Scott
Bagnal
General Assembly
Students Suspended After Racial Clashes at Rocky Mount High
Principal V. J. Colombo suspended 23 Negro students after hallways and lunchroom clashes at Rocky Mount High School. Four white students were injured. two treated at a hospital. The move follows a school board meeting urging action to curb trouble linked to the merger of Rocky Mount High and Booker T. Washington High.
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Rocky Mount, N. C
V. J. Colombo
Rocky Mount High School
Colombo
R. D. Armstrong
Booker T. Washington High School
Federal Trusteeship Over Indian Defended At Congress
Indian Commissioner Louis R. Bruce vowed to resist any move to end federal trusteeship for American Indians. He called termination wrong and backed Indian proposals for direct tribe funds, education, and economic development while noting past trustee terminations did not go well. Wendell Chino urged self determination as the congress met in Albuquerque.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Louis R. Bruce
National Congress of American Indians
Bruce
Nixon
Wisconsin
Oregon
Wendell Chino
Congress
New Mexico
Pageant at Hill Cumorah recalls Mormon faith origin
The annual religious pageant is staged on Hill Cumorah near Palmyra New York the site where Joseph Smith received the revelation that founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Cumorah
Palmyra
N.Y
Joseph Smith
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints
Tape Recorders on Easy Layaway at Nash Jewelry Co
Unredeemed tape recorders priced to save you money. A small deposit holds items on an easy layaway plan offered by Nash Jewelry Co located at 127 North Main Street.
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Nash Jewelry Co
N. Main St
Thieves Unload Cigarette Truck Near Henderson
A stolen tractor-trailer loaded with about 980 cases of Liggett & Myers cigarettes bound for Atlanta was found abandoned near Henderson. Thieves took most of the $108 000 cargo, leaving only 15 to 20 cases. The truck valued at 25000 was stolen from New Dixie Motor Lines on U S 70 west of Raleigh. FBI agents were called to process the scene.
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Henderson
N. C
State Highway Patrol
Dixie Motor Lines
U. S. 70
Raleigh
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co
Atlanta
Highway Patrol
FBI
Eisenhower Dollar Bill Faces House Roadblock
The push to mint a copper and nickel clad Eisenhower dollar stalled in the House after a party line vote fell about 30 short of the two thirds needed. Critics cited procedures and the timing of silver removal from Kennedy half dollars by 1971 while Nixon urged enactment by Eisenhower’s 79th birthday.
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Washington
House
GOP
H. R. Gross
Iowa
Eisenhower
Treasury Department
Kennedy
Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House Banking Committee
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