Centralia Armband Affair Ends With ACLU Satisfaction
Centralia High School clears eight suspensions over black armband protest tied to Kent State anniversary. ACLU suspended action after talks with Superintendent Dr. Chester Boren, with records cleared and future student council discussion pledged. Board actions included hiring three teachers and boiler repairs.
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Centralia
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Centralia High School
ACLU
Ford LaBrunerie
Columbia
Terence C. Porter
Chester Boren
United States Supreme Court
Boren
Jim Harrison
Carl Nichols
Mark Hamilton
Greg Hartley
COE Club
Kent State University
Art Grossglauser
Laurence Greer
Living Cost Jump Pushes CPI to 12.08 in May
May CPI rose 0.9 percent driven by higher prices for apparel used cars homes and stamps The index reached 120.8 of the 1967 base meaning 12.08 dollars cost per 10 dollars of 1963 purchases The unemployment insurance claims rose to 9 947 million while the total unemployment rate remained high and calls grew for an economic plan and wage price guidelines The Labor Department reported the sharpest cost of living increase in months and noted substantial year over year unemployment rises ahead of a possible economic conference sponsored by the Nixon administration
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Washington
May
Nixon
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statisties
Maurice Stans
Aficio ‘Seafarers International Union
Stans
William Proxmire
Dwis
Senate House Joint Economic Committee
Lawrence F. O'Brien
O'Brien
Court weighs halting Times Pentagon papers leak
Eight judges sit as the New York court weighs government moves to stop The New York Times from publishing classified Pentagon papers. Other items note the Washington Post seizure case, Boston Globe publishing excerpts, Saigon discontent with Vietnamization, antiwar pulls for a pullout vote, a grand jury inquiry into Brig Gen Donaldson, welfare reform movement toward a $2,400 annual family income floor, and a Supreme Court ruling tightening wiretap restrictions.
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NEW York
Federal Appeals Court
New York Times
Washington
John W. Donaldson
House
Buying Power Rises for Millions in May
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that about 45 million rank and file workers saw purchasing power increase in May as living costs rose 0.5 percent. Average weekly pay rose to 125.46 dollars, up 1.41 from April and 7.06 or six percent from May 1970, with real earnings 0.9 percent higher than April and 1.5 percent above a year ago. This marks the fifth straight month of year over year purchasing power gains despite higher living costs.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
McCloskey Accuses U S Officials of Duplicity on Vietnam Policy
Rep Paul McCloskey says secret papers show Robert F Kennedy urged disengagement if victory seemed unattainable, while State and Pentagon clashed over overthrowing Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963. He plans to seek release at a House hearing as Moss and Reid sue Defense for disclosure amid efforts to block Times and Post series.
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Washington
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
Robert F. Kennedy
State Department-Pentagon
Ngo Dinh Diem
America
Vietnam
California
State Department
McCloskey
Pentagon
House
John RE. Moss
D-Calif
Ogden Reid
R-N.y
Security of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
New York Times
Washington Post
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
United States
South Vietnam
Diem
Saigon
Daniel Elisberg
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
North Vietnamese siege at Firebase Fuller deepens probes
North Vietnamese forces repulsed at dawn then hit Firebase Fuller with heavy mortars, four miles south of the DMZ. More than 300 rounds struck the hillside base, with light American casualties and no deaths. US B 52s and AC119 gunships supported raids as two southern edge bases also came under attack.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Fuller
Dmz
Laos
Vietnam
Mekong
U.S. Navy
Tonkin Gulf
Navy
Oriskany
Bradley
Cambodia
Vihear Suor
Phnom Penh
Am Rong
Speed Davis Relieved of HDC Duties in Audrain County
Raymond Speed Davis, Audrain County director for the Human Development Corporation since November, has been relieved of his county assignment and will return to the Central Missouri Counties HDC office in Columbia. HDC board chairman Bill Johnson announced the decision after a special meeting and a prior progress report indicated insufficient leadership improvements. The board will interview a new director soon, with county officers assisting in the interim. Mrs. Ernest Gantt is vice chairman and Mrs. Quinnie Benton is secretary-treasurer.
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Raymond
Speed) Davis
Audrain County
Human Development Corporation
Central Missouri Counties
HDC
Columbia
Bill Johnson
Johnson
Davis
First Presbyterian Church
Ernest Gantt
Quinnie Benton
Campers Hikers In Highway Cleanup
The Little Dixie Campers and Hikers held a June campout at Center at Rogers Camp hosted by Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers. Activities included a 2 pm highway cleanup from Mark Twain High School to Center, a trip to view the Clarence Cannon Dam progress, a barbecued chicken dinner, and an evening with Mr. Rogers and his band. Sunday featured church services, a pollution talk by Bob Adams, and a song service led by Lee Raber.
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Little Dixie
Center
Rogers’ Camp
John Rogers
J. E. Curry
Mark Twain High School
Clarence Cannon
Lawrence Mechlin
Center Methodist Church
Mr. Rogers
Bob Adams
Lee Raber
Court Rules No Warrant No Evidence in High Court Ruling
Supreme Court tightens Fourth Amendment limits on searches in a 5-4 decision. The ruling questions government wiretap exemptions in national security cases and reverses a New Hampshire murder conviction, granting a new trial for Edward H. Coolidge Jr. The opinion stresses warrants or magistrate approval as essential to lawful searches and highlights debate over government powers in unrest times.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Potter Stewart
Stewart
New Hampshire
Edward H. Coolidge Jr
Pamela Mason
Manchester
Warren E. Burger
Hugo L. Black
Byron R. White
John N. Mitchell
Coolidge
England
Mitchell
House Divided Over Welfare Plan Vote on Floor
The House backed a procedural 200 to 172 vote to block substitutes or amendments to the welfare bill, signaling a tight path ahead as supporters led by President Nixon and Democratic leaders aim to push it through. Critics warned of the plan’s incentives and costs while noting unemployment challenges and job creation provisions.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Rules Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Conyers Jr
D-Mich
Detroit
William M. Colmer
Dmiss
Senate
Congress
Mexicoans Elected at Boys State
Four Mexicoans were elected to offices at the 32nd annual Missouri Boys State session at Central Missouri State College Warrensburg. Pat Van Horn mayor of Boone City. Chester Trotter Blair City Police Judge. Chuck W Johnson Shelby County City Councilman. Carl Schoeppel Crowder City Councilman. Sponsors included Mexico Lions Club Mexico Optimist Club and Mexico Jaycees. Joys State trains citizenship to augment school instruction.
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Pat van Horn
Bert L. van Horn
Route 5
Mexico
Boone City
American Legion
Missouri Boys State
Central Missouri State College
Warrensburg
Mexico Lions Club
Boys State
Chester Trotter
C. A. Trotter
E. Breckenridge St
Blair City
Joys State
South Viets Fear Result Of Papers
Baltimore Sun reports a secret Pentagon study on U S involvement in Southeast Asia alarms top South Vietnamese officials. They fear accelerated American withdrawal as Washington Post and New York Times articles circulate, with Saigon officials and publishers anxious over possible repercussions and the impact on Thieu Ky leadership.
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Baltimore
Pentagon
U.S
Southeast Asia
Baltimore Sun
Saigon
Sun
Michael Parks
Washington Post
New York Times
Nixon
Parks
Maxwell Taylor
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thieu
United States
Bomb Clock Stopped Early at City Council Meeting
A pipe bomb hidden in a purse failed to detonate at a crowded San Jose City Council meeting after 400 people were evacuated. Police said the device, warned by an anonymous caller to explode at 9 p.m., could not explode because it lacked a blasting cap and had clock timing stopped at 8 10.
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San Jose
Calif
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Charles Chrisman
Raymond Dawson
Gordon Burns
Christman
R&l Waldo Plumbers
St. Louis
Drummond Plumbing
Lewis Plumbing and Heating
Boston
Boston Globe
Maxwell D. Taylor
South Viet‘nam
Rep
Paul McCloskey
Joe
Josef C. Engressia
Memphis, Tenn
Engressia
Memphis
North
South Vietnamese
Colmer
H. Allen Smith
Ronald Reagan
ALT
Elliott Gould
Liberty
Jerry Lewis
Haynes
Wasa
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