Boy Genius Enrolls at Wayne State University at 14
Detroit 14 year old Melvin Barry White will become the youngest student at Wayne State University this fall. He has a 175 IQ and a scholarship through the Detroit Higher Education Opportunities Committee. Barry aims to be a minister or gynecologist and works on a university Afro-American authors project before classes begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Barry White
Wayne State University
Detroit
Barry
Wayne State
Martin Luther King Jr
Charlie Brown
Herse
Higher Education Opportunities Committee of
William Feast
Billy Graham
Graham
City Man Dies Of Injuries In Plant Accident
Martin J. Langen Jr. 20 of 1044 Denton St. died in La Crosse hospital after a June 2 industrial accident at Black River Falls. He was pinned by a heavy motor control center while assisting to lift it at the Jackson County Iron Mine. Survived by parents and six siblings. services Saturday at Schumacher Funeral Home and Holy Trinity Church with burial in Catholic Cemetery.
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Black River Falls
la Crosse
Martin J. Langen Jr
Denton Sr
Martin E. Langen Sr
Commonwealth Electric Co
St. Paul
Minn
Jackson County
Langen
John
Onalaska
William
Belvedere
Ill
James
Minneapolis
Robert
Jeannine) Schurrer
Richard
Louise) Braatz
Waukesha
Kathleen
Schumacher
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Msgr. V. J
Three Hurt in Two Car Collision Near Shelby
Three persons were injured in a two car crash on Highway 35 near Goose Island Road in Shelby town. Adell M. Umberger 17 and passenger Mary Ann Umberger 38 were treated for neck injuries. Kathleen Umberger 5 was treated for back injury. William B. Cole 16 and two passengers escaped injury. Damages totaled about 250 dollars.
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Shelby
St. Francis Hospital
Kathleen Umberger
Stoddard
Cole
Umberger Auto
Icole
Clash Near Tay Ninh City as Viet Cong Attack Escalates
Six assaults struck Tay Ninh 50 miles northwest of Saigon as about 300 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese fighters battled allied troops in an outlying district. Some 1,000 civilians fled while fighting continued into the night near a Cao Dai temple three miles from Tay Ninh’s heart. Reports said nearly 200 enemy troops killed with allied casualties light. Elsewhere, NVA commandos hit a U.S. artillery base, 63 rocket attacks hit allied towns, and a Saigon city councilman was assassinated in Cholon.
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George Esper
Saigon
Tay Ninh
U.S
van Dien Quang
Cholon
Cambodia
Washington
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
9Th
Oil Spill Shoots From Barage Aids Cleanup In Alma Wis
A barge owned by Hoagland Towing rammed a wing dam on the upper Mississippi causing about 64 000 gallons of No 2 diesel to leak from four ruptured compartments Six other compartments were pumped out Army Corps of Engineers assisted with cleanup using floating booms and a barge mounted vacuum Cleaner An emergency order from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources forced immediate repairs and conservationists watched for impacts on wildlife including nearby duck broods
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Alma
Hoagland Towing Co
Paducah
Mississippi River
Tribune
John Ellenbecker
Wis
Chester Forkum
Army Corps of Engineers
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
John C. Ellenbecker
la Crosse Tribune
Mississippi
Rocky Wing
Edward Squires
Alma Lock and Dam
Corps of Engineers
Oil Barge Leak Near Alma Threatens Mississippi Wildlife
A diesel fuel spill on the Mississippi near Alma prompts state and federal crews to contain the slick. A towboat crew pumps fuel into watertight compartments and works to move the barge away from the dam area. Officials warn mayflies and fish could suffer, especially young waterfowl, as cleanup proceeds and regulations are set for towing.
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Squires
State Department of Natural Resources
Bureau of Fish and Wildlife
Coast Guard
Donald Deghin
Harold Hettrick
Madison
James Everson
Alma
Deghin
Everson
Fountain City
Mississippi
Pacific
California Coast
Controllers call in sick disrupt New York area air traffic
A third of metropolitan traffic controllers were out sick, forcing inbound flight limits at Kennedy La Guardia and Newark to 12 per hour. Inbound delays surged with 32 planes waiting at La Guardia and 35 controllers out sick at Islip directing air traffic. FAA called it a safety precaution amid the confusion.
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New York
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
la Guardia
Air Route Traffic Control Center
Islip
Long Island
Kennedy International
Newark
Wisconsin Senate Rejects Sales Tax Shift to Aid Property Levy
In Madison, the Wisconsin Senate voted 19 to 11 against a Democratic plan to divert about 55.4 million dollars from sales tax revenue to property tax relief for the next biennium. The measure drew three Republican supporters and faced sharp debate over its impact on state revenues and property taxpayers.
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Madison
Wisconsin Senate
Fred Risser
Risser
Dorman
Kendzierski
Lourigan
Schreiber
Schuele
Thompson
Whitton
Busby
Lorge
Soik
Republicans against—Chilson, Cirilli, Dempsey, Devitt, Drasheim
Heinzen
Hollander
Johnsson
Keppler
Knowles
Knutson
Krueger
la Fave
Sorlotto
Meunier
Rasmusen
Roseleip
Swan
Terry
HUD Funds Slashed In Urban Renewal Cut
The House Appropriations Committee proposed a 19 percent cut totaling 384.3 million from new HUD funds in a 14.9 billion omnibus bill sent to the House. Urban renewal and model cities face deep reductions while veterans programs receive a slight boost to 7.7 billion. The panel rejected financing for an official vice president residence and trimmed HUD fair housing funding by 7.5 million.
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Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
House Appropriations Committee
House
Frank Bow
Ohio
GOP
Nixon
Veterans Administration
Lyndon B. Johnson
HUD
Congress
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Tabernacle Baptist Church
Ford Motor Co
Faither Merryal
Oakland Community College
Gregory
Highland Park General Hospital
Vietnam
Peter Erenee
Ceeseeaeeess
Canada
Edmonton
Alta
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Yukon
Northwest Territories
John Gass
Whitehorse
Manitoba
N.Y
Allan
Milwaukee
Gerald Rental
Bear Creek
Nile
Whitefish Bay
Reuben la Fave
Youlus
Martin J. Schreiber
O' Milwaukee
Wayne Whittow
Wisconsin
Capitol
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