Newburgh Welfare Changes Spark Racial Tensions Emergency
The NAACP calls an emergency session as Newburgh's welfare reforms trigger protests over alleged racial bias. City officials list 43 changes aimed at cost containment, including work requirements, out-of-wedlock birth penalties, and voucher payments. The move could jeopardize state and federal funding.
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Ebehezer Baptist
Gloster Cur
Naacp National
HOF
Newburgh
Princi
Public Works Department
New York State
Mitchell
Negro Gets Post in White School in Readsboro Vermont
Preston Bruce Jr. 23, son of a White House doorman, named principal of Readsboro Central grammar school the first Black leader of a Vermont white school. Bruce has taught sixth and seventh grades at Central school and is completing a Baccalaureate. His father, also named Preston Bruce, was a doorman for Eisenhower and for Kennedy. his mother was a Washington DC public school teacher.
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APIA
White House
Readsboro Central Grammar School
Vermont
Preston Bruce Jr
Central School
Bruce
Preston Bruce
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Washington, D.C
Damascus City Claims Status As World’s Oldest
A claim circulates that Damascus in Syria is the world’s oldest city based on historical records and urban continuity. Researchers note long habitation and ancient milestones cited by scholars.
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Damascus
Syria
Bragg Announces Retirement From Track
Olympic pole vault king Don Bragg declares retirement after finishing sixth at 15 feet in the National AAU championships. Ron Morris of Southern California Striders wins the event with a 15-4 clearance, breaking Bob Richards’ record.
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New York
Don Bragg
Bragg
Ron Morris
Southern California Striders
Jcaring
Bob Richards
RANDOM FACTS AND QUIRKY NOTES FROM A MIDCENTURY COLUMN
A collage of trivia quotes on body size trends education and diabetes checks. It cites humorous lines from Don Herold andCatholic Digest along with odd facts about dogs birds and pigeons and a note on July hot dog consumption. It also mentions workers aging in place and a 20 000 carrier pigeon WWI statistic.
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Ay Colmanist
U.S
Kansas
Don Herold
Catholic Digest
al ‘Nes
Lare
Bay Scouts
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