Racial clash shuts Cleveland high amid school chaos
At Collinwood High School in Cleveland police and monitors moved in as fights broke out between black and white pupils over racial tensions linked to a YMCA dance. Two students were hurt, windows and chairs broken, and the school was closed with about 3,200 pupils affected.
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Cleveland
Collinwood High School
Integrated High School
Euclid-Glenville Hospital
Alva RR. Dittrick
YMCA
Dittrick
Don Lee
Sit-In Staged After Clergy Arrest in Selma
In Selma Alabama twenty one white demonstrators including several clergymen staged an all night sit in at city recorder court after arrests for parading without a permit linked to protests at Mayor Smitherman's home. Bonds were posted for most, two were jailed, and the group planned further actions tied to housing and voter discrimination protests.
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Selma, Ala
City Recorder’s Court
Public Safety
Wilson Baker
Joseph T. Smitherman
City Hall
Patrick A. Jackson
Ann Arbor
Micha Roman
Paul Michael Bokulich
Harper Woods
Mich
Selma
Browns Chapel
A.M.E
Dallas County
Green
Hosea Williams
Martin Luther King Jr
Negro Intergration
Judge Advances Selma 50 Mile Civil Rights March
Federal Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr orders protection for a Selma to Montgomery march, bars interference by state and Dallas County officials, and says Negroes have a constitutional right to peaceably march. He admonishes Sheriff James G. Clark and notes Justice Department help while stressing state's duty to safeguard demonstrators.
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Montgomery
Ala
Selma
U. S
Frank M. Johnson Jr
George C. Wallace
Col
al Lingo
Johnson
James G. Clark
Dallas County
Justice Department
Clark
Alabama
British Reds Fail To Agree On Viet Nam Peace Effort
London AP Britain and the Soviet Union failed in secret talks to agree on joint action to halt the Viet Nam war. The Foreign Office released draft messages from both sides showing Britain sought a basis to begin negotiations. The Soviet Union rejected the Feb 20 British draft proposing input from signatories of the 1954 Indochinese settlement plus India, Poland and Canada.
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London
Britain
Soviet Union
Foeign Office
Foreign Office
India
Poland
Canada
Wallace aide seeks stay of Selma march order
An Alabama governor's attorney is expected to petition the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to halt a federal court order permitting civil rights advocates to march from Selma to Montgomery. The second item notes Bharata Natya, a classical Indian dance with 50 hand gestures and 52 eye positions, considered highly intricate by Encyclopaedia International.
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New Orleans
UPI
Alabama
George Wallace
U.S. Suh Circuit Court of Appeals
Selma
Montgomery
India
Encyclopaedia International
Judge Parker recuperating after Monday surgery at St Francis
Judge Hillyer S. Dooley Parker is recovering in St Francis Hospital after surgery on Monday and will stay several more days before returning home. Mrs. Mattie Trisler, retired after 27 years on the cottage staff at the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home, visited Monroe this week and now lives in Marshall, Texas.
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Hillyer S
Dooley
Mattie Trisler
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Monroe
Marshall
Tex
Louisiana outlines war on poverty program actions
About 60 community leaders heard Champ L. Baker state the Economic Opportunity Act aims to coordinate agencies and offer local information and technical help. Shelby Jackson stressed education, Lurline Wade described Job Corps camps nationwide, with no Louisiana camps yet, for 16 to 21 year olds.
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Louisiana
Office of Economic Opportunity
Champ L. Baker
Brown Auditorium
Louisiana State College
Baker
Baton Rouge
Shelby M. Jackson
Lurline R. Wade
Monroe
Louisiana State Employment Service
Anti-American unrest flares after Da Nang attack
Vietnamese villagers from Man Quan stirred by Viet Cong claims gathered on Da Nang waterfront with bodies of 16 children killed when Skyraiders hit a school. Government troops dispersed the crowd. a 24 hour curfew barred Americans from the city as authorities sought to cool tensions. Vietnamese officials say the attack killed 32 people, including 20 children, and pledged damages to families.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
Sampans
Man Quan
U.S
Freeze Frost Seen Tonight in Northeast Louisiana
A possible freeze and frost is forecast for northeast Louisiana tonight by the U.S. Weather Bureau. Frost possible with freezing temps but air too dry for more than light deposits. Tonight's low 30 to 34, high today 44 to 48, Friday high 40 to 45. Northerly winds 12 to 22 mph diminish tonight and Friday.
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Louisiana
U.S. Weather Bureau
Katzenbach Urges Voting Rights Act Passage in Congress
Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach told a House Judiciary subcommittee that courts have failed to guarantee Black voting rights and urged prompt action on the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He said the bill would translate good intentions into ballots by outlawing tests or devices used to disenfranchise Negro voters in states with a history of discrimination.
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Washington
Nicholas Katzenbach
Katzenbach
Congress
Men afraid of success should join weather bureau
A brief quip notes that men fearing success would fit at the weather bureau, implying a humorous take on career choices and fear of impact. The line plays on perceived risk of achievement and weather offices as stable workplaces.
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The
Weather Bureau
US Officials Say Soviet Space Launch Not Surprising
Washington officials acknowledged the two man Soviet space mission was not a total surprise as one astronaut floated into space. Dr. Hugh L. Dryden of NASA said they had expected some action and would comment further after more details emerged. Dr. Edward C. Welsh of the National Space Council echoed the cautious tone.
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Washington
Hugh L. Dryden
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dryden
Edward C. Welsh
National Space Council
U.S
Flickinger
Restraining Order Issued In Local School Suit
Judge Jesse S Heard granted a temporary restraining order reinstating two Monroe youths at Neville High School and set March 25 for a hearing on a permanent order. The suit by Charles Prior Heard and Judy Varnado Heard, both 11th graders, names Neville High principal Sidney Seegers superintendent Van Dodom and the Monroe City School Board as defendants. The policy bars married students from Neville High School after their February marriage in Hamburg Arkansas.
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Jesse S
Monroe
Neville High School
Fourth District
Charles Prior Heard
Judy Varnado
Neville
Sidney Seegers
Neville High
van Dodom
Monroe City School Board
Hamburg
Ark
Minnie Mangum embezzlement case may bring release
Norfolk AP reports Minnie Mangum once trusted assistant treasurer of Commonwealth Savings and Loan embezzled nearly 3 million dollars, sparking a government audit that led to the firm's collapse. Now 67, her good prison record and parole reviews keep her future uncertain as the State Parole Board weighs next steps.
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Norfolk
Minnie Mangum
Mangum
Miss Minnie
Virginia
Commonwealth Savings and Loan
Commonwealth
Miss Minmie
State Parole Board
P. Chew
Soviet cosmonaut completes first spacewalk in record orbit
In Voskhod 2, Lt Col Alexei Leonov exited the capsule for about 20 minutes, tethered by a life line, drifting in space while filming Earth and observing outer space. He wore an autonomous life support suit and performed somersaults before safely returning to the ship with Col Pavel Belyayev. The mission reached 107.5 to 307.5 miles altitude, surpassing previous records and signaling steps toward joining space vehicles and future Moon missions.
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Moscow
Tass
Alexei Leonov
Voskhod 2
Leonov
Earth
Pavel Belyayev
United States
U.S
Bernard Lovell
Britain
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Lovell
Want Trade For A Good Safe Lovely-Looking Car
Classified ad notes trade for a nice car. It promotes a 1961 Olds F-85 with navy Dive Dot, white vinyl top, radio, heater, air conditioner, whitewall tires, and take-up payments. Also offers a clean 1954 four wheel drive Jeep station wagon for 375 dollars with a low 10 day rate and cancellation privileges.
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OLDS
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