Desegregation Plan Deadline Looms for Districts
Commissioner Francis Kepper sets a practical deadline of June 30 for submitting desegregation plans. With only days left and many districts silent, a large share of Alabama Arkansas Delaware Georgia Louisiana Tennessee Texas and Virginia districts may miss the cutoff. Holdouts risk federal action as court directives demand rapid desegregation.
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Schoors
Francis Kepren
U.S
Keppel
Bama
Arkansas
Delaware
Georgia
Louisiana
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Kepper
Why Offend A Host Front Page View on Space Stations
Washington reports that three satellite tracking stations in South Africa may close if the host nation objects to Negro scientists at the facilities. The piece argues stations should be run to suit hosts, not impose U.S. ideological preferences, and notes other nations would welcome any qualified scientists regardless of race. It emphasizes courtesy, decency, and belonging in international cooperation.
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Washington
South Africa
U.S
United States
NASA
Department of State
Senator Kennedy
Brother
Johnson
Bobby
South Vietnam
Dominican Republic
Kennedy
Harper's Magazine
Brother John
White House
Japan
Red China
Sign-Watchers Strain Over Economic Forecasts In 20th Century
Forecasters and business leaders eye the economy as fear of a Europe driven slowdown grows. Census data show 20 million Americans own stock, with women and widows forming the largest shareholder group, and California leading counties in ownership.
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Brussels
Geneva
London
Paris
Europe
U.S
New York Stock Exchange
Danville Register Rates and Postal Notice
The Danville Register lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions with rates by carrier and mail. It includes notice about renewal timing and postal zone pricing, plus member of Associated Press rights and national advertising reps.
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Associated Press
Branham Company
Chicago
New York
Atlanta
Detroit
Dallas
St. Louis
Charlotte
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miami
Mirnapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
Baseball-size hailstones and unfamiliar measurements
The question ponders what locals call hailstones the size of baseballs in places where the concept of a baseball is unknown, highlighting linguistic and cultural gaps in meteorological terms. It explores how nonstandard units affect description and communication of weather phenomena.
Midwestern Hold-Up Man Identified by Sweatshirt Lettering
A hold-up suspect in the Midwest is identified by the letters on his sweatshirt. He avoided wearing a Beethoven sweater, which would have triggered a wider manhunt of music lovers.
Buckley on Kennedy and the Bomb Movement in Politics
William F Buckley Jr analyzes Senator Kennedy position on nuclear weapons in relation to Johnson, arguing Kennedy trends leftward amid Democratic realignment. He critiques Kennedy statements as politically moot, urging focus on defusing Cold War tensions and credible disarmament paths.
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Bobby Kennedy
Johnson
Earth
United States
Formosa
China
Kennedy
Pointed Foes Rise as African Dictators Might Fall
The piece surveys Africa's postcolonial leaders including Ben Bella Nasser and Nkrumah facing possible downfall. It notes economic woes from mismanagement, fears of coups, and shifts toward moderate emergent nations forming a counterbalance to Afro Asian blocs, with Kenya showing restraint under Kenyatta and Odinga’s eclipse.
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Ahmed Ben Bella
Algeria
Africa
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Yemen
Ben Bella
Algiers
Nasser
Cairo
Ghana
Nkrumah
U.N
Congo
Kennedy
Moise Tshombe
Morocco
Israel
Central Africa
Nigeria
Red China
Organization of African Unity
Kenya
Oginga Odinga
Jomo Kenyatta
Russia
China
Kenyatta
Birth Control Bill Debate Moves Through Congress
Holmes Alexander reports on the Gruening birth control bill S 1676 as a landmark effort to create federal and domestic offices to promote family planning. Support spans parties and ideologies while Senator Tydings presses that knowledge can curb crime and poverty by preventing unwanted births. President Johnson endorses study and Eisenhower backs the approach with reservations. The bill faces a public, partisan examination in the Senate.
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Washington, D.C
Gruening
Alaska
Government Operations Committee
State Department
Department of Health-Education Welfare
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Truman
Planned Parenthood
Ike
Johnson
State of the Union
Tydings
Bass
Douglas
Moss
Bartlett
Yarborough
Young
Byrd
West Virginia
Senate
Bliss Plan Moves GOP Toward Liberal Image
Ralph de Toledano analyzes Ray Bliss's plan to shift the Republican National Committee left via victories like a Lindsay mayoral bid. The piece cites funding shifts, conservative discontent, and hints at a possible revolt within the committee to reclaim GOP control from Bliss.
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Ray Bliss
Republican National Committee
Mr. Bliss
GOP
Albert Watson
Congress
South Carolina
Watson
Senator Goldwater
South
Bliss
Roger Babson
Washington
Committee
Mr.Buss
Republican Party
Free Society Association
American Conservative Union
iBliss
Americans For Democratic Action
Republican National
National Committee
Humor and headlines mix in a light political column
Senator Soaper comments on changing humor and public life referencing Latin revolutions, the Kansas City Athletics saga, transit exhaust perfuming trials, and light social vignettes. The piece weaves playful observations on commerce, sports, and everyday absurdities with a wry voice and dated references.
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Kansas City Athletics
Tilly
Treasury
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