Fortas resigns from Supreme Court amid impeachment talk
Justice Abe Fortas resigns from the Supreme Court effective immediately after mounting pressure and impeachment threats. President Nixon accepts. reaction from Congress mostly favorable but some call for full disclosure of Fortas Wolfson foundation fee and Fortas relation to financier Louis E. Wolfson who is jailed.
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Meany warns of drastic action if SDS disrupts industry
AFL-CIO leader George Meany denounces campus riots and urges workers to avoid riots and sit-ins. He warns SDS could try to interfere with industry this summer, contrasting with 1930s union tactics. In separate items, a Navy fault reduces a duck hunting fine, a bear delays a teacher, and Avery Brundage pledges 20 million in Oriental art to San Francisco with city support.
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San Francisco
Avery Brundage
Chicago
Joseph Alioto
Board of Supervisors
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Crane warms to task of motherhood in San Antonio
Rosie the whooping crane sits on her fourth egg in three weeks at a San Antonio facility. Keeper Louis DiSabato plans to wait for a fifth egg before moving the latest to the incubator. Rosie and mate Crip are among about 12 captive cranes. the species totals around 50 in the world.
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Inside Pages Explore School Funding Crisis Across the Nation
A News-Plus report examines the rise of the school funding system from a century ago to today’s multibillion dollar industry and a nationwide financial squeeze. Henry C. Gold Geraldine Carrigan Peg McMahon detail property tax effects, tax measures, and state legislation shaping schools.
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Geraldine Carrigan
Peg McMahon
House panel ties ceiling on spending to Nixon budget
The House appropriations committee approved a 3.78 billion dollar catch-all spending bill with a 192.9 billion ceiling for fiscal year 1970. The measure adds 1.23 billion for Vietnam operations and Pueblo aftermath, while defense and welfare items face possible cuts to meet the limit.
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Weather Outlook for Kansas City and Vicinity
Increasing cloudiness this evening and overnight with a 50 percent chance of showers or thundershowers. Wednesday remains mostly cloudy with a 50 percent probability of rain and warmer temperatures reaching the upper 70s to lower 80s. Southerly winds. River at 9.6 feet, lake level 4.1 feet below full.
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No 3.2 Beer Sales on Kansas Campuses Approved
The Kansas Board of Regents decided there will be no 3.2 beer sold on college campuses pending further study. Licensing permits and local ordinances must be resolved. Regents also approved Dr John Chalmers as vice president for academic affairs at Kansas State University in Manhattan.
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Stone Causes Death Of Ft Bragg Soldier In Fayetteville
A stone the size of a potato flew from under a passing train in downtown Fayetteville striking 21 year old Specialist Bryan T Darcy of Middleburg N C as he watched the train. An Army pathologist at Ft Bragg confirmed the stone caused the fatal injury.
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Fire at Research Medical Building Evacuates Doctors and Patients
Fire crews battled a blaze at the Research Medical building located at 6400 Prospect Avenue shortly before noon. The fire apparently started in an elevator shaft and prompted evacuation of doctors and patients as three streams of water were used to control the flames.
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Fortas Reveals Lifetime Fee Deal With Wolfson Foundation
Abe Fortas disclosed that an agreement with the Wolfson family foundation provided him $20 000 annually for life for his services with payments also extended to his wife Carolyn Agger upon his death He said he terminated the arrangement in June 1966 after five months of receipt of the first check and that he did not intervene in matters involving Mr Wolfson or related associates.
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Long Hair Director Brings Rock Elements To Opera
Nicola Rescigno, whose 1960 Julius Caesar directed by Perform ing Arts Foundation, returns to Kansas City with Long Hair a ballet segment featuring an electric rock quintet in the middle of the orchestra. Handel’s score is rearranged by Conrad Susa adding hard rock effects. Performances at Music Hall start 8:30 pm tomorrow and Tuesday and 3 pm Sunday.
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Paratroopers duel near Laotian border and Saigon
Paratroopers fight two major battles as they assault enemy positions clinging to bunkers on a hill near the Laotian border and conduct actions around Saigon. The clashes intensify with heavy combat and exchanges across multiple sectors.
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Viet Cong denounces Nixon Paris peace plan
The Viet Cong National Liberation Front reacts to President Nixon's Paris peace proposals, criticizing the US for clinging to troop withdrawal terms and claiming the 10 point NLFs solution shows world support while Nixon seeks a goodwill appearance in his May 14 speech.
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National Liberation Front
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Missouri House okays 500 million road bonds plan
The Missouri House passed a constitutional change by 98 to 31 to allow issuing 500 million dollars in road bonds for a crash construction program and sent the measure to the Senate. Raymond Marquez, head of a Harlem gambling ring, was arrested on federal gambling charges in New York.
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US-led assault tightens noose around A Shau area
Thousands of U S troops clash with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in Don Ap Via hill near the A Shau valley, as Operation Apache Snow seeks to sever Laos infiltrations. Paratroopers of the 101st air assault press bunkers on a 3,000 foot peak. U S losses total 37 killed and 187 wounded.
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