Quiet Side of Racial Crisis Shows Gains in Schools and Voting
A look at progress in desegregation, juvenile delinquency programs, and voter registration reveals a quieter, growing victory climate. Desegregation expands in 113 districts, with 1 092 total districts by year’s end. dropout programs and stay in school funds aid at risk youths. private efforts in Harlem and New York aim to build self help and career pathways. lawyers form civil rights committees. voter registration grows nationwide aided by federal action and court pressure.
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Hough
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District of Columbia
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Lower East Side
Yale Scientist Trains Monkeys To Train Selves
Yale University researcher Dr. Jose Delgado demonstrated that a subordinate monkey can train its aggressive boss by brain stimulation linked to a lever in the cage. The act reduced aggression as the colony learned to modify behavior through the stimuli and context created.
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Yale
New Haven, Conn
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Yale University
Jose Delgado
University of Prague
Czechoslovakia
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Finland to Form Infantry Battalion for U.N. Peacekeeping
Finland announced it will form an all volunteer infantry battalion for U.N. peacekeeping use. The battalion would be ready to move upon request of the U.N. Secretariat, subject to Finnish governmental approval and would receive special training, the defense ministry said.
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UPI
Finland
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Defense Ministry
Trade unionist banned under communism act in Cape province
Lily Diedrichs, a trade union official from Port Elizabeth, becomes the first colored woman in Cape province banned under the suppression of communism act. She is barred from public statements and mass meetings and must file weekly police reports.
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South Africa
Lily Diedrichs
Cape Province
Accidents Up 3 Percent in First Half of 1963
Chicago AP report from the National Safety Council shows 1963 first half deaths at about 47,1200 nationwide with a 3 percent rise from the prior year. Auto fatalities rose from 21.9 to 22.8 per 100,000, while home and public-place accidents edged higher and work accidents stayed near prior levels.
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Louis Oberdorfer
Robert Kennedy
Chicago
National Safety Council
U.S
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