Experts Urged to Aid Middletown Racial Unrest
Middletown area churches backed a plan by the Middletown City Commission and Board of Education to bring in outside experts in conflict and change to address current racial tensions. Rev. Robert McNamara cited costs up to 10 000 and urged officials to seek impartial help while avoiding media blame. A formal statement will be sent to leaders.
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Middletown Area
Bethel Ame Church
City Commission
Board of Education
McNamara
Council
Brandt to Meet With East German Leaders in Berlin
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt accepted East German Premier Willi Stoph's invitation for talks in East Berlin in the second or third week of March. Ahlers said preliminary contacts would set up contractual arrangements and stressed that normalization could ease European tensions.
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Bonn
Germany
Willy Brandt
Willi Stoph
East Berlin
Conrad Ahlers
Brandt
Steph
Ahlers
United States
Britain
France
Ahirs
Berlin
Bonnig
Europe
Jury Seeks Mistrial Bid In Hoffman Contempt Case
Kunstler tells reporters he will argue the motion today as the judge warned jurors could be recalled if deadlocked. He predicts mixed outcomes with some convictions and others acquittals or a hung jury. Weinglass remains sentenced to over a year and a half, stayed until May 4 to allow appeals.
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Kunstler
Hoffman
Court Order Preserves Three All-Black Schools in Orange County
A federal appeals court defines unitary school system and orders Orange County to implement a neighborhood pupil assignment plan that keeps three all-black schools intact while desegregating eight others. The ruling allows differing methods by district and cites residential patterns and Title 8 open housing as factors shaping future integration.
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Orlando
Fla
Florida
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Orange County
Addiion
Jury deadlock in Chicago seven riot conspiracy case
A U S District Court jury of 12 deliberated for a fifth day on charges of riot conspiracy tied to the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Defense lawyers sought a mistrial while motions were filed after the panel recessed following dinner.
Middletown Weather: Cloudy Tonight Chance of Showers
Forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for mostly cloudy conditions with a chance of showers tonight and lows in the mid 40s. Expect variable cloudiness and much colder weather Thursday with a chance of showers or snow flurries and a high in the low to mid 40s.
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Middletown
Education Funds Hot Issue In House
The House faces a new clash with President Nixon over education spending after the Rules Committee spurned a discretionary spending amendment. The bill for health and education totals 19.3 billion, replacing the vetoed 19.7 billion measure. The vote prompts a potential veto, as Democrats push for higher budgets while Nixon desires tighter control.
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House
Nixon
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Rules Committee
Health, Education and Welfare
Robert H. Finch
Appropriations Committee
Nixon policy clarity sought on school integration stance
Washington AP reports efforts to obtain a clear presidential statement on national school desegregation before the Senate votes. Republican Leader Hugh Scott pressed for Nixon backing a rider limiting desegregation to unconstitutional racial conditions, while Sen. John Stennis pushed a broader plan. Tension rose as Tower and Harlow disputed White House imprimatur.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Scott
John Stennis
Dmiss
GOP
Robert H. Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
Stennis
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Bryce N. Harlow
White House
Officials Probe Ties In 2 Police Bombings
Cleveland AP reports Shaker Heights police will send a lieutenant to Danbury to probe possible links between the February 2 Shaker Heights Municipal Building bombing and Danbury blasts from the prior week. Authorities see no definite connection but pursue theories. Danbury attacks followed a bank robbery and a police station, with injuries to officers and civilians.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Shaker Heights
Danbury
Ralph Schaar
Schaar
Union Savings Bank
Nixon outlines path to peace in Vietnam in State of the World report
President Nixon tells Congress that peace hinges on Hanoi's willingness to negotiate seriously toward a compromise. He announces a high level Vietnam studies group led by Henry Kissinger to examine the Vietnamization program and U.S. Vietnam policy for the 1970s.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
South Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
Atic
Nixon outlines Vietnam pacification goals and negotiation path
President Nixon presents a pacification program and notes steps toward serious talks with North Vietnam. He cites studies on enemy capability and Vietnamese leadership, stresses three key moves toward negotiations, and assesses Hanoi’s pressures from allies, public opinion, and Sino Soviet tensions. He asserts Viet Cong rural control has fallen under 10 percent and warns of continued struggles ahead.
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Vietnam
Special Studies Group
U.S
North Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Nixon
Laos
Cambodia
White House
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Russia
China
United States
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