Hair Freedom Conflicts Stir Campus Rules Across Virginia
A Richmond Institute ruled long hair and beards must go or students leave. Virginia and federal courts upheld the college rule, framing student rights to hairstyles as surrendered. US Supreme Court support signals limited personal expression on campus.
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Richmond Professional Institute
Virginia
Richmond
Virginia Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Huntington
Herald-Advertiser
Reading gifts to cure TV blues in 1960s satire
Hal Boyle suggests sending books to friends whose world darkens when their TV is broken. A playful list parodies titles tied to famous figures and events, from Nixon and Kennedy to Ho Chi Minh and Mao, framing reading as a timeless, bright alternative to screen despair. The piece blends humor with literary gift ideas and cultural references of the era.
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Hal Boyle
New York
George Romney
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
New Found Land
Viet Nam
Lyndon B. Johnson
Joe Valachi
Charles de Gaulle
Ho Chi Minh
Zsa
Zsa Gabor
Rep
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
God
Martin Luther King Jr
Asia
Mao Tse-tung
China
Seasickness Kills Scientist at Inquest in Portsmouth
A British naval scientist aboard HMS Wakeful, Gerald Rogers, 41, died during one day of duty as seasickness was cited by doctors as the cause. The coroner ruled natural causes, with medical testimony noting a ruptured gullet linked to seasickness. The last similar case was in 1919 in America.
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Portsmouth
England
Gerald Rogers
Rogers
America
Henry Black
Jobs Paying $150 Day Up Go Begging
Washington AP report notes jobs offering up to 190 dollars daily plus expenses are scarce as federal officials warn of a shortage of qualified labor arbitrators. It explains that arbitration shapes many bargaining disputes, with Myers of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service outlining rosters of candidates and the mutual cost sharing for services averaging 472 dollars per case.
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Neil Gilbrids
Washington
Morris L. Myers
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Court of Last Resort
Organized Labor
Myers
American Arbitration Association
Twelve-Year-Old Businessman Seeks Help From Secretary Connor
Rhode Island youth Jimmy Halpin, age 12, runs two small ventures from a garage rented from neighbors’ grandmother. He asks Secretary of Commerce John T. Connor how to stop neighborhood kids from harassing his operations, noting profits of about 36 dollars over three months and police helped after prior robberies. He writes of two firms: Cherry Hill Paper Waste Co and Cherry Hill Gardeners Co, and signs as president.
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Joseph R. Coyne Washington
Rhode Island
John T. Connor
Jimmy Halpin
Johnston, R.J
Connor
Justice Department
Cherry Hill Paper Waste Co
Cherry Hill Gardeners Co
Roland Audet
Roland
Paper Co
Massachusetts urged to place emergency phones on highways
The state unit of the American Automobile Association calls for emergency telephones or radio transmitters at every mile along limited access and divided highways. Rep Raymond F. Rourke backs the plan for the 1967 Legislature, saying lonely stretches at night are frightening.
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Boston
American Automobile Association
Massachusetts
Raymond F. Rourke
Viet Cong Attacks Near Saigon
Viet Cong launched raids within a 35 mile ring around Saigon. Heavy casualties reported among Vietnamese Popular Force troops at an army training center southeast of Saigon. About 1,700 American infantry arrived in South Vietnam as a F100 squadron joined air power, bringing total U.S. servicemen to 363,700. Secretary of State Rusk visited Saigon, saying no indication of a Christmas truce extension. The first of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade arrived at Vung Tau with more reinforcements expected. He noted progress requires concessions from both sides and cannot stop half the war.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Dean Rusk
Alan
Rusk
Churches Ask Viet Nam Go Before UN
Delegates from major American churches near final action on a resolution to bring the Viet Nam war to an end by seeking United Nations judgment and action. The assembly urged U Thant to permit UN initiatives and called for extending the Christmas ceasefire to test possible negotiations.
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Miami Beach
Fla
United Nations
General Assembly of the National Council of Churches
U.N
U Thant
W. T. Franks 84 Dies in Hope Friday
W T Franks 84 died Friday night in a local hospital. lifelong Hope resident and founder of Franks and Son Produce Company. Survivors include three sons J W Franks of Hope Kline of Fayetteville and Thomas C of Little Rock three daughters Mrs Frank Walters Mrs Carl Jones and Mrs M C Reaves. Funeral services Sunday 2 p m at Herndon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev R B Moore Jr officiating burial in Memory Gardens.
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W. T. Franks
Hope
Franks & Son Produce Company
Century Bible Class
First Methodist Church
J. W
Kline
Fayette Ville
Thomas C
Little Rock
Frank Walters
Carl Jones
M.C. Reaves
Houston
Sam Yates
California
Lynn Franks
Erbin Franks
Waldo
Herndon Funeral Home
R. B. Moore, Jr
Memory Gardens
Christmas Is a Cake, A True Story That Happened in Hope
A hungry 18 year old girl and a large Hope farm family face hardship as December begins. A local woman alerts the press, doctors and volunteers mobilize to aid with food clothing and care. The Hope Lions Club and other groups run Christmas auction drives while the town lights the community tree, showing Christmas is a feeling beyond dates.
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Hope
Heart of Hope
Hope Lions Club
Extension Titles Are Changed in Arkansas County Agents
County Extension Agent in Hempstead County along with other counties in Arkansas were assigned new titles effective December 1, 1966. County agents will be called county extension agents, associate county agents will be associate county extension agents and assistant county agents will become assistant county extension agents. Home Demonstration Agents will be known as Extension Home Economists, Associates or assistants will become associate or assistant extension home economists. This change aims to clarify titles for extension workers.
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Hempstead
Arkansas
Calvin J. Caldwell
Caldwell
Firm Files 65 Interrogatories Over Asphalt Price Suit
LITTLE ROCK AP Monsanto Co. of St. Louis has submitted 65 interrogatories to the Arkansas Highway Commission to learn the basis of the state’s suit claiming price fixing on asphalt. A copy of the interrogatories was filed in U S District Court where mitigation actions against Monsanto and four other companies are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ap- Monesanto Co
St. Louis
Arkansas Highway Commission
U. S&s. District Court
Monsanto
Urges Yule Truce Be Extended
Vatican City AP Pope Paul VI urged extending the Christmas truce in Vietnam into a lasting armistice to allow peace negotiations. He spoke at St. Peter's Basilica during Mass for the Immaculate Conception, calling for a single continuous pause to pursue an honorable settlement and end the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Paul VI
Viet Nam
East Asia
St. Peter's Basilica
Jack Ruby in Critical Condition
Dallas AP report says Jack Ruby, Oswald slayer, was moved from Dallas County jail to Parkland Hospital with a serious pneumonia. Lawyers warn illness could affect his pending retrial. Ruby, 55, awaits high court action and a fresh trial venue.
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Tom Stuckey
Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Parkland Hospital
Phil Burleson
Ruby
Oswald
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Dist
Louis Holland
Joe B. Brown
Wichita Falls
Burleson
Eva Grant
Bill Decker
J.M. Pickard
Greek Ferry Disaster Toll May Reach 232
Greek shipping officials fear many last minute passengers on the Heraklion were unlisted as the toll from the sinking may exceed 232 dead or missing. At Piraeus rescue crews reported 49 survivors and 17 bodies, with 12 more later found.
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Philip Dopoulos
Athens
Greece
Heraklion
Piraeus
Crete
Canea
Rase Cue
Aegean
Antonig Kambouris
Emmanuel Vernikos
U.S
Island of
Milos
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Alex. H. Washburn
Plang
George Beto
Texas Department of Corrections
Texas Agricultural Workers Association
Texas
Macao
Peking
Portu
Bob Shepherd
Shan
San Diego
Calif
Sea World Oceanarium
Shepherd
Sukarno
Indonesia
Sen
Everett M.dirksen
Illinois
Santa Claus
Orval Faubus
Red River Vocational
Mary Anita Laseter
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