Senate fights over busing rule in education bill
Southern senators press to strip federal courts and agencies of power to order school desegregation busing. The debate follows a Stennis amendment for a uniform national policy, with leaders calling the victory psychological and aiming to pressure Northern integration efforts.
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Washington
Dixie
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
South
John Stennis
Dmiss
Ervin
Stennis
North
Marsh Seen Party's Man By Convention
Charlottesville Seventh District Democratic Chairman John W. Williams predicts Rep. John O Marsh Jr will be the party nominee this year. District Democrats will nominate their House candidate by a party convention rather than a primary. Williams argues a convention suits the district given more Republican than Democratic representatives in the General Assembly.
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Charlottesville
Democratic Committee
John W. Williams
John O. Marsh, Jr
House of Representatives
Marsh
House
Strasburg
Williams
Holton Tax Proposals Face House Verdict In Virginia
Richmond AP reports Governor Linwood Holton seeks a verdict on cigarette and liquor tax hikes and a sales tax refund. Democrats weigh a 2 cent gasoline tax, while Holton gathers sentiment from lawmakers. Also coverage of party shifts, nominations, and local notices.
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Richmond
Linwood Holton
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Holton
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
James Thomson
Alexandria
del. D. French Slaughter
Culpeper
Uniform Integration Action Praised by Civil Rights Leaders
Southern politicians and civil rights leaders applaud Senate passage of Sen. John C. Stennis’s amendment to enforce school desegregation nationwide. Aaron Henry of the NAACP says segregation should not be operation anywhere, lending strong backing to the measure.
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Senate
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Sen. Stennis
Aaron Henry
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Principal Miss DeHart Resigns From Virginia Avenue School
Charlotte DeHart, a 43 year Winchester educator and 21 year Virginia Avenue principal, will retire July 1 after submitting a resignation letter to the school board. Superintendent Jacob L. Johnson said the staff was informed last Friday and the board sought to persuade her to stay.
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Charlotte DeHart
Winchester
Virginia Avenue Avenue
Jacob L. Johnson
DeHart
Virginia Avenue
WPA Plans to raze Conrad House despite BAR ruling
Winchester Parking Authority plans to raze the Conrad House, contesting BAR actions as outside its authority. BAR appealed a demolition permit to the Zoning Board, with a March 17 hearing date set. City officials await BAR resolution and council comment on the second BAR measure.
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Winchester Parking Authority
Board of Architectural Review
WPA
Conrad
Richard J. Martin
Winchester Board of Architectural Review
Zoning Board of Appeals
James Swiger
BAR
Zoning Appeals Board
Wendell Seldon
Wallace issue fade in 1972 says Morton
GOP chairman Rogers C Morton predicts Wallace will be downgraded as a national campaign threat as parties reexamine missions. He foresees broader national enforcement of desegregation and an evolving political climate with Nixon not planning a major barnstorming tour. Morton addresses party reform and public funding concerns.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
George Wallace
Associated Press
Rogers C. B. Morton
Nixon
Morton
Maryland
George
Congress
Alabama
Wallace
The
United States
House
Senate
Defendants in 1968 DNC case face appeal over antiriot law
In Chicago a jury convicted five of seven defendants for crossing state lines to incite rioting at the August 1968 Democratic National Convention. Two defendants were cleared of conspiracy and device-use charges. Sentences and contempt penalties were set, with appeals planned on both the convictions and the law's constitutionality.
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Chicago
USS
Lee Weiner
John R. Froines
Froines
Weiner
David T. Dellinger
Jerry C. Rubin
Thomas EB. Hayden
Abbott
Abbie”’ Hoffman
Rennard C
Rennie’’ Davis
Julius J. Hoffman
Cook County
Hoffman
William M. Kunstler
Leonard I. Weinglass
Kunstler
Weinglass
Weather and sales notes in Richmond and state
A cold front moved through Virginia bringing cloudiness while a cold wave was forecast to move in from the west. A Washington Birthday sale at Penney’s features Coca Cola packs and half size dresses and skirts. Rous Fire Dept hosts an honorary fire chief contest on February 19 at 7 30 p.m with public entertainment invited.
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Richmond
Virginia
Washington
Penney
Coca Cola
Rouss
Mhurs
Rous Fire Dept
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Jim Papke
Ernest Simpson
Holliday Drive
Mike
Mary Helen Massie
Wayside Inn
Middletown
Echo Village
Worth’s
Loudoun ST
Mr. Marsh
Conrad House
Tom Scully
Gop
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