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...spent in the U.S., and to accept the existence of military governments without subjecting them to moral judgments. He also raised the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs to Under Secretary to coordinate U.S. Government programs. The Rockefeller report, which is being made public this week, goes considerably beyond these measures...
Renewed Efforts. Administration tallies disputed those figures, and in public and private White House aides continued to exude confidence in Haynsworth's eventual confirmation. The Administration's figures have as many as 52 Senators finally voting to raise Haynsworth to the seat previously held by Justice Abe Fortas. Haynsworth backers believe that the opposition has crested and that time is on their side. The Senate Judiciary Committee prepared to issue contradictory reports. According to the majority, "Judge Haynsworth is extraordinarily well qualified for the post to which he has been nominated." The minority found his conduct "not acceptable...
...very gravity of the situation may cause Indira and her foes to overcome their differences, but the split has already caused damage. Even if they once more patch up their quarrel, the spectacle of the public spats can only weaken the party's appeal to India's voters...
...wave of violence is sweeping U.S. classrooms. Much of it is centered in junior high schools, which have long coped with the most combustible years of adolescence. Yet the incidence of burglary, larceny, assault and even murder is rising in all public schools, reports the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency. Statistics suggest that more and more teachers are quitting their jobs out of sheer fear of their students...
...that the Supreme Court has decreed an immediate end to racial segregation in Southern public schools, many white resisters have only one place left to turn: private white "segregation academies." In recent years, the South has blossomed with more than 200 such schools, which are set up for the sole purpose of excluding blacks. According to one recent estimate, at least 300,000 white students out of 7,400,000 now attend segregated private schools in eleven Southern states. By all the evidence, the new academies will increase that total fast...