Desegregation shifts from federal to HEW role
U S and world briefs report policy shift as Gardner moves desegregation enforcement to different agency while Howe II says districts should continue to use desegregation to boost education. Also notes Ohio crime study proposal, Lunar Orbiter 4 images, Queen Elizabeth II invitation, Hong Kong clashes, Niagara Gorge rockslide, Oklahoma first to legalize human artificial insemination, South Vietnam election candidacy, a river rescue, UK Labour losses, Southern Miss student arrests, and campus grievances.
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Ohio University bans freshmen from owning vehicles
Ohio University announces a policy to forbid freshmen from owning cars or motorcycles and to ban two wheeled vehicles from campus property. Visiting Nelsonville Indians will perform native songs and dances next weekend. Martin Sharrett resigns as Tri County CAP director to pursue a serious study of the MRI program. The 42nd annual Southeastern District track meet will bring 37 teams to Peden Stadium in Mountjoy.
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Senators foresee guard callups for Vietnam manpower needs
Senator Henry M. Jackson said National Guardsmen and Reservists will likely be ordered to active duty to meet Vietnam manpower needs, with decisions coming soon. Other senators estimate more troops will be sent as the war expands in Mekong Delta and border areas. Pentagon plans to deploy the 198th Infantry Brigade from Ft Hood could lift total troops toward 500,000 later this year.
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Six Americans killed as Reds hit Saigon airfields
Communist guerrillas fired 140mm rockets at Bien Hoa and Phuoc Vinh near Saigon, killing six Americans and wounding about 100. About 25 planes were damaged, many at Bien Hoa. Some Americans suffered minor injuries fleeing for cover as combat continued elsewhere in South Vietnam.
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Riot Rios Mississippi Town Riot Turns deadly at Jackson State College
National Guardsmen state police and city officers faced a about 100 rioters on Lynch Street Jackson after police fired on the mob killing a 22 year old Negro truck driver Benjamin Brown and wounding a student Cleothus Jackson 19. A highway patrolman was cut in the neck and a curfew was set. The protests followed an arrest attempt near the campus and continued through the night with vandalism and clashes.
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Continue Hunt For 3 Youths In Hannibal Cave Search
Rescuers probe a bluff behind a fresh cave-in as Civil Defense teams and National Guard units dig for three missing boys Edwin Lowell 14 Joel Hoag 13 and Bill Hoag Al in Hannibal Missouri. Police dogs located the slide area and scratched the mound as dawn lit the cavern.
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Joey) Hoag
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Collision Quarrel At Standoff In Sea of Japan
Washington reports a standoff over two Sea of Japan collisions between U S and Soviet warships. Each side accuses the other of provocations as U S warns away Soviet destroyers while Soviets say American ships ignored warnings. Weather outlook calls for below normal temperatures with rain across the weekend.
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Johnson Wins Maneuvering Room In Draft Bill Passage
The House is expected to back a Senate drafted extension giving Johnson authority to call men aged 19 and 20 before drafting older men. The Senate bill, approved 70 to 2, would shape deferments for students and apprentices, allow a lottery, and propose consolidating local draft boards into 300 to 500 regional ones while preserving Board discretion on hardship cases.
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Johnson feared World War III remark at White House gala
Washington Post reported President Johnson told daughter Luci last June that he might go down in history as starting World War III. The remark followed by the bombing of oil tanks and a late night session with Luci as Johnson awaited news on American air missions.
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Has Martin Bormann Been Found At Last
Guatemala AP reports secret police arrested an elderly man, fingerprinted for West Germany, amid unconfirmed rumors of plastic surgery. Officials say the man, in his seventies, worked as a peasant near Guatemala City and may be Bormann, though no definite trace has been confirmed.
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