HEW Ordered To Act On School Segregation Measures
Washington AP reports under new court guidelines the Health Education and Welfare Department must move to speed desegregation in 17 Southern and border states. The DC Circuit rejected a delay on enforcing a lower court order requiring HEW to notify 116 districts of potential loss of federal funds and 85 districts to explain ongoing discrimination. Appeals court kept alive instructions for hearings before any funds are cut.
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Washington
Health, Education and Welfare Department
U.S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Nixon
HEW
Supreme Court
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Appeals Court
U.S. Dist
John Pratt
Peter E. Holmes
Office For Civil Rights
Appellate Court
Lawton
Okla
Anne Arundel County
Holmes
Part-time Student, 24, Held In Shooting
Davis 24, a Hickman High School student, was arrested at his home on a charge of assault with intent to kill in the Sunday night shooting of James Aggans 22, a former Columbia policeman. Aggans was reported in satisfactory condition with nonfatal wounds to face and abdomen. Aggans, described as an undercover narcotics agent, had carried a special police commission. Davis arraigned. bond set at 25,000. preliminary hearing April 26. He is held in Boone County Jail.
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Columbia
Jefferson Scotten Davis
James Aggans
Davis
Hickman
Fourth Ave
Paul Cheavens
Aggans
Hinkson Ave
Columibia
Cheavens
Boone County
Temple Margett
Milt Harper
David V. Bear Ill
Humane Society Meeting Moves to Bank Show-Me Room
A Wednesday afternoon gathering of Mexico residents seeking to form a humane society was moved from the courthouse community room to the First National Bank Show-Me Room. The 3:30 to 5 pm meeting features Don Anthony, president of the Humane Society of St. Louis, as speaker.
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Humane Society
Mexico
First National Bank
Don Anthony
The
Humane Society of St. Louis
Nelle Stewart
Panel To Answer Cancer Questions on Channel 12
A panel program on the cancer crusade will air on Channel 12 at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday. Rex Johnson, chairman, will moderate with Dr. H. Peter Ekern among the participants answering questions telephoned in during the program.
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Channel 12
See Tv
Rex Johnson
H. Peter Ekern
Mitchell asserts White House lying over Nixon meeting claim
Martha Mitchell says she is anxious to testify to the Ervin committee and would reveal remarks unseen before. She accuses the White House of lies about Nixon meeting her husband and says officials want to discredit her claims while calling her husband a scapegoat. She says she would tell senators “some things they never heard.”
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Washington
Martha Mitchell
Senate
Sam J. Ervin
White House
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Gerald L. Warren
Mitchell
Nixon
New York
Three MU students burned as Kramer Dorm fire flames
COLUMBIA Mo AP three University of Missouri Kramer Dormitory residents escaped a hallway blaze that started likely in third floor electrical wiring and possibly a telephone alcove. Two students Robert Shafer 18 Fontenac Mo and Richard Gogen 23 Troy Mo were hospitalized with first and second degree burns while Larry Gray St Louis received lesser injuries. About 200 residents evacuated without injuries as firemen confined the blaze to the hallway and began investigation.
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Columbia
Kramer
University of Missouri
Robert Shafer
Troy
Richard Gogen
Fontenac
University of Missouri Medical Center
Larry Gray
St. Louis
Florida Senate backs Cape Canaveral name on maps
The Florida Senate voted unanimously to restore Cape Canaveral as the state name on maps and signs, arguing Johnson intended only the space center area to bear the Kennedy name. The House action awaits. Also Columbia University Symphony presents final concert of the season at 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Congress
Florida Senate
Cape Kennedy
Ee Canaveral
Cape Canaveral
Lyndon Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Lori Wilson
Johnson
Cape
Kennedy
Apace Center
Florida House
John Kennedy
Florida
U.S. Senate
House
Columbia
The
University Symphony Orchestra
Management Club Hears Talk On China
Robert M. White II editor and publisher of The Ledger spoke to 170 A P Green Refractories Co. Management Club members about his 23 day China tour last fall with slides of communes factories hospitals and government officials He noted China’s large population and that one surplus in China is people Leaders estimated China’s population at 700 to 800 million a gap of 100 million from the U.S. He added a study may place one of every three people in the world in China William S Lowe presented a 25 year service award to Winston Reed Purchasing Agent Guests included Russell Gallop Nort Koebel George Peterson and O H Read.
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Robert M. White II
the Ledger
China
A.P. Green Refractories Co
White
U.S
Mr. White
William S. Lowe
Winston Reed
Russell Gallop
Twinsburg
Ohio
Nort Koebel
Maywood Tl
George Peterson
Chicago
0.H. Read
Kearny N.J
Shirley MacLaine Plans Group Visit to China
New York AP actress Shirley MacLaine will lead a group of 11 women and a 12 year old girl to the People's Republic of China for a three week study tour on women’s roles. The trip from Los Angeles is funded by anonymous donors. Karen Boutilier of Wisconsin, age 12, is part of the group and MacLaine credited her with organizing a political campaign at age 11.
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New York
Shirley MacLaine
People's Republic China
Miss MacLaine
Los Angeles
Karen Boutilier
Wisconsin
George McGovern
Racine
How They Voted On House Vote To Set Price Ceiling
AP reports the House rejected a proposal to set a ceiling on prices at current levels by 263 to 139. Named roll call shows Missouri lawmakers Bolling Burlison Clay Hungate Ichord Litton Randall Sullivan Symington Taylor with votes yes or no and x for not voting.
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Washington
House
Missouri
Bolling
Burlison
Clay
Hungate
Ichord
Litton
Randall
Sullivan
Symington
Taylor
Banks Told To Use Dual Rates For Large And Small Firms
The administration's Committee on Interest and Dividends directs commercial banks to adopt dual prime lending rates, freezing small business loan rates unless costs rise, while large business rates may adjust with money market conditions yet avoid disruptive market effects.
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Washington
Administration
Committee On
Boone Jail Escapee Nabbed In Centralia
A Boone County jail escapee and two women were rounded up in Centralia by sheriff’s deputies within hours of the escape. Wilbert D. Jones, 29, charged with escape, and Miss Nancy Deavers, 26, and Miss Ann Marie Beane, 18, both of 400 Hitt St., face up to five years for being accessories after the fact. They were found in a Centralia house owned by Deavers. Jones claimed he escaped by picking the lock and then through a basement window. deputies noted missing jail keys and said no jailer was on duty at the time due to funding delays. bond set at $1,000 for each of the two women.
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Columbia
Boone County
Centralia
Jack Meyer
Wilbert D
Webb) Jones
Prathersville
Nancy Louise Deavers
Ann Marie Beane
Ann Marie Beane, 18, Both of 400 Hitt St
Deavers
Meyer
Jim Marsden
George Snodgrass
Jones
Marsden
George Hollingsworth
Sheriff's Office
Hollingsworth
Sheriffs Department
Jack Dean Yeokum
Dan
Yeokum
Miss Deavers
Miss Beane
Secretary of Labor Carries Pistol
Secretary of Labor Peter J Brennan confirms he carries a pistol tucked in his waist his aide says Brennan holds a gun permit from New York transferred to Washington for his job Costigan says he goes into tough areas and the pistol helps reduce the need for Secret Service protection Brennan usually carries it when traveling to New York and he has no known threats against his life.
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Washington
Peter
J. Brennan
Brennan
Thomas J. Costigan
New York
New York Building and Construction Trades Council
Costigan
Secret Service
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