Nixon Steps Up Action On Integration
The Nixon administration files suits against Mississippi education officials and 27 districts in three other Southern states to desegregate 46 dual systems. Attorney General Mitchell notes progress in negotiations but says further lawsuits target remaining districts, affecting about 95,000 Black and 100,000 white students in 361 schools. Gov. Maddox accuses the federal action of uneven standards.
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Civil Rights
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South Carolina
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Texas
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund
John N. Mitchell
Lester Maddox
Arkansas Weather Summary for Friday to Saturday
Four hour report ending at 7am notes Friday highs near 96 and lows around 72. Forecasts generally fair conditions through Saturday with milder tonight then a warming trend from the west. Tonight lows mid 60s in the northeast, high 90s reaching Saturday across the state in the low to upper 90s.
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Rockefeller Bolstering Arkansas Image in 1960s Campaign
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller aims to show Arkansas voters his administration boosts the state's image and welfare. The report notes his French language diplomacy during a governors delegation tour of France and a 30 minute White House discussion, signaling influence with the president.
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Robert Shaw
Associated Press
Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
France
White House
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Rogers Asks Europe for Mideast Help
U S Secretary of State William P. Rogers travels from the Far East to London for talks with Prime Minister Heath and officials on Middle East and Asia policy. Topics include Arab-Israeli tensions, Vietnam withdrawal implications, and Britain’s stance on South Africa and Rhodesia.
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Associated Press
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William P. Rogers
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Edward Heath
Alec Douglas-Home
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Israel
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Malaysia
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Foreign Office
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
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Persian Gulf
Europe
Russia
Washington
Insomniac in Sleep Lab Could Aid Millions
Houston story follows Lester Jordan, a 26 year old insomniac who works in a sleep shop, as researchers at Baylor and Methodist hospital study sleep patterns. Dr Frost and team monitor brain waves with EEG to understand REM sleep and test non barbiturate drugs like chloral hydrate and flurazepam for maintaining sleep. Jordan, paid seven dollars a night, shares he designs beds and once imagined an automatic shutoff for his vibrator bed lamp and radio.
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Annals of Medicine
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Ucla Sleep Research and Treatment Facility
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California
Baylor
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Execution of Wiser Is Stayed
LITTLE ROCK AP A formal stay of execution for James Wiser was issued by the Arkansas Supreme Court. Wiser, convicted of first degree murder in Carroll County, faces death from the December 10 1969 case. A stay was also issued for James E Scott in St Francis County on a rape case from August 23 1969. An automatic stay occurs when death sentences are appealed amid a moratorium awaiting a US Supreme Court ruling on capital punishment.
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James Wiser
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Wiser
Carroll County
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James E. Scott
St. Francis County
Supreme Court
War-Limited Bill Up to Conference
Washington AP A split group of a dozen lawmakers holds key to the Cooper Church amendment restricting U S actions in Cambodia as the House declines to order conferees to back the measure. The Senate approved the amendment, and a tough negotiating path looms with five House members opposed to curbing presidential power.
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U.S
Cambodia
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Senate House
Senate
John Sherman Cooper
Frank Church
Idaho
Cooper- Church
White House
Cooper Church
Nixon
Donald M. Fraser
Pennsylvania
Thomas E. Morgan
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Morgan
Donald W. Riegle Jr
R-Mich
Cooper Church amendment bars foreign troops in Cambodia
The text notes that Cooper Church positions in the bill remain under debate and require final approval by the full House and Senate. The Senate draft prohibits funds for U S soldiers advisers or mercenaries from other nations in Cambodia.
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Cooper Church
Full House
Senate
Cambodia
U S Suits Against 9 Arkansas Schools Initiated
The Justice Department filed suit to desegregate nine Arkansas districts including Colton Plant England Hazen Helena West Helena Holly Grove Wabbaseka Watson Chapel Bradley Thornton District judges ordered immediate ND non discriminatory unitar y systems plans and HEW technical assistance. Hearings slated for August with deadlines to submit plans by July 24 or 31. Gov Rockefeller had disclosed plans against 49 districts earlier.
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Justice Department
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Thornton
Harris
Office of Education
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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US. District Court
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John N. Mitchell
Winthrop Rockefeller
Justice
Byrd seeks probe of tiger cages in South Vietnam
Sen Robert Byrd a Nixon ally calls for a full investigation into reports of tiger cages shackle and beat prisoners at Can Son prison in South Vietnam. He says if true the U.S. should halt aid and pressure Saigon to treat detainees humanely while also urging pressure on Hanoi regarding U.S. POWs. The comments follow a congressional visit and amid broader calls for inquiry into prison conditions.
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Bill Nedrirk
Associated Press
Wester Washington
Nixon
Senate
Southeast Asia
South Vietnam
Robert C. Byrd
Congressional Committee
Can Son
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Saigon
Byrd
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Cambodia
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Dcalif
William R. Anderson
D-Tenn
Anderson
Geneva
International Commission of Jurists
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