Mayors Endorse School Players Across Cities
Dallas AP report notes mayors from suburbs and cities back student performers amid tensions over integration plans. Conference actions aim to curb segregation and curb racist influence in central city areas.
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Dallas
Tex
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Detroit
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Congress
Big City Solidarity
John Stevens
Wichita
Kan
Herbert Smith
Madison Heights
Mich
Henry Maier
Milwaukee
Wis
Resolutions Committee
Watts
James Clarkson
Southfield
Honolulu
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Joseph M. Barr
Terry D. Schrunk
Portland
Ore
Liquor Ration Cut For Americans In South Viet Nam
The liquor limit for U S military and civilian personnel in Viet Nam was reduced from six fifths per man per month to three fifths, plus wine, as a move to curb black market sales. The Pentagon noted consumption rose with more personnel, and described the restriction as easing logistics and security pressures.
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South Viet Nam
Washington
Viet Nam
Pentagon
United States
U.S
Meredith May Rejoin March Monday After Wounding
James H. Meredith, recovering from shotgun wounds, said with his doctor’s consent he may resume the Mississippi march Monday. He criticized leaders running the march in his absence and urged a nonviolent, inclusive approach, likening the event to a Fourth of July celebration.
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Pleasantville
N.Y
James H. Meredith
Mississippi
U.S. 51
Meredith
Sidney Poitier
Westchester County
Universit of Mississippi
United States resumes aid to India and Pakistan
The State Department says the United States will restart full economic assistance to India and Pakistan but will not provide military arms. Aid was frozen after the Kashmir conflict, with only interim loans previously issued.
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Washington
State Department
United States
India
Pakistan
Kashmir
Ky's calculated path steadies South Viet Nam power struggle
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky, a 35 year old air force general, lifted pressure from Buddhist opposition by measured concessions and staged constitutional steps. He crushed riots with troops, then held fire until public support solidified, signaling a gradual shift to civilian rule by 1967.
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James Marlow Washington
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Air Force
Ngo Dinh Diem
da Nang
da. Nang
Hue
Saigon
Tri Quang
Yoga stunt ends in failure as Rao sinks in water pool
Indian yoga performer L. S. Rao did not repeat his water walk after Sunday’s failed attempt in Bombay. He refunded $8,000 in ticket money amid police restraining spectators from attacking him following the incident. Earlier he walked on burning coals and reportedly swallowed tacks and nitric acid before entering the pool and sinking.
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Bombay
India
L. S. Rao
Rao
Union Officials Threats Reported in San Jose
AFL C IO painters officials Jerome Downey Charles A Davis and Conrad Paredes said they received death threats by phone. A San Francisco judge set bail at 11500 for Clyde Simmonds in the Don Wilson union leader slaying case. Floyd Green another SF union official was killed a month after Wilsons death with no arrest yet.
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San Jose
Calif
Afl-Cio
Jerome Downey
Charles A. Davis
Conrad Paredes
San Francisco
Clyde Simmonds
Don Wilson
Floyd Green
Eastle
Wilson
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Tate
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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