Supreme Court to rule on Richmond school consolidation
The Supreme Court agreed to review the drive to merge Richmond Virginia schools with neighboring Henrico and Chesterfield counties in a desegregation plan affecting about 78 000 students. Justices heard arguments on this spring hearing with Justice Powell not participating.
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Supreme Court
Richmond
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund
U.S
Robert H. Merhige Jr
U.S. Circuit Court
Denver
Detroit
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Powell
Circuit Court
Merhige
New York
Paul Weiss
Henrico
Chesterfield
City
Today in History Highlights Notable Global Events
The list marks January 15, 1973 as the current day in history with past milestones. Notable dates include 1922 Ireland establishing the Free State and 1932 France pacifying French Morocco.
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Associated Press
Irish Free State
Henry VIII
England
Ignace Jan Padrewski
Republic of
Poland
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
France
Morocco
Aswan
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
N.V. Podgorny
Congo
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
U.N
Sicily
Frederik IX of
Denmark
Margrethe
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
Snyder area reports highs in the mid fifties to mid sixties with morning readings near 24 to 29 degrees through Sunday and Tuesday. Northwest to Southwest Texas trends show fair skies and warmer conditions with highs in the 70s by Tuesday and mild nights in the 30s to 40s. The Coast experiences light to variable winds and slight seas as conditions remain fair across North Central Northeast South Central and Southeast Texas with fog possible along the Coastal Plains.
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Texas
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South Central
Four More Plead Guilty In Watergate Case
Four more Watergate defendants from the Miami area pleaded guilty in Washington as the trial narrows to two at the defense table. Al Newmeyer, appointed by Judge Sirica, accepted pleas for Bernard Barker Eugenio Martinez Frank Surgis and Virgilio Gonzalez, all facing seven counts and up to 55 years each.
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Bernard L. Barker
Eugenio R. Martinez
Frank A. Surgis
Virgilio R. Gonzalez
Miami
White House
Howard Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
al Newmeyer
New York
Henry B. Rothblatt
Hunt
Democratic Party
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Rothblatt
Sirica
Newmeyer
Dallas Bank and Trust Co
NBL
Stock
Dallas
Akins
Osorio
Securities and Exchange Commission
Sharpstown State Bank of
Houston
Gus Mutscher
SEC
Frank Sharp
Sharp
Atkins
Austin
Wife of Texas Tech instructor dies after Snyder crash
Mrs. Shahanz Lodhi, 30, wife of physics instructor Dr M A K Lodhi, died in Cogdell Memorial Hospital from injuries after a late Thursday traffic mishap on U S Highway 84 northwest of Snyder. The couple's two daughters and Mr Lodhi survived, and funeral services were planned in Pakistan.
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Lodhi
Pakistan
M.H. Zafar
Karachi
Cora Etta Ross
Snyder Nursing Home
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DeLeon
Walter Rippetoe
Round Grove Cemetery
Nabors Funeral Home
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Ross
Carolyn West
Snyder
Helen Aycock
San Angelo
Dorothy Carpenter
New Orleans
Morgan Ross Jr
Aspermont
R.D. Ross
Pecos
Texas Cloudy Skies Improve After Dense Coastal Fog
Texas forecasts show mostly clear dawn skies and mild afternoon temperatures for a third day. Dense fog hindered Coastal Plains and Southeast Texas but is expected to lift before noon with little change in overall conditions.
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Associated Press
Texas
Pond
Akins Pleads Guilty in Texas Stock Fraud Case
Former National Bankers Life official Donald Akins admitted one count in the four charge Texas stock fraud probe. Osorio and Stock face trial and sentencing follows. The broader case ties to the Sharpstown scandal and SEC actions against Frank Sharp and state officials.
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Amarillo
Osorio
Texas Insurance Commissioner
Akins
Nixon halts all operations in North Vietnam
President Nixon ordered a halt to all offensive military actions in North Vietnam because of progress in Paris peace talks. The move covers bombing shelling and mining and takes effect at 10 am EST. The White House sees it as an unilateral gesture linked to ongoing negotiations. Nixon also sent Gen Haig to Saigon to brief President Thieu and assess next steps.
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Fla
Nixon
North Vietnam
Paris
Florida White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Ziegler
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Dr. Kissinger
South Vietnam
U.S
Kissinger
Bayside
Zeigler
Land Fill Contract Presented to County Commissioners
County commissioners received a joint contract with Snyder City for a sanitary landfill operation at the city dump grounds costing 7500 annually. City officials sought approval and outlined shared costs for paving Forty fifth Street and a proposed bridge replacement while paving work will start later this week.
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Snyder
George Patterson
Bill Seale
Patterson
Seale and Patterson
Towle Park
Meir Meets Pope Paul VI in First Vatican Visit by Israeli Leader
In Rome Golda Meir met Pope Paul VI for about an hour in the private library. Vatican officials stressed no change in Holy See policy on the Middle East Palestinian refugees and Jerusalem while signaling potential talks with Israel on holy places. An Israeli religious affairs official, Meir Mendes, arrived privately for unfamiliar discussions.
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Paul VI
Golda Meir
Vatican
Middle East
Holy Land
Holy See
Federico Alessandrini
Paris
Meir Mendes
Israel
Ministry of Religious Affairs
Rome
Western Drafts Presented for European Security Talks
Helsinki AP report says 34 nations including the United States resumed negotiations with a Western draft agenda for a European security conference. The plan, advanced by the enlarged ECE and supported by NATO members, covers security economic and environmental issues plus human contacts.
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Helsinki
Finland
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Belgium
Italy
Denmark
Viktor Malishev
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