Equal Service Ruling Challenges Racial Disparities in Mississippi
A federal Court of Appeals ruling in the deep South orders a Mississippi town to provide equal municipal services to black and white districts. It targets sewer, street paving, and traffic controls, criticizing separate but unequal practices. The decision, if enforced, could curb what many see as public neglect of Negro areas, reducing future troubles from discriminatory omission.
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Federal Court of Appeals
Deep South
Mississippi
Negative President Maker and a Ballot Busting Clerk
A New York City figure, Charles H. Tuttle, helped shape Roosevelt’s rise by defeating him in the 1930 gubernatorial race. As U.S. attorney for the southern district from 1927 to 1930 he convicted Daniel O’Connell, alarmed racketeers, and sparked a GOP to Democratic shift that aided FDR’s 1932 nomination.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Charles H. Tuttle
New York City
Tuttle
United States
New York
Daniel O’connell
Albany
Roosevelt
Upstate
Fdr
We Are Seeking Escape From a World We Made
A critique contrasts vintage glamour with modern turmoil. The piece laments Vietnam war actions and political deceit while recalling Frank Mankiewicz and Tom Braden and noting a revival of 1930s showbiz icons as cultural symbols. It questions societal complicity and media-escapist trends.
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COSVN
Sepone
Laos
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Churchill
de Gaulle
Sammy Davis
Don't Stop The SST Now
Paul Harvey argues the Senate Appropriations Committee will revisit SST funding on March 8. He warns Americans may spend $864 million with nothing to show and $235 million more in FY1972, urging a hedge of insurance money kept in American pockets while urging environmental caution.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
New York
London
Nixon
Congress
Robert Byrd
Transportation Subcommittee
Udall warns Alaska oil line could trigger ecocatastrophe
Stewart Udall warns an oil pipeline from Alaska’s North Slope to Valdez could cause ecological ruin if permafrost erosion occurs. ARCO and Humble report grasses might repair tundra, while GE defends its SST engine and critics push for balanced public record.
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Stewart Udall
Alaska
Valdez
Union
Udall
New York City
Omaha
Neb
Vermont
Maine
Stewart Udalls
North Slope
Atlantic- Richfield
ARCO
Humble
Henry
Scoop) Jackson
Middletown Journal subscription rates and details
The Journal published daily by News Journal, Inc. outlines subscription options. Rates include 80c daily for seven days, 20c Sunday, motor route $3.47 in two installments, or $3.20 by four week periods, and mail rates $30 per year within the trading area, $38 outside the USA. All motor route and mail subscriptions are payable in advance. Founded in 1857.
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The
News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Journal
USA
Northern Ireland Welcome Push Faces Turbulent Realities
Public relations chief Edmund Antrobus markets Northern Ireland as a tourist haven while Belfast confronts violent clashes. AP reports describe riots, bomb threats, and a British soldier's death as peace efforts unfold amid a backdrop of beauty and political tension.
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Ireland
Alaska
Edmund Antrobus
British Tours Authority
New York
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Associated Press
London
Irish Republican Army
Labor writes off two Democratic hopefuls in AFL-CIO snub
Washington labor leaders quietly reject McGovern and Hughes, signaling potential political death as AFL-CIO Executive Council withholds invitation to a Miami Beach meeting. Muskie Humphrey Bayh Jackson Kennedy received informal invitations. Meany favors Humphrey, while the main goal remains defeating President Nixon.
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Washington
George McGovern
South Dakota
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Afl-Cio Executive Council
McGovern
Hughes
Miami Beach
Council
COPE
Edmund Muskie
Hubert Humphrey
Birch Bayn
Henry
Scoop) Jackson
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Louisiana
Jerry Wurf
State and County Municipal Employees Union
Muskie
Humphrey
Bayh
Jackson
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Nixon
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Cambodia
Calley
Ho Chi Minh Trail
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Atlantic-Richfield
Canada
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