Southern push to curb federal power over school desegregation
Southern senators seek to strip courts of power to order busing as part of a larger bid to slow nationwide school integration. The Stennis amendment urges a uniform national policy while Ervin proposes to bar federal agencies from ordering busing. Debate reflects tension between civil rights goals and regional resistance.
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Dixie
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
South
John Stennis
Dmiss
Stennis
North
Ervin
Charlotte, N.C
Stennis Puts North vs South Fight Over Integration
In Washington Sen. John Stennis voices a blunt position on desegregation arguing that northern pressure for immediate massive integration could curb the South’s push for integration and push a shift toward a live and let live policy. The Mississippi Democrat frames his case amid Senate rhetoric.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Senate
Sen
John Stennis
South
North
Mississippi Democrat
Stennis
State Salon Raps OU Paper As Unadulterated Smut
Ohio Senator Robert J. Corts labeled The Post as publishing pure unadulterated smut drawing a rebuttal from editor Andrew Alexander who said the paper is funded by student fees. Corts warned of cutting funds unless the student paper stops publishing explicit material.
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Columbus
Robert J. Corts
Ohio University
Sen
Corts
Mickey Mouse
Andrew Alexander
The
Post
Coris
Elyria
Alexander
John R. Wilhelm
School of Journalism
Race Problems Still Plague Ohio Schools
Racial tensions flare in four southwestern Ohio districts with religious and parental groups backing actions. About 500 black parents vow to join their children in a sit in at Cincinnati Princeton High School after warnings from the school board. Middletown schools stay closed for the rest of the week as officials seek to ease rioting at the high school last Friday. Cincinnati Withrow High School will remain closed for a third day while meetings continue among white and black students parents and civic groups to resolve tensions.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Cincinnati
Princeton High School
Middletown
Two-Child Limit Urged by Nixon Official Hence Environmental Focus
Washington AP A top Nixon administration official urges couples to limit families to two children to improve national life and environmental quality. Health Secretary Robert Finch ties overpopulation to environmental problems and calls for wider access to birth control information. University NAS president Philip Handler supports the view, warning population growth threatens humanity.
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Washington
America
B52 Bombers Return to Vietnam After Laos Strikes
U S bomber forces shifted from heavy Laos raids back to South Vietnam targets after 48 hours of action in Laos. Sources in Saigon report about seven Vietnam missions daily for B52s, with 10 planes dropping 300 tons on base camps in the western Mekong Delta.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Laos
Strategic Air Command
Southeast Asia
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S
Mekong Delta
Laos Will Fight Reds To End Says Phouma
Premier Souvanna Phouma said Laotian forces on the Plain of Jars are outnumbered yet determined to fight to the end. He noted North Vietnamese divisions and a major offensive began last week and aims to contain it until the rainy season starts in May or June.
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Plain of Jars
Vientiane
Laos
Prince Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Weather outlook for Middletown area turns colder with flurries
The forecast covers Middletown and nearby areas with partly cloudy skies and colder air. Tonight brings a few snow flurries and lows around the low 20s, followed by a cold Friday with highs in the mid 30s, and a warmer Saturday. Yesterday peaked at 59 with a morning low near 25.
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Middletown
Chicago 7 Lawyers Challenge Antiriot Law
The government won a split verdict in the 1968 Democratic National Convention case. Five men were convicted of crossing state lines to incite rioting, while all seven were acquitted of conspiracy. Defendants plan to appeal the federal anti riot law’s constitutionality.
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AU S. District Court
Lee Weiner
John R. Froines
Froines
Weiner
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