Negro Students Skip Orientation At Daniel High
In Pickens South Carolina two students were scheduled to enroll but did not speak to reporters as a mass registration occurred with about 300 people, mostly parents, at Daniel High School for eighth through twelfth grade classes. Desegregation proceeds across districts with eight of thirteen districts desegregating voluntarily this term and others under court order.
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Pickens
8.C
C. W. Ward
Daniel High School
Aetna
Schoos
Charestn
Orangeburg
Sumter County
Shaw Air Force Base
Seneca
Spartanburg
Pastenr
South
Carolast Fall
Winthrop
Mayor Blames White Youths For Fracas In Blacksburg
Mayor Clyde Border blamed white youths for a racial disturbance after a Negro tavern incident in Blacksburg. Police said white teens followed four Shelby NC Negroes to the tavern. gunfire and bottles were thrown though no injuries were reported. Charges may follow as investigators review the case.
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Blacksburg
Clyde Border
Shelby
N.C
Leroy Earls
Border
di Collins
Fireworks Explosion Kills 42 in Lea Mexico
A massive fireworks blast in Lea Mexico leaves 42 dead and many injured. Emergency crews race to the scene as officials investigate the cause and the extent of the blast's impact on nearby areas.
Drop Staged For Civilians By Special Forces Team
Members of the 6th Special Forces Group staged a para chute drop for civilians during a visit by James T. Broyhill RN congressman from North Carolina 9th District and Albemarle mayor Dwight Stokes and Denton mayor Joe Taylor. The maneuver was part of Highland Fox a war game to teach troops how to cope with guerrilla tactics used in Vietnam.
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Albemarle
N.C
6Th Special Forces Group
James T. Broyhill
Broyhill
Dwight Stokes
Joe Taylor
Denton
Intra party split marks North Carolina delegation
Atlantic City hosts the North Carolina delegation led by Governor Terry Sanford with Dan K Moore challenging the Sanford power structure. The delegation reflects ongoing intra party division as Moore campaigns against Sanford allies and Preyer, while Raleigh paves a path to a new state party leadership after the national convention.
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William A. Shires
Atlantic City
N. J
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Sanford
L. Richardson Preyer
Hugh Cannon
Bert Benett Jr
W. H
Bill) White
Joyce Woodhouse
CID
Hargrove W. Bowles Jr
Clifton L. Benson
Bruce Poole
Raleigh
Richardson Preyer
Preyer
Dan K. Moore
Canton
Moore
Sanford- Bennett - Preyer
Bennett
Benson
Democratic Executive Committee
J. Melville Broughton Jr
Broughton
Bishop Defends Priests' Rights
Bridgeport Connecticut AP report notes Most Rev Walter W Curtis Roman Catholic bishop of Bridgeport defends priests rights. Rev Francis E Fenton rector Blessed Sacrament church is on the John Birch Society national council a militant conservative group. He was reprimanded last year by the diocesan vicar general after backing a petition urging impeachment of Chief Justice Earl Warren.
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Bridgeport, Conn
Walter W. Curtis
Pri
John Birch Society
Francis E. Fenton
Bridgeport
Blessed Sacrament Church
National Council of the Society
Bishop Curtis
Father Fenton
Earl Warren
Undersea Mountain Discovered Near Wake Island
Scientists report an underwater mountain 14 130 feet high beneath the Pacific Ocean about 175 miles south of Wake Island. The peak lies 3800 feet below the surface, discovered by the Coast and Geodetic Survey during a six month Indian Ocean expedition aboard the ship Pioneer.
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Washington
California
Mt. Whitney
Pacific Ocean
The
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Wake Island
Pioneer
Indian Ocean
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Kivett Drive
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Ternatorial
State Party
Siegler Oil
Bargain Furniture Co
Clothesline Post
Rose
du Pont
DuPont
Webster's Dictionary
Noxzema
Davis Patrol
2WAY
Jack S. Davis
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