Court ruling eases anti busing push and aids curb plan
The U S Court of Appeals reversed a Richmond busing order affecting 64 percent black schools and 90 percent white neighboring districts. Lawmakers expect the decision to lift pressure for court curbs and boost support for anti busing amendments tied to a 21 3 billion education bill.
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Washington
Richmond
U.S. Court of Appeals
Congress
Albert Quie
R-Minn
4Th Circuit’ Court of Appeals
Dist
Robert R. Merhige Jr
Henrico
Chesterfield
Meredith Loses GOP Nomination In Mississippi
James Meredith, a civil rights leader and the first black Ole Miss student, loses the Mississippi Republican senatorial primary to Gil Carmichael 17 612 to 4 424. Meredith plans an independent bid for Congress in the 4th District while noting black voters’ political strength.
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Gil Carmichael
Meridian
James Meredith
Mississippi
Carmichael
James O. Eastland
Meredith
Jackson, Miss
U.S
University of Mississippi
Iy Gil Carmichael
James C. Eastland
D-Miss
New York City
Senate
Reapportionment Plan Sought by Union Parish Jury
Union Parish Police Jury seeks a reapportionment plan to fit court orders while juries in Louisiana swear in new members. U.S. District Judge Ben C. Dawkins ruled old jurors stay in place until a plan is approved and new elections occur. Dawkins voided last November elections after a reapportionment suit by Mrs. Augusta Collins of Bernice.
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Farmerville
Union Parish
Louisiana
U.S
Ben C. Dawkins
Dawkins
Union Parish School Board
Augusta Collins
Bernice
Nursing Program Accredited Again By National Body
The Northeast Louisiana University School of Nursing wins continued accreditation from the National League for Nursing. The program serves about 300 students, has operated as a department since 1960 and as a School since 1970, with its first accreditation in 1966. Reviewers included Dr. Virginia Jarratt and Dr. Ruth Dalrymple.
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Northeast Louisiana University School of Nursing
National League For Nursing
NLU
George T. Walker
The
Virginia Jarratt
Harris College of Nursing
Texas Christian University
Ft. Worth
Tex
Ruth Dalrymple
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Ohio
New Orleans Core Area Development Bill Approved
The Louisiana House Municipal and Parochial Affairs Committee approved a proposed constitutional amendment to authorize a special property tax up to 20 mills for developing the New Orleans core area. The Vieux Carre is excluded from the downtown core, and Mayor Moon Landrieu endorses the bill.
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Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Louisiana House
Municipal and Parochial Affairs Committee
Moon Landrieu
Ice Age shapers carved Minnesota lakes by mighty glaciers
The text explains that Minnesota's lakes largely formed from four great glaciers that gouged basins and left ridges to hold water, shaping the landscape through advance and retreat.
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Minnesota
Louisiana Senate Approves Gulf Superport Agency Bill
The Louisiana Senate passes a bill to create a deep draft harbor and terminal authority to promote plan and finance a Gulf of Mexico superport. The measure aims to give Louisiana an edge over Texas and includes Plaquemines Parish protections and coastal environment safeguards.
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Senate
Gulf Superport
Baton Rouge, la
State Senate
House
Edwin Edwards
Louisiana
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Plaquemines Parish
Superport
Robert Guillory
Eunice
Guillory
Superport Commission
Perez
Sheep Draft Harbor
Nunez
Lake Charles
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Public Service Commission
Humphrey seeks support from Democratic governors in 1972 bid
Sen Hubert Humphrey visits Houston for breakfast with Democratic governors and holds talks to gauge governor views on McGovern’s candidacy. He argues the test is which Democrat can best defeat Nixon in November, not who wins primaries. A recent closed session showed limited McGovern support among governors.
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Houston
Tex
Hubert H. Humphrey
California
George McGovern
Nixon
CBS
Richard Nixon
Humphrey
McGovern
California Gives McGovern Win Over Humphrey
California’s McGovern wins a sweeping victory in the Democratic primary taking 46 percent to Humphrey’s 38 percent with 73 percent of votes counted. He gains 271 delegates and surpasses 900 total toward the 1509 needed at Miami Beach. Nixon also wins the GOP primary. Prop 9 ecological ban fails. write-in Alabama votes unresolved.
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Los Angeles
George McGovern
California
South Dakota
Iiubert H. Humphrey
McGovern
Humphrey
Miami Beach
Eleanor
Hollywood Palladium
Houston
Tex
Nixon
Ohio
John M. Ashbrook
Alabamia
George C. Wallace
San Francisco
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Kennedy
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D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
William M. McCulloch
Associated Press
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Tran
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News-Star
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Chalmette
Charlin Perez
Parish Commission Council
Mines Parish
Claude Gilliland
Royal Ave
Monroe
Aid
Omama
Crubret
Ones
Sen
Wisconsin
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Patrick Lucey
George P. Miller
Alameda
House Science and Astronautics Committee
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Vietnam
Jim Worley
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