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...charge of the Wounded Knee affair for the first time and accepted Assistant Attorney General Harlington Wood's plea that Interior officials be forced to take some action. Franklin was ordered to fly to South Dakota to deal with the Indian leaders. As negotiations progressed, a settlement seemed nearer. But no one was quite as optimistic as Franklin, who declared rather cavalierly before flying from Washington that the situation was "not as serious as those Wild West movies on television would have you believe. All those people on the reservation are related, you see. and they all have...
...difficult to imagine what it would be like not to have Asians bombed and killed in our name. But even if we can't envision privately what peace in Vietnam would be like, we can perhaps sense it when it is near, and it has never seemed nearer than it does today. If we act on Friday and Saturday, we can make sure that this last chance doesn't slip away. Demonstrate against the war this weekend, and you may never have to do it again...
British Prime Minister Edward Heath, who had been under strong opposition pressure to speak out against the bombing: "It is easy to demand condemnatory statements, but past experience strongly suggests that they are not always the best way of bringing peace nearer...
...compensation for black-lung disability. He campaigned on the theme of bringing the union closer to the miners-literally and figuratively. He promised not only to reduce the president's $50,000 salary, but also to relocate the union headquarters from Washington, D.C., to a spot nearer the mines. Miller, who had horrified the traditionalists by arguing for stronger controls of strip mining, credited his victory to the younger miners. "Sixty percent of the work force today are 30 years of age or under," he said, "and they are all very much aware of the issues." His new secretary...
...singing, "While strolling on the moon one day . . . in the merry month of December." Mission Control soon interjected a sobering note by notifying them that they were already 40 minutes behind their timetable and that the original objective of their first moon ride had to be scrubbed. But a nearer crater provided an intriguing find: vesicular rocks, containing pockets formed by gas. That was one of several clues that the area had once been the scene of volcanic activity...