Greenville Schools Integrated By AL LANIER
Greenville County School District will be racially integrated in September under a voluntary plan approved by U.S. District Judge J. Robert Martin Jr. The district covers the entire county with about 55 000 pupils and 20 percent Black. Transfers may be filed May 1 to June 1 under a six point nonracial policy. The order also enacts the desegregation plan and settlement of the Greenville suit.
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AL Lanier
Greenville
S.C
Greenville County
South Carolina
U.S
J. Robert Martin Jr
Martin
Charleston
Trustees of
Four Killed In Charlotte Auto Crash
In Charlotte on Randolph Road a car skidded off the road and hit a tree killing four people. Victims include Pat Munroe stepdaughter of Cleve McGriff North Carolina National Bank executive. driver Roland Powell 23. John Duncan Shaw IV 23. Marilyn M McGarity 22. Powell and Munroe were trapped for an hour. Shaw and McGarity died later at Charlotte Memorial Hospital. Police say the car skidded 90 feet sideways then along the shoulder 35 feet before striking the tree.
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Charlotte
Randolph Road
Pat Munroe
Cleve McGriff
North Carolina National Bank
Roland Powell
John Duncan Shaw IV
Marilyn M. McGarity
Paying Hoffa Fees Opposed By Teamsters Board
A Teamsters executive member urged halting union payment of James Hoffa legal fees until a high level meeting can decide if such expenditures violate federal law. The move cites advice from general counsel Edward Bennett Williams that paying Hoffa’s expenses from union funds may be illegal, covering his Chattanooga jury tampering trial and a Chicago trial related to Teamster funds.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
New York
John J. O’rourke
O'Rourke
Teamster
John F. English
Edward Bennett Williams
Hoffa
Williams
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chicago
Kidnapping Fear Grips Humboldt Area as F B I Hunts
Humboldt Tennessee police and FBI widen a dragnet for Dennis Burke and Joseph Francis Bryan Jr. after reports of a car matching Bryan's description. Authorities fear a kidnapping in the disappearance of a 8-year-old boy, with investigators traversing the region and the FBI top ten list involvement.
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Humboldt
Tenn
FBI
Memphis
Bryan
John Daniel Robison
Mount ‘Pleasant
D.C
Hallandale
Fla
Burke
Poldt
Karl W. Dissley
Richard Burke
Sun- Office
Ted
Riding
Jury Trial Vote Is Blocked in Civil Rights Debate
Senate debate over the civil rights bill stalls as Southern opponents label a compromise jury trial amendment a sop and refuse to permit a vote this week. The measure would grant jury trials in contempt cases with penalties over 30 days in jail or $300 fine, while Talmadge seeks broader jury rights.
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Washington
Senate
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Everett M. Dirksen
Bill
Herman E. Talmadge
Talmadge
Dixie
Lister Hill
D-Ala
Russell
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Montana
Everett M. ‘Dirksen
Ilinois
Johnson Urges Restraint From Businessmen In Economic Policy
President Johnson told U S Chamber of Commerce officials that times are good and government will act with restraint and responsibility. He urged businessmen to exercise restraint in decisions affecting the economy, citing costs from discrimination and underused manpower and pledging greater thrift and fairness at home.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Constitution Hall
White House
America
Chamber
Harris Survey Finds Public Favor Civil Rights Bill
Louis Harris reports broad national support for the Johnson Kennedy civil rights bill in the Senate with a strong call to limit filibusters. regional differences exist with the South more opposed to aspects of the bill though overall backing remains high.
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Louis Harris
Senate
South
Mason-Dixon Line
Large predawn blaze levels Salisbury downtown stores
A predawn fire, described as Salisbury's largest in years, leveled three downtown buildings including a jewelry store warehouse and damaged a fourth. The blaze spread along 300 feet of South Main Street, injuring two firefighters when an interior wall collapsed, with investigators seeking the cause.
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Salisbury
N. C
Dolan Doby
Doby
Underwood's
W. H. Leonard
McClellan
Oestreicher-Winner
Leonard's
North Carolina
McClellan's
Richard Wyrick
Wayne Flora
See Salisbury
Supreme Court to rule on Florida racial marriage ban
The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether Florida laws barring interracial marriages and criminalizing cohabitation by mixed races violate equal protection and due process. The case involves Connie Hoffman and John McLaughlin, a white woman and Black man who lived together after a 1961 common law arrangement, challenging their convictions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Florida
Dew
McLaughlin
Connie Hoffman
Miami Beach
National Association For the Advancement For Colored People
LBJ Presses War on Poverty Plan as Court Ruling Cited
President Johnson works on his billion dollar war on poverty while Florida and U S Supreme Court cases frame his argument. The administration pushes a $220 million annual request drawn from contingency funds to aid Appalachia nine state region, seeking federal support and swift passage.
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Johnson
Appalachia
Pennsyyvania
Georgia
Alabama
Fire Breaks Out At Greenville Jack Tar Hotel
A morning fire at the Jack Tar Poinsett Hotel in downtown Greenville caused evacuation of guests. Fire started on the third floor and firefighters used a ladder to remove occupants. The hotel had a minor blaze last weekend.
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Greenville
S. C
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