First Negroes Take Top State Posts Across Nation
A wave of early 1960s appointments highlights African Americans attaining high offices. Lawrence N. Houston becomes New Jersey Highfields project director, the first Black superintendent of a state institution there. Louis, Hicks, Pierce, Dudley, Shaw, Cobb, Keith, Smith, Walker, Brooks, Lamb, Rose, Bowden, West, and Herbin/Taylor join boards, departments, or key roles, marking growing political and civic presence nationwide.
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New York
Lawrence N. Houston
New Jersey
Dr. Louis
John J. Hicks
City Board of Education
Manhattan
Edward R. Dudley
New York Democratic County Committee
Albany
N.Y
Lawrence W. Pierce
New York City
State Division of
Los Angeles
Leslie N. Shaw
Savings and Loan Association
San Francisco
William J. Cobb
Keith
Detroit
New Civil Rights Commission
Supreme Court
Otis N. Smith
George Romney
Cleveland
Ohio
William Walker
Cleveland Call & Post
James A. Rhodes
Denver
Colo
Jerome C. Rose
City
Civil Service
Boston
Edward Brooks
Hartford
Conn
Gerald Lamb
Honolulu
Helen Hale
Nashville
Tenn
Willard Bowden
State Parole Board
Haro
D. West
State Board of Education
Bowden
West
Meharry Medical School
Raleigh
N.C
Sarah H. Herbin
Dave S. Coltrane
John T. Taylor
Linwood Lad Wins Seaman Invitational Cross Country Title
Linwood High runner Rick Jamison captured the Seaman Invitational in Topeka with an 11 06 clocking on Thursday. The meet highlighted local youth athletics and featured other community news from Linwood including visits, hospital stays, and school activities.
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Rick Jamison
Linwood High
Topeka
Dear congressman Ellsworth and tax spending concerns
A collection of letters shows taxpayers urging restraint on federal spending amid the Kennedy era. Critics cite projects like 230 outdoor barbecue pits at Crab Orchard Lake Illinois and a Charleston West Virginia incinerator as examples of alleged waste.
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Ellsworth
H. K
Congress
Kennedy
Crab Orchard Lake
Illinois
Charleston
W. Va
U S to Keep its Troop Totals in Europe
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will announce in West Germany that the United States will not withdraw any of its 250 000 troops in Europe. The statement aims to reassure Germany amid the 14 500 man airlift from Texas and dispel withdrawal fears.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
West Germany
United States
Europe
Rusk
U.S
Texas
Cassiodorus and Monastic Cultivation of Learning
Cassiodorus, a sixth century Roman scholar, helped bring the cultivation of learning into monastery life. Under his guidance monks copied ancient manuscripts to preserve and transmit knowledge.
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Cassiodorus
Farmers Favor Wheat Program Yet Lack Clear Policies
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman told about 2,200 at Putnam County High School that most farmers want a wheat program but few have concrete policies. He doubts Congress will adopt a new program, citing overproduction as the core issue while noting hunger worldwide argues against surplus. Freeman urged rural development and land repurposing toward recreation and said he would discuss selling wheat with Russian leaders in Washington.
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Columbus Grove
Ohio
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Putnam County High School
Congress
Freeman
Washington
Rockefeller target of Catholic article
The Sign, a Catholic magazine, calls for Gov. Nelson Rockefeller to withdraw from White House consideration due to his divorce and remarriage. The October issue features Rockefeller with his second wife Happy on the editorial page, highlighting how the divorce may affect his presidency hopes.
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Rockefeller
Union City
N.J
The
Sign
Nelson A. Rockefeller
White House
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Clyde Fitch
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Victor Browning
Dixon Cullimore
Williamstown
Walter Coulter
Ray Coulter
Mark Wilson
Maurice Wilson
Mike Brooks
Cecil Berry
Ernest Lisson
John Hallenbeck
Barbara King
Mary North
Robert Craft
Jayne
Kim Gray
Deana Kirkman
Bruce Williams
Rhonda Redford
Marcia Hallenbeck
Toni
Patty Barnett
Carol Gordon
Bob Ellsworth
Kansas
J. E
P. T
Treasury
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Ed’s Plumbing and Nee
Mel Fisher
Ceara Sas
University Grad
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