New York Teachers Approve End to Ocean Hill Strike
Union teachers vote 17 658 to 2 738 to settle the eight Ocean Hill Brownsville schools and resume classes Tuesday for 1.1 million pupils. The pact places a state trustee over the district, removes three principals, returns 79 white teachers, and creates a three member committee to resolve transfers and charges.
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Madison Square Garden
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James E. Allen Jr. Johnson
Rhody McCoy
Allen
McCoy
Supreme Court to hear Powell appeal over House exclusion
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Adam Clayton Powell's claim that his March 1967 exclusion from the House was unconstitutional. Powell, a Harlem Democrat and former Education and Labor Committee chair, faced a 307 116 vote by a select committee censure but was re elected. His lawyers call the exclusion extraordinary arbitrary and unconstitutional.
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Czech Students Continue Sit-ins as Dubcek Edges Toward End
Thousands of Czechoslovak students stayed inside schools in Prague and across Bohemia and Moravia to protest the Communist Central Committee retreat under Soviet pressure. The three day meeting created an eight member executive panel seen as likely to reduce Alexander Dubcek to a figurehead as student leaders plan to remain in buildings through Wednesday.
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Vicar's Wife Captures Intruder After Nighttime Break In
In London AP report the Rev Jack Dover Wellman wrestled a burglar with a ceremonial sword. His barefoot wife in a nightgown chased the intruder for 200 yards, caught him by the neck and struck his face to hold him until police arrived. The man collapsed at the station and was hospitalized.
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Allies Hit by Heavy Fighting in Da Nang Sector
Allied forces killed 416 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong in battles south of Da Nang as the winter offensive began. The clash near Dien Ban produced 253 enemy deaths in 24 hours. South Vietnamese and U S units reported gains and casualties, while Da Nang imposed curfews and police arrested suspected Viet Cong.
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Teen in custody after Agnew guard shot in Dorado
A 19 year old was taken into custody in Dorado Puerto Rico on suspicion in the shooting of detective Victor M. Caratini guarding Vice President elect Spiro T. Agnew. Caratini was wounded twice and underwent emergency surgery. Agnew was vacationing nearby and was not involved.
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Victor M. Caratini
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Tower Aims to Lead GOP Senate Campaign in Heartland Push
Senate Republicans eye a southern heartland strategy with John Tower as campaign chair to gain 10 seats in 1970. The Texas senator would influence candidates in states Nixon carried, including Florida Tennessee Virginia and several Midwest and western states. He would also counter any George Wallace third party bid while safeguarding key GOP races.
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New York
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Mexican DC6 hijacked to Cuba lands safely in Merida
A Mexicana Airlines DC6 with an unknown number of passengers was hijacked and flown to Cuba. It landed safely at Merida airport at 10:50 a.m. CST, authorities reported.
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Subway train stalls in smoky tunnel during morning rush
A Queens to Manhattan subway train carrying about 1000 passengers stalled for 90 minutes in a dark East River tunnel after an electrical short circuit. Transit Authority cut power and began repairs as smoke filled the tunnel.
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East River
Soviet Moonship Zond 6 Returns After Moon Flight
Soviet Zond 6 completed a seven day lunar flight and landed in the Soviet Union Sunday. Western observers tracked the return as it circled the moon and reentered the atmosphere. Soviet authorities issued the announcement today.
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Rusk Sees Franco After Illness Ahead of NATO Talks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk met with Generalissimo Franco after a weekend with the flu. He planned to brief Franco on the NATO meeting in Brussels. United States and Spanish military leaders began informal talks to resolve a deadlock over renewal of U S base rights in Spain.
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Glasgow Warehouse Fire Leaves Up to Eighteen Bodies
Fire crews battled a blaze at a Glasgow waterfront warehouse owned by an upholsterers firm. Officials feared more than 26 workers, many women, were trapped inside as flames raged. Early reports indicated 18 bodies found, with the possibility of a higher death toll.
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Monetary Crisis Bases Paris Markets Quiet as Action Expected
European money markets were quieter as speculators paused awaiting international emergency action to avert chaotic disruption of major currencies. Pressure on the French franc eased from the hysteria level seen at the end of last week.
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Schools Closed By Ice Storms Ogdensburg N Y
Ogdensburg city schools and most St Lawrence County schools closed due to freezing rain and iced roads overnight. Buses on secondary roads deemed impossible and impassable. Reopening expected Tuesday if roads warm and travel safer.
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Humprey relocates vacation to U.S. mainland near Nixon hideaway
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey moved his vacation to the U.S. mainland, arriving in Miami near President-elect Nixon's hideaway. He refused to discuss future plans or a possible U.N. ambassador post. There were no plans for a Nixon-Humphrey meeting during the visit.
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Nixon Advisers Hunt for Administration Posts
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. AP Nixon's team is scouting talent for Cabinet posts and many lower level jobs. John N. Mitchell and Leonard K. Garment oversee top-level searches while John D. Ehrlichman leads the effort for immediate staffing and a formal talent mechanism.
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Saigon Peace Group May Go To Paris Soon
The New York Times reports that South Vietnamese officials expect a delegation to Paris peace talks within days. In Saigon, Ambassador Bunker and President Thieu are finalizing details as American sources sense a possible breakthrough, though no imminent solution is certain.
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Pickets Strike at Creedmoor Signal Wider State Mental Health Walkout
Pickets gathered outside Creedmoor State Mental Hospital in Queens Village signaling the first in a planned series of job actions that could disrupt New York’s 36 mental health facilities. About 20 percent of workers were absent, prompting transfers or releases for roughly half of Creedmoor’s 6,300 patients as legal actions and bargaining talks continue in Queens and Albany.
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