Buses Blown Up in Pontiac Rage Over Court Busing
Ten empty school buses in a Pontiac Board of Education lot were blown up by unknowns. No one hurt. The act comes amid a fight over a federal court ordered busing plan to balance racial enrollment. Fire department fought the blazes as the city braces for possible white flight and district-wide adjustments.
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Pontiac, Mich
Pontiac
Board of Education
Pontiac Fire Department
Robert F. Jackson
The
U.S. Supreme Court
John Kennedy
Kidnapping Suspect Sought After Abduction Ordeal
Vernon L. Cox recounts a dramatic carjacking on Pennyroyal Road that ended when he escaped from a trunk on Interstate 75. The kidnapper, Orville Atwood of Dayton, is a fugitive sought by Kentucky police and the FBI on a kidnapping warrant. Cox and his two young sons were unharmed after Cox freed them and fled to a store to call authorities.
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Cox
Orville
Bud” Atwood
Dayton
Kentucky
FBI
Baltimore Street
James
David
Franklin
Pennyroyal Road
Cox Auto
Woodrow Cox
Deardoff Road
Rt. 73
Elaine
Factions woo new members in Thieu era Viet Nam legislature
In Saigon President Thieu’s National Assembly faces a activist shift as two-thirds of incumbents fail to win re election. Thirty five per cent of seats go to opposition with gains for An Quang and Minh loyalists. Delta province disputes accuse rigging and voter intimidation.
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Carl D.obinson Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
National Assembly
Thieu
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An Quang
Viet Cong
Hue
da Nang
Duong van
Big” Minh
National Progressive Movement
Worker-Farmer Party
Delta
Ngo Cong Duc
Vinh Binh
Partly cloudy skies forecast with warm temperatures
The weatherman predicts partly cloudy skies tomorrow with little temperature change. Expect highs in the 80s and an overnight low in the 60s. Yesterday reached 86 and this morning's low was 60.
California Court Ruling May Wreck Schools' Financing
California's $5 billion public school finance system based on local property taxes faces upheaval after the state Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional as wealthier areas provide better education than poorer districts. The decision could push states to seek a statewide tax to equalize funding, with wide implications for education equity and potential appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court. The ruling highlights disparities between Beverly Hills and Baldwin Hills and notes potential effects on future court actions and reforms nationwide.
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Calif
California
Supreme Court
Sanford Gruskin
U.S. Supreme Court
Raymond L. Sullivan
Beverly Hills
Baldwin Hills
James Robertson
Lawyer’s Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
Washington
Southern schools open peacefully under desegregation plans
Protests were scattered as Southern schools began under desegregation orders. Georgia reported over a million students back with quiet scenes, while Bulloch County faced a Negro boycott amid demotions of black staff. Grant Parish registration saw 1900 white pupils absent. Picketing occurred in Memphis and Lutz, Florida, over court ordered busing, with police noting no violence.
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Tianantemant
Georgia
Bulloch
Grant Parish
Paren
Memphis
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