Administration seeks delay in desegregation
The Nixon Administration asked the Supreme Court for a new delay until September in desegregating public schools across six southern states. The memo argues a uniform deadline would reduce hearings and that the government will file suits against districts or officials to enforce orders, citing prior court rulings and ongoing desegregation deadlines.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Deep South
Justice Department
5Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Floods in Appalachia Leave Thousands in Shelters
Flooding across the central and southern Appalachians left thousands in shelters on New Year’s Day. Nine people drowned as streams rose from melting snow and heavy rain, with four deaths in Kentucky, three in Tennessee, and two in West Virginia. National Guardsmen assisted victims as officials compared the disaster to 1963, while some areas saw less impact than Camille's earlier floods.
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United Press International
Appalachians
California
Golden State
Central
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Harlan
Gulf River
Stoterbury
Agnew visits artillery base in Vietnam
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew arrived in Vietnam for an unscheduled overnight visit. He urged calm about antiwar sentiment and held talks with South Vietnamese officials and Allied artillery units near Saigon. He stayed at secret quarters after meeting Thieu at the presidential palace.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Vietnam
Gis
United States
Agnew
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Nguyen van Thieu
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Kien
U.S
Nixon
New Year Baby Born at Vandenberg AFB Hospital
A baby girl born to S.Sgt. and Mrs. Raymond M. Steffin at 12 14 a.m. at Vandenberg Air Force Base Hospital. The infant weighed 8 pounds 13 ounces and is unnamed as of this morning in Lompoc Valley.
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Lompoc Valley
Raymond M. Steffin
Vandenberg Air Force Base Hospital
Michael E. Jarvis
E. Walnut
Valley
George Vance
Col Clair Ewing
Karl Braun
Harry Crompe
Lompoe Jaycees
Kronauer
Paul F. Thompson
1969 Floods Dominate Lompoc Valley Year
A year of major news in Lompoc Valley highlighted by January and February floods from the Santa Ynez River. The OCR notes ongoing water studies, dam plans at Lompoc Narrows, election of Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District trustees, and military base cutbacks at Vandenberg alongside flood rescues and government assistance efforts.
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Santa Ynez River
Bureau of Reclamation
Lompoc Narrows
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Lompoc
Navy
Arguello
MAY Boy Club
Council
Water District
Feather River
Police Department
Kenneth L. Adam
County Water Agency
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