Tuskegee Area Schools Shut by Reservoir Blast
A fire at a water filter plant left Notasulga with a 36 hour supply and prompted Tuskegee area school closures including Tuskegee High. Notasulga High faced attempted attendance by six Negro pupils but was blocked by Mayor Rea citing a new fire prevention ordinance. State and federal authorities opened investigations amid desegregation tensions.
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Tuskegee Area
Tuskegee, Ala
Notasulga
James Rea
Notasul #2
Notasulga High School
Rea
Ile
Justice Department
Montgomery
Opelika
Washington
Tuskegee
Nolaxulga
Shorter High
U.S. Dist
Frank M. Idphinson Jr
Tuskegee High
Shorter High School
Southwest Storms Hit Southwest and North Rain Drive
National Guard was called by Gov Jack Campbell as five New Mexico counties declared emergencies amid a blizzard dragging across five southwestern states. A new Montana to Colorado storm drove 60 to 70 motorists stranded on U S 54, while 20 foot drifts challenged crews. Eight deaths blamed on the storm across New Mexico and Texas, with 26 inch record snowfall at Borger, Texas.
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Gav
Jack Campbell
National Guard
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Santa Rosa
Vaughn
Nal
U.S
Weather Bureau
Denver
Texas
Panhandles
Oklahoma
Kansas
Borger
Tex
National Guardsmen
Quay
Union
Massachusetts Senate backs compulsory government study in high schools
The Massachusetts Senate approved a bill requiring the structure and history of state government to be taught in public high schools. Supporters say it clarifies curriculum, while critics warn it makes the course mandatory. The measure passed on a voice vote after debate led by Sen. John Conte and Sen. Mary Fonseca with Senate President Powers and Sen. Della Russo also backing the bill.
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Boston
UPS
Massachusetts Senate
House
Massachusetts
John J. Conte
Worcester
Mary L. Fonseca
D-Fall River
Education Committee
Massachusettts
Conte
Senate
John E. Powers
Harry Della Russo
Revere
The Positive No Power in Peale Advice
Norman Vincent Peale urges a reversal of declining morals through a simple assertive act the positive No. The February issue of Reader's Digest promotes applying this principle to society children and self inviting readers to explore how and when to use it.
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Norman Vincent Peale
Johnson in New York Boosts Mental Program
President Johnson spends 29 hours in New York City targeting New York's 43 electoral votes. He meets with editors at the New York Times and the President's Club executive committee, with possible talks with U Thant if back from Africa. He addresses the Kennedy Foundation dinner praising John F. Kennedy and the fight for mental retardation, and six figures receive awards. He attends a Lasker-related event and prepares to speak at an Israeli science dinner.
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NEW York
Johnson
New York City
New York Times Today
President's Club of
Democratic Party
U Thant
United Nations
Thant
Washington
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr
Kennedy Foundation
Rosemary
John Kennedy
Europe
Kennedy
Foundation
Grover Francis Powers
Yale University
Lister Hill
D-Ala
Bert T. Combs
Kentucky
John E. Fogarty
D-Bi. L
Lionel S. Penrose
University College
London
Robert P. L. Lafon
Medical School
University of Montpellier
France
Mary Lasker
Albert D. Lasker
American Committee For the Wiezman Institute of Science
Israel
Three Children Die After Ice Breaks in Rivers
In Swanzey New Hampshire three children drown after falling through thin ice on the Ashuelot and Shawsheen Rivers. Eightyearold Scott Henshel and his fiveyearold sister Lanelle vanish after being with neighbor William Hubbard as rescuers race to save them. Michael Veinot seven of Billerica Massachusetts also drowns after crossing ice into the Shawsheen River.
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Swanzey
N.H
UPI
New England
Scott Henshel
Lanelle
Ashuelot
Michael Veinot
Billerica
Mass
Shawsheen
Henshel
William Henshel
William Hubbard
Stubbard
Rights Plan OK'd In Cleveland
Cleveland school integration crisis nears resolution as United Freedom Movement accepts the Cleveland School Board plan. The proposal calls for immediate integration at three white schools using vacant classrooms formerly held by students from the predominantly Negro Hazeldell School amid recent violence.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland
United Freedom Movement
Cleveland School Board
Hazeldell
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