House Sets Hearings On Antibusing Bill
Washington AP Nixon antibusing bill headed for House Education subcommittee action chaired by Roman Pucinski. The measure would bar new busing of elementary students for desegregation and limit higher level busing with remedies tied to neighborhood school systems. The moratorium on court orders remains stalled.
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Nixon
Congress
House
Roman C. Pucinski
D-Ill
Judiciary Committee
Pucinski
Two More Arraigned In Yablonski Case
Washington state murder charges faced by William Jackson Prater of LaFollette Tennessee and Albert Pass of Middlesboro Kentucky mark the sixth and seventh indictments in the 1969 slayings of UMW leader Joseph Yablonski his wife and daughter. A Washington County Grand Jury returned the indictments after presenting witnesses as District Attorney Jess D. Costa pressed the case before Judge Charles G. Sweet who denied defense motions.
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United Mine Workers
Yablonski
William Jackson Prater
LaFollette
Tenn
Albert Pass
Middlesbor
UMW
Joseph ‘Jock’ Yablonski
Washington County
Dist. Atty
Jess D. Costa
Charles G. Sweet
Zoroaster and the Persian Philosophical Tradition
Zoroaster, an ancient Persian thinker, influenced religious and philosophical ideas, and his name is linked to a later religious sect.
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Zoroaster
Persia
Americans Walk To Work Second To Cars
Census Bureau reports in 1970 that 5.7 million people regularly walked to work on Census Day. At 59.7 million, driving was most common, with 4.2 million bus or streetcar riders, 1.8 million subway or elevated riders, 502000 railroad riders, and 296000 taxicab users.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau
Five Years Without Appeal Ban Targets Pastor in South Africa
Basil Moore, a 36 year old pastor and science teacher, was served a five year banning order under the Suppression of Communism Act. He may not leave Johannesburg, entertain, attend church, or work in most offices. The order, extendable without explanation or appeal, mirrors house arrest affecting about 300 others. The Rand Daily Mail notes dozens banned or deprived of passports as authorities crack down on churches and student groups.
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South Africa
Basil Moore
Justice Ministry
Moore
Rand Daily Mail
South-West Africa
Amon? Vn
National Union of Sice
John Var
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