On Strike Students Seize Buildings At Buffalo Campus
Militant students at the State University of New York at Buffalo declared a strike and blocked entrances to at least five buildings including Hayes Hall, as campus violence continued. Police reported injuries and arrests, while a university official blamed “the radical left” and said no black student groups were involved.
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Buffalo
N. Y
State University At Buffalo
University
Hayes Hall
Peter F. Regan
Guardsmen Sent to U C Area After Protests Drive Police Away
National Guardsmen moved into Santa Barbara following four days of unrest as about 300 guardsmen were ordered to the University of California at Santa Barbara area after protesters forced local police to retreat. Across the country clashes wounded several. at Mount Holyoke College about 150 black students barricaded buildings.
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U. C
National
Santa Barbara
Calif
California
University of California At Santa Barbara
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley
Mass
State University of New York
Buffalo
Laird and Nixon Differ On Laos Raids Purpose
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird says bombing in Laos protects Americans in Vietnam while indicating it also interrupts the Ho Chi Minh Trail. President Nixon’s public view emphasizes safeguarding U.S. personnel in the region amid the Laos actions on Capitol Hill.
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Laird
Nixon
Laos
Washington
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Capitol Hill
High Court Overturns New York Welfare Residency Rule
The U S Supreme Court struck down New York’s residency requirement for public assistance arguing it violated equal protection. The law, in effect briefly, denied aid to those living in state less than a year, prompting $6.6 million in back payments. Officials had anticipated large savings under the rule.
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Albany
N.Y
U.S. Supreme Court
New York
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
State Social Services Department
House Rules Blocks Desegregation Probe Rift Erupts
The House Rules Committee narrowly blocked Edith Green’s bid to form a special committee to investigate federal desegregation efforts. The panel’s action reveals deep divisions in Education and Labor, risking future education legislation as Democrats and Republicans clash over federal role and jurisdiction.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Education and Labor Committee
Oregon
Edith Green
Rules Committee
James G. O’hara
D-Mich
O’hara
Two Jordanians Sought In Austrian Bombing And Swiss Crash
Swiss police linked two Amman residents to the Austrian airliner bombing last Saturday and the Swissair crash near Zurich killing 47. West German authorities noted a cross border flight in a cream car with German plates. Israeli forces reported one killed and two wounded after Suez Canal clashes with Egypt amid ongoing violence and attempted sabotage near Lebanon.
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Bern
Switzerland
Israel
Kaddoumi Or Quaddoumi Sufian
Mussa Badawi Jawher
Amman
Hans Walder
Germany
Frankfurt
Zurich
Walder
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Upper Casces
Deadly shelling spree earns heavy casualties in Vietnam
Allied reports tally 16 American and five South Vietnamese deaths, 29 Americans and 16 Vietnamese wounded as 24-hour shelling peak surpasses February. Losses include a Navy helicopter crash and a downed Marine jet. B52 raids deliver 1500 tons along Laos and Cambodia borders amid ongoing fighting.
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Saigon
USS
U.S. Command
Long Binh
U.S
Mekong Delta
A Shau
South China Sea
da Nang
South Vietnam
House Ways and Means backs Nixon welfare reform bill
The committee approved drafting a bill to set a $1,600 yearly income floor for a four person family and $110 monthly for aged or disabled individuals. The measure mirrors Nixon’s reform plan and is slated for a House vote around March 18 with broad expectations of passage.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
Court Rejects KKK Appeals in Civil Rights Murders
The Supreme Court denied appeals by seven Mississippi Ku Klux Klan members sentenced for the 1964 murders of civil rights workers Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James Earl Chaney. The group, including former Imperial Wizard Sam Bowers Jr., was convicted of conspiring to injure threaten oppress and intimidate the victims.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Imperial Klan
Sam H Bowers Jr
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Earl Chaney
McCarthy Seeks Senate Nomination in New York
Richard D. McCarthy, serving third term as congressman from upstate New York, announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate. He campaigns as a self-styled nemesis of chemical and biological warfare.
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Buffalo, N. Y
Richard D. McCarthy
New York State
Chemical and
Biologi
Cal Warfare
U.S. Senate
Manuel Ramos
Ramos
Brom
Swiss Court Upholds US Access to Secret Bank Files
Switzerland's federal Supreme Court rules in favor of the U S Justice Department access to secret Swiss bank records tied to a multimillion dollar fraud against the U S government.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Federal Supreme Court
U.S. Justice Department
U.S
Senate approves $15.6 billion airport expansion plan
The Senate approved a $15.6 billion 10 year program to modernize and expand the national airport system with a 77 to 0 vote. Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe called it aviation's finest hour and a day to be remembered by the American traveling public.
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Washington
Senate
Pas
Senger
John A. Volpe
Supreme Court to rule on on base crime trials versus civilian courts
The Supreme Court agreed to decide if servicemen accused of on base crimes have the constitutional right to civilian court trials rather than court-martials. The case reviews a 1961 rape conviction of a soldier who received a 30 year sentence and was court-martialed for attacking an airman's wife and a fellow soldier's 14 year old sister.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kennedy wins access to Kopechne inquest transcript
Senator Edward Kennedy asks to review the transcript of his testimony at the Mary Jo Kopechne inquest. The papers are under tight security and may only be inspected in court with clerk present after Superior Court permission.
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Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Mary Jo Kopechne
James A. Boyle
Edgartown
Superior Court
Woman slain in Morris County home
Joyce Coleman 28, a pregnant housewife, was beaten and stabbed to death in her Washington Township dwelling. Her husband Wayne 28 discovered the body upon returning from a night shift at a Newark trucking firm. The investigation was underway as police pursued leads in the well-to-do Morris County community.
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Washington Township
N.J
Morris County
Joyce Coleman
Wayne
Newark
Nixon Proposes 80 Day Cooling Off Plan to Avert Transport Strikes
President Nixon outlines a long range program to prevent rail and airline strikes, seeks to overhaul the Railway Labor Act, and offers three new options after an initial 80 day cooling off period. The plan includes extending cooling off, partial operation, or a fast final offer panel binding settlement.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Secretary of Labor
Oil slick from ship collision heads toward Florida beaches
A barge and freighter collision on the St. Johns River spilled oil, coating about 10 miles of riverbank. The Mere Buccaneer hit the Eastpet seven miles east of Jacksonville, causing a 30,000 gallon tank rupture and an estimated 7,000 gallons spilled. No injuries reported.
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Jacksonville
Fla
St. Johns River
Atlantic Ocean
St. Johns
Coast Guard
Ocean Beach
Mere Buccaneer
Bahamas
Eastpet
J. W. Connolly
Eastern Seaboard Petroleum Co
Tampa Bay
Bay
Gulf Coast
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