Education reforms urged in Madison County politics clash
Raleigh AP report outlines North Carolina figures advocating changes to schooling and jury selection. Huff accuses the Madison County system of fraud in a local election contest while Norton and Ponder support reform to electors and a three person jury commission.
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Raleigh
N.C
Madison County
Madison
Paul Story
McDowell
Clyde Norton
Old Fort
Norton
Zeno Ponder
Ponder
North Carolina
State Board of Education
Huff
Mars Hill
Madison County School Board
General Assembly
Sen
Liston Ramsey
Democratic
Mississippi Flood Rivals Three States as Dikes Hold
The swollen Mississippi River struck western Illinois eastern Iowa and northeastern Missouri with reinforced dikes keeping back waters. Crests near 24 feet at Quincy and 22.48 feet at Rock Island prompted Gov Otto Kerner to mobilize 30 more National Guardsmen in Fulton. Red Cross reports 38 000 homeless and 11 650 flood volunteers aiding 1 375 evacuees in 19 shelters as farms and homes threatened along the river.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Rock Island
Ill
Keithsburg
Rock Island-Davenport
Quincy
Fulton, Ill
Otto Kerner
Red Cross
Eliza Creek
Aledo
Mississippi
North Carolina slows response to federal school integration order
In Raleigh AP dispatch two GOP leaders challenge the federal deadlines for desegregation while other officials remain noncommittal. The Education Office outlines a 1967 deadline with four grades integrated, including first grade and the lowest junior high level, with exceptions for fewer grades under special conditions. Governor Moore, the state education chief, and other officials weigh the guidelines as timelines loom.
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Rob Wood
Associated Press
Raleigh, N.C
Office of Education
Washington
Francis Keppel
Dan Moore
State
Charles F. Carroll
Fed
Edwin Gill
North Carolina Board of Education
Senate Education Committee
Walter Jones
Pitt County
Eisenhower backs Johnson on Dominican Marines action
Former President Eisenhower praised President Johnson for sending Marines to the Dominican Republic saying it is a sensible move and that foreign relations are in capable hands. He spoke during a trainside interview with his wife after returning from Palm Desert.
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Harrisburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Johnson
Dominican Republic
Eisenhower
Mamie
Palm Desert
Calif
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