Still Hope for Lady Justice says Nixon
Mrs. Richard Nixon voiced cautious optimism on Thursday about President Nixon appointing a woman to the Supreme Court. She noted many women had written nominations for the court's vacancies and said she would pass them along. The remarks followed a White House reception for about 150 delegates from the World Meetings of Women Journalists and Writers.
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First Lady joins surprise JFK Center stop after address
The First Lady accompanied the President at a band concert in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after his national economic program address. Nixon wore a maroon sport coat and gray slacks as he appeared near the Sousa Stage dedication. Missouri Governor Warren Hearnes and two senators endorsed Senator Muskie early, calling it meaningful before the Democratic convention. Spiro Agnew blamed the Africa prison riot on inmates seeking political capital.
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Life in a Philadelphia Telephone Booth Resident's Unusual Home
Stephen Tolvish, 64, lives alone in a northeast Philadelphia phone booth with a folding door. He keeps clothes, a suitcase, a broom, and sometimes sleeps standing up. Mostly unemployed, he does odd jobs, dines out when possible, and wakes when neighbors knock to use the phone.
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Forest stops on way to Camp David and Mt. Festival
The President and Mrs. Nixon will briefly stop in Hagerstown Maryland this afternoon en route to Camp David for the weekend presidential retreat. The White House says they will land there while returning from Elkins West Virginia where they planned to attend the Mountain State Forest Festival. A former Du Pont employee fired from the company in Montreal killed three supervisors with a sawed off shotgun in a downtown office. Vincent Meloche, 28, a recently fired sales rep, was taken into custody.
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Senator Bayh cancels Florida trip due to wife’s emergency hospitalisation
Emergency senator Bayh of Indiana halts his Florida visit as wife Marvella is hospitalized in Washington for major surgery. Separate item notes entertainer Jerry Lee Lewis wed for the fourth time in a private Memphis ceremony at his home.
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Britain to dispatch three battalions to Belfast amid Irish conflict
The British government agreed to strengthen its force in Northern Ireland, ordering 1609 troops to Belfast after a marathon meeting with Prime Minister Heath and Northern Ireland's Brian Faulkner. In Indochina, U.S. casualties fell to 21 killed with 117 wounded. Cambodian border fighting escalated with 60 North Vietnamese reported killed. A Vatican report urged priests to avoid militant politics, while an American priest urged religion as a path to Black empowerment. An American student in Iran faces detention without charge amid political tensions. Wholesale prices fell for the first time in a year, signaling potential economic stabilization under Nixon. Arizona court names a guardian for a fetus in an abortion case. Oil spill containment efforts underway in Saginaw River. Washington court rules welfare must aid a woman with four children. New Mexico prison inmates burn fires in a disturbance.
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