Boston Desegregation March Called Off Amid City Tensions
In Boston a biracial march planned to support school desegregation was postponed as violence surged. Police reported racial attacks leaving a white girl with a skull fracture and a black woman with a scalp wound, while officials urged an ecumenical prayer procession. Mayor White and Gov Dukakis urged unity as tensions remained high and organizers canceled the march due to strife.
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Revolution threatens in Lebanon amid civil conflict
Lebanon faced a threatened revolutionary government by Moslem leftists if President Franjieh fails to sign a constitutional amendment for early elections within 10 days. Rockets hit Beirut airport wounding 11 as clashes spread, killing at least 45 and wounding 80 in ongoing sectarian fighting across the capital’s green line and buffer zones.
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1957 arms forecast proved wildly wrong missive declassified
The Gaither Commission report sent to President Eisenhower in 1957 projected a Soviet missile gap by 1959 60 and urged vast defense spending and fallout shelters. It later proved false, misjudging intercontinental capabilities and arms race dynamics, while warnings about world stability and control talks remained debated.
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Leary Free After Eight Years In Prison For Drug Fugitive case
Timothy Leary the Harvard professor once leading the 1960s psychedelic movement walked out of a federal prison ending an eight year sentence for bringing marijuana into the United States. He said he felt beautiful and sought sunshine and peace with his wife Joanna. He has been paroled effective June 7 and faces an appeal while some counterculture figures criticize his cooperation with authorities.
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Arab oil embargo real possibility worries energy official
Federal Energy Administrator Frank Zarb warned at the American Power Conference that a new oil embargo is a real threat to the United States, potentially causing no gasoline and no lights in some areas. He outlined a four step plan to make America embargo proof by 1985, emphasizing energy conservation and expanded domestic production and coal and nuclear power.
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