States Upheld Right to Unequal School Aid
The Supreme Court reaffirmed states may allocate more education funds to affluent districts than poorer ones. It upheld a Virginia suit seeking equal spending and left in place a Virginia court ruling against proportional funding for Bath County schools. In other actions, the court refused to intervene in California abortion-law disputes and kept a ruling on civil rights and job seniority in force.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Virginia
Bath
State Board of Education
United Auto Workers Union
The
National Education Association
Urban Coalition
Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights
California
Louisiana
French President Pompidou Welcomed by Nixon at White House
President Nixon greeted Georges Pompidou on arrival for a state visit as thousands gathered for White House ceremonies. Pompidou heads two days of talks on world issues and U.S French ties amid protests over French arms sales to Libya and Israel aircraft payments.
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Washington
Georges Pompidou
Nixon
Europe
White House
Camp David
Maryland
Pompidou
Lherty
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Congress
Hoycott
Libya
Mansfield
Spiro T. Agnew
Andrews Air Force Base
France
Middle East
Israel
Scuffle at Bastrop High injures three students
In Bastrop Louisiana a pep rally scuffle at Bastrop High School left three students injured as 30 to 35 youths clashed. One student was stabbed with a ball point pen while others were treated at Morehouse General Hospital and released.
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Bastrop
Bastrop High School
Enid
Wali Iceio Oa
O. L. Harper
Rayville
Morehouse
Morehouse Parish
Bastrop City Polie
Morehouse General Hospital
Don Sheppard
Jimmy Bryant
Ken Priest
Harper
Bastropem Beine
Old Monroe
Monroes Dawkins orders neighborhood school plan to take effect
U S District Judge Ben Dawkins Jr ordered the Monroe City School Board to implement the Jan 6 neighborhood school plan replacing a prior verbal alternative. Schools will close until Monday when the plan goes into force, with Dawkins to sign the decree soon. The plan creates two all black elementary schools Clark and Lincoln and one all white Lexington, arguing it meets the Fifth Circuit definition of unitary education and aims for racial harmony.
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Bob Carroll
U.S
Ben C. Dawkins Jr
Monroe City
Ed Han
5Th Circuit
Clark
Lincoln
Lexington
Ward
Dawkins
George Strickler
5Th Circuit Court
Strickler
Singleton
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Monroe
Georgia
Orange County
Sth Circuit Court
Carroll High
Carroll Junior High
Avalanche Roars Down Near Reckingen At Dawn
A dawn avalanche struck near Reckingen Switzerland as locals reported the slide sweeping over slopes and trapping terrain below. Emergency crews responded and rescued several travelers amid ongoing weather concerns and risk assessments.
Avalanche kills thirty in Swiss village near Reckingen
An early dawn avalanche struck Reckingen Switzerland destroying the military barracks and seven houses. Seven bodies recovered and 23 others listed as missing with no hope for the buried. Over 20 rescued and many injured. A second avalanche hit a church area later.
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Reckingen
Switzerland
Leo Mueller
Heinz Jersen
Wfe
Swiss Avalanche Institute
Davos
Swiss Alps
Val d'Isere
French Alps
Egyptian Planes Attack Israeli Across Suez Canal
Four Egyptian fighter bombers struck two Israeli positions in the southern Suez Canal zone. No Israeli casualties were reported. Israeli air forces hit Egyptian targets on the west bank earlier, with one Israeli soldier killed in the night mortar and artillery exchanges.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Canal Zone
Canal
West Bank
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT Airman Fuller completes basic training
Airman Robert W. Fuller son of Mr and Mrs Robert W Fuller of Monroe completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas. He will train at Keesler AFB Mississippi in air traffic control. He is a 1969 graduate of Wossman High School. Mr and Mrs Jerry Gurie of Monroe left for a Houston trip today to attend a livestock show rodeo and visit relatives.
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Robert W. Fuller
1500
Sunset
Monroe
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Fuller
Keesler Afb
Miss
Wossman High School
Jerry Gurie
Houston
Monroe City to Sell Drain Street Bonds March 24
Monroe City Council set bids for a 2,685,000 dollar street and drainage bond issue with six percent cap. Harold Judell urged bidders to aim for six percent, noting a rally in the market. Bonds dated May 1 1970 will mature over 10 years with options for 5 or 1 thousand dollar denominations and a 53,700 good faith bid.
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Monroe
New Orleans
Harold Judell
Judell
Foley, Judell, Beck
M. J. Cook
Hudson Lane
Bres Avenue
Riverside Drive
Oliver Road
Bres
Riverside
Traffic Fatality Rate Decreases in Louisiana 1969
Louisiana’s highway deaths fell by eight percent in 1969 to 1,166, according to the National Safety Council. The NSC calls 1969 the worst year on record for traffic deaths nationwide at 56,400, a two percent rise from 1968, with calls for immediate preventive action and broader driver responsibility.
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Louisiana
National Safety Council
Hawaii
North Dakota
Wyoming
NSC
Howard Pyle
Pyle
Weather outlook shows rain likely in Twin Cities area
Forecast calls for an 80 percent chance of rain today and 60 percent tonight with mostly cloudy skies and mild highs near 58 to 62. Lows drop to 42 to 46, dew points stay in the 40s to low 50s, and drying conditions remain poor through Wednesday. Winds shift from east to south then north tonight.
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Twin Cities
Federal Aviation Agency
Selman Field
Monroe
Ten Indicted in U S Gambling Probe Ties to Dizzy Dean
Ten men from Michigan and Mississippi were indicted on one count of conspiring to use interstate commerce to advance illegal gambling. Hall of Fame pitcher Dizzy Dean named as a coconspirator but not charged. Indictments dated Feb 16, kept sealed until Tuesday. subjects include Donald Dawson Jack Lucida Johns Howard Dixon Leonard Terrice Nick Mondella Peter Pu Martino Warren Luke Wimpy Martino Salvatore Sicuro and five other coconspirators. All free on bond awaiting arraignment.
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Wold
Mich
Ke Johns
Lansing
Howard Dixon
Detroit
Leonard Terrice
Nick Mondella
Farmington Tesonship
Stephen Dauneh
Madison Heights
Peter J. Pu Martino
Biloxi
Miss
Warren Luke
Wimpy” Martino
Salvatore “Sammie” Sicuro
Dean
Howard Sober
Lansing, Mich
Distriet Court
Navy Recruiting Office Chuckle Sign Goes Viral
A light hearted sign outside a Navy recruiting office reads Get free hell bottoms Sign up sow prompting amused reactions and questions about the misprint and its unintended humor from passersby.
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Navy
Family Doctor Urges Overhaul of Hospital Care
Dr. Amos Johnson of Garland North Carolina told a Senate antitrust subcommittee that about 3 percent of hospital admissions are unnecessary and could be treated at lower cost outside hospital wards. He urged rethinking medical education to favor general practice and home or clinic care for most illnesses, noting only 15 percent of medical graduates now train as general practitioners. Dr. Paul Patterson added genetic diseases account for 25 percent of admissions to hospitals and institutions for the handicapped.
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Washington
North Carolina
Amos Johnson
Garland
N.C
American Academy of General Practice
Johnson
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Paul Patterson
Albany
Medical College
Avalanche damages hotel in Lans-le-Villard France
An avalanche in the Maurienne Valley swept into the Hotel du Grand Signal and a nearby building in Lans-le-Villard near Grenoble. Officials said about 10 people were killed as snow buried the village and part of the hotel was swept away.
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Grenoble
France
Maurienne
Here
Lans-le-Villard
River Stages Flood Update from Camden to Monroe
Flood stage readings show Camden at 2.19 and 3.2 near stage change while Monroe reports 40.18.5 feet with no further listings. Authorities warn of rising water and urge residents to monitor alerts and avoid low areas.
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Camden
Monroe
Lister
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Beckingen
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