Senate considers bills on Nashville school busing dispute
In Nashville, a Senate vote was set on a parental consent bill before allowing busing for desegregation, while a second measure to cut Metro busing funds stayed in committee amid heated exchanges involving Senator Avan Williams. In Knoxville, a habeas hearing was scheduled for workhouse inmates challenging fines. Memphis search for a white hit and run vehicle continued after Mrs. Nellie Mae Allen died. Public health investigators criticized Eastern State Hospital conditions as subhuman with rats and roaches, urging bait and traps.
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Nashville-Davidson County
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Avan Williams
Senate Education Committee
Memphis
Nellie Mae Allen
Allen
William Glenn Allen
Nassville
UPL
Eastern State (Psychiatric) Hospital
Knoxville
Richard Krieg
State Union Recognition Doubt Rises In Nashville
Labor unions and city and county officials reached an agreement on legislation to recognize unions locally, but state recognition remains unresolved. A union representative and a Municipal League official announced the agreement before the House Labor Committee in Nashville. The proposal will be introduced after the budget recess. Governor Dunn has refused to recognize a prison guards union, and the administration has not issued a firm policy on unions.
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House Labor Committee
Winfield Dunn
No-Fault Likely To Get Nixon Backing On Auto Insurance
Washington sources say the Nixon administration will back a gradual adoption of no fault auto insurance after a two year, $2 million study. Transportation Secretary Volpe will urge Senate Commerce Committee to adopt a phased plan while critics cite reduced court delays and high legal costs. A Senate bill by Hart and Magnuson would set federal standards, but Volpe’s recommendations are expected to be softer.
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UPI
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Senate Commerce Committee
New York
Philip A. Hart
Senate Commeree Committee
Warren G. Magnuson
Volpe
Judge in Davis case disqualifies self delaying trial
Davis defense appeals for bail as California judge McMurray disqualifies himself from Angela Davis murder kidnaping and conspiracy case amid requests for a new judge. Magee argues bias while chained in court. McMurray refuses further action, delaying proceedings for weeks.
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Miss Davis
Inyo County
California Judicial Council
Howard W. Moore Jr
McMurray
Senate debate on SST cancer link stokes House vote fight
Sen. William Proxmire cites 24 physicians and scientists supporting a possible cancer risk from large scale SST operation. He accuses administration of suppressing a cancer institute researcher ahead of a House vote on SST funding. Debate on the program proceeds in an almost empty chamber with quorum worries and a three hour rule.
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CDN
Senate
William Proxmire
Dwis
Proxmire
National Cancer Institute
Siiney R. Yates
D-Nl
Capital Hill
Pyul. James E. McDonald
University of Arizona
House Appropriations Committee
Allied Casualties Up While U.S. Wounded Drops
UPI reports Indochina week ending figures show 45 Americans killed in action, one more than the prior week, while 186 were wounded, the lowest in eight weeks. South Vietnamese losses: 773 killed and 1,981 wounded, with most fatalities tied to the Laos invasion.
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Saigon
U.S
Laos
Society's Child Dies A Hobo In New Jersey
Winthrop L. Biddle, 74, once from a distinguished Philadelphia family, died after being struck by a car in Camden New Jersey while pushing a cart of belongings. He rode a bicycle in a red vest and striped shirt and wore three pairs of trousers and socks. He sought to publish a book The Biddles of Philadelphia detailing his life and inheritance loss, but never finished it. A friend said the manuscript was hidden somewhere on the East Coast.
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WN. J
Winthrop L. Biddle
Biddle
Philadelphia
Biddles
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