State Plans Racial Census of Pupils
Massachusetts Board of Education moves to study racial imbalance in public schools with a statewide census of pupils in 390 districts. The plan calls for university, business and professional leaders to present concrete recommendations by June as protests and de facto segregation pressures mount in Boston."}
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Boston
UPD
Massachusetts Board of Education
Civil Rights R
Owen B. Kiernan
Boston School Board
Order of Business
Massachusetts
New England
Kiernan
William E. Park
State Board of Education
Edward W. Brooke
FDA Declares War on Ineffective Drugs
The FDA proposed new regulations to require all drugs marketed between 1938 and last June 20 to prove safety and effectiveness. If not, those drugs could be removed from the market. drugs approved before June 20 face the Kefauver Harris standard but retroactive action is avoided for now. The proposal also requires evidence of labeling accuracy and that promotion matches labeling, with a 30 day comment period before final adoption.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Federal Register
Threat to Johnson Spurs Miami Area Police Search
While President Johnson toured the Miami area on Thursday a man said to threaten his life was sought by police at the request of the Secret Service Two trips to the suspect’s home failed to find him but he taunted officers by phone The Miami Herald reported police did not identify the man.
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Miami, Fla
Johnson
Miami Area
Secret Service
Miami Herald
Elephants Loot Italian Town After Circus Escape
In SESTRE LEVANTE Italy Ardito Ghie watched three elephants roam the Riviera town for four hours after slipping from a circus railway car. They looted a safe tossed it through the shop and damaged two bars and Ghie s clothing store before keepers herded them back.
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Sestre Levante
Italy
UPI
Ardito Ghie
Riviera
Ghio
Open Meetings Bill Saved Affecting Public Authorities
Massachusetts Senate grants initial approval to a bill requiring public authorities to hold open meetings. A 9-5 vote overturned an adverse committee report, keeping the measure alive. Key backer Minority Leader Graham questioned why some authorities are exempt. Opponent Kenneally argued public safeguards exist via reports and audits, calling the bill too broad.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Senate
State Administration Committee
Philip A. Graham
R . Hamilton
Gael Mahony
Boston Common
Massachusetts Parking Authority
George V. Kenneally
Kenneally
Curfew Enforced in Princess Anne Maryland
A nightly curfew for under 21 is in effect in Princess Anne after protests and a clash between Maryland State College students and police. The curfew began at 9 15 p m Thursday with sidewalks empty by 11 p m. A meeting of town and Somerset County officials was set for tonight.
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Princess Anne, Ma
Princess Anne
Somerset County
Maryland State College
Five Day Forecast Sees Warm Week Ahead
The forecast indicates temperatures through Wednesday averaging about five degrees above seasonal normal of 23. Expect rising temperatures from Sunday to Wednesday with little or no precipitation.
Women Traffic Cops Are Voted Job Tenure
Boston bill grants tenure to female school traffic supervisors approved 113 to 76. An amendment extends eligibility to those in office before December 31 of the previous year.
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Boston
UPC
House
Lynn Democrat Second To Seek Governorship
Pasquate Caggiano of Lynn announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor. A former Lynn city councilman and state representative, he told reporters he is a definite candidate for the high office. John J. Droney of Middlesex County is the other announced candidate. Governor Endicott Peabody has signaled he will seek reelection.
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Boston
Pasquate Caggiano
Lynn
Lynm
Caggiano
John J. Droney
Middlesex
Endicott Peabody
Faithful Drinker Claims Longest Regular Customer Title
Lizzie Brookes, 91, wins 142 pounds for being the brewery’s longest regular customer. A brewery statistician reports she drank 53 pints in 73 years at her local pub, Grant Ansells Brewery Company.
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Birmingham
England
UPI
Lizzie Brookes
Grant Ansells Brewery Company
Greeks Sign Up In Cyprus For Special Police Force
Hundreds of Greek Cypriots lined up at police stations to join a 5,000 man special force to legitimize irregulars from the old Evka. Turkish Cypriot leader Kuchuk called the move a bid to legalize Greek terrorist hordes. UN pressure grows as Britain weighs international peacekeeping options amid ongoing communal strife in Cyprus.
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Nicosia. Cyprus
Makarios
Evka
Fazil Kuchuk
Kuchuk
Cyprus
New York
U.N
Britain
Patrick Dean
Dean
Berkshire County Cold Snap Prompts Wide Temperature Readings
Reporters logged a broad temperature mosaic across Berkshire County as readings ranged from 25 below to 10 below, with Pittsfield at 10 below officially. Mount Washington and Great Barrington showed extreme values, while towns like Cheshire and Lenox reported milder negatives and positives on varied elevations.
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Pittsfield National Bank
Berkshire County
Berkshire
Pittsfield
Mount Raing
Mt. Everett
Mount Washington
Great Barrington
Southfield
Otis
Farmington River
Lanesboro
Rockwell Road
Greylock
Cheshire
Sheffield
South Lee
October Mountain
Downtown Lee
Lenox
Riecket
Stockbridge
Tyringham
Williamstown
North Adams
Rusk Warns Reds Supplying Viet Cong
Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned that the United States would not stay passive to external Communist guidance and supply of Viet Cong fighters in South Vietnam. He indicated forthcoming public documentation of outside Communist involvement and noted that Defense Secretary McNamara would visit Saigon for on the spot checks.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
United States
Viet Nam
Johnson
Rusk
Los Angeles
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Robert S. McNamara
Saigon
Princess Margaretha of Sweden to wed London businessman
Princess Margaretha of Sweden, eldest granddaughter of King Gustav, announced engagement to John Ambler, a 39 year old London businessman who owns Atlas Express Transport Co. Ambler previously dated Robin Douglas-Home, nephew of Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home, whose proposal was once rejected by the Swedish court in 1957 due to his nightclub piano playing occupation.
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Stockholm
UPI
Margaretha
Sweden
Gustav
London
John Ambler
Robin Douglas- Home
Alec Douglas Home
Ambler
Atlas Express Transport Co
Czechoslovakia Sends Aid to Cuba After Flora
A shipment of food clothing medicine and agricultural tools valued at 5 million dollars arrived in Cuba to aid Hurricane Flora victims in Camaguey and Oriente provinces. The goods were donated by the Czech people and government, Havana Radio reported.
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Miami
Fia
Czechoslovakia
Havana Radio
Camaguey
Oriente
Uncommitted GOP Delegates Papers Filed in Massachusetts
Nomination papers for an uncommitted slate of ten at large delegates to the Republican national convention were filed with the Massachusetts secretary of state. The slate includes U S Senator Leverett Saltonstall and Attorney General Edward W Brooke, drawn by Richard Treadway and state GOP leaders. If approved, the nominees appear on the April 28 presidential primary ballot. Mastrangello filed his papers with 3500 signatures.
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Boston
U.S
Leverett Saltonstall
Ady
Edward W. Brooke
Richard Treadway
Massachusetts
Richard E. Mastrangello
Watertown
Massachusetts Council of Young Republican Clubs
American racer Tim Mayer dies in Australia crash
Tim Mayer 26 of Dalton Pennsylvania and nephew of Governor William Scranton was killed at the Longford circuit in Tasmania during a trial run for the South Pacific International meet. His car reached about 125 to 130 mph when it left the course and struck a tree, and he was thrown about 60 feet.
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Launceston
Tasmania
UPI
Tim Mayer
Dalton
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Mayer
Longford
Bombing Attacks Hit Saigon Areas Amid War Turmoil
In Long Xuyen an American adviser’s home was hit by a plastic bomb injuring five police and a passerby, with no casualties at the target. Grenade strikes also hit Ga Vap station house. Separately eight U.S. medics escaped an ambush as Viet Cong forces killed eight guides. A major battle saw the 514th Guerrilla Battalion clash with a larger government force. a plane was shot down. A second ambush left 13 road workers dead. A police arrest ends the theater bombing case mystery.
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Saigon
UPS
Long Xuyen
Ga Vap
514Th
U.S
Reds Pamphlets Call for U.S. Ouster in Saigon
In Saigon, Communist leaflets urge an all out drive against Americans timed to a holiday. The National Liberation Front Saigon-Cholon-Gia Dinh Zone Committee orders military and political groups to sabotage and push for neutralization of the southern area to mark the Viet Nam Lao Dong party anniversary on March 3.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
National Liberation Front
Saigon-Cholen-Gia-Dintt Zone
Viet Nam Lao Dong Party
North Vietnamese Communist Labor Party
Fon
Johnson orders crackdown on rail strike saboteurs
President Johnson directs a federal crackdown after a train dynamite attack near his St Augustine area speech. FBI to deploy 30 agents led by a top inspector. labor secretary to confer with Florida's governor as violence from the Florida East Coast Railway strike escalates. Railroad sabotage totals exceed 200 incidents since January 23 1963 and violence continues near St Augustine and Palatka as cross Florida canal construction proceeds.
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FBL
Johnson
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Florida
Fortis Bryant
FBI
J. Edgar Dover
Jou
St. Augustine
Palatka
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