Dog Skin Plans Roil South Africa Parliament
South Africa faces a furor as Van Der Sandt de Villers Smit proposes breeding dogs for skins and meat. Agriculture Minister Dirk Uys opposes the idea, while petitions and letters to newspapers flood in. Smit, a Ventersburg former instrument maker, moved to Pretoria to test public reaction with a plastic dog skin coat prototype. He seeks government approval and tanning feasibility, insisting he might press on if blocked by authorities.
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Pretoria
Nixon Starting All Over Again: Viet Cong Claim War Restart
Paris UPI dispatch reports Viet Cong Foreign Minister Madame Nguyen Thi Binh accusing President Nixon of starting the Vietnam war anew due to U S air and naval actions against North Vietnam and U S backed South Vietnamese forces. North Vietnam denies invading South Vietnam. She says peace talks could resume but only with changes to U S policy, while the Viet Cong vows no concessions if talks restart.
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Judge reserves ruling in Memphis desegregation hearing
UPI reports Judge Robert M. McRae Jr ends a seven day desegregation hearing in Memphis schools and will study issues before issuing a plan. Attorneys Petree and Caldwell were ordered to file summary briefs by next Wednesday as six plans are reviewed including options for busing up to 29,085 students and none for certain elementary levels.
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Board of Education
William Caldwell
Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund
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Paula Holt Dies After Kidney Fight in San Francisco
Paula Holt, 18, once the focus of a $20,000 fund drive by GIs in Vietnam, died Wednesday in a San Francisco hospital. She and her 21-year-old brother Gary suffered from a hereditary kidney ailment. Gary is alive. GIs had raised money for her costly treatment.
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Teachers Criticize Holton For Changing Bus Position
In Richmond, Henrico County teachers representing 1,800 educators fault Gov. Linwood Holton for reversing his stance on a constitutional amendment against busing. The Henrico Education Association says his shift, allegedly under Washington instruction, undermines educational leadership and echoes past political brainwashing debates.
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Kennedy sticks to nonrun plan as McGovern leads Wisconsin
UPI reports Senator Edward M Kennedy again says he will not seek the presidency while Senator George S McGovern rises as a top Democratic contender after Wisconsin. Muskie stays in the race as McGovern targets California’s June 6 primary, and Republican Ashbrook seeks to appear on Indiana’s May 2 ballot with Nixon.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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Nixon
Robert J. Dole
Alabama
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Ohio
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UPI
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Tennessee
Memphis Officer Rehired After Plea in Vending Machine Case
Patrolman Bert Lightfoot, who resigned after axing a newspaper vending machine, was rehired to a squad car after pleading guilty to malicious mischief and paying a $50 fine. Police Chief Bill Price defended his decision, calling him a good officer to start with. In Tennessee, a Jefferson City dentist faced a mistrial in a murder case as jurors deadlocked after 22 hours of deliberation over the death of his wife amid disputed abortion tensions. Dr. Robert E. Stinson, 43, is set for a July 24 retrial. witnesses described a stormy marriage and a fatal shooting at his office on November 22. The weapon was a knife found at the scene but too rusty for fingerprints.
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UPI
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Commercial Appeal
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Jefferson City
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Murder charges loom in commune death near Summertown
Stephen Gaskin leads a commune group near Summertown charged with second degree murder in the death of Judith Kowler, a 23 year old member. Accused include Robert Power 24 Mark Schichting 24 and Thomas Dickerson 22. They say they tried to aid Kowler during a convulsion.
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Thomas Dickerson
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UPI
Pace Too Slow To Meet Consolidation Deadline
Richmond school board tells the 4th U S Circuit that current planning pace will not allow consolidating Richmond area schools by fall. Superintendent Taelen Adams cites slow progress and lacks a specific timetable, predicting a delay beyond September 1972. The appeals court will hear oral arguments next week.
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Taelen Adams
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Appeals Court
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Robert R. Merhige Jr
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