Blind Boy Refused Trip to Boys State
Watertown Wisconsin youth Teggatz an 18 year old blind student refuses to attend the Wisconsin Boys State session in Ripon. Officials initially rejected him citing handicap care concerns though Governor's office intervened. Legion says accommodations would be arranged but the decision stands as final.
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American Legion
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Ove
Teggatz
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Robbers Hit Economy Finance Co in San Francisco
In San Francisco two armed robbers held up Economy Finance Co grabbing about 1000 dollars from a cash drawer. They forced two women clerks Vera Klotz and Jay Reiter to the floor while manager Roland A. Leigh of San Carlos coordinated the hold up. The report notes a separate inventory item from Vienna lists desks and horse-driven vehicles without any horses.
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San Francisco
UPI
Economy Finance Co
Vera Klotz
Jay Reiter
Roland A. Leigh
San Carlos
Los Angeles Faces Deep Racial Divide in 1950s
Los Angeles hosts about 350000 Negro residents comprising 14 percent of the city’s 2.5 million. de facto segregation confines most to ghettos. Civil rights leaders cite housing, employment discrimination, and school segregation as urgent issues, with notable gains in political representation but ongoing clashes and relief disparities.
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Alabama
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Ala
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William H. Parker
F. Daniel Gray
Jack P. Crowther
California
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Leslie N. Shaw
Samuel Yorty
Yorty
Citizens’ Committee On Human Rights
Thomas Bradley
Gilbert Lindsay
John Buggs
County Human Relations Commission
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