Bombing campaign crippled North Vietnam, sources say
Pentagon analysts say 285 days of Operation Linebacker severely weakened North Vietnam's war capacity. After Nixon halted strikes, the North rebuilt rail and road networks but cannot quickly regain spring strength. About 881000 tons of bombs fell, with 55000 tactical and 4200 B52 strikes.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Nixon
North Vietnam
Pentagon
Harigi
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Haiphong
Lyndon B. Johnson
North
Vietnam
Panhandle
China
Pacific Fleet
Memphis Protests As Bus Date Nears
About 100 students walked out at Frayser High and Trezevant High in Memphis protests over a court ordered desegregation bus plan set to begin next week. No violence was reported though demonstrators shouted and some failed to recruit white students. School officials warned of teacher layoffs and program cuts if attendance falls.
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UPL
Frayser High School
Trezevant High School
Olfer
Hunter Lane Jr
Lane
U.S
Ernest G. Kelly Jr
McRae
NAACP
Kelly
McRse
MiRae
Sixth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court to Rule on Metropolitan School Desegregation
The Supreme Court agreed to review a lower court order uniting Richmond Virginia city schools with neighboring counties to desegregate across county lines. NAACP Defense Fund argues metro-wide integration challenges white flight and federal enforcement, citing shifting racial distributions in Richmond New York City and Chicago as context.
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Washington
CCN
Supreme Court
High Court
Richmond
US District Court
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
NAACP
New York City
Chicago
U.S. Court of Appeals
Richmond Consolidated School District
Congress Cautious Over Nixon Bombing Halt
Congress reacts cautiously to President Nixon halting offensive actions in North Vietnam. Hawks and doves welcome the pause while pressing White House to keep Congress fully informed. Senators Sermontion and Kravis urge subpoenas and possible contempt if state department cooperation falters.
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Nixon
North Vietnam
Congress
White House
Stuart Sermington
William P. Rogers
Senate Foreign Relations
Agers
Jacob Kravits
Neuyen Vaz Thien
South Vietnam
Javits
Thieu
North
Vietnam
Senate
Hugh Scott
Mike Mansfield
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mags
Henry Kissinger
Thomas F. Ragleton
D-Mo
Harold Hughes
Californians Face Auto Use Cut Under Clean Air Plan
Los Angeles officials react as EPA head William Ruckelshaus unveils a six county rationing proposal to reduce car use from May to October to meet the 1977 Clean Air Act deadline. Officials doubt the plan will become law, viewing it as a maneuver to meet standards.
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Angeles
Beth Sik Wee Jating
Sami Yorty
Ue Sue Ai Resources Board
A. J. Haagen-Smit
California
United States
Los Angeles
William
Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
Los Angeles Basin
Kuckelshaus
Stolen Montreal Tourist Reunites With Missing Car in Florida
George Olivier of Montreal spotted his stolen Sunbeam sports car in a Fort Lauderdale area sighting after it traveled 1,700 miles from Daral Quebec. The car bore Quebec plates and distinctive features including a cherry color, windscreen wipers, and a racing mirror. Off-duty police arrested the Florida driver for larceny and possession of a stolen vehicle.
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Dania, Fla
UPL
George Olivier
Montreal
U.S. T
Fort Lauderdale
Olivier
Daral
Quebec
Haralye Olivier
United States
Port Lauderdale
Pierre Bulodeau
St. Therese
Tennessee Parkways to extend Natchez Trace 10 miles
Tennessee plans a 10 mile extension of the Natchez Trace Parkway from Maury County to Williamson County with rights of way acquisitions under Gov. Winfield Dunn. Survey work is underway to extend from old state Route 96 to the Davidson County line as the parkway remains complete from Gordonsburg through Lewis County southward.
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UPI
Maury County
Williamson County
Winfield Dunn
Davidson County
Gordonsburg
Lewis County
Tennessee
Memphis mayor charged in plot to hire killer
Germantown Mayor Bruce Law faced arraignment on charges of soliciting for first degree murder to kill two people. He was arrested in downtown Memphis Monday. police say he attempted to hire someone to commit murder. Police declined to name those involved.
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UPI
Germantown
Bruce Law
Law
Court Square
Harris Cole
Cole
Batton
Chicago
Detroit
Cincinnati
Nashville
Rhodes
Shields
McRae
Idaho
Montana
Elmore County
Mountain Home
Donald Keith Kalberg
Hardin
Mont
Kalberg
Forsythe
Two Dead In Fire At Historic Columbia Home
Two people died when a blaze destroyed one of Columbia’s oldest houses. Victims were Charles Lipscomb 66 and Mamie Rollins 9 a boarder. Antiques valued in thousands were lost. cause undetermined but believed to have started on the first floor of the three story structure.
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Columbia
UPI
Charles Lipscomb
Mamie Rollins
Models sue Teamsters over boat show firings in San Francisco
Three models Angela May Margo Law and Yvonne McDaniel filed an unfair labor practices complaint with the National Labor Relations Board alleging Teamsters Local 856 threatened to shut the boat show and had exhibitors fire them after they refused to hire union members.
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San Francisco
UPI
Cow Palace
Angela May
Teamsters Local 856
Miss May
Margo Law
Yvonne McDaniel
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
James Carter
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Rudy Tham
Ann Demeter
Lawmakers Busy With Committees
In the 1973 General Assembly Richmond session Senate education and health committee backs a bill to provide state aid to private college students while House appropriations foresees a $20 million saving if the Richmod Petersburg turnpike is widened. A joint hearing of corporations and elections panels interviewed applicants for the state corporation commission.
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Richmond
WPI
General Assembly
Senate Education and Health
House Appropriations Committee
Richmond-Petersburg
My Manse
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
State Corporation Commission
Senate
State Supreme Court
Erades
High Court
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Robert McRae Jr
Russell F. Ratton
Britt, Iowa
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Minn
Virginia
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Kinespor
Publishing. Corporation MD Leer
Saniaan Dad al
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