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Monday January 26, 1970
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This Day In 1970's History: Monday January 26, 1970
  • The House gave final passage to the Health, Education and Welfare appropriation bill, but the White House said that a veto would be forthcoming. The President's argument for vetoing the bill is that it is inflationary. [CBS]

  • The labor and civil rights coalition which helped defeat the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Clement Haynsworth has formed opposition to Judge G. Harrold Carswell's nomination. AFL-CIO president George Meany stated that he hopes Carswell is rejected. [CBS]

  • The Supreme Court ruled that draft boards do not have the power to take away student deferments and classify them 1-A because of antiwar activity. The Court also rejected Florida Governor Claude Kirk's effort to postpone the February 1 school desegregation deadline for his state. [CBS]

  • A federal grand jury will hear witnesses in connection with the murder of United Mine Workers official Joseph Yablonski, his wife and daughter. Ohio Governor James Rhodes announced that he will not extradite the three men accused of the murder to Pennsylvania until the grand jury finishes its inquiry. The FBI is continuing to search for the murder weapon in the Monongahela River. [CBS]

  • Sixteen months ago Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes fired the city's police chief. Today Stokes fired Patrick Gerity, the successor, and named William Ellenburg as the new chief. Ellenburg will work under the supervision of new safety director Benjamin Davis. [CBS]
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