Senate panel OKs Carswell Supreme Court nomination
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Judge G Harrold Carswell by 12 to 4 with Democrats Hart Kennedy Bayh and Tydings voting no. Eastland predicted confirmation by the full Senate by more than a 2 to 1 margin and noted a proposed direct election constitutional amendment would be voted on by April 24.
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Michigan
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Joseph D. Tydings
Maryland
Marlow Cook
Eastland
Bayh
Senate
Sth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Tallahassee
Hijacked Boeing 727 Heads Toward Cuba
An Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 en route from Newark to Miami was hijacked near Jacksonville Florida and reported heading for Cuba. FAA officials said the plane was about 150 miles east of Jacksonville at 11 05 CST and showed no fuel problem.
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Atlanta, Ga
Newark
Miami
Jacksonville
Fla
Cuba
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Eastern Flight 1
Budget as a Clever Tool for Managing Public Debt
A witty line reflects on budgets as devices that enable orderly debt. It critiques fiscal planning as a means to spend more while presenting itself with a sly, humorous edge.
Airman Jessie Millican completes basic training
Airman Jessie R. Milli Millican, son of Mr and Mrs Jessie C Millican of 209 Sixth St West Monroe, finished basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and is assigned to Lowry AFB Colorado for armament systems training. A 1969 West Monroe High School graduate, he was featured in Twin Cities Chit Chat.
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Jessie R. Millican
Jessie C. Millican
Sixth St
West Monroe
Lackland Afb
Tex
Lowry Afb
Colo
Armament Systems
Millican
West Monroe High School
Icy Weather Hits Travel In Northeast
Weather across the nation brings mixed winter conditions. The Northeast sees snow and travel warnings for New England and Maine while the West faces rain inland from the coast. Gale warnings along the Pacific Northwest and a hurricane force wind gust near Cape Blanco, Oregon. Subzero cold spans the Dakotas to northern Michigan with light snow across the Great Lakes.
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Rockies
Sierras
California
Washington
Cape Blanco
Ore
Dakotas
Michigan
Great Lakes
McKeithen Seeks National Spotlight With Donations Drive
Gov John McKeithen appeals to national audience over school desegregation fighting for a 100000 nationwide message. Donations flood in with eight boxes of mail daily as his office hires extra help to process letters. He calls for a Feb 18 22 special session to push anti busing laws and plans a Washington trip with Southern leaders. Catholic Diocese opposes delaying tax election over the crisis.
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John MccKeithen
Louis Quinn
McKeithen
Quinn
South
Louisiana
New York
Washington
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Chicago riot trial jurors enter third day of deliberations
Federal jury in Chicago enters a third day of deliberations over riot conspiracy charges tied to the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Seven defendants face up to 10 years and $20 000 fines if convicted. Lawyers Kunstler and Weinglass received contempt sentences, stayed to allow legal duties.
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Julius J. Hoffman
U.S. District Court
William M Kunstler
Leonard I. Weinglass Kunstler
New York City
Weinglass
Newark
N.J
Cook County
David T. Dellinger
Lee Weiner
Dellinger
Weiner
Jerry C. Rubin
John R. Froines
Thomas E. Hayden
Bennard C. “Rennie” Davis
Abbott “Abbie” Hoffman
U N espionage case ends as Soviet worker exits U S
The United States drops charges against Soviet UN employee Aleksandr V. Tikhomirov after he agrees to leave the country. He had faced a conspiracy to commit espionage charge and been free on bail of 75 000 dollars since his arrest in Seattle on February 7 after an Air Force sergeant claimed he offered 300 dollars for defense information.
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United States
United Nations
U.S
Walter A. Roseburg Jr
Stan Pitkin
Washington
Atty
John N Mitchell
State Department
Justice Department
Aleksandr V. Tikhomirov
FBI
U.S. Air Force
Tikhomirov
Pacific Northwest
Cloudy And Cold Weather Forecast For Monroe Area
Residents in Monroe and nearby areas face mostly cloudy skies and colder temperatures today and tonight. Tuesday will be less cold with highs 48 to 54 and lows 30 to 36. Northerly winds 10 to 22 mph diminish tonight. Selman Field reports Sunday high 64 and morning low 35 with precipitation around .71 inches so far. Drying conditions poor today, improving to fair by late afternoon and generally good Tuesday.
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Monroe
Federal Aviation Agen ‘Ey
Selman Field
Students Fight Huge Oil Slick in Florida
In St Petersburg Florida college students and 900 teachers at Florida Presbyterian College joined a day of cleanup for a 100 square mile oil slick from the Delian Apollon spill. State filed a $2 million damage suit against Shipping Developments Corp seeking to keep the tanker in harbor until reparations are made.
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Boca Ciega Bay
Florida Presbyterian College
John Jacobson
Delian Apollon
Tampa Bay
Tampa
Earl Faircloth
Shipping Developments Corp
Weedon Island
St. Petersburg
Anthony Fugaro
Coast Guard
Solons Approve HEW Funds Bill
The House Appropriations Committee passed a compromise education and poverty funding bill totaling 19.3 billion dollars. It covers Health Education and Welfare, Labor, the Office of Economic Opportunity and related agencies, and exceeds Nixon's budget by 693 million dollars. The vetoed bill was larger than Nixon would accept and over budget by more than 1 billion dollars.
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Nixon
House Appropriations Committee
Departments of Health, Education and Welfare and Labor
Office of Economic Opportunity
House
River Stage Changes Reported Amid Flood Conditions
River stages show rising at Camden with 26.90 feet and Monroe at 16.8 feet indicating flood risk. two sites mark stages rising while two show falling.
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Camden
Monroe
Court Suit Hinted By Black Council
A. G. Facen leader of the Black Citizens Council of Ouachita Parish says the group and others will pursue court action to keep Carroll and Richardson high schools as high schools amid desegregation orders. He supports a bi racial committee and criticizes plans presented to federal court, warning of continued litigation for years.
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A. G. Facen
Black Citizens Council of
Ouachita Parish
Carroll and
Glauove
Lipsowsiones
Carroll
Monroe City
Richardson
James O. Lancaster
Facen
Report Due Today On Howard Talk
A federal judge will receive a report today from U.S. Attorney Walter on possible contempt by Monroe Mayor W. L. Howard over an imposed desegregation plan. Walter says the report contains enough evidence to cite Howard, who urged defiance of the order during a Carroll High School address. Civil rights leaders split in reaction as Monroes integration proceeds with ninth grades at Carroll High transitioning today.
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New York
Kennedy
Copenhagen
Denmark
Shreveport
U.S
Ben Ce ‘Dawkins Jr
U.S. District Court
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Monroe City
Walter
Jervis Leonard
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Monroe
Howard
All Negro Carroll High School
Department of Justice
Dawkins
Carrol High
Carrolls
Carroll High School
John S. Reddix
Six outside South senators back southern desegregation plan
Six senators from outside the South joined Sen. Abraham Ribicoff in supporting a southern backed amendment for equal enforcement of school desegregation laws nationwide. Ribicoff argued northern schools show racial imbalances and should bus pupils to balance ratios. The group backed only equal enforcement, not a halt to busing.
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UPI
South
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Democrat
Ribicoff
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Nixon
Senate
Congressional Record
Walter Mondale
Mondale
Two Bandits Rob Orleans Store
Two armed bandits forced store manager Sidney J. Valedie to open the safe and took 5000 dollars in cash. They also took 42 dollars from his wallet and his car keys before fleeing in a stolen car. Valedie, 65, was accosted as he arrived for work and the robbers demanded light by striking matches to view the safe combination.
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New Orleans
Sidney J. Valedie
Valedie
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