Nixon eulogizes Whitney Young and honors his dream
President Nixon eulogizes Whitney Young Jr in Lexington Ky praising his fight for equal rights. He recalls offering a cabinet post Young declined and wreaths are laid at the grave. Also notes other obituaries and stories including Winthrop Biddle’s death and Dewey funeral plans.
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Whitney Young Jr
Blue Grass Country
Nixon
Young
Whitney Young
Ramsey Clark
Lagos
Nigeria
Meir rejects Rogers peace plan and warns borders
International dispatches note Golda Meir blasting William Rogers proposed U N peace-keeping force over territory, insisting secure borders are non negotiable for Israel. She told Labor leaders that international guarantees cannot replace Jewish state borders.
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Golda Meir
Mideast
U.S
William Rogers
Israel
Rogers
U.N
Meir
Labor Party
National The greening of Fifth Avenue
A vast St Patrick s Day parade with 120 000 marchers from eight states and 180 bands filled Fifth Avenue New York as Mayor Lindsay and Waterford s Maurice Downey led contingents and Cardinal Cooke reviewed from St Patrick s Cathedral. American income rose 2.2 billion in February to 828.9 billion, a modest gain amid inflation signaling a weak economy. The Senate Labor Committee advanced a 1.75 billion public service jobs bill 15 to 2, aiming to create about 150 000 jobs for government units. The National Federation of Priests Councils condemned Vietnam War and backed defense in the Harrisburg Six case and discussed priestly marriage. Chicago agreed to 800 000 in cash or services for the GOP convention bid. The US accused the Soviet Union of violating international law after Moscow police seized a Russian doctor his wife and two daughters at the embassy.
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Fifth Avenue
John Lindsay
Maurice Downey
Waterford
Ireland
Patrick Murphy
Terence Cooke
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
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Senate Labor Committee
Nixon
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Soviet Union
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Howard K. Smith
ABC
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Council of Churches
Bob Hope
Africa
Edward Henry
Myron Clarke
Auli Steremberg
St. Vincent’s Hospital
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Clarke
N.Y
Thomas Dewey
Florida
Albany
Dewey
Anthony Colombo
Joseph Colombo
Wcbs Television
R. Lee Clark
M.D. Anderson Hospital
Darrell Ward
Department of Biochemistry
Pituitary Gland
Milburn Stone
Stone
University of Alabama Hospital
Ephote
World Today
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Tionas
Golda
Mexico City
North Korea
Julio Sanchez Vargas
Sanchez Vargas
Pyongyang
Lumumba University
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Cuba
MIAME
Fidel Castro
China
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