Former HEW critic cites neglect of Mexican American rights
Carlos F. Vela former Texas coordinator for HEW Civil Rights alleges widespread school segregation in Texas and New Mexico. He says Civil Rights Act enforcement was virtually nonexistent and that reports on Pecos Wilson Shallowater Pecos Carlsbad Clovis Hobbs Las Cruces drew no response from Washington.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Southwest
Carlos F. Vela
Texas
HEW
Dallas
Senate Committee On Equal Educational Opportunity
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Pecos
Wilson
Shallowater
Tex
Carlsbad
Clovis
Hobbs
Las Cruces
N.M
Sonora
Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund
Justice Department
HEW Office For Civil Rights
Civil Rights
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Obledo
Water Tank Yields Body Of Soldier
The decomposed body of a US Army soldier was found in a 500000 gallon water tank supplying Fountain, Colorado. Authorities said four to six months in the tank likely posed no contamination risk and foul play was not suspected though not ruled out. Coroner and sheriff reported the identity withheld pending family notification.
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Fountain
Colo
API
Sheriff's Department
Federal Detention Law Praised by Solon Figure
Rep Richard H Ichord of Missouri, chairing the Internal Security committee, praised the Emergency Detention Act while noting it could have prevented the 112000 Japanese Americans detention during World War II. He urged amendments to calm critics and warned repeal would remove due process safeguards. The Senate already passed repeal, but supporters stress concerns over abuse against minorities and riots.
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Miami
Richard H. Schord
Dmo
Ichord
Committee On Internal Security
Communist Party
Senate
Justice Department
Schord
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Defense drawn ire of woman senator over Pentagon denial
Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine assailed the Defense Department for not refuting charges about a lab death at Ft. Detrick Maryland. She said a congressman wrongly claimed a biowarfare worker died, noting the worker contracted pneumonic plague in 1959, recovered, and returned to duty in weeks.
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Washington (Ap
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Pentagon
Defense Department
Ft. Detrick
Smith
Senate
Senate panel backs nonpolluting car plan for 1975
A Senate subcommittee approved a bill to set national air quality standards and require a nonpolluting car by 1975. The measure would establish strict health-based standards within three years, allow stricter local rules, fund $365 million for research and state planning, and push leading agencies to outline implementation steps.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Public Works
Edmund Muskie
Dmaine
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Muskie
Stockholders Seek Court Relief as Bear Market Affects Investors
Stockholders flood courts seeking recovery after a two month bear market. Lawyers cite rising suits against brokers and corporations, with insiders’ short swing profits and churning cases under scrutiny. Experts note liberal federal securities law interpretations and trustee actions in reorganizations fueling litigation.
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Carole Martin
NEW York
Stanley L. Kaufman
Kaufman
Alan R. Bromberg
Southern Methodist University
Houston
Bromberg
Hagerman Woman Martha Harris Rites Planned
Funeral services for 80 year old Martha Freeman Harris of Hagerman are set for Friday at 2 30 p m in Hagerman First United Methodist Church with Rev Bob English and Rev Bob Whites officiating Burial follows in Hagerman Cemetery under Ballard Funeral Home arrangements She was born October 8 1889 in Tola Texas and died Tuesday in a Roswell nursing home Surviving are two sons Sam and Horace Freeman four step sons and a step daughter plus four grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren Memorial contributions may be made to the church Methodist Memorial Fund.
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Hagerman
Roswell
Bob English
Bob Whites
First United Methodist Church
Ballard Funeral Home
Harris
E. Perth St
Hager
St. Harris
Kerrville
Tex
Ted Harris
Ohio
Ottis Harris
Irving
Henry Harris
Seymour
Texa
Daisy Freeman
Two Shots Kill Officer In Berkeley
A Berkeley patrolman delivering a traffic ticket was shot twice and killed while writing a ticket after pulling over a motorcyclist. Ronald T. Tsukamoto age 28 had been on the force 11 months. Police described the slaying as resembling recent San Jose and San Francisco shootings, with the assailant fleeing in a nearby car.
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Berkeley
Calif
San Francisco
Ronald T. Tsukamoto
Richard Berger
San Jose
Tsukamoto
Berger
Markets Close Higher In Moderate NY Trading
The New York Stock Market closed higher with moderate activity. The Dow rose over 5.5 points while other listed firms had modest gains amid varied commodity quotes and livestock price movements.
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New York
Ford Pinto Unveiled As Imports Challenge
LAS VEGAS AP Ford Motor Co unveiled its Pinto as American automakers step up a challenge to imports in the growing small car market Henry Ford Jr said the Pinto will outsell Volkswagen in its first year With Gremlin Vega and Pinto pricing near 1850 1879 the subcompacts race to steal small car market share from imports
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Las Vegas
Nev
Ford Motor Co
Volkswagen
Henry Ford Jr
Theft Report At City Home
Joe Lilley of 10 Richardson Ave reported items missing from his home. Missing AM-FM radio 225 dollars guitar 100 dollars amplifier 159 dollars. The theft occurred between 6 pm Tuesday and 11 am Wednesday.
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Joe Lilley
Richardson Ave
Absence of David Bruce Sparks Vietnam Peace Talks Speculation
Paris AP reports David K E Bruce missed the weekly Vietnam peace talks fueling talk of a boycott until North Vietnam and Viet Cong leaders return. Habib said Bruce planned to work at his office, while Thuy and Binh continued to attend before heading back to Hanoi.
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Paris
David K E. Bruce
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Bruce
Cief US
Philip C. Habib
Habib
Xuan Thuy
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nguyen Thi Binh
Lodge
Thuy
Hanoi
Goon
Binh
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