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...rift between Justice and Interior grew, White House officials became more and more impatient. At week's end they took 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...
...university has 30 days to enter a plea in Superior Court, the spokesman said, although the case may take up to two years to come to trial...
...Anthony Barber arrived in Parliament last week to perform that ancient British rite of spring, the presentation of the annual budget. The document that he produced from the traditional red leather box was a curious one. Barber himself described it as "broadly neutral," and it was a sort of plea for economic truce. Most noticeably, it dispensed an assortment of minor gifts for practically everybody. Unemployment and sickness benefits were raised by $2.46 a week and pensions by $3.94 (at a total cost of $1.4 billion). Taxes on children's clothing, candy, ice cream, soft drinks and potato chips...
Moore concluded his remarks with a plea to black law students to work for the black community...
...with the Communist world. Last November Pakistan withdrew from the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, and recognized North Korea and North Viet Nam. He has continued good relations with China, which provides economic and military assistance. Last week, in fact, Mrs. Bhutto was in Peking, where she made an impassioned plea for the return of Pakistani P.O.W.s from India. The Pakistani President has also moved for an accommodation with India, meeting at Simla last year with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to define the postwar ceasefire line and reduce tensions in the area...