Plan to admit Black and Puerto Rican CCNY students stirs debate
A proposal to admit Black and Puerto Rican students to City College of New York without regard to grades sparks one of the era’s fiercest educational debates. The plan, forged with student rebels after campus violence, envisions a two track system mixing traditional admits with targeted recruitment from urban high schools, prompting opposition from political leaders and several mayoral hopefuls while governors weigh the implications for CCNY and the city.
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NEW York
City College of New York
CCNY
Harlem
Buel G. Gallagher
John V. Lindsay
City College
Felix Frankfurter
Bernard Baruch
Jonas Salk
Arthur Kornberg
A. Philip Randolph
Ira Gershwin
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Lindsay
Norman Mailer
Senate
Bernard Bellush
Board of Higher Education
Two Injuries Reported in District Traffic Incidents
Summary of traffic reports across multiple towns including Samuel P. Lewis Jr. of 196 Ben Franklin Rd South Indiana not injured in a one car wreck on Church St near S Ninth St with $1,200 damage. Police also investigated a Punxsutawney incident where Steril Allan Schmittle 25 of Ocala Florida escaped injury after his car veered off a curve. Additional minor rear end and side swipe crashes occurred near Kittanning Blairsville with minimal or no injuries and modest damages.
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Samuel P. Lewis Jr
Ben Franklin Rd
South
Indiana
Church St
S Ninth St
Lewis
Glen Campbell
Punxsutawney
Steril Allan Schmittle
Ocala
Fla
Mulberry Alley
George Farcus
Walston
Elizabeth Beirfield
Cherry St
Kittanning
Re. 422
Kitanning
Gregory Po Geisler
South Main St
Homer City
Robert A. Kilgore
Kittanning RD
Blairsville
S. Walnut St
Henry Palek
First Ave
Paul Shrum
Brady
Powell's Son Marries Socialite in Washington Cathedral
Adam Clayton Powell III, 22, and Beryl Slocum, 26, wed in a Washington Cathedral ceremony. The couple plans a European honeymoon with a Moscow visit and a stop at Bimini. Powell, a CBS news producer and son of Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and Slocum, Rhode Island born debutante and Radcliffe graduate, met in New York. The service was conducted by Dean Francis Sayre Jr. with family members and reporters present.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
Beryl Slocum
Eurrope
Moscow
Bimini
Powell
New York
Miss Slocum
Washington Cathedral Friay
John J. Slocum
Rhode Island
Radcliffe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Columbia Broadcasting System
Adam Clay
Ton Powell Jr
New York City
Francis B., Sayre Jr
Washington Cathedral
Hazel Scott
Rep. Powell
Miss Scott
Paris
Holiday Death Toll Up In State
The Associated Press reports ten deaths over the Memorial Day Holiday Period in Pennsylvania. Among the victims are Frank Giannetto, 18, who drowned near Scranton, and George E. Keener, 7, who drowned in the Monongahela River at Fayette City. A 73 year old Bloomsburg man died when crushed by a farm tractor. Dianne Gockley, 21, of Ephrata, was killed when her motorcycle skidded after a rear bump and burst into flames.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Frank Giannetto
Scranton
Lake Thelwild
George E. Keener
Monongahela River
Fayette City
Ver
Bloomsburg
Lancaster
Dianne Gockley
Ephrata
Tijerina Plans Citizens' Arrest of Burger at Senate Hearing
Reies Lopez Tijerina, leader of Land Grant claimants in New Mexico, says he will attempt a citizens' arrest of nominee Warren Burger during Senate confirmation hearings. He insists Burger is guilty of conspiring to violate the civil rights of the poor and perjury in office. Police in Washington dismissed the idea as the ramblings of a nut.
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Albuquerque
N.M
New Mexico
Reies Lopez Tijerina
Burger
U.S
Tijerina
Senate
Washington
Tam
Texas
Tierra Amarilla
Eral
Warren Burger
Robert E. Krahling
Continuing Search For Mary Mount
In New Canaan Conn AP reports investigators began doorto door checks for 10yearold Mary Mount missing four days. Police divers searched ponds and the Kiwanis Park area near the Mount home where she was last seen Tuesday evening. A footprint and a white car sighting are the only clues. Mary's father Joseph Mount, manager of five IBM centers, urged the public for information as police noted no ransom demands.
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New Canaan, Conn
Mary Mount
Mount
Mary
Kiwanis Park
Record Memorial Day road toll climbs to new high
The Memorial Day weekend sees escalating highway deaths with 205 killed on roads, nine in boating, and 63 drowned in non boating accidents. NSC estimates 550 to 650 more fatalities from Thursday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
The
Safety Council
Firefight Quells Sabotaged Oil Pipeline Blaze
Firemen, army units, and kibbutz farmers battled a fierce blaze on a 30 inch Tapline conduit carrying Saudi oil to Lebanon after saboteurs blew the line in the Golan Heights. Defense leaders visited the scene as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility in Amman.
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Tel Aviv
Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
Tapline
Aramco
Go ‘An
Syria
Kibbutz
Dan
Moshe Day‘an
Haim Bar-Lev
Amman
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Saudi Arabian
Mediterranean Sea
Sidon
Violence erupts as Cordoba battles rage in Argentina
In Cordoba violent clashes between snipers and soldiers leave six dead over two days. A national general strike cripples the country while army patrols seal streets and guard key districts, amid reports of police brutality and political turmoil.
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Cordoba
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Eleodoro Sanchez la Hoz
Auto Center
Air Force
Corrientes
Tucuman
Onganiga
Onganja
Tanker Collision Off Sweden Kills One Crew Member
A Liberian tanker Benedict and Norwegian vessel Holtefjell collided 12 miles south of Trelleborg Sweden killing a Spanish crew member aboard Holtefjell. Benedict burned but its crew stayed aboard as oil leaked, while Holtefjell’s fire was put out. Rescue craft searched the fog with Danish and Swedish helicopters on standby.
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Trelleborg
Sweden
Benedict
Holtefjell
Oslo
Stockholm
Overland Cattle Drive Kicks Off in Bluewater
BLUEWATER NEW MEXICO AP A 160 mile cattle drive begins with 750 Charolais cattle shipped from Texas Arizona Oklahoma and Colorado. Nine or ten cowhands veterans from World War I lead 12 cow boys as city folk join the trek with tents cots and a hired chef.
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Bluewater
N.M
Texas
Arizona
Oklahoma
Colorado
Pagosa Springs
Cato
Albuquerque
Four Polar Explorers End Walk
The four explorers who first crossed the polar ice cap 3,620 miles across the Arctic Ocean resume a dog sled trek as drifting ice endangers their route toward Spitsbergen. Leader Wally Herbert reports broken ice and plans a final leg toward Spitsbergen with helicopter rescue possible.
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London
Polar
Arctic Ocean
Wally Herbert
Egypt
Arctic
Blackboard Island
Spitsbergen
Endurance
Ken Hedges
Royal Canadian Air Force
Quaker Boy Refuses Taps At Memorial Day Service
Swarthmore High School Band member David Carroll 17 refused to play Taps during Memorial Day services citing conscience. Legion commander David Hopson demanded silence despite Carroll’s attempt to substitute. Carroll’s Quaker family background noted. mother Helen Carroll condemns war associations.
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Swarthmore, Pa
David Carroll
Swarthmore High School
American Legion
David B. Hopson
David
Hopson
Helen Carroll
Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom
Carrolls
Explosion damages gun powder trailer in Manns Narrows
An early pre-dawn blast at Manns Narrows near Lewistown destroyed a trailer owned by Aur and's for Sports containing gun powder for small arms. No injuries were reported as debris and burned areas stretched for miles across Mifflin County, with a state trooper in Port Royal observing the explosion.
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Lewistown
Sporting Goods
Aurand’s
Sports
Reedsville
Larry Yohn
Mifflin County
Mann's Narrows
Port Royal
Juniata County
Yohn
Two Youths Apprehended After Station Robbery Chase
Midland Pa police captured two youths after a service station robbery turned into a car chase. Attendants' vehicle was used by the suspects before the car ditched in a ditch and the pair were arrested in a nearby wooded area. Beaver Falls officers questioned them. no robbery amount reported.
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Midland
Beaver Falls
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