Civil Rights Panel Ends Baltimore Inquiry
The U S Commission on Civil Rights wrapped up its Baltimore area inquiry with chairman Reverend Theodore Hesburgh noting the nation faces similar urban racial issues. Testimony cited stark county city polarization, housing bias, and limited local action despite federal programs and private sector hopes for change.
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Anderon
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Anderson
James Rouse
Columbia
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William Boucher
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Amnesty Sought For Als On Illegal Drugs
A Pentagon task force urged a trial program to grant amnesty to service members who voluntarily seek help for illegal drug use. The plan, tested in parts of Vietnam, aims to balance rehabilitation with military discipline and calls for expanded education across the armed forces. The report says drug abuse has grown, especially among high school age recruits, but is not yet endangering readiness.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Senate
Armed Services
South Vietnam
Adm
William P. Mack
Mack
Defense Department
Mary Jo Kopechne’s mother questions Kennedy aides conduct
Mrs. Kopechne writes in McCall's that two Kennedy friends Joseph Gargan and Paul Markham behaved inexplicably after the Chappaquiddick accident. She questions the inquest’s conclusions, defends Kennedy’s actions, and says the aides failed to notify authorities or verify Kennedy’s safety after the crash.
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Kennedy
New York
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McCall’s Magazine
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Paul Markham
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Foreign Service
Massacre Charges Dropped for S Sgt Hodges at My Lai Case
The Army dropped charges against S. Sgt. Kenneth L. Hodges in the My Lai massacre inquiry, citing insufficient evidence to proceed. Eleven men remain charged, with five ordered to court martial. Hodges had faced rape and assault with intent to murder charges related to March 1968 events near Son My, Vietnam.
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My la
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Son My
South Vietnam
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Allenhurst
Vietnam
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Dublin
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Six Die In School Bus Blaze In California
Palm Springs California dispatch reports a converted old school bus used as a travel home exploded from a propane tank fire. Six people died and four were seriously burned Wednesday as the bus burned to the ground. Davis Paul Bruce of San Bernardino said he was eastbound toward Indio when the bus burst into flames, the emergency exit blocked by a motorcycle strapped to the rear, forcing occupants to leap through windows.
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Cali
California Highway Patrol
Davis Paul Bruce
San Bernardino
Indio
Brore
Concentration Camp Authorization Praised in Hearings
MIAMI AP The Emergency Detention Act allows federal detention of subversives during war or insurrection. Rep Ichord of Missouri urged amendments to ease fears of Japanese Americans while warning repeal risks removing due process safeguards. He noted the act might have altered wartime detentions and argued it does not apply to current domestic disorders.
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Richard Hichard
Dmo
Ichord
Communist Party
Senate
Schord
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
American Civil Liberties Union
Mitchell Frames Campus Activist Backlash in Fall Elections
Washington AP Atty Gen John Mitchell says campus demonstrators and picketing could influence fall elections. He notes he derives the view from newspaper reading and says he has no time for polls or political meetings. He also says he is not involved in political matters concerning Nixon’s 1968 campaign.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
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