Senate Defeats Busing Ban Amid Civil Rights Debate
The Senate rejected a proposed ban on federally ordered busing to desegregate schools by a 49 to 36 vote. The measure would have barred courts and agencies from requiring interdistrict busing to alter racial balance. South officials had supported a separate amendment pushing a national desegregation policy, but opposition warned the move offered limited immediate impact while aiming to pressure northern schools.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Sam J. Ervin
Dn.c
South
John Stennis
Dmiss
Dixie
Ervin
Stennis
North
Committee Okays State School Bill in Louisiana
The Louisiana House Judiciary Committee unanimously favors Gov. McKeithen's school bill, sending it toward a floor vote. Debate centers on potential effect on local boards under federal orders and whether nondiscriminatory education is preserved.
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Baton Rouge, la
House Judiciary Committee
John McKeithen
Afekaithen
Ifal
Elaew
Spypeween
Louisiana School Board Association
James Prescott
Association
Prescott
McKeithen
MecKeithen
Wade ©. Martin Jr
Elmer R. Tapper
Louisiana
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
West Baton Rouge Parish
River Stage Increases Noted At Carden And Monroe
River gauge readings show rising stages at Carden 26 to 22.4 feet and Monroe 40 to 16.6 feet with increases recorded. Authorities warn of potential flooding as waters rise.
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Carden
Monroe
Army Commendation Medal for Sergeant Gilley in Vietnam
Staff Sergeant Jimmy A. Gilley 24 son of Ferris and L. Gilley of Monroe earns the Army Commendation Medal for duties as section chief in Battery A First Battalion Eighth Artillery Cu Chi area with the 25th Infantry Division Vietnam. Mrs Eugenia Oliver of Monroe celebrates her birthday and speedy recovery after a St Francis Hospital check up.
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Jimmy A. Gilley
Ferris G. Gilley
Gordon Ave
Monroe
Vietnam
25Th Infantry Division
Eighth Artillery
Cu Chi
Eugenia Oliver
Breard St
St. Francis Hospital
House Debates HEW Bill Amid Veto Threats
Washington AP reports the House prepares to vote on a sweeping HEW appropriations bill, renewing clashes with the White House over education spending and signaling a possible veto of the measure for Health Education and Welfare departments.
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Washington
House
White House
Departments of Health
Educa
Reds Suspend Laos Attacks After Losses
North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao reportedly halt operations around the Plain of Jars after seven days of heavy fighting. Laotian government says 17 Laotian troops killed and 28 wounded, with 174 enemy fatalities for a total over 385. Intelligence notes about 20,000 enemy around the Plain. Gen. Vang Pao vows to fight to the end until rains return.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Plain of Jars
U.S
Vang Pao
Souvanna Phouma
Cananne
Egypt Planes Raid Israeli Positions Along Suez Canal
Egyptian planes attacked Israeli positions along the Suez Canal for the third day in a row, with an Israeli spokesman reporting no casualties. There was no word on Israeli responses to raids in the canal’s southern sector.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Egyp
Nixon aide hints at veto over education spending amendment
Press secretary Ron Ziegler warned President Nixon might veto a bill lacking a compromise provision. The dispute centers on discretion to spend large sums on education, with Congress proposing $1.3 billion in additions and the House upholding Nixon's veto on prior $19.7 million appropriations.
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Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Congress
House
Appropriations Committee
Spending provision remains overfunded
The report notes the current spending provision still carries too much money, prompting scrutiny of budget allocations and potential redirection to reduce surplus.
Finch Proposes Two Child Family Size Limit
Washington AP A Nixon administration official Robert H Finch secretary of health education and welfare urged limiting families to two children to improve life quality and curb overpopulation He suggested voluntary steps including broader birth control information and possible disincentives while Philip Handler of the NAS warned the US could gain 100 million people by 2000 and stressed the link to domestic pressures and environmental costs
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Washington
Nixon Administration
America
Robert H. Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
Finch
Philip Handler
National Academy of Sciences
Former Monroe Resident Killed In Viet Actions
Clifton Thomas Smith a 20 year old former Monroe resident was killed in action in South Vietnam. His parents Mr and Mrs L R Smith of Houston formerly Monroe were notified of his death Thursday in combat in Quang Nam Province of Da Nang. Military services will be under Hixson Brothers Funeral Home Monroe with Rev Lea Joyner of Southside Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. He was a former student at Ouachita.
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Monroe
Clifton Thomas
Tommy) Smith
South Vietnam
L. R. Smith
Houston
Quang Nam
da Nang
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Lea Joyner
Southside Methodist Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Ouachita
Egyptian pilot hailed as Phantom One after MIR response
A Cairo report claims an Egyptian air force pilot who shot down the first Israeli Phantom jet has been celebrated as a hero, reportedly flying a Soviet MIG21. Israel received its first Phantoms last December, while Thant and Jarring in Geneva concluded no basis to renew peace talks yet.
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Wat Ugar
Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Thant
Geneva
Gunnar Jarring
Middle East
Jarring
Peace talks open as UN four powers seek cease fire
The United States Soviet Union France and Britain move to craft a peace formula. US diplomats expect the Soviet Union to reject a proposal calling on Israelis and Arabs for a new cease fire. In a separate notice a family lists survivors including parents siblings and grandparents.
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United Nations
United States
Soviet Union
France
Britain
U.N
New York
Goldwater Backing U S Voting Rights Push
Senator Barry Goldwater urged Congress to remove legal hurdles blocking millions from voting in presidential elections. He proposed a nationwide standard allowing eligible residents to vote regardless of state residency rules or absentee restrictions, as a substitute for a House voting rights bill section.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Congress
Arizona Republican
Goldwater
Fragmentary rights note in citizen discourse
A fragment from a period piece argues that a citizen should be able to exercise rights wherever they are in the world, reflecting on global access to civil liberties. The odd wording suggests a broader debate on universal rights in a fractured archival text.
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Eiec
General Motors Recalls Buses And Trucks For Brake Line Inspections
General Motors GMC Truck and Coach Division recalls 4 009 school buses and 2 687 trucks built 1968 69 to inspect brake hose retaining springs and rear steel brake lines to prevent possible brake fluid loss. Some vehicles may need new hose return springs or rear line replacement or alignment.
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Pontiac
General Motors
GMC Truck & Coach Division
GMC
GMO
Fim
Nixon backed voting rights act sparks House debate
Civil rights leader Clarence Mitchell urged a simple extension of the 1965 voting rights law as the House debated expanding or replacing it with Nixon administration legislation. The stalemate centered on nationwide coverage versus southern focus, with the Stennis amendment adopted 29 to 24 amid party splits.
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South
Nixon
Civil Orights
Clarence Mitchell
Congress
Mitchell
House
Senate
Alloo
Senate Desegregation Amendment Praised Across States
The Associated Press reports broad approval from Southern governors NAACP leaders and state officials for a Sen John C Stennis desegregation amendment. Governors Maddox Holden Brewer Williams and others hailed the measure as advancing uniform federal enforcement of school desegregation nationwide.
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John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Senate
North
South
Associated Press
Pefitiggans
D-Mass
Len Stennis
Aaron Henry
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
John Bell Williams
Lamp of Liberty
Stennis
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Louisiana
NAACP
Emmitt Douglas
Mr. Stennis
America
John McKetthen
Alabama
United States Senate
Albert Brewer
Florida
Floyd Christian
Linwood Holden
Virginia
Weather Outlook: Cloudy and Colder This Week
Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and colder temperatures with highs around 50 and 48 degrees and lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s. Northerly winds 12 to 25 mph diminish tonight and Friday. No precipitation expected through Friday. drying conditions good today and Friday, fair to poor tonight. Dew points drop from the 30s to the 20s.
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Monroe
FAA
Selman Field
Louisiana Delta Agricultural Weather Advisory
Salt Mine Blast Kills Four Men
Four men were killed and one injured in an underground blast at the Diamond Crystal Salt Co mine in Jefferson Island Louisiana. Victims named are John Holher 34 Erath Joe Chranowski 42 New Iberia Lennis Landry 30 New Iberia Obra Suire 28 Therville Rivers Johnson of Jeanerette sustained minor injuries. Sheriff Wattigny noted no fire and no further danger.
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Jefferson Island
Diamond Crystal Salt Co
Jerry Wattigny
Iberia Parish
John
Holher
Erath
Joe Chranowski
New Iberia
Lennis Landry
Obra Suire
Tberville
Rivers Johnson
Jeanerette
Wattigny
Chuckle: age joke on men and women
A humorous line suggests that a 40 year old woman appears younger than a man of the same age because she is “usually 150.” The quip uses playful exaggeration to riff on aging and gender.
Ailing Infant Kidnapped From Car in Ozark Alabama
An ailing four month old girl named Shan McKay was kidnapped from a grocery store parking lot in Ozark Alabama. Police raced to locate her within hours. roadblocks were set up and broadcasts issued. The infant, diabetic, required insulin shots by noon CST to avoid danger. The mother had left the child in the car while she went inside the store.
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Ozark
Ala
APD
State Poice
Shan McKay
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