NEA Report Details Pressures on Public Schools
The National Education Association commission finds public schools facing increased harassment over three years with John Birch Society named as top troublemaker. Criticism and censorship of books have risen since 1962, with California Michigan and Ohio most active. PTAs and local chambers of commerce ranked among helpful groups while right wing and civil rights actors drive the pressure. Books targeted include Catcher in the Rye and 1984 among others.
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American Legion
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Ptas
American Association of University Women
Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
United Nations
Exodus
Time
Newsweek
Republicans Call for Cutbacks to Fund Vietnam War
Senate GOP Leader Everett Dirksen and House GOP Leader Gerald Ford deliver a party reply to President Johnson. They press guns or butter, urging deep cuts to Great Society spending to fund Vietnam and curb inflation. House committees move quickly on an emergency $12 billion Vietnam financing request.
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Everett M. Dirksen
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Gerald R. Ford
Johnson
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House Appropriations Committee
Viet Nam Cease Fire Ordered During Tet Holidays
Gen. Westmoreland ordered all U S forces to cease firing for 78 hours from noon Thursday to Sunday in observance of Tet. Allied troops including South Korean Australian and New Zealand forces follow the truce as Viet Cong claim a four day halt. In Saigon area Viet Cong attacked Thu Duc killing several family members of officer cadets. a bus mine killed civilians. US convoy near Trung Lap engaged Viet Cong with air support and heavy bombardment by B 52s from Guam hit a coastal area near Quang Ngai City.
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Viet Nam
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Westmoreland
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Thu Duc
Moc Hoa
Cai Lay
Kien Tuong
Quang Ngai City
Voting Rights Act challenge heard by Supreme Court
South Carolina and five Southern states argue the 1965 Voting Rights Act is an overreach of federal power as justices hear the legality of abolishing literacy and other voter qualification tests. Atty Gen Katzenbach, marking his 41st birthday, defends the law with support from New Jersey and Massachusetts officials F. Others from Alabama Louisiana Mississippi Georgia and Virginia join the argument. North Carolina sits out.
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Alabama
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Virginia
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Nicholas Katzenbach
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Cincy Police Hunt Would-Be Strangler
Cincinnati police search for a man who tried to strangle a North Avondale area woman as she cleaned a basement. The attack mirrors the December slaying of Emogene Harrington in Walnut Hills, with the suspect wearing gloves and using a cord. The victim, Digna Canales, escaped. her husband Louis Canales alerted officers.
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Avondale
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Walnut Hills
Digna Canales
Congress Eyes Expanded Citizen Privacy Protections
Washington AP Senate and House committees push for legislation to curb government wiretapping and expand public access to official records. Long seeks a balance between privacy rights and enforcement. Moss struggles against administration opposition. The FOI bill would allow court access to most records with exceptions for national security and individual privacy.
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Internal Revenue
Extortion Plot Ends With Bomb Hoax At Dayton Bowling Alley
In Dayton Ohio a would be extortionist threatened $1 million in damage and demanded 100000. The target was an insured building linked to Miller-Pickard Insurance Co. Detective Capt Grover OConner supervised a ruse with a bowling bag. Miller placed newspaper bundles inside. A bowling alley employee found the bag suspicious and the bag was carried out. The bag yielded no bomb when opened by officer L L Combs. The employee was arrested briefly after a failed plant. He passed a lie detector test and was released. No further leads were reported.
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L. Howard Miller
Miller-Pickard Insurance Co
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Grover O'Conner
Miller Leav
L. L. Combs
Nigeria Army declares control after coup attempt in Lagos
Nigeria's Army commander Maj Gen Aguiul Kons suspended civilian officials and proclaimed a military regime in Lagos after a failed mutiny. Prime Minister Balewa and President Azikwe were abducted as loyal troops secured key sites and hunted rebels, with Ironsi set to appoint regional military governors. The Congo and several West African states have also seen military coups in recent weeks.
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Nigeria
Africa
Agulul Kons
Sir Abubaker Tafawa Balewa
Azikwe Nnamdi
Balewa
Festus Okotie Ebon
Ironsi
Kaduna
Federation of Nigeria
Congo
Dahomey
Central African Republic
Upper Volta
Lagos Radio
DiSalle Skips Dems Session in Ohio
Former Ohio governor Michael V. DiSalle again dominated a Democratic leaders meeting seeking a candidate to challenge Governor James Rhodes. He said he would be out of town and plans would be disclosed later this month. Stanton’s withdrawal narrowed the possible statewide field with the Feb. 2 filing deadline looming.
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Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
James Rhodes
DiSalle
Cleveland
James V. Stanton
Johnson may end peace bids with Hanoi next week
The New York Times dispatch from Washington cites trusted sources saying the Johnson administration plans to end peace overtures to the Communists after the Vietnamese New Year if Hanoi does not respond. It notes tough public statements and unclear timing on resuming air raids or a major action in the south.
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Times
Weather forecast predicts cold, partly cloudy spell
The U S Weather Bureau warns of continued cold with partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures will average 8 to 12 degrees below normal, settling around 40 to 25. A brief warming mid week, then colder by Friday. Snow expected Thursday and Saturday with melted precipitation totaling one fourth to one half inch.
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Arctic cold wave grips nation with fierce winds
A vast arctic air dome swept the central and eastern United States and forced subzero readings as far south as Kansas and Illinois. Weather battered the Pacific coast and Gulf regions with damaging winds while Avalon Harbor on Catalina Island suffered $250,000 in boat damage and a missing man feared drowned after 65 mile per hour winds and 18 to 20 foot waves.
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