Polaroid faces boycott over South Africa ties
Three months into a campaign by black Polaroid employees to end trade with South Africa over Apartheid, the firm announced an experimental program to improve black positions while continuing South Africa relations. The move aims to quell internal and business community pressure, affecting about $100,000 in South African agency sales from Polaroid's $1.5 million local exposure.
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South Africa
Polaroid
Polaroid vows reforms in South Africa amid protests
Polaroid releases a statement outlining steps to improve salaries and benefits for nonwhite employees at its distributor and suppliers in South Africa, to train nonwhite workers, and to fund about $100,000 for black education. A year will determine if the experiment works. The company had already halted sales of photo identification systems and related film in the country. The Polaroid Revolutionary Workers Movement criticizes the plan as insufficient in a police-state context.
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My Lai force leader said everything going fine
Defense witness testified that Col Frank Barker viewed the operation from a helicopter and that things were proceeding as planned during the My Lai sweep. The testimony linked to Lt Hutlo and Sgt Hutto in a court martial over the alleged massacre.
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UPI
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Hutlet
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Vietnam
Virginia Exports College Students
In Charlottesville Virginia the University of Virginia released a study showing Virginia ranks sixth among 80 states and the District of Columbia in exporting college students. The state sent 14,700 more students to out of state colleges than it received in 1968, up 10,200 since 1963.
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UPL
Virginia
University of Virginia
District of Columbia
Francis G. Lankford
Alton L. Taylor
Allied Troops Push To Reopen Vital Highway 4
Allied forces more than 13 000 South Vietnamese and Cambodian troops move to reopen Highway 4 linking Phnom Penh with Kompong Som seaport. Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky visits Phnom Penh, says recapture expected in days. U S aides discuss aid and support with Lon Nol amid Cambodian operation.
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VPI
Phnom Penh
Nguyen Cao Ky
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Hewsman
Saigon
UPI
Judge halts Johnston High hair code over faith, rights
In Marquette, UPI reports District Judge Noel P. Fox granted a preliminary injunction against Johnston High School in Bessemer stopping suspensions for Gordon Mills 17 for hair length. Fox cited constitutional rights and noted figures like Lincoln Jackson and Roosevelt would not meet the dress rule, prompting calls for extra instruction to help Mills catch up.
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Marquette, Mich
UPI
Johnston High School
Noel P. Fox
Grand Rapids
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Bessemer
Gordon Mills
Fox
United States
Mills
Textile Quotas May Be Required Over Imports
DANVILLE Virginia United Press International Congress may have to impose mandatory textile quotas if foreign producers refuse voluntary cuts in U S exports. Sen William B Spong said a floor vote would likely pass mandatory quotas and warned against protectionist walls while urging full disclosure of financial holdings by major federal officials.
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UPI
Congress
U.S
William B. Spong
Spong
Speng
Virginia Budget Deficit Debated By General Assembly
Virginia lawmakers opened debate on Gov Hollan s projected sixteen million dollar budget gap as Republicans back his revenue shortfall claim and Democrats propose funding shifts. Conferees set a January 24 deadline to draft non emergency measures while committees work through stalled bills and rule compromises.
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Richmond
UPI
Virginia General Assembly
Linwood Hollan
Hopking
House
Senate
Tonkin Gulf Resolution Repealed By Nixon Action
SANCLEMENT Calif United Press International reports President Nixon signed a $200 million arms sales bill including repeal of the 1964 Tonkin Gulf Resolution. The measure ended congressional authorization used by Johnson to deploy in Vietnam, maintaining only the president’s commander in chief power.
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Calif
UPI
Tonkin Gulf
Johnson
U.S
Southeast Asia
Nixon
Executive Branch
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Indochina
North Vietnam
Government cuts FHA VA mortgage rates to 7.5 percent
The FHA and VA announced a second six week reduction in government backed mortgage ceilings to 7.5 percent. For a $25 000 23 year loan a VA loan payment drops to 124.78 monthly principal and interest while FHA adds a 1 2 percent insurance premium raising total costs.
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UPI
FHA
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
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