ABA backs Carswell judge as AFL-CIO condemns nomination
The AFL-CIO joined civil rights groups opposing Supreme Court nominee G Harrold Carswell while the ABA called him qualified. Senator Eastland released an ABA letter stating Carswell meets standards, countering Meany and labor allies who say the nomination aims at partisan gain. Witnesses include NAACP official Clarence Mitchell and ADA leader Joseph Rauh.
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Supreme Court
G. Harrold Carswell
American Bar Association
James ©. Eastland
D-Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
ABA
Committee On the Federal Judiciary
George Meany
Carswell
Eastland
Senate
Georgia
Haynsworth
Clarence Mitchell
The
NAACP
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Leadership Conference On Civil Rights
Americans For Democratic Action
Patsy T. Mink
Hawaii
Carswell to Take Back Earlier Racial Judgment
Justice Carswell faced Senate Judiciary Committee scrutiny over a 1948 white supremacist statement. He admitted making the remark in youth, said he repudiated it publicly, and agreed to testify under oath. The hearing also focused on his record since joining the federal bench and his suitability for the Supreme Court seat.
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Meany
Carswell
Senate
Lawrence E. Walsh
ABA
Eastland
Wash
Washington
Su Preme Court
G. Harold ‘Carswell
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Tallahassee
Bireh Bayh
D-Ind
Clement Haynsworth
Bayh
North Florida
Dwight D. Hisenhower
U.S
New Orleans
Carswell tied to Tallahassee golf course desegregation case
The Washington Post reported that G Harrold Carswell, then U S attorney for the northern district of Florida, directed a private group that received title to a city golf course in Tallahassee less than six months after a court ruling desegregating municipal recreation facilities. Negroes were barred after the transfer in 1953, according to the Post, with remarks from Florida A M University coach Hansen Tookes and a Negro pharmacist denied service at the venue.
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G. Harrold Carswell
Tallahassee
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High Court
Washington Post
Carswell
U.S
Northern District of
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Capital City Country Club
Post
Hansen Tookes
Florida A&m University
Tookes
Agnew Decries Indian Poverty at White House
Vice President Spiro Agnew opened the National Council on Indian Opportunity at the White House declaring Indians the most poverty-stricken Americans and urging the administration to pursue the truth of their plight. He noted high unemployment, inadequate housing, and barriers to federal aid while council members pressed for education, development, land and water resource use, plus a sub cabinet post in the Interior to handle Indian affairs.
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Washington
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Agnew
Cabi
National Council On Indian Opportunity
White House
Interior Department
Kennedy warns Indians to resist conservation pressures
Senator Edward M. Kennedy advised American Indians to stand firm against conservationists opposing their land and water use. He said white settlers and developers seized lands in the name of progress and urged vigilance to avoid further losses under conservation banners. Kennedy spoke in a prepared address to the National Congress of American Indians executive council.
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Washington
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Council
Alioto hints he will sue over contract payments
Atty Gen Slade Gorton said he fired San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto as a special assistant prosecutor in a plumbing fixture antitrust case. Alioto warned he might take the case to court to force Washington state to pay for services rendered and those to come. The mayor said no letter informing him of the dismissal had arrived and his plan would develop after review. In Maywood, a court barred the city from blocking firemen joining a union, with a restraining order backing Local 1014 AFL-CIO in a $100,000 damages bid against the city and officials for pressuring workers not to join or to withdraw.
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Wash
Slade Gorton
San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
Alioto
Washington State
Assembly kills moratorium on utility rate hikes
In Sacramento the Republican controlled Assembly Rules Committee rejected a measure urging an indefinite pause on utility rate increases. Assemblywoman Yvonne Brathwaite, a Democrat from Los Angeles, argues the moratorium would ease inflation and should stay until inflation is visibly under control.
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Sacramento
UPS
Assembly Rules Committee
Yvonne Brathwaite
Los Angeles
Bond says law agencies plotting to crush Black Panthers
Georgia lawmaker Julian Bond claims a conscious conspiracy among local state and federal police to destroy the Black Panther Party. He cites political assassinations and trials like Chicago as tactics, saying Nixon's administration aims to erase the Panthers, while uniting Blacks in unexpected ways. Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty denounces news coverage of the Panther raid as distorted, noting Marx Lenin Library materials found and asking why media omitted them.
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UPI
Georgia
Julian Bond
Black Panther Party
Bond
FBI
Nixon
Johny Mitchell
Black Panthers
Soviet Union
Chicago
Atlanta
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Black Panther
Six Is Bad Number for Ski Family
Libby Montana report notes Dr James Graham his wife and three sons have each suffered a broken leg from skiing mishaps over six years and six days marking a troubling track record for the family and their winter sport injuries.
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James Graham
Graham
Solon Quits Legion Over Calley Aid Row
Sen Stephen M Young resigns from the American Legion after learning of a Cleveland Post 137 fund drive to pay attorneys for Lt William L Calley Jr in the My Lai court martial He calls the fund approach a betrayal and criticizes Calley as guilty of cold blooded murder.
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Wiliam L. Calley Jr
al My Lai
Milton Patrick
Young
American Legion
Post 137
William L. Calley Jr
Cleveland
Pipsqueak
Mortgage Sale Interest Drops in First FNMA Auction
FNMA purchased 297 million dollars of mortgages in its first auction under new rules to curb speculators. A total of 881 million dollars in 900 offers were submitted. Average yields fell for 18 day, 90 day, and construction commitments, signaling softer demand.
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Washington
UPI
Federal National Mortgage Association
FNMA
The Key to Her Heart Leads to a New Home Ad
A playful classified cue highlights that finding the key to her heart could unlock a new home through today’s classified ads. The note suggests residential listings and home opportunities are featured in the paper.
How To Hold False Teeth More Firmly While Eating
Your dentures feel loose while you eat and you want a firmer fit. The ad suggests using FASTSETH alkaline washes and FABTEETH products to secure dentures, plus a reminder to see your dentist regularly and obtain FABTEETH at drug counters.
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