Finch Withdraws Desegregation Plan for Mississippi Districts
Secretary Finch retracts a plan for immediate desegregation of 42 Mississippi districts and asks judges for a delay to December 1 to file substitute plans. The move aims to avoid chaos and a regional schooling upheaval affecting about 135,700 students across 222 schools.
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Nixon Birthday salute for LBJ followed by Redwoods trip
President Nixon plans a 61st birthday salute for Lyndon B. Johnson with a private luncheon at the Western White House in San Clemente. The president will then fly with the Johnsons to Redwood National Park to dedicate a grove in Lady Bird Johnson’s honor, marking her conservation efforts. Daughters Luci Nugent and Lynda Robb and their husbands are expected to join, with arrival midmorning on Wednesday.
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Texas
US Approves Seven More Trains Of Poison Gas
The Federal Railroad Administration granted special permission for seven additional rail shipments of lethal phosgene gas from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal near Denver. Five loads of about 15 cars each will head to Geismar Louisiana near Baton Rouge, starting next Monday, with two more shipments bound for Lockport New York. Similar gas shipments to the same two cities last week caused wide concern amid congressional critics who objected to the permits.
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Cordier Named To Head Columbia University
Dr Andrew W Cordier former undersecretary at the United Nations and former dean of Columbia School of International Affairs is named the 14th president of Columbia University. He was acting president since August 23 after Grayson Kirk resigned amid student disorders.
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United Nations
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Columbia
School of International Affairs
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Harvard Gutenberg Bible theft attempt at Widener Library
Harvard police thwarted a night break in at Widener Library Cambridge as a 2 year old man from Dorchester was found unconscious in an inner courtyard with a 40 foot rope from a mezzanine window. The suspect Victor Aras was arrested with a crowbar and faces breaking and entering charges. Harvard notes the Gutenberg Bible is one of 46 copies known, with Harvard possessing a prime edition from the 1430s.
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The Highspays are Yours Are you littering your area
The notice questions residents about littering in the area and warns of possible enforcement actions for improper disposal. It invokes community responsibility and urges cleanups and adherence to local waste guidelines.
School Boycott Planned Over Lunch Program
Washington AP reports a nationwide boycott plan during National School Lunch Week to pressure districts to offer free or reduced price meals. Parents would withhold or withdraw children to protest and gain support from civil rights groups. The effort cites 32.3 million students lacking lunches and seeks lawsuits against noncompliant districts.
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