South protests Pratt desegregation focus in the Old South
The piece questions why federal judges target Civil Rights Act desegregation in southern schools while citing extensive lists of districts in Texas and other Deep South states under investigation. It contrasts Northern cases like Boston and Detroit with recent California rulings and cites broader legal debates on school integration and the Mason-Dixon divide.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones to Speak at Texas DAR Dinner
Tulsa editor Jenkin Lloyd Jones, famed syndicated columnist with 150 newspaper partners, will address Texas DAR members at the State Regent's Dinner Tuesday night. his restlessness as a journalist is noted.
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Jackie Helps Make Funeral Preparations
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Christina Onassis prepared for Aristotle Onassis burial on Scorpios island. Jacqueline, aged 45 and widowed again, spent time with the body in the chapel as authorities arranged a nondenominational funeral near the 200 year old chapel on the Ionian island.
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Christina Onassis Directs Funeral Arrangements
Sources said Christina Onassis, 24, directed funeral arrangements for Aristotle Onassis. Mrs Onassis arrived from New York and visited the chapel alone, while flowers were placed beforehand. An American Hospital official confirmed Christina’s involvement and described her bearing up under the bereavement.
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Flood Waters Drive Evacuations Along Tombigbee River
Hundreds of Columbus Mississippi residents flee rising Tombigbee waters as crest nears 38 to 39 feet forecast for Monday. Civil Defense says flood damage runs into millions across Tennessee North Carolina and the Southeast as crews monitor crest, recede and seek federal relief.
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Charges Planned In Slasher Case
Los Angeles police say Vaughn Greenwood 31 will be charged in the Skid Row Slasher murders. Greenwood in custody since Feb 3 faces charges related to the slayings and a Feb 2 attack in which an assailant used a hatchet and knife. Nine men, mostly winos, were found murdered Dec 1 to Jan 31 with the same ear to ear slitting signature.
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Plague Case Tied to Coyotes Shocks Nation
An 11 year old New Mexico boy contracted the first human bubonic plague linked to a coyote. The Center for Disease Control reports he was released March 5 after treatments. The Rockefeller Commission faces a possible broader CIA inquiry into assassination plots, with White House aides noncommittal.
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Amarillo Woman Killed In Pedestrian Crash
An Amarillo woman, Beverly D. Walker, 20, died at the scene after being struck crossing Amarillo Boulevard around midnight. Thelma Kay Hightower, 25, sustained head injuries and multiple fractures and remained in critical condition at Northwest Texas Hospital. The driver was Thomas T. Booth, 41, of 1512 Heather. No charges were filed as of Sunday. Services for Walker planned for Tuesday. Burial at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Weather glimpse warm with skies clearing
Partly cloudy and warm today with high in the mid 60s. Tonight, considerable cloudiness and cooler with a 20 percent chance of light rain and a low near 30. Tuesday brings decreasing clouds and cooler with a mid 50s high and southerly winds gusting to 24 mph.
Rock Island Rail Service Faces Uncertain Future
Amarillo area business leaders warn 202 firms and 1,449 workers depend on the Rock Island line with 570 miles across 15 Texas Oklahoma New Mexico counties. Officials report funds only cover operations through today as the railroad fights possible government takeover and merger delays. Claude Davis cites ICC bungling and a 12 year merger delay with Union Pacific as key causes of the crisis.
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Crossing The Land It Built The Rock Island Faces Closure
The High Plains landscape unfolds from the caboose of No. 39 as frequent empty car stops at the Producer's Co op Wildorado mark a rail line once expanded by AI enabled development. Now the Rock Island railroad may close after decades of service.
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