Wallace orders reopening of all-black New Hope School
Gov. George Wallace defies Nixon and federal courts by ordering Limestone County to reopen the New Hope School on a nondiscriminatory basis. He says freedom of choice will govern, amid a statewide pattern of over 140 Negro schools closed for integration.
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Troy
Ala
George C. Wallace
Nixon
Wallace
Limestone County School Board
New Hope
Alabama
Troy State University
HEW
Ronald L. Ziegler
Montgomery
New Hope Grammar School
Limestone County
Wallace Reopens School Amid Federal Court Battle
Governor Wallace orders reopenings under a freedom of choice plan after petitions from over 100 black parents urging action. He previously refused to identify how many schools would reopen under the plan rejected by federal courts.
Violence subsides in Northern Ireland after days of rioting
The violence in Northern Ireland eased after four days of rioting, with 25 dead and hundreds injured. Catholics fled south to the Republic while Protestants moved to safer areas and English cities. British troops and IRA snipers went underground as Belfast, Londonderry, and Newry calm restored.
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Colin Frost
Associated Press
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Irish Republic
Londonderry
Newry
Castlederg
Liverpool
Irish Sea
Marston Tickell
IRA
Northern
Rights Body Scores Nixon On Busing
The U S Civil Rights Commission criticizes President Nixon’s antibusing policy as undermining desegregation efforts and calls for immediate elimination of the dual school system. It warns the Aug 3 statement undermines administrators enforcing the law and cites the Austin case. Alabama Gov Wallace orders transfer of a white student from a mostly black school 22 miles away.
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U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Nixon
Theodore Hesburgh
University of Notre Dame
Supreme Court
Austin
Tex
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Montgomery
Community Help Offered by Enterprise Action Line
Readers are invited to send questions or problems to Action Line in care of The Enterprise. The segment notes that while every request is considered, high volume prevents answering or acknowledging all inquiries.
Indian cradle devices and pappoose frame origins
The article explains the back carried infant cradle called a cradle or pappoose frame among Naragansett and other tribes. It describes materials from bark troughs to skin lattices, variations in use per child, and customs for after deaths. It notes a Jaycee paper drive scheduled for Sunday August 15.
Public address system helps locate lost children in mall
A reader notes no public address system in Westchester Mall. The correspondent reports a mother searched for 30 minutes after a boy wandered away. The response states an emergency mic exists at Orange Julius with coverage across the mall, while larger stores manage their own systems.
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Westchester Mall
Orange Julius
Local Mail Routing Question Answered
A reader asks if all local origin mail goes to Greensboro first. The reply confirms that mail is sent to Greensboro unless deposited in a local box or slot marked Local for direct delivery.
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Greensboro
Anon. A
Where to Find Help on Building a Soap Box Derby Car
You can get guidance by visiting the Jaycee office at 508 N. Hamilton St. They provide a booklet with the details on how to build a Soap Box Derby car.
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Jaycee
N. Hamilton St
What will fill the empty Pershing Street lot now?
City crews prepared the Pershing Street vacant lot for development with no building permit issued. Chief Building Inspector Freeman Hill confirms vegetation and debris were cleared during a rat control campaign months ago.
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Pershing Street
Parks Department
Model Cities
Freeman Hill
Cleaning wall panelling with furniture wax advised
A plywood panelling expert recommends using a good furniture wax to clean wall panelling inside the home. The wax preserves finish and adds a protective shine similar to fine furniture care.
Ducky Dilemma Comment Claims Quacker Is Goose
A reader disputes the picture in The Enterprise series noting only one quacker is present. The white bird is a young goose, not a duck, as the writer recalls selling many baby ducks and siblings to Mrs Quacker and Mr Honker. The letter hints at Halloween or Thanksgiving milestones and mentions a ball-nose hammer knot seen on mature Chinese geese.
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Hiardo
Tropical Storms Threaten Florida and North Carolina Coast
A tropical low off southwest Florida near Fort Myers and another system near Cape Hatteras pose gale winds and possible strengthening. The mid Atlantic storm drifts slowly north toward the Outer Banks and Cape Hatteras as a reconnaissance plane notes disorganized centers and potential intensification.
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North Carolina
Weather advisory warns coastal danger in Outer Banks area
Outer Banks and adjacent coast faces heavy seas and rip tides with beaches urged to stay off today. Small craft warnings extend from Cape Fear to Cape Henry as a Florida tropical low remains stationary or shifts slowly eastward causing increased showers and gusty winds near palm beach fort myers and keys.
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Cape Fear
N.C
Cape Henry
Florida
Palm Beach
Fort Myers
The
Keys
Space Shuttle Proposal Draws 73 Sites Nationwide
The proposed 100 flight space shuttle would launch as a rocket and land as a plane. Cape Kennedy Florida is favored by supporters, with 73 sites across 20 states vying for the base as Congress funds initial development into a multi billion dollar project.
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Washington
Capitol Hill Shuttle
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Congress
Space Agency
NASA
Dale Myers
Agency
Myers
America
Scientist Harrison Schmitt Picked for Apollo 17 Crew
NASA named Dr. Harrison H. Schmitt the first scientist astronaut on an American lunar mission. He joins Cmdr. Eugene Cernan and Cmdr. Ronald Evans on Apollo 17 with Evans aboard the command ship. Backup crews from Apollo 15 were listed, Apollo 16 crews announced earlier.
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Moon
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Lunar Ory
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
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Space Agency
NASA
Associated Press
Navy
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly
Young
Duke
Descartes
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