Plainfield Board Adopts Plan to Change Racial Imbalance
Plainfield Board of Education approves a plan to move all sixth graders to Washington School to reduce racial imbalance at the 96 percent Negro Washington School. Kindergarten through fifth graders will be reassigned to other schools with lower black enrollment. Some parents vow to pursue further legal action.
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Plainfield, N.J
Plainfield
Frederick M. Raubinger
Trenton
Washington
Washington School
State Department of Education
Herbert H. Tate
Raubinger
Orange School Board
Oakwood
Englewood
Bridgeton
Montclair
Learn Truth About Dispute Pushes Grass Roots Sports Reform
SAN FRANCISCO AP Col Don Hull executive secretary of the AAU calls a grass roots campaign to raise amateur athletic standards and urges university leaders to study the AAU NCAA controversy. He argues education leaders must learn the facts to halt the federations and improve national competition. Hull cites need for post school programs and predicts strong U S versus USSR shows in Moscow and a potential July meeting with the U S Track and Field Federation. He says top athletes competed and criticizes reliance on captive student athletes in power struggles.
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San Francisco
Don Hull
AAU
United States
Hull
Moscow
Track and Field Federation
USTFF
U.S
Douglas MacArthur
Summer Music Camp Concludes At Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech ends its fourth annual two week summer music camp with two exhibitions today at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Afternoon program features cadet band organ and piano duets piano ensemble baton twirling girls glee club concert band and twirling caval. Evening show includes twirling symphonic band string orchestra honor band and awards presentation.
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Louisiana Tech
Conour
Kennedy mother plans West Coast news conference
Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy arrived in Santa Monica to attend the West Coast premiere of PT 109 and to hold a news conference following the arrival. The film portrays President Kennedy's World War II exploits and is set for a premiere Tuesday in Southern California.
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Santa Monica
Calif
UPI
Joseph P. Kennedy
California
Liberty Bell to Stay Silent on Independence Day
The Liberty Bell will be silent on the Fourth of July as National Park Service crews finish tower work. A recording will replace ringing bells from Independence Hall to signal the holiday celebration urged by governors and mayors nationwide.
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Philadelphia
John Marshall
Eric Hatch
Eric Sloane
New England
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Independence Hall
National Park Service
Rainmakers Restart Weather Generators in Louisiana
Rainmakers turn on weather modification generators in Concordia Parish as drought persists. Fred Huenefeld Jr. says Concordia and 15 other parishes plus two counties are in the program. A $50,000 contract with I P Krick Meteorological Co. backs the effort and residents are urged to contribute 5 cents per acre for farmland and 146 cents per acre for timber land.
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Concordia Parish
Fred Huenefeld Jr
Northeast
Louisiana Water Resources Corp
Huenefeld
Concordia
Louisiana
South Arkansas
Water Resources Corp. I. P. Krick Meteorlogical Co
Denver
Colo
W.R.C
Northeast Louisiana
Northeast Louisiana Water Re
Northeast Louisiana announces summer travel study tour
A 5900 mile trip through California and Mexico by Northeast Louisiana State College opens five vacancies this summer. Undergrad credit available in history 102 and geography 102, graduate credit for one course. Deposit $50 due July 10, total $297. trip Aug 14 to Sept 2 for 38 participants.
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Northeast Louisiana State College
California
Mexico
Northeast
Thomas R. McCann
W. C. Buchanan
T. R. McCann
Division of
Liberal Arts
Objections Rise Over Insurance In Little League
In Williamsport Pennsylvania objections to a Little League policy requiring that all insurance coverage be processed through the Williamsport office have surfaced. Director Robert Stirrat called the opposition minor noting under 3 percent of about 6 000 leagues have registered objections.
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Williamsport
Little League Baseball
Robert Stirrat
Brockton
Mass
Stirrat
Des Moines
Iowa
E. Arnold Smith
Judge Orders Sowela Director To Court In Desegregation Case
U S District Judge Gordon West ordered Rex H. Smelser Sowela director in Lake Charles to appear in Baton Rouge July 5 for contempt proceedings over alleged discrimination against Negro applicants since Sept 21. The action, filed in New Orleans, targets Smelser while noting prior court orders desegregating Sowela and possible contempt by education board members.
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New Orleans
US. Dist
Gordon West
Rex H. Smelser
Sowela
Lake Charles
Baton Rouge
Judge West
Smelser
Shelby Jackson
Education Board
Woman Delivers Sixth Child On Bus in Bedford
In Bedford Pennsylvania a Greyhound driver Victor Bachor let a passenger ride on the house. Mrs Edward Bachman of New Castle Delaware gave birth to a five pound three ounce girl after pulling into a Midway Restaurant. The baby and mother were taken to Bedford County Memorial Hospital and both were reported doing well.
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Bedford
UPI
Victor Bachor
Greyhound Bus
Bachor
Howard Johnson Midway
Edward Bachman
New Castle
Del
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