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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                191 the stars and stripes racial guidelines extended to All . Schools ton a the a mint issued monday a a of nondiscrimination no Iii  for school systems 25ing the facial rules of Thesy time to the ensure nation father sati to the South alone Fie guidelines announced by he department of health Edu Xion my welfare set deadlines /o8fernling segregation in cd in Southern districts. And they o a base for the govern s s first big move into the North to Check for Dos Calmina Northorn systems won t be required to balance the number of negroes and Whites in their  the guidelines stale that neither the new policies nor the1964 civil rights act bars a school system from reducing or eliminating racial imbalance in its  the civil rights act Federal officials have require mixing of negroes and Whites in the South where the races had been kept apart by Law or policy. But that cannot be done inthe North where school Segre gation generally has resulted from private housing  civil rights act prohibits use of Federal funds for pro Grams in which racial discrimination is practice and school districts failing to comply with the guidelines stand to lose fed eral education Aid. For the North and for areas of the South where segregation results Only from housing Pat terns the guidelines Are de signed to make certain that negro and other minority Young sters get the same Chance a Whites for a Good education. Examples of possible discrimination the guidelines said would be negro schools which had overcrowded classes and  Money per Pupil for  qualified teachers. Poorer facilities and instructional materials. Also prohibited under the poli cies Are student assignment procedures school attendance zones or school feeder patterns which segregate students. An districts will be required to locate new schools and add to or rehabilitate old schools so As not to Foster segregation. The guidelines also require nondiscrimination in school transportation and athletics and other extracurricular activities. For the South the new guide lines drop any reference to percentages of negroes in Whit schools required for compliance. And for the first time they set a completion deadline of the school year 1969-70 for school districts which Are desegregate ing voluntarily. Full reports of senators funds urged Washington a full Public disclosure by senators and top Senate aides of their financial interests was called for monday As the Senate started debate on a proposed code of ethics. Sens. Joseph s. Clark d-pa.,and Clifford p. Case r-., said they will offer a full disclosure amendment to the stand Ards of conduct recommended by the Senate s bipartisan ethics committee. Under the committee s pro posed code senators and Senate employees paid Over $15,000would have to report publicly each year Only the contribution they had received and honorariums of Over $300 for speeches television appearances and Simi Lar activities. Tax report they would have to file in sealed envelopes each Yea their income tax returns and a listing of their Legal fees pro Perty holdings liabilities gifts and corporate and professional ties. These confidential report would remain sealed unless the ethics committee by majority vote ordered them opened for inspection in connection with a inquiry into misconduct charges. Sen. John Stennis d-miss., the committee chairman said its proposal properly protects and respects each senator arid Senate employee and at the same time protects the Public . Wallace f. Bennett r i Utah the committee s vice chairman also said he feels the plan provides the right solution to the dilemma of drawing the line Between a senator As a pub Lic trustee and his right to Pri Vacy As a , Clark and Case maintained it does not go far enough and served notice they will offer an amendment to re quire annual Public disclosure of income assets and liabilities of senators and top Senate employees and members of their immediate families. Bridge vendors Elizabeth Galaviz 15, Ofsan Cleminte calif., receives a piece of Lon Don Bridge from two London officials Harold King right and Ivan Luckin who Are in Cali fornia to sell parts of the Bridge. It is slowly sinking and will be replaced. A photo 1 Day strike shuts Down . Shipping new York up the port of new York was closed tight As a drum monday except for some military shipping As sea men joined longshoremen in a24-hour walkout to demonstrate their anger Over the opening of the longshore registry to 750 new workers. Thomas Gleason president of the International longshoremen s association Ila led 700 March ers in a drizzle outside the water front commission s offices. Theila and the new York shipping association which represent employers have applied for an injunction against the commis Sion s order to open the work list because of a need for dockworkers in Newark and port Elizabeth . Dock workers an management contend that the existing work Force of 21,000 inadequate if shifting men from one area to another could be seeded  spokesman for the by state waterfront commission said the Harbor was closed tight As a drum except for the military Ocean terminal in Bayonne . Ii brother to can t win Oklahoma City a an Oklahoma City teen Uger Winner about two unpaid traffic tickets gave police his Broth a s name when they stopped i on a traffic  took him to Cuil any Way. When lie confessed the Nam switch they explained Why they took him to  brother had three unpaid ticks. Valerie Percy slaying probe is reduced Kenilworth Iii. Up the full time police investigation into the slaying of Valerie Percy has ended police chief Edward Eggert announced monday exactly a year and a half after miss Percy was slain. The investigation began Early on sept. 18, 1966, when miss Percy 21, twin daughter of sen. Charles ii. Percy was found bludgeoned and stabbed to death in her bedroom at the Percy mansion Here. Staff reduced As Many As 30 policemen to Gether with agents of the federa Bureau of investigation worked full time on the Case in the weeks that followed. But As new Lea sin the Case diminished the investigating staff was Cut to Loand then to seven. Since new leads have now be come scarce Eggert said Only one state policeman will work part time on the Case with the help of one Kenilworth i policeman As he is  s Kenilworth i Home was sold last december and the fam ily now lives near the senator s Washington d.c., office. Letter carriers urged Washington up the Post office department and a spokesman for letter carriers monday said increased cases of beatings robbery and rape of postal workers require that such assaults be made Federal  j. Murphy an assistant postmaster general told a House subcommittee on postal operations the fear of possible attack has become More acute since last summer s  h. Rademacher vice president of the National association of letter carriers said the present Law begin Sand ends with the Protection of the mail. It does not extend tothe Protection of the  the subcommittee is consider ing a Bill that would make assaults on postal workers Federal offence. Presently if a letter Carrier is assaulted Bueno mail is stolen the offence is subject Only to local Laws. Murphy said the number of attacks on postal workers is still relatively Small but has shown a Sharp increase in the past two years. Rademacher said the Lette Carrier has become the pay master of the nation and because he is alone unarmed and currying checks stocks an Bonds is a favorite target for robbers. Cono vese killer beats guard. Flees Buffalo . Up win Ston Moseley convicted of Mur Dering Kitty Genovese while scores of her neighbors listened to her screams without calling police escaped monday from a Hospital Here after beating guard with his fists. Police feared Moseley 36, May have armed himself with a Rifle after the break. Two Young Gui identified photographs of the con vict and said he carried a weapon when they saw him. Moseley was about to b an unknown Quan Tity is the so called stress syn drome based on the Uncertain ties of the orld situation  
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