Violence Panel Reports Americans Bloody Minded Tone
A National Commission on Violence report states Americans are a bloodily minded people likely to view violence as a solution to social problems. The 300000 word two volume study, led by Graham and Gurr, surveys violence in the United States since founding, noting civil unrest, political murders, and high rates of violence relative to other Western democracies While acknowledging some declines in crime, the report argues fundamental grievances persist and ethnic and cultural mixing fuel group conflict cross the nation
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National Commission On Violence
Robert F. Kennedy
Commission
United States
Thelcies
Bel J
Cium Tranna
Jerusalem
Graham
Gurr
Vue
Hugh Davis Graham
States
Johns Hopkins University
Ted Robert Im
World Gurf
Princeton
Cavie Luis Alg
Famed Writer Claims D-Day Nearly Failed at Omaha Beach
BAYEUX France AP writer Cornelius Ryan says his 1959 book The Longest Day underestimated how close Omaha Beach came to failure on D Day He cites a noon decision by General Omar Bradley as pivotal and notes Eisenhower in England contemplated a failed assault without a timely reinvasion Ryan recalls a morale spike as exhausted Americans pressed inland and reveals new details on German misses and a near road passage near Arromanches that could have altered the outcome
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Bayeux
France
Omaha Beach
Cornelius Ryan
Ryan
Omar Bradley
Awn
Bradley
Omaha
England
Dwight D. Eisenhowler
Arromanches
Senate Critics Press Nixon On War And ABM Policy
Senate Democrats led by Fulbright and Nelson attack President Nixon’s stance on Vietnam and ABM spending. Republican Sen. Pearson says opposing arms races is not isolationism. Critics say calls to label opponents unpatriotic distort debate and urge urgent arms control and Vietnam peace.
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J. W. Fulbright
Nixon
Air Force Academy
James B. Pearson
Kansas
U.S
Vietnam
Pearson
ABM
Fulbright
Bennie Foreign Relations Committee
Senate House
Sen
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Soviet Union
Nelson
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
United States
America
Cranston
Cincinnati
Ohio
George S. McGovern
Madison
N.D
McGovern
Gas Leak Threat Near Winona Barge Spill Damages Hull
A gasoline leak of about one million gallons from an oil barge near Winona Minnesota threatened the Mississippi River, with a dented hull 8 by 1/4 inch passing the fuel into the water. Fire officials warned of danger if vapors ignited while a repair crew plugged the hole and redirected the fuel to local tanks. Odor and vapor sightings prompted numerous police calls as authorities monitored the spill between Winona and La Crosse partners.
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Winona, Minn
Mississippi River
Winona
la Crosse
Wis
Robert Norfleet
Dot Towing Co
Norfleet
Western Oil Co
ACLU Attacks Moves To Combat U S Crime
Washington AP The ACLU opposes Senate bills aimed at organized crime citing constitutional risks and fears of overreach. Lawrence Speiser warns against expanding federal grand juries and broad immunity for witnesses that could erode Fifth Amendment protections. He argues such measures may target dissenters or students as special offenders and invite misuse.
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Washington
American Civil Liberties Union
Senate
Lawrence Speiser
ACLU
Subcommittee
Criminal Laws
Congress
Speiser
Grand Juries
New Highway Lets Students Change Schools
In Waynesville North Carolina the opening of Interstate 40 near Mount Sterling will enable 18 Haywood County pupils to enroll in North Carolina schools instead of Tennessee ones as tuition subsidized students. For two years the children attended Tennessee schools while Mount Sterling’s one room school was closed and roads were too hazardous for bus travel to other Haywood County schools.
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Waynesville
N.C
Mount Sterling
Haywood County
North Carolina
Tetnnessee
Tennessee
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