Senators Blast Amtrak Startup Policy in Sharp Letter
Senate and House rail committees leaders Magnusen Staggers and Mansfield criticized Amtrak President Roger Lewis over startup costs and service cuts. They urged immediate policy changes and broader market look while noting Congress must obtain needed information without delay.
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Washington
Amtrak
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Harley O. Staggers
D-W. Va
Roger Lewis
Lewis
House
Magnuson
Senate Commerce Committee
Congress
Calm jurist named to Angela Davis murder trial
Martinez California AP report says Judge Richard E Arnason, a calm courteous jurist, was assigned to the Angela Davis murder kidnapping trial after multiple judges disqualified themselves. Davis 27, ex UCLA philosophy instructor and self described Communist. co defendant Ruchell Magee 32, San Quentin convict.
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Richard E. Arnason
Arnason
San Francisco
Miss Davis
Ruchell Magee
Marin County
Trv
UCLA
Magee
San Quentin
Superior Court
Harold J. Haley
Jonathan Jackson
Arnson
Alan A. Lindsay
Alameda County
Inyo County
John P. McMurray
Haley
Canadians stage Jesus Christ Superstar in Detroit under secrecy
A 30 member Canadian cast from Edmonton performed the rock opera at Cobo Arena after a court order blocked an American group. The secrecy aimed to avoid injunctions as they rehearsed privately and then played to 11 600 fans with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra accompaniment.
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Detroit
Gerry Dere
Edmonton
Atla
Canada
Barry Appleby
Toronto
St. Louis
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Cobo Arena
U. S
Constance B. Motley
New York
Ruth Rohlfs Expected to Be First Woman American Baptist President
Ruth Rohlfs of Seattle is poised to be elected president of the American Baptist Convention in Minneapolis. She has long led peace efforts and argues women should be full church leaders, noting past discrimination. The convention has elected a woman president before, most recently in 1959. The outgoing president is Rev Dr Robert L Fredrikson of Madison, South Dakota.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Ruth Rohlfs
American Baptist Convention
U.S
Rohlfs
Seattle
Wash
Marcus
Richard
American Baptists
Rober L. Fredrikson
Louix Falls
S. D
Hoffa Given Chance Hoffa Given Chance
Hoffa gains a possible path to freedom as Teamsters leaders vote to wait for him. A key witness content and Partin statement stir the board and challenge plans to install Frank E. Fitzsimmons as acting president before the upcoming convention. Hoffa remains a major force within the union amid parole prospects and prior convictions.
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Hollywood
Fla
Teamsters
Jimmy
Hoffa
Teamsters Executive Board
Federal
Lewisburg
Chattanooga
Edward Grady Partin
Teamsters Union
Baton Rouge
Partin
U. S. Dist
Frank Wilson
Wilson
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
U. S. Parole Board
Parole Board
Tennessee
Texans vote on four constitutional amendments and liquor by the drink
More than a million Texans decide on four amendments to the state Constitution amid a liquor by the drink vote in 47 counties. Proposed ethics commission, special legislative sessions, welfare spending ceiling removal, and 100 million dollars in wastewater bonds frame a high turnout race with disputed pay raises and tax implications.
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Associated Press
Austin
Secretary of State’s
Antl
State Ethics Commission
Senate
House
Abner McCall
Baylor University
Texas State Teachers Association
Texas Public Employer Association
State Republican Party
Texas Afl-Cio
Labor
Texas Citizens For Welfare Reform
North Vietnamese road project stalled by heavy air raids
North Vietnamese engineers pushed a major infiltration road from Laos toward South Vietnam but heavy U.S. air attacks stalled work. The route near Khe Sanh, about six miles into South Vietnam, may connect to a tank trail and threaten Camp Carroll and other bases. U.S. B52 and fighter-bomber strikes dropped thousands of tons of bombs, knocking out trucks and halting activity as crews vanished.
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Saigon
Laos
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
U.S
Rockpile
Camp Carroll
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North Vietnam
Mu Gia Pass
Mu Gia
Laos-North Vietnam
Fulbright Warns Rogers Over War Powers Clash
Sen. J. W. Fulbright warns that executive resistance to restoring congressional authority over deploying U S troops could provoke a dangerous reaction on Capitol Hill. He expects Secretary Rogers to oppose the Javits Eagleton Stennis plan limiting presidential war powers to 30 days under specific conditions. Fulbright urges cooperation to balance war power between branches.
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Washington
J.W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
William P. Rogers
Capitol Hill
Fulbright
Rogers
Nixon
U.S
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Arkansas Democrat
Congress
League of Nations
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Mike Mansfield
Montana
Angela Jurist
Baptists
American Rock Opera Co
Texas Water Development Board
Clean Water For
Texas
Texas Municipal League
Solons
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