Veto Override Bid Set for Fund Bill
House Democrats backed a resolution urging an override of President Nixon's expected veto of a $19.7 billion education and health appropriations bill. The caucus approved the move with no dissent as Senate-House talks resumed over funds for health education and welfare programs added to Nixon's budget.
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Departments of Labor
of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Senate
Pect
White House
John W. McCormack
Robert McClorey
Illinois
McClorey
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Madison Avenue
District faces cuts as HEW funding shrinks
Long Beach schools confront possible personnel and program reductions for the next school year after federal HEW support for compensatory education falls from 1.2 million to lower levels. District officials warn a further $1 billion national cut could force sizable layoffs and program trims unless Congress or the White House adjusts the veto threat.
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W. Odie Wright Jr
Long Beach
Wright
Board of Education
Nixon
California
HEW
Congress
Slayings Probe Widens As UMW Ties Questioned
FBI Director Hoover says the YaBlonski murders are under continued investigation with warrants issued in Cleveland after a nationwide search. Pennsylvania authorities plan to meet the district attorney on murder charges while the UMW denies any linkage to arrested men. The family notes the brothers asked no union officials attend the funeral.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Cleveland
United States
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Pennsylvania
Washington County
UMW
W. A
Tony) Boyle
United Mine Workers
Yablonski
Kenneth Yablonski
Joseph
America
Labor Department
Carswell’s 1948 speech linked to white supremacy debates
NAACP opposed his nomination citing older remarks echoing white supremacy. The Wilkinson County speech, printed as county record, surfaced two months after his Mercer Law School graduation during a campaign for Wilkinson’s state representative seat. Carswell defended his views as not reflecting his current philosophy.
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Wilkinson County
Bulletin
Carswell
Mercer University Law School
Alexander Stephen Boone
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Edison Rate Schedule and Draft Advice Column
The note explains a tiered electricity rate and charges plus how to obtain rate books from Edison Co. A reader asks about draft status after a hardship discharge. The reply states recall only in a national emergency or war per Selective Service headquarters in Washington.
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Edison Co
Long Beach
Selective Service
Washington, D.C
Smell of Death Describes Starving Children in Biafra
In Owerri Nigeria a doctor treats a crowd of 538 starving and sick children found by federal authorities. Candlelight reveals fragile lives as a nurse or doctor calls for a syringe to aid a frail boy amid the deathly air.
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Owerri
Port Harcourt
Nigeria
Warnings urged on birth control pills with health risks
Three medical professors testified before a Senate subcommittee urging plain language cautions to users about birth control pills potentially causing high blood pressure and stroke. They stopped short of calling for market withdrawal, noting existing doctor warnings but no user-focused legal requirement.
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UPI
Senate
J. Edwin Wood
University of Pennsylvania
David B. Clark
University of Kentucky
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