Integrating the Deep South Faces First Week of Mixed Openings
More than a hundred school systems in nine states opened last week as integration began amid court actions, protests, and one bombing. North Carolina saw violence with the G W Bullock School bombed on the eve of its paired opening.
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Deep South
Associated Press
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
G.W. Bullock
A Glance Inside Japan's Sun Rising Again
A brief look twenty five years after Japan’s surrender covers economic rise and political size while noting a subdued military role. The piece frames Japan as a major economic force yet a diminished political actor and a curiosity in military terms.
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Japan
Weather outlook with sunshine and temps near 90
Considerable sunshine and warm humid conditions today with a chance of afternoon thundershowers. Highs reach the upper 80s to low 90s. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers and lows in the upper 60s to low 70s. Tomorrow variable skies with a shower chance and cooler highs in the Bis
Mercury Detected In Various Local Fish Species
John M. Stackhouse, agriculture director, reports mercury above unsafe levels in 15,151 pounds of commercial fish since April 15. Perch are low and released from testing. white bass near the limit require lab testing. pickerel, bass, and other species may be unsafe. The department will continue monitoring until analyses show no health hazard.
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Stackhouse
Canada
Agnew Vows Anti-Dove Campaign With Thailand
Vice President Spiro Agnew told Thai leaders in Bangkok he will campaign this fall against Senate limits on U S actions in Southeast Asia and expects Americans to back the Nixon administration. He cited anticipated congressional inaction on curbs in Cambodia and extra pay for Thai Korean and Filipino forces in Vietnam. Thailand plans to withdraw most troops from South Vietnam, with Bangkok stating troops would go only to Cambodia if U S support remains acute. He departs Sunday, stopping in Hawaii before meeting President Nixon at San Clemente.
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Thailand
Spiro T. Agnew
Senate
U.S
Southeast Asia
Agnew
Congress
Cambodia
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Thanat Khoman
Hawaii
Nixon
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Soldier buried as whites vow to dig up his grave
In Fort Pierce Florida Army Spec 4 Ponder E Williams was buried in an all white cemetery after a judge ordered the funeral despite protests from some white owners. An elderly man shouted racial slurs in the cemetery office as lawmakers and officials prepared the burial. Williams mother Mary Campbell watched as Army riflemen saluted and the flag was presented. A veteran section grave received the GI coffin and a bronze plaque will be added later.
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Fort Pierce
Fla
Vietnam
E.J. Moulder
Livesay
Moulder
Army
Williams
Mary Campbell
Ludwig Bezemek
Armed Forces
Crete Seizes Plane With Hashish Smuggling Ring
A plane carrying five Americans and 1,467 pounds of hashish valued at $670,000 was seized in Tiraklion Crete after a Lebanon flight. It evaded jets from Lebanon Greece and Britain, made a secret Beirut run, and landed in Crete for fuel amid gunfire. On board were pilot John Moore 41 of New York copilot Philip Grain 30 of California Kenneth Connell 28 of California David Mantell 30 of Ohio and Robert Black of Illinois. Moore said he was paid $5,000 to fly three men to Beirut.
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Greece
Brit
John Moore
New York
Philip Grain
Kenneth Connell
California
David Mantell
Ohio
Robert Black
Inois
Moore
Beirut
Hatfield McGovern Gets a Test in War Debate
Washington AP report outlines the McGovern Hatfield Amendment aiming to share war powers between Congress and the President and to set a timetable for withdrawing all American forces from Indochina. The piece notes revisions to attract votes, including extending the withdrawal deadline and freezing policy into law.
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United States
Congress
Indochina
U.S
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