Atlanta NAACP Clash With Nation Over School Plan
The Atlanta NAACP branch resists a national compromise that minimizes busing for black power in schools while defending the plan as practical. Lonnie King Jr. says the chapter remains firm and notes broad local support though the national group has suspended its officers and demanded renunciation within 30 days.
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Atlanta
NAACP
Atlanta, Ga
Lonnie King Jr
National Organization
National Board of Directors
King
National Board
Repu
Bartels
Elliot L. Richardson
Stern
Collinsville
Myles J. Ambrose
U.S. Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Gallagher
Alonzo Crim
Refuge Petition Drive Launched Near Medicine Park
A petition to halt recreation restrictions at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge is circulating. Freeman and Freeman Industries sponsors seek 20 000 signatures by August 1 and target lawmakers including Speaker Carl Albert and several U S senators and congressmen. Circulators include Rex Leath Jimmie Hysan and Leon Butler along with local residents from Medicine Park and Lawton.
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Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
James Freeman
Medicine Park Refuge
Carl Albert
U. S
Henry Bellman
Dewey Bartlett
Tom Steed
John Jarman
John N
Happy” Camp
Clem McSpadden
James Jones
Lake Elmer Thomas
Freeman
Freemans
Rex Leath
Medicine Park
Jimmie Hysan
Leon Butler
Lawton
Explosion of 50 Tons Dynamite Kills 2 Teens in Missouri
A blast from two adjacent dynamite magazines near Greenwood Missouri killed two Raytown youths and damaged dozens of homes. The blast left giant craters, scattered debris, and a mushroom cloud reaching toward nearby towns. Police found shotgun parts and possible blasting caps, with investigators aiming to reconstruct the event.
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Greenwood
Kansas City
Jackson County
Lee's Summit
Grandview
Gary A. Henke
David G. Stower
Raytown, Mo
Plymouth
McKee Quarries
Trojan J.S. Powder Co
Commercial Solvents
Barney L. Castor
Trojan
Raytown
Cass County
Bronze Nails Used in Egypt Around 3400 B.C.
Bronze nails were used in ancient Egypt around 3400 B.C. indicating early metalworking practices. The finding reflects early adoption of bronze technology in construction and daily life and points to skilled metalworking in the region during the late Neolithic to early Dynastic periods.
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Egypt
Taft Inauguration Snow Clearing By 6,000 Workers
In 1909 William Howard Taft was sworn in as President while 6,000 workmen labored 12 hours to clear snow. Soldiers and laborers worked all night to clean streets after a snowstorm struck on the eve of Kennedy's inauguration.
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William Howlard Taft
United States
Kennedy
Skunk Feeds on Yellow Jackets Nest Grubs
A skunk digs up a yellow jacket nest and eats the grubs as part of its diet. The encounter highlights the animal’s opportunistic feeding behavior and pest control potential in its habitat.
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