First Wave Of Mixers In Jackson
In Jackson Mississippi COFO and the Delta Project bring volunteers to educate voters and aid self help among Negroes. Robert Wilde of COFO says the first wave should arrive early next week as the project expands across the cotton Delta. Governors added 200 highway patrolmen to handle possible demonstrations.
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Tackson
Robert Wilde
Council of Federated Organizations
COFO
Wilde
National Council of Churches
Commission On Race and Religion
Paul Johnson
Louisville school paper named for street corner wins praise
Louisville AP reports Male High School claims its publication Bronk n Breck is the only school paper named after a street corner. The prize winner nationally for years carries the school location in its title.
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Louisville
Bronk ‘N Breck
Topless bathing suit arouses crowd at Chicago beach
A 19-year-old hostess Toni Lee Schelley wore a black topless swimsuit costing 233.95 at North Avenue Beach prompting a large crowd and photographers. She was arrested for improper attire and held at police headquarters before bail. Paul Burkhardt, theater executive director, defended her stance on personal dress and noted the theater offers adult art films.
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Chicago
North Avenue Beach
Toni Lee Schelley
Paul R. Burkhardt
Miss Schelley
First
Burkhardt
Shelley
Moonshiner Nabbed After Atomic Analysis Links Georgia Whiskey to New York
AP report says soil samples from the bottom of a seized tractor-trailer in New York, containing 2,418 gallons of moonshine, were analyzed atomically to prove illicit whiskey traveled from Georgia. U.S. attorney and judge upheld the link.
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Chicago
New York
Georgia
U.S
Commerce Clearing House
Rural electrification reshapes Louisiana communities
Louisiana rural life shifts as farms decline and towns grow, driven by member-owned electric cooperatives. The non-profit co-ops expand service, lower costs, and attract new residents, unlocking new industries and stability for farmers and towns alike.
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Louisiana
Youths Bound To Mississippi For Rights Work
Seventy-eight young civil rights volunteers left Cincinnati on two chartered buses bound for Mississippi to register Black voters as part of a broader effort by the Mississippi Summer Project. The group, trained at Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio, is linked to the Council of Federated Organizations and SNCC, with plans for up to 1,000 volunteers this summer.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Mississippi
Lew Stutzer
Los Angeles
Western College For Women
Oxford
Council of Federated Organizations
Alliance of Civil Rights
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Missippi
Jackson
Mississippi Delta
Hollis Watkins
Tougaloo College
Watkins
Summer Term Enrollment At Grambling Up
Grambling College reports a summer term enrollment of 2,046 students, with 297 freshmen, 393 sophomores, 455 juniors, and 900 in special categories. The figure surpasses the 1,802 high in 1983 and signals a 13.54 percent rise as over 2,600 pupils will be served across 13 institutes and workshops before the nine week session ends in August.
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Grambling
Grambling College
Crews Clean Water Lines in Monroe Areas
The Monroe Utilities Commission announced that holes and street crossings result from cleaning and lining city water lines. About 12 000 feet of ten and fourteen inch lines are being cleaned of barnacles from fifty to sixty years of use. The work will double water flow and cement lining will extend service for fifty to seventy five years.
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Monroe Utilities Commission
French L. Smith
Utilities Commission
Smith
The
Monroe Group Attends State Pecan Meeting
Monroe delegation highlights the growing role of pecan production in the southern and southwestern U S at the Louisiana Pecan Growers Association gathering in Shreveport. Eldon Arnold leads Stubbs orchards with Price noting pecans are not surplus. calls for expanded funding, research, and nutrition.
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United States
Louisiana Pecan Growers Association
Shreveport
Eldon Arnold
Monroe
Stubbs Orchards
L. L. Price
Northeast State
Pure and Applied Sciences
Louisiana
Federal
Pecan Growers Association of the
U.S
Georgia
Texas
Alabama
USDA
Brownwood
Arnold
Price
Association
J. J. Joyce
Ouachita County
Robert George
Buck McDuffie
Jack LaGrone
Ernest Foster
Frank Cline
John Bird
Passage of Civil Rights Bill Sparks Public Anxiety
Residents react to the Senate approving civil rights legislation with concern over enforcement. Chris Williams of Amherst, Mass., voices worry that laws may pass but fail to be enforced, signaling anxiety about a hard core of opposition.
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Senate
Chris Williams
Amherst
Mass
Volpe Wins Ballot Victory in Massachusetts GOP
Former Gov John A Volpe won a first ballot endorsement to run for governor at the pre primary convention in Boston. Howard Whitmore Jr was chosen as the party standard bearer to face Sen Edward M Kennedy in the fall. Gov William Scranton delivered the keynote as he enters the presidential race, while Kennedy recuperates from a recent plane crash.
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Boston
John A. Volpe
GOP
Howard Whitmore Jr
Newton
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Sen
Kennedy
West
Springfield
Leverett Saltonstall
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Volpe
Miami steak house truck ad lives on in life
A Miami steak house uses a truck bearing the slogan For the Prime of Your Life. AP reports the ad vehicle remains noted in the local scene, reflecting branding and city interest in the restaurant’s promotions.
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Miami
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American Bank & Trust Co
Roselawn Ave
W. L
Jack) Howard
State Bank Commis
Sioner Clayton James
William Boles
Jamar W. Adcock
Morris Sneed
Mark Dent
Jeff Aycock
Ben Bradford
Northeast
la. Power Co-op., Inc
Winnsboro
Claiborne Electric Co-op
Concordia Electric Co-op
Inc. Inc
Homer
Ferriday
Association of Louisiana Electric Cooperatives, Inc
Gov
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Philip A. Graham
Hamilton
Francis W. Perry
Duxbury
Elliot L. Richardson
Edward W. Brooke
Wallace B. Crawford
Pittsfield
Rep
Robert C. Hahn
Stoughton
Flwin J. Miller
Medford
Central Savings Bank & Trust Company
Bona-Fide
Lousiana
Iroq and
Nichols Jackson ST
Sears
Allstate
Sears and
Save
U.S. Auto Club
Louisville Ave
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