Federal desegregation warnings trigger strong reactions
The Justice Department warns Georgia and Chicago to end public school desegregation with threats of lawsuits. Georgia Governor Lester Maddox lashes out, while Chicago officials deny faculty segregation and defend seniority of school choice. Leaders in both cities pledge to comply or challenge federal action.
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Frank M. Whiston
James F. Redmond
Justice Department
Jack P. Nix
Nix
Whiston
Leonard
Sam Williams
Atlanta
The
National Association For the Advancement of Colored Peole
Multiple Auto Crashes Reported With Injuries In Town
Mrs. Margaret H Hill treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a two vehicle crash at 4 58 p m on a private drive to her home. Richard L Bullock and her car collided with view obscured by bushes. Bullock and passenger Laura L Crum reported minor injuries. Damage estimated at 800 and 1000 dollars.
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Margaret H. Hill
8Th and Ark. Sts
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Richard L. Bullock
7Th St
Bullock
Laura L. Crum
W. 7Th St
Hill
Wakarusa budget figures corrected and storm topples large Hackberry
Lawrence report corrects the Wakarusa watershed district budget to about eighty four thousand nine hundred dollars with last year carryover and tax projections. A 100-year-old Hackberry tree fell on Emil Heck Sr. property near the 24 40 junction during the storm.
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Emil Heck Sr
Heck
Fire causes $10 damage at Lawrence home
Firemen reported an estimated ten dollar damage from an electrical switch short that burned at the Don Kearns residence on Forest Street in Lawrence at about 6 01 p m Wednesday High winds and rain triggered six reports of power outages or line shorts between 549 p m and 615 p m according to fire officials
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Forest St
Lawrence
First Marines Withdrawn In Vietnam Fly to Okinawa
The first contingent of U S Marines withdrawn from Vietnam flew to Okinawa as U S command reported the lowest weekly American battle deaths in almost six months. A 120‑strong advance party of the 9th Regiment left Quang Tri for Okinawa with the main body expected soon.
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Saigon
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9Th Regiment
Quang Tri
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Command
Utah Mesa
Khe Sanh
9Th Marines
U.S. 5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
Soldier Ends Life With Words For Parents
Marine Pfc. Delbert Brimmer of Ludington died in action June 30 in Vietnam. At 20 he wrote to his parents asking them not to grieve but to mourn the world’s wrongs, saying his life fulfilled duty to God country and the Corps. He will be buried in Ludington today.
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Delbert ‘Duff’ Brimmer
Vietnam
Brimmer
Youth Dies in Accident Near Coffeyville
Merrill Damewood aged 16 from Independence Kansas was killed when his car veered from a gravel road and crashed into a creek bed about one and a half miles north of Coffeyville on Wednesday.
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Coffeyville, Kan
Merrill Damewood
Independence
Kan
Coffeyville
Woman Reports Man Exposed Himself on KU Campus
A Kansas University employee living in Topeka told campus police a man exposed himself and made lewd gestures to her around 4 45 p m Tuesday afternoon in Marvin Grove. She and another woman saw the man, described as 5 9 to 5 10, 135 to 140 pounds, dark hair, dirty appearance, wearing glasses a white T shirt and light khaki trousers. Police also report one assault and two car thefts with one recovered.
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Lawrence
John McGuire
N.Y. St
South Park
Massachusetts Street
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McGuire
Frank Salber
Rt. 5
Wichita
Boys Industrial School
Three Car Crash Near Lawrence Results In No Injuries
James W. Thompson 25 of Liberty Missouri failed to stop at a sign on U S 24 59 near Lawrence causing a chain collision that damaged Thompson's car $500 Erhart's $250 and Boyle's $150 no injuries reported. A second crash on North 7th Street involved Raymond M Lee 23 backing from a private drive into Grace Embers 445 North 7th Street with $500 and $100 damages.
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Liberty
U.S
Lawrence
Douglas County Sheriff's Department
Thompson
June E. Erhart
Rt. 3
Harry G. Boyle
Ill
Erhart
Grace Embers
N. 7Th St
Lee
Pearson Urges Delayed Action on ABM System Plan
Sen. James Pearson of Kansas urged deferring the anti-ballistic missile protective system. He proposed proceeding with the military procurement bill while pausing ABM work, halting MIRV testing, and stopping production except for war needs in Vietnam, contingent on Soviet reciprocation.
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Washington
James Pearson
Kansas
Senate
Vietnam
Officers Recapture Escaped Prisoner Near Penitentiary
Steve Boster age 23 of Salina was recaptured in Lansing after escaping from the Kansas Penitentiary. Prison guards fired a warning shot near the Women s Industrial Farm before Boster surrendered to authorities.
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Lansing
Kan
Steve Boster
Salina
Kansas Penitentiary
Boster
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