Fearful Antitextbook Crusade Leader Faces Backlash in West Virginia
Alice Moore, Kanawha County education board member and head of the antitextbook protest, says she fears the movement has spiraled out of control as schools remain closed and violence occurs. Protesters demanded removal of controversial texts from grades 7-12, including works by Ginsburg and Cleaver, with a plan for 30 days of study while a committee reviews merit.
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Boston school integration chaos echoes Deep South turmoil
AP report from Boston details opening of desegregated schools amid taunts and violence. Eleven Black students injured as rocks struck buses. two police injured. 21 arrested. Officials report calm inside schools as attendance may rebound Monday. earlier boycott impacted about one third of pupils. Judge Garrity had ruled Boston schools operated a dual system with 36,000 nonwhite students.
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Son Killed By Mother In Accident
In Milan Missouri a 16 year old motorcycle rider, Larry Gene Couch, was killed in a head on collision with his mother Violet Couch, 47, on a rural gravel road. The crash occurred on a curve with limited visibility. Sheriff Gary Reynolds said the youth likely did not see the car and the mother swerved. she was not injured.
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