Stand by President Is Criticized Over Voting Age Issue
Washington AP reports President Nixon faces sharp criticism from Rep Emanuel Celler Democrat New York chairing the House Judiciary Committee who says Nixon’s move to separate the 18 year old vote from the Voting Rights Act is part of a Southern strategy to kill the bill Celler questions the delay and warns that sending the measure to conference could thwart the act Nixon maintains support for reducing the voting age but says it must be via constitutional amendment and notes possible effects on state local and national elections The President insists the Senate version would be unconstitutional and urges quick passage of an amendment while Ford disputes Celler’s view and favors pushing the measure to conference alone The 1965 act has expanded Negro voter registration in the South and critics say its renewal hinges on the 18 year old provision
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Nizon
Emanuel Celfer
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Congress
Congressional
Stats Ate
House
Senate
House-Senate
Celler
Gerald R. Ford
R-Mich
Miserly Ark woman leaves 250000 to UNCF
Detroit AP reports Regina M. Peffly, a reclusive and thrifty woman with no known relatives, left almost 250000 to the United Negro College Fund. Probate was opened after her Jan 4 death in a small Detroit flat. Her will names Judge Wade McCree as fiscal agent. UNCF officials say they were unaware of her existence until after her death.
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Detroit
United Negro College Fund
Regina M. Peffly
Johnson interview deletion sparks JFK theory doubt
Washington Post reports CBS deleted a Johnson remark questioning the Warren Commission theory of a single Kennedy assassin at Johnson's request for national security reasons. The final installment airs Saturday night. CBS declined comment, though sources confirm deletions and Johnson’s reservations about the commission’s findings.
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Washington
Columbia Broadcasting System
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Washington Post
The
Post
New York
CBS
Commission
Richard S. Salant
CBS News
Salant
Walter Cronkite
Miss Homecoming Queen of U S Miss Homecoming Queen 1970
Fayettsville Arkansas AP Ann Hartenstein a junior at the University of Arkansas is named Miss Homecoming Queen American 1970 chosen from 3021 candidates. The contest was by the National Interfraternity Advisory Council. Star carriers report trips to Shreveport for Hee Haw and to Ft Worth for the Glen Campbell show with more outings planned.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Ann Hartenstein
University of Arkansas
Miss Hartenstein
Robert E. Hartenstein
Little Rock
National Interfraternity Advisory Council
Nine Hope Star
Shreveport
T.V. Gang
Roy Clark
Were, Jr. Sample
LuLu
Grandpa Jones
Archie Cambell
Mary Taylor
Brad Rogers
Naida Patton
Donna Atkins
Mike Clif
Drops Charge Against FBI Agent In El Dorado Case
In El Dorado, a charge of disturbing the peace against FBI agent Floyd Thomas was dropped at a federal court hearing after Dwight Farish requested dismissal. Farish had fled the charge tied to an April incident at his home where authorities alleged Thomas investigated a Ku Klux Klan meeting. Local Klansman Robert Shelton criticized the move as harassment while U.S. Attorney Bethel Larey defended the action as proper, noting records were confiscated and would not be reused if the case had continued.
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EL Dorado, Ark
FBI
Floyd Thomas
Dorado
U.S
Dwight Farish
el Dorado
Farish
Thomas
Ku Klux Klan
Allen Smith
Smith
Robert Shelton
Imperializard
United Klans of America
Shelton
America
U.S. Atty
Bethel Larey
Lavey
Nolan McDowell
Larey
Miss Farley speaks at Liong Club luncheon
Miss Marylyn Farley of Little Rock addressed the Liong Club at the Town & Country noon luncheon on Monday. The program, arranged by Cecil O'Steen, highlighted her background from the University of Oregon and the University of California, followed by two years in the Peace Corps in Guatemala and her current role as public information officer for the Model Cities Program.
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Little Rock
Farley
Peace Corps
Marylyn Farley
Liong Club
Town & Country
Cecil O'Steen
University of Oregon
University of Californ
Miss Farley
Guatemala
Model Cities
$25 Billion for Treatment of Pollution
May or Carl Stokes of Cleveland told a Senate water pollution panel that at least 25 billion dollars is needed for treatment facilities to clean the nation’s waters. He supported Senator Muskie’s 25 billion target, saying the Nixon plan of 10 billion is insufficient.
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Washington
Carl Stokes
Cleveland
Senate
Stokes
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Air and Water Pollution
Congress
Charles McC. Mathias
R-Md
The Negro Community Reflections on Federal Aid and Pollution
Ester Hicks comments on state pollution controls and federal funding, criticizing delays and urging Congress to fund long term water pollution programs. Also includes a May 3 calendar of events with gospel singers, union service in Arkansas churches, and a funeral notice for Charles Chambers in Lonoke.
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Congress
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W.T. Keys
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Thomas E. Cherry
Charles Chambers
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Hicks Funeral Home, Inc
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