Desegregation Drive Expands Across Southern Schools
Education officials report that by fall 10 million students in 17 states will attend schools that have begun desegregation efforts, with 3,857 districts submitting plans and 900 remaining to act on. Economic factors drive compliance as districts rely on federal funds. In Louisiana no district volunteered yet, while Amite county Mississippi raised taxes to offset lost aid. Desegregation, while not universal, shows progress across the region.
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Francis Keppel
U. S. Commissioner of Education
South
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Amite
Mississippi
Homochitte National Forest
Charity begins at home says columnist in wary note
Inez Robb argues foreign aid totaling 3.36 billion dollars this year includes 1.17 billion in military aid and questions if the U S can afford guns and butter while aiding other nations He suggests focusing aid on domestic underdeveloped areas exposed by the Los Angeles riots and urges scrutiny of Pentagon records.
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Lbj
Pentago
Viet Nam
Los Angeles
800000 Summer Jobs Boost Youth Unemployment Drop
The piece notes 800000 of 2 million youths found summer employment, crediting the campaign of President Johnson and Vice President Humphrey though others say jobs would have occurred anyway. Unemployment among school age youths fell from 18.5 to 12.3 percent, aiding an overall 4.5 percent rate. The text emphasizes employer and union awareness and warns that dropping out this fall could worsen issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Younsters
Hubert H. Humphrey
League for Industrial Democracy faces internal crisis over SDS shift
The League for Industrial Democracy confronts a crisis as its youth arm Students for a Democratic Society shifts toward activist, Leninist tactics and neutralizes opposition to communism. Critics within LID warn that embracing Maoist methods could erode decades of democratic reform efforts.
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League For Industrial Democracy
National Student Union
LID
Eleanor Roosevelt
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Mississippi
Michigan
Viet Nam
National Council
Nists
Students For
LID National Council
Council
LID Board of Directors
Afl-Cio
CORE
Sidney Hook
New York University
James Farmer
Victor Reuther
Harry Overstreet
Michael Harrington
Lid Harlways
Johnson seeks repeal of governor veto on poverty programs
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report Johnson privately urged Senate to remove governors veto power over federal anti poverty programs. He framed veto repeal as essential to keep politics from shaping aid, noting potential Republican governors oppose him. Senators Mansfield and Long signaled doubt as Johnson pressed for action.
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Nelson Rockefeller
New York
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
George Romney
Michigan
Johnson
Montana
Mike Mansfield
Russell Long
Louisana
Johnson’s veto battle reshapes party power in Washington
Johnson failed to keep the veto intact as a 45 45 Senate tie doomed the measure. Governors led by Connally pushed for more state control over local programs prompting last minute pressure on the president. A Texas showdown at the LBJ Ranch ended with Johnson asserting executive supremacy.
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Senate
Johnson
LBJ
John Connally
Connally
Sargent Shriver
Shriver
Texas
John
Kremlin Weighs Old Tactics For New Global Struggles
Analysis by William L. Ryan suggests Moscow is reviving Comintern era tactics to unite leftist and centrist groups, build a Moscow centered world staff, and pressure non Communist governments. Brezhnev era tensions with Beijing and Viet Nam draw renewed emphasis on a united front and peace rhetoric.
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William L. Ryan
Kremlin
Moscow
Comintern
Cominform
Kommunist
Red
Prague
M. A. Suslov
B. N. Ponomarev
Luigi Longo
Italy
Waldeck Rochet
France
Suslov
Ponomaevv
Leonid Brezhnev
Peking
United Front
Stalin
Ussr
Viet Nam
Spain
Ism
Pravoda
Dear Abby Letters on Relationships and Wedding Etiquette
A reader asks how to handle a breakup with a seemingly too good boyfriend who accused her of being too good. Abby advises preserving self respect and dating others to find a worthy partner. Another letter asks if a seven year old son may escort his mother to the altar, with Abby agreeing the bride’s brother could escort or the boy serve as ring bearer.
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Abby
Virginian
Local Social News and Letters From Dear Abby Query
Community members share visits with Hartsooks and Higginbothans and report hospital stays and travel. The Vinton WSCS meets with 13 members. A Dear Abby exchange explains signing letters and personal publication practices with unsigneds treated the same as signed letters.
195 Million People Now Live In U S
Washington reports the U S population has reached 195 million, up from 190 million last September. The Commerce Department notes the census clock shows a new person every 12 seconds, while undersecretary Leroy Collins praises the country’s real strength as its people.
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Commerce Department
Leroy Collins
Pickled in Troy Delivers Quirky Dill Clue Swap
A local food collaboration in Troy invites participants to swap dill pickles and share recipe hints. The event features a community tasting, a short talk on preserving produce, and a playful challenge to create new pickle flavors.
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Troy
Junk Yard Dreams and Keeping Treasures of Life
The piece reflects on hoarders versus destroyers through Hal Boyle-like musings. A junk yard owner can collect oddments without social pushback while a pawn shop inspires fascination. The narrator favors keeping mementos as symbols of loyalty and life’s moments, even as his wife teases about ties and style.
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John Chamberlain
Rowland Evans and
Robert Novak
Inside Report
White House
Austin
Tex
House
Blunt
Roger Brannigan
Indiana
Minneapolis
Europe
Pravda
Dear Abby
Eleanor White
R. B. Poling
James Higginbothan
Wanda Lett
Charleston
W. Va
Della Davis
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Pomeroy
Doctor’s Hospital
Columbus
O. M. Stewart
Florda
Vinton Wscs
Alice Whitley
U.S
Washington
Hal Boyle
Mail
Ohio
Mai
Elsewrein and Possessions
Athers
Secord
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