Senators miss vote on school bus compromise
Five Democratic presidential hopefuls skipped a Senate vote on a busing compromise that would curb federal court ordered busing for racial balance while staying orders during appeals. Henry M. Jackson opposed the terms. Humphrey Muskie and McGovern favored. Hartke supported the outcome. Jackson also backed a constitutional amendment to resolve busing. Campaigns across the nation followed the day’s events.
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Senate
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
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Maine
George McGovern
South Dakota
Vance Hartke
Indiana
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New York
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California
Watts
Los Angeles
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San Francisco
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Nixon
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Pahokee
Fla
China
Chisholm
Florida
Shirley Chisholm
D-N.y
McCloskey
Paul N. McCloskey
R-Calif
Rochester
N.H
Spock
People’s Party
Benjamin Spock
Boston
Navy
Quonset Point Naval Air Station
Rhode Island
Wallace
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Fort Lauderdale
War Memorial
Jackson
Personal News Of Farber Continued A Scout Week Round Up
The article notes Scout Week activities including Brownies Round Up Day, Day Camping and Junior Heritage Day. Leaders learned new songs and a noontime salad luncheon with sandwiches and coffee was provided by Louisiana leaders. Saturday visitors to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hull came from multiple towns including Mason City Middletown Vandalia Warrenton and Laddonia.
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Louisiana
Tom Hull
Vernon Hull
Mason City
Centralia Scouts Host World Tasting Fair and Local News
Personal news from Centralia highlights Thinking Day activities at the Middle School with about 75 sister Scouts from Mexico attending a World Tasting Fair. Brownies, Juniors, and Cadettes performed skits and dances. six booths showcased foreign foods. Also covered are school menu notes, a YB club gathering, and a Lincoln Day dinner planned by local GOP groups with Judge James C. Butcher as featured speaker.
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Mexico
Centralia
Little Dixie Republicans
Centralia Women’s Club
Little Dixie
James C. Butcher
Columbia
Larry Mead
Boone County Court
Butcher
Nixon the Jokester in Peking Forbidden City Tour
President Nixon toured Peking's Forbidden City for nearly two hours in light humor. He joked about stairs the arm he once broke, back seat drivers, and a liberal Buckley quip. Mrs. Nixon wore a mink coat and praised Chinese hospitality amid icy steps and gilded halls.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Peking
Nixon
Forbidden City
China
Yeh Chien-ying
Military Affairs Commission
House of Repre
Yeh
William F. Buckley Jr
Washington
William P. Rogers
B.C
Nixons
Cosmos 475 Launch Reported by Tass
In Moscow the Soviet Union announced the Cosmos 475 satellite launch the 475th in the 1962 series. Tass reported the craft was placed into a high Earth orbit, signaling continued space program activity.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Mars Canyon Vast Chasms Document Mars Feature
Pasadena AP reports Mariner 9 photographed a Martian canyon about 9500 feet deep and 75 miles wide. Project scientists describe the vast chasms and branching canyons as a landform evolution apparently unique to Mars and larger than the Grand Canyon.
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Mars Canyon
Grand
Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 9
Mars
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Help Wanted Ads in Ledger Classifieds
Job hunting tip urging readers to pursue Help Wanted ads in today’s Ledger classifieds to land a position and start on the road to success.
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Ledger
Personal News of Vandalia Update and Local Notices
Vandalia notes report the death of Oscar J. Mantz at 62 in West Alton Missouri and involvement with funeral services. The Tri County Nursing Home holds 60 residents with Maud Galloway re admitted after discharge. Lillie Bradley remains hospitalized in Mexico and Larry Stotler stays at St Elizabeth Hospital. Worship comes from Second Baptist Vandalia and Farber Christian Church will lead services this Sunday at 2 pm. University of Missouri student nurses visited the nursing home to observe care practices. VAN-FAR R-1 school menus list vegetable beef soup and other staples for Monday and Tuesday.
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West Alton
Oscar J. Mantz
Henry Diamond
Tri-County
Maud Galloway
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Lillie Bradley
Larry Stotler
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Second Baptist Church of
Vandalia
Farber Christian Church
University of Missouri
Ann Wormsley
Tri- County
Brownie Troop 125 Candlelight Pin Ceremony
The Second Grade Brownie Troop now Troop 125 held a Candlelight Brownie Pin Ceremony on Friday February 12 at the Vandalia State Bank Social Room. Girls sang, pledged, stated why they wanted to be Brownies, and received pins from leader Sandy Elzea with refreshments served by Mrs. Donna Hanson.
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Vandalia State Bank
America
Mary Kate Hassien
Sandy Elzea
Fire Claims Nine Missing In Nordale Hotel Disaster
FAIRBANKS Alaska AP Nine persons are missing and feared dead after a fire destroyed the Nordale Hotel. Police reported Thursday night and described a desperate search of the burned structure for victims and clues.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Nordale
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