Nixon Faces Decision on Busing Policy Amid Election Year
President Nixon nears a plan to address court ordered busing in schools with options ranging from a constitutional amendment to new legislation or court intervention. A mid March decision is expected, with aides weighing multiple approaches as Nixon travels to Florida with daughter Julie Eisenhower.
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Key Biscayne
Fila
Nixon
China
Washington
Bayside Key Biscayne
Florida
White House
John Ehrlichman
Senate
Justice Department
Ince
Julie Eisenhower
David
Camillia
California
Quebec Blacked QUEBEC AP report incomplete text
Incomplete OCR reads as a patchy hash about Quebec and nearby cities with generic reference to a 300‑mile context. No coherent events, dates, or names can be confirmed from the fragment.
Scientists Report On Medical Firsts
Government scientists disclosed two medical firsts the nuclear powered heart helper operated in a calf and an electric artificial heart tested successfully in calves. Heart and Lung Institute researchers said the developments could aid cardiovascular disease sufferers, noting the artificial heart differs from externally powered mechanical hearts.
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Washington
Oe Heart and Lung Institute
Thermo
Legislative Auditor in Louisiana Turns Ten in 1972
The Louisiana Legislative Auditor role, created in 1962 to prevent self auditing by governors, marks ten years. 1962 also saw a permanent legislative budget committee and a new system for estimating state revenues. PAR highlights these reforms in Targets for Action.
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Legislative
Louisiana
Public Affairs Research Council
PAR
Jury Decrees Death Penalty For Slayings
In Washington Pennsylvania AP report, Paul F. Gilly is sentenced to die in the electric chair by the jury that convicted him of first degree murder for the killings of United Mine Workers insurgent Joseph A Yablonski and his wife and daughter. Gilly spoke emotionally after the verdict, asking to address the court.
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Washington, Pa
Paul FE
Gilly
United Mine Workers
Joseph A. ‘Fock’ Yablonski
Gilly Found Guilty in Yablonski Killings Case
Special prosecutor Richard Sprague reported Gilly claimed he would not take full blame as defense attorney Samuel Rodgers called Sprague's summary inaccurate. The jury found the 8 year old housepainter guilty after five hours of deliberation with penalty deliberations recessed overnight.
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Gilly
Richard Sprague
Philadelphia
Samuel Rodgers
Sprague
Rodgers
Yablonski
French Shrimp Boat Seizure Blocks Massive Heroin Haul
French customs seized 937 pounds 425 kilograms of pure heroin on the shrimp boat Caprice des Temps in Marseille port. The haul sizes the U S Narcotics Bureau says could supply one month for every American addict and is valued by street price well above 100 million dollars. Captain Marcel Boucan 57 attempted suicide during the seizure but was revived after rescue.
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Paris
French Finance Ministry
U.S. Narcotics Bureau
U.S
Marcel Boucan
Caprice Des Temps
Marseille
Boucan
Villefranche
Clearing Skies After Storm Rains Leave Monroe Forecast
Weather officials say clearing skies and cooler temperatures follow more than an inch of rain and a tornado that went largely unnoticed Wednesday in Monroe. Radar detected the twister high in clouds and no damage was reported as rain totals reached 1.42 inches in the Twin Cities.
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Monroe
Municipal
Twin Cities
Nominee Named For CIA Deputy Director Post
Maj. Gen. Vernon A. Walters, a veteran Army intelligence officer fluent in eight languages, is President Nixon's nominee for deputy director of the CIA. The $40,000 a year post was vacant by January 1.
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Key Biscaye, Fla
Vernon A. Walters
Nixon
The
Central Intelligence
Ced Toda
Kleindienst Testifies On Antitrust Role
Acting Atty Gen Richard G Kleindienst told the Senate Judiciary Committee he had no knowledge that an ITT subsidiary offered to help finance the 1972 Republican National Convention. He described meetings with Felix Rohatyn and Judge Richard McLaren and said he did not discuss the case with Mitchell.
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Washington
Richard G. Kleindienst
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Kleindienst
John N. Mitchell
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
At&t
Mitchell
Felix Rohatyn
New York
ITT
Richard W. McLaren
Chicago
Justice Department
Antitrust
Rohatyn
McLaren
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Antitrust Division
Jack Anderson
Mississippi Tornado Records Widespread Damage and One Injury
A tornado swept through the Mississippi area causing damage to a motel two homes a house trailer and a subdivision with several structures demolished. Power losses affected about 600 homes as hail and high winds interrupted across multiple counties. One man died in a separate highway accident and no other injuries were reported.
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Bay ST. Louis
Miss
Hancock
Sylvan Ladner
Lished
Jackson County
Prospect Camp
van Cleave
Natchez
Victoria
Clarksdale
Kokomo
Morgantown
Corinth
Pearl
Columba
Vicksburg
Flora
Tornadoes Rip Homes and Firms in Florida Panhandle
Three tornadoes hit Florida's Panhandle early today tearing roofs from a house and a trailer, uprooting trees, and damaging an office building in Pensacola. No injuries were reported as Walter Balkemore of Santa Rosa Civil Defense described the damage and a power transformer outage followed debris impact.
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Pensacola
Fla
Florida
Panhandle
Jay
Walter Balkemore
Civil Defense
Santa Rosa County
Volunteer Military Forces Cost More
The United States moves toward an all volunteer force with the draft to end by mid 1973. Defense Secretary Laird says higher pay and incentives may not suffice to attract manpower, while costs rise to about 27 billion for fiscal 1973 and total nearly 12 billion above prewar levels.
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Washington
United States
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
McKeithen Appointees Join In Reversing Sawyer Downs Pact
Three new Louisiana racing board appointees joined a unanimous vote to rescind a 10 year contract with Sawyer Downs in New Orleans. The action followed criticism of bidding and process, with Gov McKeithen absent but his picks voicing oppose stance on parimutuel betting and associated rackets.
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New Orleans
Louisiana State Racing Commission
Sawyer Downs
J. H. McClendon
James F. Brandon
Lee Holland
Attorney General’s Office
Holland
Shreveport
John McKeithen
Commission
Louis Quinn
W. W. McDougall
James W. Middleton
First Baptist Church
McKeithen
Floyd G. Johnston
Columbia
Brandon
Middleton
Tornado Fatal To Child In Mobile Home
A tornado tore through a mobile home near Zachary about five miles north of Baton Rouge, killing 2 year old Kandra Sue Davis of Hillside Farms. The trailer was displaced about 90 feet from its foundation and another trailer was blown off its foundation with no injuries reported.
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Zachary
Here
Kandra Sue Davis
Hillside Farms
Baton Rouge
Record Heat in McAllen Tops NWS Wednesday Readings
The National Weather Service reported the day's high of % degrees in McAllen Texas, the warmest reading outside Alaska and Hawaii. Roseau Minnesota logged a frigid low of 36 degrees below zero.
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New York
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