No Graduation Mockery Claims Culpeper Principal Stands Firm
Culpeper High School principal Glenn Piper refused to permit a student to wear a peace symbol on his gown during the commencement. He argued the symbol would mock the exercises and threatened to resign if forced to compromise principles. The audience applauded as Ronald E. Johnson removed the symbol and received his diploma.
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Culpeper
Culpeper High School
Glenn Piper
Piper
Ronald EB. Johnson
Johnson
Mockup of SST Unveiled in Seattle
Boeing showed a full size mockup of the supersonic transport with one wing two wooden engines and a pointed nose as Trans portation Secretary John A Volpe praised the design and urged approval of 290 million for 1971. He said the Senate would pass the request and predicted the US would lead the world market over Soviet and Franco British rivals.
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Boeing Co
John A. Volpe
U.S
Soviet Union
Volpe
Senate
House
Nixon
Boeing
Pentagon Awards $1.8 Billion For Bl1 Bomber Designs
The Air Force awarded nearly 1.8 billion dollars in research and development contracts to North American Rockwell and General Electric for the Bl bomber project. The awards cover design testing and engine work as the program contemplates a 200 to 300 aircraft fleet with a multi-decade cost well over 13 billion dollars.
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North American Rockwell Corp
General Electric
Air Force
Robert Seamans Jr
Congress
David M. Packard
Russia
Packard
North American
Rockwell
el Segundo
Calif
Evendale
Ohio
Campus Disorders Bill Clears Final Major Legislation
In Columbus the 108th Ohio General Assembly approved a $28.6 million supplemental appropriation to public schools and a campus disorders bill. The body also backed a liberalized garnish ment measure and streamlined procedures for final adjournment later this month after a lengthy joint conference committee session.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio General Assembly
Publisc Sehanl
Attack Halted in Cambodia and School Finance Bill Passes
Cambodian tanks and infantry blunted a heavy Viet Cong and North Vietnamese assault on Siem Reap near Angkor Wat with fighting centered at the airport. Separately a state school aid bill provides funds for districts in need, allows borrowing up to 50 percent of next year’s revenue, and sets wage schedule constraints tied to fiscal sufficiency.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Siem Reap
Angkor Wat
U.S
State Department of Education
Ohio Board of Regents
Ky Returns From Cambodia with Warning on Cambodia Operation
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky flew back to Saigon from Cambodia after a two day visit. He warned that if allies stop their drive and rest politics the enemy could reclaim border sanctuaries and call today’s gains a failure in the future. Ky said future allied aims mattered more than Hanoi's fighting strength and announced plans to train four thousand Cambodian residents in South Vietnam to bolster Cambodian forces. He added that aid to Laos would be provided if requested.
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Namese
Nguyen Cao Ky
Cambodia
Tan Son Nhut
Ten activists convicted of destroying draft records raid
In Chicago ten antiwar activists were convicted in U.S. District Court on all four counts for destroying thousands of draft records in a raid on a Selective Service office. Sentencing is set for Tuesday. three defendants were absent, warrants issued. Judge Robson revoked bonds for those in court, calling them a menace to the community.
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Chicago
U.S. District Court
Selective Service
Edwin A. Robson
Vietnam
Robson
Weekend forecast for southwestern Ohio includes sun and warm temps
A fair weekend is forecast with 55 degrees tonight and 80s Sunday under clear skies. Monday looks partly cloudy and warm with a chance of evening showers.
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Ohio
Middle East war enters fourth year with new raids
Israelis bomb Egyptian targets along the Suez Canal for about 14 hours in two sessions while Arab guerrillas raid from Lebanon into Upper Galilee. Tel Aviv cites the shift to continuous military activity to counter war. An Al Fatah communique claims attackers killed an Israeli personnel carrier crew and a soldier.
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Associated Press
Middle East
Sue Canal
Tel Aviv
Lebanon
Kiray
Shemona
Upper Galilee
Haim Bar-Lev
Israe'i
Bat-Lev
al Fatah
Beirut
Golan Heights
Talal Faras
Quneitra
Sonny Tufts Dies Of Pneumonia At 58
Santa Monica California AP Sonny Tufts Boston born actor who played cowboys and leading men died of pneumonia at St. John's Hospital at age 58. He had been hospitalized since Sunday and his true name Bowen Charleston Tufts II. The death was not public until Friday.
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Calif
Sonny Tufts
St. John’s Hospital
William Bergin
Bowen Charleston Tufts II
Tufts
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