Nixon Outlines School Segregation Policy by Law View
President Nixon presents a legal reading of desegregation policy arguing de facto segregation in northern and western ghetto schools is not illegal and should be left to local determination. He rejects federal enforcement beyond deliberate teacher segregation and equal facilities, urging focus on local needs.
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UPI
Nixon
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Supreme Court
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Robert H. Finch
Boston
California
Los Angeles
South
Autos catch fire near Apollo 13 launch pad
Three security cars ignited by oxygen vapor near the Saturn 5 moon rocket during fueling. They abandoned the cars and escaped injury, while the launch countdown was halted for hours. Astronauts Lovell Mattingly Haise were not present due to hazards of a rocket filled with propellant. The pad fire recalled Apollo 1 disaster in 1967.
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UPI
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James E Lovell
Thomas Ek
Mattingly
Fred W Haise
Moon
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White
Roger B. Chaffee
Lovell
Haise
Santa Maria firms cited by State in pesticide violations
The State Agriculture Department suspended 90 day licenses for Warner Crop Dusters Inc of Santa Maria and Val Air Co Inc of Brawley for pesticide safety violations. One crop dusting pilot license was suspended and another's credentials revoked. Cleo McCampbell of Santa Maria had a 90 day suspension with 45 days stayed.
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UPI
State Agricultural Department
Warner Crop Dusters, Inc
Santa Maria
Val-Air Co. Inc
Brawley
Cleo McCampbell
Acid tongue talk show host Joe Pyne dies at 45
Los Angeles United Press International reports veteran critic Joe Pyne, famed for his acid tongue, died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital after a two year battle with lung cancer. Pyne, 45, hosted radio and syndicated television programs noted for sharp exchanges and controversial remarks.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Joe Pyne
Pyne
Cedars of Lebanon
Snowy and windy weather hits central U S regions
Snow and gusty winds stretched from the Rockies to the upper Great Plains with snow or cold rain entering the upper Mississippi Valley. Stockmen and traveler warnings covered eastern Colorado western Kansas and central Nebraska and Colorado respectively. New snowfall reached as much as six inches in Wyoming and northeastern Colorado.
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United Press International
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Great Plains
Mississippi Valley
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Officers pressure to report body counts in Vietnam war court
Army court hears Lt. James B. Duffy and fellow officers claim commanders pushed for high enemy kill tallies. Defense portrays "body count" policy as driving orders and degrading prisoners. Witnesses describe charts tracking enemy KIA with no U.S. casualties noted.
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Vietnam
UPI
James B. Duffy
Claremont
Calif
Saigon
Duffy
Do van Man
Henry Rothblatt
New York
John D.kreter
New Orleans
Ralph C. Kreuger, Jr
Wilmington
Del
9Th U.S. Infantry
Kreuger
Delaware
West Point
U.S
Louisiana
Lompoc Dam cost benefit questioned by readers
Readers charge the Bureau of Reclamation with using elastic gimmicks to inflate the Lompoc Dam benefit ratio. They say the 1.39 figure is too low, cite higher Cachuma Dam ratios, and warn that negative benefits and data presentation hide true costs to taxpayers.
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Bureau of Reclamation
Cachuma Dam
Bureau
Lompoc Dam
Lompoc Valley
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