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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1967
Page
1
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that amusement centers not hosting public shows need not follow the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The decision upheld a district court ruling permitting Fun Fair Park in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to refuse service to a Black mother and her two children.
U S Marines and North Vietnamese troops fought near Da Nang with regiment strength, 36 Marines killed, 152 wounded, 142 enemy dead reported. Raiding jets struck near Red China rail lines. Tuy Hoa base hit by Viet Cong fire. one American killed Wednesday night. Catholics lead in Saigon Senate returns amid Catholic Buddhist tension. De Gaulle in Poland urged end to foreign forces in Vietnam.
President Johnson selected Walter E. Washington a 1-year-old New York Negro housing expert as the national capital’s first oneman head of government. He will lead a 800,000-population city from a three-member commission and oversee a shift to a stronger executive. Thomas Fletcher, 43, a white city management expert, was named chief assistant, ex-San Diego city manager now with HUD. Both nominations await Senate confirmation.
Exnest, who built the word est hotel chain from pills and a stash, died on a Wednesday in Boston of a heart attack. The Sheraton Corp. of America thirty years ago claimed to be the largest hotel system in the world, with 153 hotels across eight countries.
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