California Courts Move to Break Campus Unrest
The California attorney general obtained a court order to dismiss militant campus officers at San Francisco State College and placed $250,000 of student aid funds in receivership as Dr. S Hayakawa suspends two Negro teachers over a strike. At Wisconsin 1800 Guardsmen quelled demonstrations amid a fading classroom boycott while a student charged with burning a Confederate flag faces state law limits. Elsewhere, Santa Barbara students declare a liberated zone demanding a Black studies department, and other campuses report expulsions and protests as national tensions over race and authority escalate.
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Associated Press
California
San Francisco State College
University of Wisconsin
University of South Carolina
South Carolina
United States
S. Hayakawa
Wisconsin
H. Edwin Young
Wisconsin Student Association
Brett Bursey
Bursey
AWARE
University of California At
Sumner High School
Kansas City
Kan
City Hall
Exemptions Bill on Tax Slated for Thursday
Arkansas House set a Special order of business for Thursday to act on a proposal to remove all exemptions from state sales and use tax laws. Rep. Bennie Ryburn moved to strip the measure from the Revenue and Taxation Committee amid strong debate on taxes and job classification plans for state workers.
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Kane
Jesse Hayes
Pocashontas
Arkansas
ED Shearer
Associated Press
Little Rock
Arkansas House
Bennie Ryburn
Monticello
Ryburn
Revenue and Taxation Committee
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Senate
Clarence E
Mike” Frost
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Commission On Higher Education
Ray S. Smith Jr
Hot Springs
Smith
Byburn
R. A
Doc” Caldwell Jr
Proctor
Guy H
Matt’ Jones
Conway
Robert Harvey
Swifton
Jones
Joint Budget Commission
Frost
Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical University
Senate Insurance Committee
Richard Earl Griffin
Crossett
Interstate Slab Repairs Planned in Two-Phase Traffic Plan
Four approach slabs on the twin bridge structures require removal and subgrade rework followed by partial reassembly. The repair will occur in two phases and keep traffic moving in one direction on the Interstate at all times, with Eastbound lanes closed for about fifteen days then Westbound. Eastbound detours use U.S. Highway 67 via Fulton. Westbound re-entry at the Homan Interchange.
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Homan
Fulton
Confession Signed After Torture By Navy Officer
In Coronado California a Navy court of inquiry heard Lt Edward Murphy Jr describe his forged spy confession obtained after two days of North Korean torture and two death threats He argued the Eisenhower era Code of Conduct does not fit modern psychological warfare and said he considered his confession a deviation from the code The inquiry probes why the Pueblo surrendered and the crew’s conduct while prisoners Murphy testified he signed a false confession under beatings and threats then heard others confess in a hostile environment Seattles Sonics welcome Rod Thorn and Dorie Murray back from injuries for a game against the Chicago Bulls Other political measures considered in the House included bills on juries sentencing service station games higher education commissions and program approvals.
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Richard F. Meyer
Associated Press
Coronado
Calif
U.S
Uss Pueblo
Edward FR. Murphy Jr
Navy
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Lloyd M. Bucher
The
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Bucher
Eisenhower
Griffin
Bob Jackson
Newport
James Shayer
Paul Meers
L.L. “Doe?! Bryan
Commission On Higher Education
Ray S. Smith Jr
Jerusalem House Blasted by Bomb
A hand grenade exploded damaging a Jewish-occupied house on El Monachelm Street in Old Jerusalem. No injuries reported as police dismantled a second grenade. In Bethlehem, 700 students held protests for anti-Israeli guerrillas while Nablus and Ramallah saw hunger and strikes tied to the conflict.
First Offender Reformatory Bill Offered in Arkansas Senate
A bill in the Arkansas Senate proposes an intermediate reformatory for first offenders under 21, designating Tucker Prison Farm as the site and allowing courts to send felons under 18 to Pine Bluff Boys Training School. The act would permit transfer to the reformatory for unruly youths, with sponsors Sen. Clarence Bell Sen. W. K. Ingram and Sen. Joe Lee Anderson.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Senate
Senate Penitentiary Committee
Tucker Prison Farm
Pine Bluff
Clarence Bell
Parkin
W. K. Ingram
West Memphis
Joe Lee Anderson
Helena
David
Loreal
Personal Income Rise Smallest in Over Year
Washington reports the smallest monthly rise in personal income in more than a year. Commerce Department data show January income at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 715 billion dollars, up 1.6 billion, with government payrolls near 101 billion. Factors include labor disputes and tax increases.
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Washington
Commerce Department
24 hour truce amid renewed battles reported in Vietnam
The U S and South Vietnamese command reported about 60 battalion size or larger operations underway despite a 24 hour truce. US helicopter gunships killed 24 enemy soldiers in the Central Highlands and destroyed two Viet Cong sampan convoys near Saigon. A helicopter was shot down near Saigon, two crewmen rescued, the 2370th US helicopter loss. The New Jersey attacked the northern DMZ after North Vietnamese forces fired on a reconnaissance plane. The battleship silenced a NV gun position and destroyed a bunker.
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U.S
Central Highlands
Mekong Delta
Saigon
New Jersey
Demilitarized Zone
Office Memo Sums To 19 Hours Of Work In Eight
A worker recalls a half hour for a box of paper clips and 46 minutes for tax prep. He totals time spent on vacation planning, searching for an organizer, and daydreaming, reaching 19 hours for eight paid hours. A colleague jokes the boss turns the office into a salt mine and hints at a merit raise demand.
Olio Across Down Puzzle Plucks Names and Clues
A compact puzzle page lists across and down clues with themes linking terms like verbs, colors, metals, and places. Readers tackle relationships among people, places, and objects such as heraldic emblems, birds, celestial terms, and historic names while noting linguistic hints and abbreviations.
Racing for Rehabilitation at Mansfield Reformatory
Inmates in an automotive class run by Sgt. Jerry Campbell operate the High Walls Special rebuilt racer. Each weekend in season the car competes at a nearby dirt track against top Wheelmen. Three inmates join as pit crew and always return. about 100 men have passed through the course, most finding outside work as mechanics with none needing a refresher.
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Ohio
Mansfield Reformatory
Jerry Campbell
High Walls
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