Integration Tensions Rise as Boston Busing Enters Week Two
Amid escalating clashes over court ordered busing in Boston, public officials urged belief in peaceful integration. Attacks on buses, fistfights in Hyde Park and Mattapan, fire from shots at police, and a South Boston boycott marked the week as attendance fell to 69 percent. Leaders, including Mayor Kevin White and NAACP head Thomas Atkins, stressed progress and patience, noting varied reactions across neighborhoods.
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Boston
Kevin H. White
Thomas T. Atkins
The
NAACP
Columbia Point
U.S. District Court
W. Arthur Garrity
Garrity
Hyde Park
Hyde Park High School
Mattapan
Prisoner exchange in Cyprus fines 153 POWs traded
In Nicosia 153 sick and wounded prisoners were exchanged between Greek and Turkish Cypriots under Red Cross and UN supervision at the Ledra Palace Hotel. 42 Greek Cypriots and 111 Turkish Cypriots were moved by ambulances and buses amid crowds, with many elderly men described and concerns about overcrowding, filth, and food.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Red Cross
United Nations
Ledra Palace
SEA Votes To Request Raises
WINSTON-SALEM AP Members of the State Employes Association voted Saturday to seek just and adequate pay increases for all employees of North Carolina's state government. The association did not set a goal for the hikes and approved resolutions for free parking for government employees and a retirement-benefits study. Troy Green of Raleigh was elected president of the association, which represents most state employees except those in transportation and corrections.
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Winston-Salem
State
North Carolina
General Assembly
Troy Green
Raleigh
Department of Transportation and Corrections
Nixon To Be Briefed On Foreign Affairs
President Ford will keep Richard Nixon advised on foreign policy matters with weekly to ten day briefings via courier. Nixon will not give personal advice, as Ford relies on Secretary of State Kissinger and other officials. Nixon has written letters to heads of state thanking them for kindnesses.
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Nixon
Washington
Ford
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Henry A. Kissinger
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Lbj Ranch
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Courtar
State Department
John W. Hushen
Hushen
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High Point, N. C
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Trinity Special Singing
J. B. White
Ay Wael
Tee
SEA
Full Gospel Deliverance Center
E. Grimes Street
Bessie Barker
Atlanta, Ga
Dorothy Foster
High Point
High Point Police Dept
Wnos FM
Jcpenney
Dacron
Kodel Ihi
Westchester Mall
Greensboro
Winston - Salem
Burlington
Reidsville
Mt. Airy
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