Racially Imbalanced Boston Schools Deemed Not Inferior
Boston civic leader Mrs. Louise Day Hicks, chair of the Boston School Committee, rejects the idea that racial imbalance harms education while defending existing schools. She opposes forced busing and argues social and economic factors shape outcomes, citing $1.5 million yearly to aid children in deprived homes. The report urges early action and mutual transfers between areas, but Hicks says such measures are undemocratic and unworkable. She faces civil rights criticism yet retains broad local support.
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Boston
Louise Day Hicks
Boston School Committee
Hicks
Bhs
NAACP
Protesters End Two Day Walk At IRS Office Boston
About 50 protesters marching against U.S. involvement in Vietnam reached the IRS Boston office after a two day walk from Concord. They delivered a petition to IRS regional director Alvin M. Kelley stating they will pay only part of their 1964 federal income taxes due to tax policies supporting war actions. Nevada Eyes Token Slots Gov Grant Sawyer signed a measure to allow tokens in slot machines as coins run short. The Gaming Commission must approve before tokens can be used statewide.
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Boston
UPI
U.S
Viet Nam
Concord
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Alvin M. Kelley
Carson City
Nev
Nevada
Grant Sawyer
Pet boa missing from Wilmette home, owner reports
Mrs James Hoagland told police a four foot friendly boa constrictor is missing from her Wilmette residence. She asked officers to issue a lookout for the pet on Thursday.
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Wilmette
James Hoagland
Berkshire Eagle Subscription Rates by Carrier and Mail
Subscription options shown for Berkshire Eagle with carrier rates at 45 cents per week and mail options by zones. The notice lists monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual prices for different postal zones, plus discounts for forefal country, college students, and armed forces. Instructions request subscribers to notify the local post office and the newspaper of address changes to avoid interception.
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Berkshire Eagle
Armes
Holity
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
FDA Finds Birth Control Pills Successful for Public Use
Washington UPI The FDA told Congress that birth control pills have been successful enough that none of the five approved types has been withdrawn from the market. Dr. Joseph Sadusk said labeling warnings for physicians are now required and noted ongoing long term studies by NIH and cancer councils to monitor safety and cancer risk. He said no proven cancer link exists and that thrombophlebitis safety concerns have been reviewed.
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FDA
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
Congress
Joseph FP. Sadusk
Bureau of Medicine
House
Sadusk
National Institutes of Health
National Advisory Cancer Council
Deranged Mother Kills Young Son in Dracut
In Dracut Massachusetts Ida Haydock 48 allegedly bludgeoned her 12 year old son Carl with a rifle then drowned him in a bathtub Thursday and attempted suicide in a nearby lake. By passersby she was rescued from Lake Mascuppie and charged with first degree murder. Carl was a sixth grade student at Dracut Junior High School. Haydock has two older sons not living at home and her husband died two years ago.
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Dracut
Mass
Private Eye Jailed for Court Contempt in Boston
John E. Dolan head of Dolan Whitney Detective Service was jailed by Superior Court Judge Reuben L. Lurie for contempt of court after refusing to hand over records to a Suffolk County grand jury. He warned he would be released only upon compliance and stay otherwise. Dolan claimed the Massachusetts Crime Commission harassed him with sham subpoenas.
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Boston
Springfield
Suffolk County
John E. Dolan
Dolan - Whitney Detective Service, Inc
Superior Court
Reuben L. Lurie
Lurie
Dolan
Grand Jury
Massachusetts Crime Commission
Grand
Poverty Warriors Encouraged War on Poverty Hiring
Washington DC campaign leaders told a House Education and Labor subcommittee that the United Planning Organization uses some poor representatives but struggles to find capable local residents. Rep James Scheuer praised the effort as the committee weighs President Johnsons request for 1.5 billion dollars in anti poverty funding for 1965 66 amid criticism over too many high paid experts and too few voices from poor communities.
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Washington
UPI
Washington, D.C
House
James G. Banks
National Capital
United Planning Organization
House Education and Labor
Washington Planning Organization
James G. Scheuer
D-N.y
Johnson
Chicago
Pilot Endorses School Report in Editorial
The Pilot, Boston archdiocese newspaper, endorses a panel report on racial imbalance in Massachusetts schools. Cardinal Cushing aided the advisory committee. the editorial warns against disparaging the document and accuses some panel members of window dressing to improve public education.
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Blue Ribbon Advisory Committee
Boston
UPS
Pilot
Archdiocese of
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Massachusetts
Rescue of NH Railroad Still Up in the Air
The bankrupt New Haven Railroad faces an ICC hearing on curtailing commuter service by Aug. 1. It proposes cutting four Westchester County stations and trimming service in New York and Connecticut with longer trains and fewer runs, and seeks to abandon all passenger service by 1966. Two plans to preserve at least a year of service were proposed but not acted on by New York, Connecticut, and neighboring states.
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New York
UPI
New Haven
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Westchester County
N.Y
Connecticut
New York City
Bayard Forster
Coon Douses Electric Lights In Palatine
A raccoon turned off the lights in Palatine Illinois a suburb of 11 500 northwest of Chicago Thursday night. Electric company workers spent almost two hours restoring power after they found the animal wedged against a heavy metal current-carrying bar.
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Palatine
Til
Chicago
Electric Company
Conditions Called Disgrace For Migrating Farm Help
Washington AP report calls working and living conditions of domestic migratory farm workers and families a national disgrace. Senate panel backs Labor Secretary Wirtz’s ruling against more foreign labor this year and urges a federal minimum wage for domestic farm workers plus expanded health housing education welfare and voting benefits. Williams argues decades of misery stem from low wages with 1963 earnings about 657 for farm workers and 211 from nonfarm work. Republicans dissent on foreign labor program termination.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Labor Subcommittee
W. Willard Wirtz
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-Nj
Johnson
Williams
George Murphy
California
Paul J. Fannin
Arizona
Peter HH. Dominick
Colorado
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Gaylor Nelson
Wis
Robert F. Kennedy
D-Nly
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Birth Pills For the Birds in Columbia Borough
Columbia PA residents hear city officials discuss drastic pigeon control measures after trapping noises and scare devices failed to curb the bird population surge.
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Columbia, Pa
Lancaster County
Ex-Transit Head Denied Benefits in Unemployment Claim
Massachusetts Division of Employment Security denied Thomas J. McLernon's unemployment benefits claim. McLernon, former MBTA general manager, was fired by MBTA in December. MBTA must pay him $2,000 monthly until his contract ends six years hence. Mel Lennon commented that he can get along without the unemployment checks.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Division of Employment Security
Thomas J. McLernon
McLernon
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
MBTA
MBYTA
Mel Lennon
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