Wounded Knee Occupation Moves Toward Disarmament Agreement
Wounded Knee occupiers listed their weapons and personnel under the U S Justice Department CRS as part of a Sunday agreement to end the 70 day standoff. AIM members were expected to lay down arms by Wednesday morning.
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Special Prosecutor To Be Appointed
Washington UPI Elliot L Richardson said he would appoint an independent prosecutor to supervise the federal Watergate investigation seeking the full truth about the plot. He noted his administration ties may be questioned but pledged independence and authority under his supervision reporting to him and ultimately the American people.
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Hunger program aid rises but regional gaps remain
A Senate committee staff report finds federal food assistance enrollment among poor Americans has tripled over five years while regional performance varies. New England and Far West states lead in feeding the poor, Midwestern states lag, and Southern counties show notable progress though 280 counties are labeled hunger counties with high poverty and low aid receipt.
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Medicine Man Conducts Sacred Pipe Wedding Rite
A Sioux medicine man led the traditional pipe ceremony uniting Montana Hopkins Richards and Gilbert Charles Walking Bull in a Saturday marriage at Monmouth Oregon. Attended by over 300 people, the couple includes a great grandson of Chief Sitting Bull and an Oglala Sioux student from Pine Ridge.
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No Food Assistance Programs Listed Across Several States
The text lists counties Gilpin Jackson and Pitkin in Colorado Camas in Idaho Sioux in Nebraska Beaver in Oklahoma and Hunt in Texas as lacking food assistance programs. It notes federal funding covers two programs the food stamp program and the commodity distribution program. The food stamp program lets people buy stamps usable as money at grocery stores while the commodity program distributes actual food to the poor.
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Washington Post Wins Pulitzer for Watergate Investigation
The Washington Post won the 57th Pulitzer Prize for public service in journalism for its Watergate reporting. Reporters Carl Bernstein and Robert Woodward led the inquiry, with editorials by Roger Wilkins and cartoons by Herblock supporting the investigation. The trustees praised the paper for mobilizing major resources to uncover a national political scandal.
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