Suit by 31 Pupils Charges Boston Bias
Eight Boston public school pupils sue the School Committee in U S District Court alleging racial segregation in districting. The plaintiff group, led by NAACP counsel, claims arbitrary attendance zones create a segregated system and violate the 14th Amendment. Defendants include Louise Day Hicks and four committee members plus Superintendent Ohrenberger.
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Boston
UPI
U.S
George C. Sweeney
Springfield
Ite
Boston School Committee
Louise Day Hicks
William S. O'Connor
Thomas S. Eisenstadt
Arthur
Richard Banks
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ohrenberger
College Entrance Looks Bleakest Says Chicago Officer
CHICAGO. Harald Temmer, dean of admissions at the University of Illinois Chicago, warned that the 1960s surge in qualified graduates will be turned away as more than 100,000高 school seniors lose admission. He cited rising college-age numbers, scarce facilities, and instructor shortages creating an education bind.
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Chicago
UPI
Harald Temmer
University of Illinois, Chicago
Semmer
Freedom Medal Awarded to Leontyne Price
President Johnson presented soprano Leontyne Price with the belated Freedom Medal after a state dinner for Italian Premier Aldo Moro. The ceremony followed the White House dinner as the award’s presentation had been delayed earlier in the year.
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Leontyne Price
Washington
UPI
Johnson
White House
Aldo Moro
Publishers Back News Access to Crime Information
New York AP report shows newspaper leaders at ANPA convention warning against government efforts to withhold crime news. Gene Robb argues secrecy invites favors and coverups while Katherine Graham and Charles Stabb urge press access with careful handling of court openness.
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New York
Gene Robb
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Robb
Albany Knickerbocker News and Times Union
ANPA
Katherine Graham
The
Washington Post
Daily Journal
Caracas
Venezuela
Volpe Escapes in Helicopter Forced Landing
Gov. Joan A Volpe and three others survived a forced landing after the rear rotor shaft broke on a state Bell Ranger helicopter near LaFleur Airport in Northampton Massachusetts. Pilot David Graham said the tail rotor drive shaft coupling failed seconds after takeoff at about 50 feet. State Police Capt George Luciano and Sen Charles Bisbee Jr were aboard. all were belted in and unharmed.
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Northampton
Mass
Joan A. Volpe
Bell Ranger
Volpe
Charles A. Bisbee Jr
R-Chesterfield
George Luciano
Stoughton
David Graham
Nahant
Graham
LaFleur
Racial Picture Man Freed in Rights Case Testifies
Gary Thomas Rowe testified before a Lowndes County grand jury in the Liuzzo case, guarded by FBI agents after his arrest. Leroy Moton also testified. other defendants in the case face federal charges for conspiring to violate demonstrators' rights.
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Hayneville
Ala
Viola Liuzzo
Lowndes County
Gary Thomas Rowe
Birmingham
FBI
Rowe
Leroy Moton
Selma
Montgomery
Eugene Thomas
Flood Crest Passes La Crosse After Leveling at 17.7 Feet
The Mississippi surpassed La Crosse Wisconsin with a crest near 17.7 feet at 2 a.m. CST. Civil defenses and National Guardsmen held the line as dikes endured the historic flood. About 3,000 residents were homeless in La Crosse County and tens of thousands fled up and down the river.
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James G. Clark
Selma
Ala
Boston
James J. Reed
James T. Mills
Birmingham Post-Herald
Alabama
la Crosse
Wis
Mississippi
Civil Defense
National Guardsmen
Red Cross
Finois
Rock Island
Quincy
Weather Bureau
Rock Creek
Winona
U S Agent Two Policemen Held in Miami Dope Bribe
The chief federal narcotics agent in Miami and two vice squad officers were charged with taking bribes from a dope peddler paying protection money. Arrests occurred at the operator’s home after $130 in marked money changed hands. The trio, Marshall Fountain Tremble, faces felony counts and were released on bond. Headley linked the case to a weeklong probe triggered by the informer's complaint.
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U.S
Miami
Miami, Fla
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Florida
Eugene J. Marshall
U.S. Narcotics Bureau
Frank Fountain
Roosevelt Tremble
Walter Headley
Headley
Marshall
Fidel Castro
Cuba
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Francis J. Ford
Luciano
S&h
Statehouse
United Nations
Adlai E. Stevenson
John A. Volpe
Stevenson
Prudential Center
Associated Press
William Orville Eaton
Bessemer
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Fairfield
Ku Klux Klan
Bogalusa
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
City Hall
Jesse Cutter
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
New Orleans
Jackson
Miss
the Berkshire
North St
Opp
YMCA
Elings
Wabasha
Ioan
Doebock and CO
Sears
Chey
Plym
Ford
Cordo
Cobbleton
England
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