Civil Rights Enforcement Shifts from OE In Education Fight
Education Commissioner Harold Howe II loses power to enforce desegregation as HEW creates a new division to handle civil rights. Secretary John W. Gardner says HEW will oversee desegregation, while Howe envisions a broader role promoting desegregation as a tool to improve education. The move signals a congressional test of Great Society programs amid school aid debates and Southern opposition.
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John W. Gardner
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Johnson
HEW
Oklahoma Legalizes Human Artificial Insemination
Oklahoma became the first state to legalize human artificial insemination when Gov. Dewey Bartlett signed the bill after extensive consultation with doctors ministers and legal experts inside and outside the state. The measure was authored by Rep. George Camp of Oklahoma City following similar legal guidance.
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Oklahoma
Dewey Bartlett
Bartlett
George Camp
Tribute to Husband English Was Butchered But Message Was Clear
A Vietnam letter from Le Van Bem to Elizabeth Savage honors her husband Sgt. William E. Savage, an American adviser at Bien Hoa. The note, dated April 22 1967, expresses gratitude for American aid, friendship, and hopes for peace, while praising Mr Savage as a good man. Mrs Savage calls the letter beautiful and touching.
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le van BE
Viet-Nam
Bien Hoa
Saigon
Lunar Landing Engine Tests Show Successful Start
NASA reports first in a series of structural tests for the lunar descent engine to carry two Apollo astronauts to the moon. The flight version of the Lunar Excursion Module engine fired in a static test stand near Las Cruces, New Mexico, with the second test planned for today.
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N.M
Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Statis
NASA
Propulsion Systems
Cincy Man Held After Shooting Incident
Cincinnati police detained Henry Johnson Jr. 35 for questioning in the fatal shooting in Over the Rhine. Charles Stroud Jr. 26 was shot after firing several shots at a man during a quarrel and collapsed in his apartment hallway.
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Cincinnati
Henry Johnson Jr
Over-the-Rhine
Charles Stroud Jr
Stroud
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