Powell Threatened with House Ouster in Historic Vote
The House weighs stripping power from Adam Clayton Powell with a censure and 40000 dollars against future pay or loss of seniority amid strong party support. Some want him removed. debate could end quickly or stretch into night. Powell absent at Harley retreat in Bahamas with secretary Corrine Huff. The resolution also targets Huff from his office portal. Police brace for crowds as galleries fill and guards restrict access. Continued on Page 7, Col. 2
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House
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Congress
Bimini
Corrine Huff
Miss Huff
Porral
Halls of
Clark Named For Attorney General Post
Washington AP reports Ramsey Clark nominated as attorney general, enabling a rare family double-play with Supreme Court Justice Tom C Clark, his father, set to retire midyear to avoid conflicts. Early Senate approval anticipated as three senators back the nomination. Continued on Page 7 Col 3.
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Ramsey Clark
Johnson
Supreme Court
Clark
Tom C. Clark
Senate
Edward M. Ken
UW Policy Debate Flares Over School Morals Report
Madison lawmakers pressed the University of Wisconsin to explain its policy on maintaining an intellectual and social climate after a four letter obscenity appeared in The Daily Cardinal. The measure, passed 21 5, spurred two hours of debate with free speech supporters arguing the Cardinal is independent of the university and not subject to its policy.
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Assembly
Curtis McKay
R - Cedarburg
Chou Given Powers To Stop Mao Purge
Hong Kong Star reports Premier Chou En Lai granted full executive powers to halt Mao Zedong purge and stabilize economy. Exports to Hong Kong fell by over 8.2 million in January as trade fears rise. Star cites unnamed China sources and notes Lin Pien’s objections to select purge actions.
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Mao
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Star
Maco Tse-tung
Chou Er-lai
China
The
Star
Jong Kong
Red
Lo Jui-ching
Lin
Hsiao Hua
Viet Morale at New Low Says Captured Lieutenant
Lieutenant Truong Hiep of the Viet Cong main force says morale is at an all time low after the lunar new year truce failed to yield peace talks. He spoke from a Korean stockade in the central highlands after being captured during an ambush following a Viet Cong hospital visit.
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South Vietnam
Truong Hiep
Independencee
Russia
Red China
Central Highlands
Saigon
Truong
Hanoi
Phu Yen
AF Academy Cribbing Toll Climbs to 46
Six more cadets were expelled from the Air Force Academy in Colorado for cheating by cribbing in class, raising the total to 46 with officials warning the number could reach 60. A congressional subcommittee planned its own study as the incident ranked among the nation’s worst military academy cheating cases.
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Colo
APL
Air Force
Stewart Bachtelle
U.S
Two Marine outfits hit in mortar blast
North Vietnamese mortars battered Marine positions south of the Demilitarized Zone in a daylong clash. One thousand shells struck Marines as 81MM and 173MM guns were targeted. U.S. casualties were light, while plans to disrupt shelling of North Vietnam continued. In Zone C near Cambodia, 150 Viet Cong were killed. the 178‑man 1st Infantry Division unit suffered heavy losses but remained engaged in the Junction City operation.
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Saigon
U.S
Zone C
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Junction City
Gates of Plant Target of Natchez Marchers
Civil rights forces stage protests at Armstrong Tire and Rubber Co gates in Natchez Mississippi seeking arrest of killer of Wharlest Jackson. About 2000 marchers opened gates briefly then retreated. NAACP leader Charles Evers warned of more actions as detectives and FBI search the truck bombing. Reward totals reach 36000 with insurer payout promised. funeral set for Sunday.
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Armstrong Tire and Rubber Co
Natchez
Miss
Charlest Jackson
Natchez Naacp
Jackson
Charles Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored
Evers
Armstrong Rubber Co
Robinson
Highway Toll Climbs to 110 in Wisconsin fatalities
Associated Press reports the Wisconsin 1967 highway fatality toll reached 110 after a rural Waukesa County boy was killed stepping from a school bus on Highway 13 near Mukwonago. The driver George E. Luke, 73, of East Troy, struck the child as the bus flashing lights stopped traffic. Other fatal or injuring crashes include Bennie Dettinger dies after head on collision on Highway 27 near Black River Falls, James Harker injured fatally in Menomonie, and Benjamin Otto dead from Mequon crash injuries.
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Associated Press
Waukessa County
Wisconsin
John R. Hanson
Richard Hanson
Rt. 2
Mukwonago
Highway 13
Waukesha County
George E. Luke
East Troy
Bennie C. Dettinger
Rt. 1
Hixton
Highway
Black River Falls
James J. Harker
Janesville
Stout State University
Menomonie
Benjamin F. Otto
Whitefish Bay
Mequon
Klan Leader Linked to Rights Killings in Mississippi
Meridian federal indictments name Sam Bowers Jr a Laurel coin machine distributor and imperial wizard of the White Knights Klan among 19 charged in the Philadelphia Mississippi civil rights workers slayings. The case revisits the Vernon Dahmer firebombing death and includes Neshoba County officials among 18 Meridian arrestees.
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Miss
Philadelphia
Sam Bowers Jr
Laurel
Bowers
FBI
White Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Vernon Dahmer
Hattiesburg
Federal
Dahmer
Harold Cox
Jackson
Neshoba County
Lawrence Rainey
Cecil Price
Michigan Court of Appeals Won’t Overturn Tavern Case
The Michigan court of appeals rejected an appeal after a juror who had just acquitted a tavern owner in a civil case visited the tavern for a drink. The panel ruled the juror’s conduct did not provide grounds for reversal.
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Lansing, Mich
UPI
Michigan Court of Appeals
Spain Catholics and Jews Pray Together in Madrid
In Madrid at Santa Rita church about 500 Roman Catholics and Jews attended a prayer ceremony under the Society of Jewish and Catholic Friendship. Father Vincente Serrano, co chairman, said the event signaled a new spirit of understanding between the faiths.
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Madrid
UPI
Spain
Santa Rita
Society of Jewish and Catholic Friendship
Vincente Serrano
Kellett Bill Faces Senate Test In March vote
In Madison the Kellett bill to reorganize 86 state agencies into 26 departments heads to a Senate floor vote on March 8. Senate Leader Jerris Leonard and Democratic Leader Fred Risser warn of floor battles to alter the measure, with potential skeleton passage if changes satisfy enough votes. If defeated, an identical version remains in play.
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Kellett
Senate
Jerris Leonard
Leonard
Fred Risser
Skeleton
Risser
U Thant Sees No Talks With Vietnamese Officials
UN Secretary General Thant, in Rangoon, said he had no plans to discuss Vietnam peace possibilities with two North Vietnamese officials visiting Burma. He noted it was unlikely he would meet the two minor North Vietnamese foreign office officials during a three day vacation at Napole.
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Burma
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Thant
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Heach
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UPI
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