Court Rejects HEW Desegregation Plan for Richmond Schools
Federal Judge Merhige rejected the HEW proposed desegregation plan based on neighborhood schools and busing, citing constitutional concerns and imbalances. He urged a new plan acceptable to the Fourth Circuit and warned the fall term opening hinges on action. Negro leaders’ plan emphasized bused integration, potentially affecting up to 15,000 to 18,000 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
U.S
Robert R. Merhige Jr
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
NAACP
Merhige
HEW
Federal Agency
4Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
4Th U.S. Circuit Court
Charlotte Mecklenburg County
N. C
Mekong Hospital To Close Doors
The Thomas Dooley Medical Foundation is shutting its hospital on Khong Island in the Mekong River on the Laos Cambodia border due to Communist activity in the area. The facility runs a small hospital and a floating clinic to aid Southeast Asian villagers.
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Vientiane
UPI
Thomas Dooley Medical Foundation
Khong Island
Mekong River
Laos- Cambodia
Khong
Foundation
Thomas Dooley
Vintage Walnut and Oak Furniture Sets with Carved Accents
Antique listed assortment includes bookcases secretary desks oak and walnut, Victorian love seats chairs roll top desks glass clocks and sideboards. Receipts of large carved pieces feature trees floral accents and matching tea carts wash stands and bedroom suites suitable for period decor.
Radio Stations List From A Busy Syndicated Market
A fragmented OCR image lists multiple radio stations and frequencies including CBS NBC and various call letters such as KELL and KLYB with associated MHz. The fragment shows numbers like 600 and 4.1 MC suggesting audience or power figures and indicates a mix of stations across different networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EFYO
CBS
NBC
KELL
WIEL
Kapur
Msel-Fm
Mlbk-Fm
Agnew Signs Clean Politics Pledge At Capitol Ceremony
Vice President Agnew and Speaker McCormack endorsed the 1970 fair campaign practices code at a Capitol ceremony hosted by the Fair Campaign Practices Committee. Both parties pledged to condemn personal vilification and misrepresentation in congressional campaigns and to avoid appeals based on race or religion. Taft noted active candidates must sign, though neither Agnew nor McCormack are running this year.
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Washington
UPL Po
Spiro
Agnew
Republican Party
John W. McCormack
Charles P. Taft
McCormack
Taft
National Party
Rogers C. B. Morton
Highways to Buy Safer Cars and Driveway Safety Contracts
The U S Transportation Department awarded nine contracts totaling 18 million dollars to design experimental safety vehicles and test car designs aimed at reducing drunken driving and highway deaths. AMF and Fairchild-Hiller received 3 24 million and 4 047 million respectively with testing and delivery deadlines set. General Motors received a separate contract for testing and manufacturing the winning design to be tested against other proposals within 28 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPS
Transportation Department
Frn
Iday
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Congress
American Machine and Foundry Co
Santa Barbara
Calif
Fairchild
Hiller Corp
Farmingdale
N.Y
General Motors Corp
iLuis L. Ortiz Jr
Abe
Pee Betsy Volpe
AMF
Fairche
Cambodian War Rumor Mill Feeds Phnom Penh
In Phnom Penh a local interpreter and journalist describes a city at war where information travels by rumor. Reporters and locals chase updates on Lon Nol’s routines, refugee movements, and battlefield reports as communications networks struggle to keep pace with the fighting and fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh A. Mulligan
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Lon Nol
Tthe Central
Battambang
Neak Loung
Jdaree
Comtexita
Rumor
Beaval Hotel
Prey Veng
Mma
Chum
Angkor Wat
Sihanouk
Pathe Fan
Beyoend
Nixon
Pentagon
iAngkor Wat
of the World
Air France
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KCBD
Lubbock
KPDA
Amarillo
Kingdom
Jetsons
Belmont Grump i News
Pink Panther
A. Willams
Buck Owens
Archie
M. Gutdrs
Jack
Gleason
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KSEIL
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You & Law
Hard Boys
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von Weds
Tangie Geety
Adam
Epes
Ihore
Ski
Fort Wworrit
Anderson
Circes
Iivators
Wilburn Bros. Playhouse
B. Owens
Bill Anderson
Cail
Wagoners
CJ Hay
KGNC
Cow Weaver
Heckie Jeckle
Dallas
Hunt
Brink
Murray Cox
Wiles
Sota
Amarileo
Dune St
Hardy Boys
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Sky Hawks
Welk
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Nunn Electric
25Th
Texas
Volpe
Ally
Department For Advice and Help
American State Bank
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