Whites flee Watts area as integration stalls in Los Angeles County
The piece tracks white flight and shifting attitudes in Los Angeles County as blacks move into Westside and harbor areas, whites retreat to suburbs, and liberal rhetoric collides with daily life. It cites residents, a Monterey Park lawyer, teachers, and officials noting rising polarization, contested integration, school disparities, housing pressures, and economic worries shaping race relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius M. Klein
Los Angeles County Commission On Human Relations
Watts
Harbor
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Morningside Park
Inglewood
Monterey Park
Lyndon Johnson
California
Yorty
Compton
Glendale
Jess Unruh
Ronald Reagan
Autopsy expert questions evidence in Kopechne death case
Mary Jo Kopechne's examination heard that autopsy uncertainty could affect Mills findings or prompt new conclusions. Massachusetts authorities sought the autopsy. pathologist Spelman noted froth signs are common in many deaths. The hearing included testimony on blood traces on clothing and the reliability of benzedine tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Mills
Massachusetts
Spelman
Eugene Fresh
Martha’s Vineyard
Pennsylvania
Miss Kopechne
Formely
Larksville
Melvin
Department of Public Safety
Autopsy witness disputes foul play in Kopechne death
Dr Mills testified there was no evidence of criminal conduct in the death of 28 year old secretary Mary Jo Kopechne. He placed the time of death at about six hours before examination and discussed autopsy with colleagues five days after removal from Kennedy car. Witnesses Arena Look and Farrar described the scene and car recovery details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills
Flanagan
Dinis
Kennedy
Kennedy Pleads Guilty in Chappaquiddick Crash Aftermath
The incident on Chappaquiddick Road led to Kennedy leaving the scene and later pleading guilty. His license was suspended, with a two month suspended jail term and one year probation. Farrar, a local scuba diver and Edgartown Fire Department head, described recovering Miss Kopechne from the submerged car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Farrar
Edgartown
Edgartown Fire Department
Miss Kopechne
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Senor
Judy
Begonias
Verdugo Mountains
San Marino
John
Thomas Bradley
Mary JO
Kopechne
Arena
John Farrar
Christopher S. Look Jr
Dukes County
Mass
Look
Dominic Arena
Christopher
Donald Mills
Joseph Spelman
Chappaquiddick Road
Lock
Edmund Dinis
Eastman
KitchenAid
Home Appliance Co
Peel
Long Beach
Pacific Avenue
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