South commended for desegregation by UPI
The Nixon administration commends the South for a remarkable degree of understanding in carrying out desegregation, with limited protests since term starts. Desegregation plans require busing. Burger notes no constitutional mandate for balance in every school. Alabama opposes prosecutions for parents enrolling children locally. A Pontiac bus arson incident is noted. Massachusetts approves a racial imbalance plan freeing $21.3 million in state aid.
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Quentin Kopp
Supreme Court
William Douglas
Columbus
Oscar D. Smith
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Robert Elliott
Smith
Massachusetts Board of Education
Boston
Okun Rebukes Nixon Tax Plan As Unjust And Unbalanced
Economist Arthur Okun, chairing the Council of Economic Advisers, criticizes Nixon tax relief proposals as unjust and unbalanced and urges Congress to reject them. He warns the cuts would erode revenues needed for domestic programs while praising the 90 day wage price freeze and trade efforts. The piece also notes dollar depreciation and labor union responses to wage controls.
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Government Defends Wage Freeze Amid Multiple Lawsuits
The administration argues workers must prove harm before challenging the freeze, while four Catholic University professors sue claiming unconstitutionality. Separately, 650000 USPS workers sue in D C federal court seeking a $250 October raise, as DOJ asks to dismiss the professors suit for premature lack of damage.
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Ruble Revaluation Signals Shift in World Markets
The Soviet Union announces the largest ruble revaluation in a decade after a slide in the dollar on Tokyo and European exchanges. The move raises costs for American and French tourists in Russia but is not expected to disturb global markets due to fixed ruble pricing. Group of Ten nations prepare for currency discussions in Paris and London as the dollar’s value fluctuates across regions.
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Diplomats Death Probe in Equatorial Guinea Casts Light
UPI reports U.S. diplomats investigate the death of Donald J. Leahy and the incapacitation of Alfred J. Erdos at a chancery in Santa Isabel Equatorial Guinea. Lennart G. Shurtleff leads the inquiry with Wal Lannon as charge d affaires.Reports from Madrid say Ambassador Lewis Hoffacker flies back as officials seek clarity amid personal problems among staff. The country spans Rio Muni and the Fernando Poo isle.
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Equatorial
UPI
U.S
West Africa
Donald J. Leahy
State Department
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Key
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Douala
Cameroons
Wal Lannon
Yaounde
Madrid
Lewis Hoffacker
Equatorial Guinea
Africa
Rio Muni
Fernando Poo
Supreme Court spurns California education funding challenge
The U S Supreme Court declined to hear a California school finance appeal after the state Supreme Court ruled local property tax funding discriminates against the poor. The news recalls earlier Virginia and Illinois cases where the court refused to intervene, leaving funding battles to state courts and legislatures.
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UPI
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California
California Supreme Court
Virginia
States
Lompoc Sees Higher Property Tax Rate This Year
The auditor’s office announced a new combined tax rate for Lompoc property owners at 11.05 dollars, up from 10.61. The total includes county 3.60, special districts 0.40, city 1.68, and school 5.37, with Lompoc Unified School District at 4.63.
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Lompoc Unified
Mideast federation goes before voters
More than 10 million Egyptians Syrians and Libyans vote in a referendum on a three nation federation hailed as an Arab answer to Israeli aggression. Sudan expected to join next year. leaders forged the plan at Benghazi in April. results due Thursday.
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Libya
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Soviet Union
Middle East
Golda Meir
Benjamin Eliav
Beirut
Tripartite Federation
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