Last Indian Removed From Alcatraz Raid Ends Occupation
Federal marshals staged a surprise raid on Alcatraz Island and removed the remaining Indian occupants. About 15 Indians were evacuated by Coast Guard cutters and Navy transport after authorities claimed illegal occupancy and theft of government property. Three Indians were arrested. Grace Thorpe called the occupation a symbol of a new Indian movement and rights awareness.
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Alcatraz Island
San Francisco
Coast Guard
Navy
U.S. Atty
James L. Browning Jr
U.S
America
General Services Administration
Federal
21 Acre Rock
San Francisco Financial District
Grace Thorpe
Jim Thorpe
Miss Thorpe
Sacramento
20 Percent Of Girl Pot Users Move To Hard Drugs
London AP report on a three year study from Maudsley Hospital says one in five teenage girls who tried soft drugs like marijuana progressed to narcotics such as heroin. Researchers Dr. Peter Noble and Gill G Barnes warn of substantial risk for youths experimenting with marijuana and other soft drugs. The study notes only 1 percent of girls with no soft drug experience later used hard drugs.
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San Francisco Bay Island
London
Peter Noble
Gill G. Barnes
Maudsley Hospital
Maryland allocates 4.5 million to county drug programs
Maryland legislators set aside four and a half million dollars to help counties combat the drug problem. James Reagan of the Drug Abuse Administration urged county projects and outlined possible areas like education, crisis care, aftercare, and a community generated task force. Dan Roff urged forming a Frederick County task force and community hotline for 24 hour access and support services. The symposium stressed engaging teens, young parents, and workers to convert needs into active programs and form a plan with open community input.
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Maryland
James Reagan
Drug Abuse Administration
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Dan Roff
Frederick County
Roff
Frederick
Ford Grant to Morgan State for Marketing Courses
Ford Motor Co awards Morgan State College a $15,000 grant as the first of three funding awards to predominantly black colleges. The funds aim to support expansion of automotive sales and marketing courses, with the college planning to increase marketing and sales manship from 18 to 24 semester hours next fall.
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Baltimore
Ford Motor Co
Morgan State College
Ford
Nixon Housing Stand Rapped
Washington critics from civil rights groups condemn President Nixon’s housing pledge as partial and vague. Leaders from the National Urban League and SCLC say the plan won’t force integration and flags a broader administration stance on desegregation.
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Washington
Nixon
Harold R. Sims
Execu
Tive
National Urban League
Stoney Cooks
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
No Suspects In Slayings in Waldorf Md
State Police report finding good fingerprints from the two slain teens but still have no suspects in the deaths of Clark Larcher and James Miers. An autopsy showed one boy was sexually molested. investigators searched a small shack where prints were found and blood stained items were discovered. Police say the same pistol did not kill Cheryl Lea in St. Marys County.
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Waldorf
Charles County
Edward Evans
Maryland
Evans
Pikesville
Clark C. Larcher
White Plains
James P. Miers
Pomfret
Malcolm
Balmore
Cheryl Ann Lea
St. Marys County
Teachers Union Wins Third Term in Baltimore Schools
The Baltimore Teachers Union secured a third two year term as official bargaining agent for city school teachers in a close election. BTU defeated FPSTA with a 3931 to 3439 vote. About 200 ballots were challenged and 269 teachers had no preference.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Teachers Union
Public School Teachers Association
BTU
FPSTA
Black Sclons Advised On Reapportionment
An ACLU official told black legislators from the South that states may still be required to use single member districts if racial exclusion is demonstrated. The briefing, by Morgan and Taylor, addressed Indiana and Hinds County rulings and the Voting Rights Act implications.
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Atlanta, Ga
American Civil Liberties Union
South
U.S. Supreme Court
Indiana
Charles Morgan Jr
ACLU
Morgan
George Taylor
Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
Jackson, Miss
Supreme Court
Hinds County
Miss
Taylor
Voter Education Project
Southern Regional Council
John Lewis
Constitutional Law
Lockheed Proposal Called Strange in $250M Guarantee Talk
Washington AP. Lockheed chairman Daniel Haughton warned he would resign if Congress must guarantee a $250 million loan to save the L 1011 jet program. Senate Chairman Sparkman called the plan strange and Cranston urged management changes to avert bankruptcy while defending the need to deter future bailouts.
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Washington
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Senate Banking Committee
John Sparkman
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Daniel J. Haughton
Lockheed
Congress
Airbus
Sparkman
Alabama Democrat
Cranston
Otther
Haughton
Mst
Airfare Price War Frees Students With Low Fare Range
A wave of airline fare cuts targets students and youth travelers to Europe. Sabena leads with New York Brussels at 200 dollars for ages 12 to 29, with peak-season surcharges. Other carriers follow with 180 to 210 dollar ranges to cities like Rome Paris London Amsterdam and Dublin, expanding eligibility up to 25 or 26. Pan Am and others match and extend discounts, spurring immediate bookings.
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New York
Europe
Sabena
New York-Brussels
Alitalia
Rome
Irish International Airlines
Shannon
BOAC
London
Pan
American World Airways
Air France
Brussels
Paris
Royal Dutch Klm
Amsterdam
Lufthansa
Germany
Berlin
Pan Am
Glasgow
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Department of Transportation
Alcatraz
Browning
John Trudell
British Medical Journal
OSTA
Blue Ridge
P.Q. Box
Frederick, Md
Tredemaerk
WSPAF
Ford Grant
Morgan State
Nixon Housing
Jack Wood
National Committee Against Discrimination In Housing
National
Comittee Against
Jack Robinson
Boston
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Howard A. Glickenstein
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Teachers’ Union
Black Sclons
Frederick Community College
Camp Cougar
David Clark
Toyota
Christopher R. Custer
Nec
W. Patrick St. Frederick
Y.M.C.A. Summer Fun Club
Y.M.C.A
Frederick Shopping Center
South America
W. 7Th St
Schley Ave
Nie Rd
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