Supreme Court rules against just war objectors in Vietnam war draft ruling
The Supreme Court holds that conscientious objection must oppose all war and military service, not a single conflict. It affirms that Muhammad Ali’s case remains unsettled for a potential future appeal, while noting a 1955 ruling still grants Jehovah's Witnesses CO status for a theocratic war.
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Supreme Court
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Ali
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Justice Department
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Congress
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Yonkers
N.Y
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Bakersfield
Calif
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Egypt Hopes U S Can Sway Israel To Withdraw
Cairo officials say Egypt still hopes the United States will urge Israel to withdraw from territories occupied since 1967. Sadat signaled flexibility by letting the cease fire lapse, but a resumption of fighting is not planned. Soviet support backs Cairo’s diplomacy, while withdrawal remains Cairo’s nonnegotiable bedrock demand.
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Anwar Sadat
Suez Canal
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Nixon
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No Decision on Extension of Legislature
Little Rock reports that House and Senate committees met for ten minutes without deciding whether to extend the current legislative session. They will reconvene after an assessment from the Joint Budget Committee on appropriations and the Revenue and Stabilization Act. Senator Max Howell urged a two to three week recess to allow budget preparations.
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House
Senate
Joint Budget Committee
Max Howell
News Quiz Prompts Winter Blues To World Events
With spring near, readers are invited to stretch horizons through Our weekly News Quiz featuring new personalities and events at home and abroad. Answers appear on Page 3, sponsored by Anderson-Fradiet Agency and local businesses.
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Hope Company
First Vial Bank
Pundhesalty Shop
Wand Hope Os Park
Tls Living
Aiva St Houls
Weather Summary From Arkansas Experiment Station
Weather report for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Tuesday shows high 60 and low 25. Forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with scattered thunder showers mainly in the eastern half tonight, mild early but turning cool late. Decreasing clouds Wednesday with a few showers in extreme east in the morning, not as warm. Low tonight in 30s to 40s, high Wednesday mid 40s to mid 30s.
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Weather Experiment Station
Arkansas
Suspension Won't Delay Construction
Little Rock Arkansas AP reports Highway Director Ward Goodman said Nixon’s suspension of the Davis Bacon Act will not delay the Wilbur D Mills Freeway project in Little Rock. He also said a $59,000 pedestrian overpass over U S 65 at Pine Bluff can begin, as contracts were awarded before February 23.
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Ward Goodman
Nixon
Wilbur D. Mills
Goodman
Highway Department
U.S. 65
Pine Bluff
U.S. Labor Department
Arkansas
Ford Report Calls For New Educational Model
The Ford study argues that modern universities dominate education through a standard disciplinary structure and lectures. It proposes age-diverse institutions prioritizing practical experience, equal roles for practitioners and PhDs, and televised and off campus instruction, plus regional degree-granting universities and revamped accreditation to promote apprenticeship.
Committee Calls Casey to Testify
New York tax lawyer William J Casey was summoned before the Senate Banking Committee to address questions about his qualifications to lead the SEC. The committee had tentatively approved his nomination on Feb. 10. Proxmire pressed for full detail on three lawsuits and Casey’s ties to a racetrack represented by his firm.
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Joe Hall
Associated Press
Washington
New York
William J. Casey
Senate Banking Committee
Securities and Exchange Commission
Casey
Nixon
SEC
William Proxmire
D-Wis
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Proxmire
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Sparkman
Charles J. Thornton
Thorton
Rockefeller would run if Nixon steps aside in 1972
Gov Nelson A Rockefeller of New York says he would seek the Republican presidential nomination if President Nixon steps aside in 1972. An interviewer reminded him of past pledges to support Nixon and asked whether he would run if Nixon leaves the ticket for any reason.
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N.Y
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New York
Nixon
Rockefeller
Big White House Party Hints Tricia Nixon Engagement
Rumors swirl of a White House party next Tuesday as Tricia Nixon may announce engagement to Edward Cox, a Harvard Law student. The event follows political chatter and questions about future plans.
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Washington
API
White House
Tricia Nixon
Edward Cox
Harvard
Levi Tilman Reeves dies. funeral set near Paris
Levi Tilman Reeves, 83, of Rt. 2 Hope formerly of Paris Texas died last night. Surviving four sons two daughters and two other relatives. funeral home arrangements and services listed. Roy Burke 66 of DeAnn dies. obit notes survivors and funeral plans. Gordon Roy McGregor 69 WWII flying ace and former Air Canada president dies in Montreal. Stevie Smith 68 novelist and broadcaster dies in London after a long illness.
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Rt. 2
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Paris
Texas
Shower Springs
Chester C. Reeves
Portales
N.M
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Floydada
Jack Reeves
North Highland
Calif
Larry Reeves
Roswell
N.N
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Lubbock
Peggy Rothwell
Her
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DeAnn
DeAnn Methodist Church
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Thomas D. Burke
Little Rock
Herbert Willis
Houston
J.T. Miller
J.C. Burke
Nokia Harris
Texarkana
Herndon Funeral Home
Montreal
Gordon Roy McGregor
Air Canada
Trans Canada Air Lines
McGregor
London
Florence Margaret
Stevie’’ Smith
Miss Smith
Bank Failures Blamed on Mismanagement by Officials
Frank Wille, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, testified to Congress that mismanagement drives bank failures. He cited 19 failures in 26 months with four tied to loan or deposit irregularities, while seven suffered from outside-borrower loan losses and eight from brokered funds misuse. Several bank officers faced indictments or convictions.
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Washington
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Congress
House Banking and Currency Committee
Frank Wille
Wille
Ali's Appeal Hinges on Court Decision on Wars
The appeal leans on a key ruling with the Justice Department yet to crystallize its stance. Government lawyers will argue the record shows Ali objected only to specific wars rather than to wars in general.
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Ali
Justice Department
Revolt Brings Back Head of Pakistan in East Pakistan
President Yahya Khan flies toward East Pakistan to quell a revolt amid civil war threats. East Pakistan officials refuse to work, and Sheik Mujibur Rahman moves to form a separate government while martial law continues under Lt. Gen. Tika Khan as protests leave many dead.
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East Pakistan
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Radio Pakistan
India
West Pakistan
Rawalpindi
Yahya Khan
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Awami League
Sheik
Gulam Zialani Khan
National Assembly
Tika Khan
Explosions Rock St Louis Federal Buildings
Three blasts struck two federal buildings in St. Louis on Monday night causing extensive damage to one site while no serious injuries occurred. Fourteen police and firefighters were treated for concussion and car damage and later released. The FBI led the investigation as ROTC facilities for St. Louis and Washington universities were damaged in the second blast.
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ST. Louis
Federal Records Center
Washington
Phil Pizzo
FBI
Air Force
Army
Officers Plead Innocent to Fraud Charge
Set. Maj. William D. Wooldridge and four other Army men pleaded innocent to charges of conspiring to defraud noncommissioned officers clubs in Vietnam. The defendants include M. Sgt. William Higdon Sgt. 1.C. William Bagby and two retired NCOs Narvaez Hatcher and Theodore Bass.
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Los Angeles
William D. Wooldridge
Vietnam
William Higdon
William Bagby
Narvaez Hatcher
Theodore Bass
Americans kidnapped in Turkey release after hours
Four American airmen held by unidentified captors in Istanbul were released after about a day. S.Sgt. Jimmie J. Sexton and three others walked away unharmed and were picked up by Turkish police and American officials. The captors claimed they sought to liberate Turkey, but the airmen provided few details about their abductors.
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San Angelo
Tex
Sexton
J.C. Richard Carazzi
Stamford
Deadline Set For Week End Notices By Wednesday Night
A notice urges clubs churches and organizations to submit week end event stories and pictures by Wednesday night for Friday or Saturday publication. Management warns failure to meet the 48 hour deadline may result in omission of the item.
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