Supreme Court Hears Desegregation Plea in Three Districts
The Supreme Court opened a two day session on desegregation pace in Charlotte Mecklenburg Mobile and Clarke County. Justices consider busing neighborhood schools and the role of race in assignments while the federal government and NAACP groups press for a robust right to integrated schooling. The case tests whether public schools must fully desegregate and how far districts may go in balancing student race without violating law.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Raélal
Charlotte-Mecklenburg County
N.C
Mobile County
Ala
Clarke County
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Mobile
Clarke County School Board
Georgia Supreme Court
Charlotte- Mecklenburg
Arena
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Mobile Board
Nixon
North Carolina
Charlotte
Cleaning Up After Killer Floods in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico begins cleanup after six days of torrential rain left 50 dead or missing and $50 million in damage. Red Cross stations operate islandwide as brigades sweep for bodies, evacuations continue, and relief drives raise funds. Police report a vehicle crash near Corry with two injured. an arrest is pending. Governor Ferre seeks federal disaster designation and $10 million in relief.
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San Juan
P.R
Puerto Rico
Red Cross
Andres Perez
Sciota Road
Corry
John Wise
R.D
Clymer
Ethel Mae Williams
Wise
Williams
Sabana Seca
Miguel Lebron
Civil Defense
Luis A. Ferre
Nixon
U.S. Commonwealth Island
Cycle Gangs Meet In Bloody Display
Cyclists on their way to a showdown stop at 6125 SW Stat St and roll Mashed grins of Variety Children's Hospital after donating 50 pints of blood.
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Stat St
Variety Children's Hospital
Erie County School Aide Board Elects Frantz Unit Leader
Erie County and nearby counties form the new Intermediate Unit 5 planning board with Dr. Kenneth Frantz named executive director. The board will begin formal operation in January and meet monthly on the fourth Wednesday at Waterford, with location to be finalized. Corry’s William Kalferlin represents the southeast Erie County region.
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Planning Board of Intermediate Unit
Kenneth Frantz
Fort LeBoeuf High School
Erie
Warren
Crawford
Erie County
Frantz
Unit
Unit Board
Waterford
I > Ilkaly
Corry
William Kalferlin
Spring Creek
Presidents Censured for U S Civil Rights Failures
Washington AP report says the U S Commission on Civil Rights finds the federal government failed to meet civil rights promises. It urges tighter enforcement, more funding and personnel, and targets like a civil service plan to ensure minority hiring across agencies. The study spans over 40 federal entities and criticizes weak leadership and reliance on voluntary compliance while praising some departments with notable successes.
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Commission
Martin B. Sloane
Nixon
Manhattan
Civil Service Philadelphia
Sloane
White House
Leadership Conference On Civil Rights
Justice Department
Justice
Office of Management and Budget
Shultz
Department
PUC To Probe Crossings Here Next Week
Harrisburg officials from the Public Utility Commission will visit to inspect local railroad crossings cited as hazards by The Journal. Targeted sites include Pennsylvania avenue Mead avenue and Gates street with Erie Lackawanna and Penn Central railroads expected to attend along with Assemblymen Hopkins and Dwyer and city engineer David Johnson.
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Public Utility Commission
Harrisburg
Journal
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mead Avenue
Gates Street
PUC
Erie Lackawanna
Penn Central
Forest Hopkins
North East
R. Budd Dwyer
Meadville
David Johnson
Dwyer
Defense Head Warns Of Military Budget Boost
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird warned that failure of U S Soviet arms talks could force a major rise in U S military spending within a year. Laird and Secretary Rogers urged hard negotiations, noting delays in new arms programs awaiting SALT outcomes and warning decisions may come within 12 months. Rogers suggested Moscow public statements may mask private attitudes amid Indochina and Middle East tensions.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
William P. Rogers
U.S
Indochina
Middle East
Vienna
United States
Rogers
Quebec FLQ demands ransom deadline for Cross Laporte
Canada officials seek protection as the FLQ group threatens to kill British diplomat James Cross and Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte if demands are not met. A separate communiqué claims Cross is alive while a deadline looms for Laporte’s fate amid ongoing political turmoil in Montreal.
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Montreal
Quebec
James Richard Cross
Quebec Liberation Front
Pierre Laporte
Cross
Laporte
CKLM
Munique
Napers
Britain
Canada
FLQ
Wnless
Bourassa
Palessna Ace Cotaeiea Oy
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Queens
New York
Reynolds
Greenville
Northcott
National Bank
Erie County School Aide
Defense
Moscow
Mideast
ABC
Soviet Union
Hanoi
Servicae
Pierre la Porte
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