Desegregation Run In Boston Louisville Met With Guards
After court ordered desegregation, Louisville and Boston kept peace with National Guardsmen and police on standby. In Louisville antibusing groups urged parents to keep children home while Boston saw small rock throwing at South Boston High and peaceful Charlestown mothers with flashlights. Attendance rose to 69.1 percent midweek then fell to 68.4 percent Friday as officials noted normal fluctuations.
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Associated Press
Boston
Louisville
National
Wiliam Kellerman
Citizens Against Busing
National Guardsmen
South Boston High School
Charlestown
Marion Fahey
Stuffed Birds Are Booty
Paul Simoneau reported 28 stuffed birds missing from his Manchester antique shop after federal agents seized them under a 57 year old migratory bird law He values them at 475 dollars and plans to pursue recovery rather than pay any fine.
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Manchester
N.H
Paul Simoneau
Simoneau
Federal Fish and Wildlife Service
Desegregation Busing in Lexington Reveals Quiet Rifts
Namasha Smith, then 12, rode METCO buses from Roxbury to Lexington in 1966 as Boston youths joined 280 daily riders. Over eight years, faces changed and tensions moved from bricks to subtle discrimination, with Metco staff noting colder social contact yet students forming lasting friendships.
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Lexington
Mass
Namasha Smith
Boston
Joanie Smith
Roxbury
Ms. Smith
Charlestown
Carlton Holland
Metco
Gaylord Saulsberry
Steven Shorter
Mattapan
Lexington High
Shorter
Theresa Barros
Springfield Fire Destroys 10 Businesses in Industrial Area
A general alarm fire in Springfield Massachusetts destroyed 10 industrial buildings including a carpet store and an aluminum siding firm. Damage was about 1 million dollars. No arson suspected. Four firemen were lightly injured.
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Springfield
Mass
Industrialists To Tour New Hampshire Sites
Top executives of U S and foreign industrial firms and financial interests join an industrial tour of New Hampshire on Wednesday and Thursday. The Economic Recovery Council says the tour will stress profitability and livability of industry in the state and include visits to major industrial areas.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Industr
State Economic Recovery Council
Teen hitchhiker, driver die in New Hampshire crashes
A 17 year old hitchhiker William Cimler of Londonderry was struck while hitchhiking in Manchester early Sunday. Mary Potter of Londonderry died when her car veered into oncoming traffic on Route 28. A third fatality, Randall Cameron, 63, of Peterboro, occurred in a Route 101 crash Friday.
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Associated Press
Derry
New One
William Cimler
Londonderry
Manchester
Mary Potter
Olice
Route 101
Peterboro
Randall Cameron
Radiation Leve Up Near Millstone Plant
An environmental report for Northeast Utilities finds new harmless radioactivity near Millstone nuclear plant. Samples from water, seafood, soil, and farm milk show radioactivity, mainly iodine-131 from plant discharges, with gamma and cesium increases near the discharge canal. Strongest readings occur at the quarry area, while improved detection explains higher measurements.
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Waterford, Conn
Millstone
Massachusetts Science Consulting
Waterford
East Lyme
Northeast Utilities
Worcester arthritis expert disputes London cure claim
Worcester arthritis specialist Dr. John J. Calabro challenges Dr. Roger Wyburn-Mason's claim of a rheumatoid arthritis cure. Calabro says protozoa do not cause arthritis and Wyburn-Mason's results cannot be duplicated. The National Arthritis Foundation cites Calabro as a leading expert.
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Worcester
Mass
London
John J. Calabro
Worcester City Ospital
Roger Wyburn- Mason
Massachusetts
The
National Arthritis Foundation
Dr. Calabro
Wyburn-Mason
Calabro
Wyburn
Mexico
Letters Are Tracking Hub Pupils
Boston schools will mail letters to homes of students who did not report for assignments as part of a plan by Supt. Marion Fahey to determine if absent students have moved, dropped out, switched schools, or are boycotting. Desegregation busing remains in effect for about 26,000 pupils as classes resume.
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Boston
Marion Fahey
Miss Fahey
Letter mailed in 1943 arrives in Rutland after 30 years
James L. Phillips stamped his mail from Chester England to his father in Vermont on September 22, 1943. After decades, Phillips' wife Barbara collected the long-delayed letter at Rutland post office with a note reading found in mail at Rutland P.O.
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Rutland
James L. Phillips
England
Vermont
Phillips
U.S. Army
Chester
Barbara
Boston Desegregation Week Sees White Pupil Absences Persist
Boston officials forecast higher overall attendance as the second week of citywide desegregation began. About 1,800 police on duty, with 1,000 fewer pupils in class than blacks, and 112 arrests for protests marked the week. White resistance persisted in South Boston and Charlestown. Civil rights cases investigated may reach a federal grand jury.
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Boston
South Boston High School
Charlestown
Revolutionary War Cannon Recovered For England Exhibit
A 2700 pound cast iron cannon from Narragansett Bay is recovered by URI divers and shipped to England for a 1976 UK War of Independence exhibit. The cannon lay under 20 feet of water near the H M S Cerberus wreck, part of four ships scuttled off Aquidneck Island in 1778. The National Maritime Museum Greenwich hosts the display, funded by the London Sunday Times.
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Portsmouth
R.I
Narragansett Bay
England
Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island
URI
Acquidneck Island
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich
London Sunday Times
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