Byrd among names under consideration for Supreme Court seat
Washington report notes Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia as a candidate in the White House review for a Supreme Court appointment. Officials confirmed Byrd's inclusion among several contenders as the court faces two vacancies. The White House declined to comment on the selection process.
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Robert C. Byrd
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Moore
West Virginia Senate
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Is America doomed continued debate on the 1970s outlook
WVU students weigh the future in Max Lerner's five part series on the long term shifts in American life. The piece discusses the late 1950s to mid 1980s era changes including campus disruption, the environmental movement, and the 18 year old vote as key political forces.
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Max Lerner
Brandeis University
Congress may cut funds if U N expels Taiwan
Secretary of State William P. Rogers warned private meetings that Congress could reduce United Nations funding if Nationalist China is expelled. He supports a US plan to seat Communist China in the Security Council while keeping Taiwan in General Assembly membership, calling expulsion a dangerous precedent and noting a close China vote.
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Hijacked Eastern flight to Havana with 46 aboard
A Detroit bound Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 carrying 39 to 46 passengers was forced to Havana by a nervous hijacker who brandished a .38 pistol at a stewardess. Captain William E. Buchannan had previously piloted a 1961 Cuban hijack. The gunman, 27 to 29 years old, bought a last minute ticket and used the alias R. Johnson. The jet landed in Havana at 1 23 p.m. EDT.
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UPI
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Havana
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Cuba
Buchannan
U.S
Caribbean
R. Johnson
Barbara Pliskow
Ers
Eastern
Wayne County
William Lucas
Miami
San Juan
P.R. Lucas
Federal Aeronautics Administration
Lucas
Ford Foundation expands aid to minority students
Ford Foundation announces a six year program totaling 100 million dollars to aid Black, Puerto Rican, Mexican American, and American Indian students. McGeorge Bundy says this enlarges prior support, not a new departure, as the foundation aims to boost minority opportunities in higher education.
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UPI
McGeorge Bundy
Foundation
Free Press as Guardian of Liberty Cited by Churchill
The quote emphasizes a free press as the vigilant guardian of liberty that free men highly prize. It underscores press freedom as essential to democratic society and institutional checks on power.
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Free Men
Winston Churchill
West Virginia Rallies to Top William & Mary in Classic
West Virginia blunts William & Mary 28 23 after trailing 21 7, with Bernie Galiffa returning from injury to spark the comeback. Leon Jenkins and Kerry Marbury key the rally as Wood scores the late go ahead touchdown and WVU preserves its unbeaten ranking.
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W&m
Kerry Marbury
Galiffa
Pete Wood
Indians
WVU
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Mike Dodds
Marbury
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Kevin Rodgers
Frank Nester
Galliffa
Nate Stephens
Florida Tomatoes Gassed for Sale Sparks U S Probe
New York City consumer affairs commission chief Bess Myerson claims Florida growers ship tomatoes treated with a chemical to turn them red. She criticizes a U S rule that blocks Mexican tomatoes by imposing a minimum size, forcing American consumers to buy Florida produce.
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UPI
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