Civil Disorders Report Highlights Civil Rights Enforcement Gaps
The Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders warns that past civil rights laws are largely inadequate and riots could recur without immediate effective action. It cites spotty enforcement, especially in employment, and notes the Johnson executive order against contracting discrimination remains underused.
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Associated Press
Washington
Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
Senate
U.S
Commission
South
William
F. Ryan
D-N.y
Ryan
Johnson
Defense Department
Newark
Television schedule snapshot with mixed programs listed
A dense listing of daytime and evening TV slots shows various programs across networks including news, sports, comedies, dramas, and variety shows. The schedule features titles such as News, Bowling, Dennis the Menace, Petticoat Junction, Hogan's Heroes, Mannix, and news blocks with weather and sports segments across multiple channels.
Students Boycott Six LA High Schools Over Conditions
In Los Angeles, students plan to keep boycotting classes at six minority-area high schools citing second-rate educational conditions. Leaders say two thirds of one school were emptied one day as hundreds protested with mothers in support. a board concession promised a minority principal or vice principal at Jefferson High by Monday.
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Los Angeles
Tis Hookes
Board of Education
James FE. Jones
Jefferson High School
Notorious Denver figure killed editor in duel near Sacramento
California senator James W. Denver, after whom Denver is named, killed a San Francisco newspaper editor in a duel near Sacramento when he was 34.
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Denver
James W. Denver
Colorado
California
San Francisco
Sacramento
Five basic rules for paying compliments in social life
The article argues men are socially shy and unarticulate and urges learning five basic laws for compliments to win women. It recounts Judy teaching a Sunday School class and a teen boy praising her, then urges readers to request Dr Crane's Compliment Club booklet with a stamped return envelope and 20 cents.
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Judy
Emily Post
Ann Landers
Million Dollar Suit by Convict Against Police Officers
Sanford N. Harris, 45, jailed in Stateville for 1966 kidnap beating, sues three Rockford area police captains in U S District Court for $1 million. He claims unlawful removal from Boone County and denial of constitutional rights. arrest occurred while he worked in Belvidere. The victim was found nude and beaten after two days.
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Freeport, Ill
Sanford N. Harris
Rockford
U.S. District Court
Harris
Stateville Penitentiary
Boone County
William Lunberg
Floyd Hanson
Billy Selk
Belvidere
Television In Review by Cynthia Lowry
AP Television Radio Writer reviews this season’s TV specials noting freshness issues and an overreliance on one shot formats. Miss Reynolds’ NBC/ABC outing underwhelms with old fashioned humor and star cameos. networks may cut specials next season as ratings disappoint.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
ABC
Debbie
Miss Reynolds
Jim Nabors
Donald O’connor
Frank Gorshin
Gorshin
Bob Hope
Nabors
Dear Ann Landers Advice Column Excerpt
Readers seek guidance on a lisping girlfriend, marital fidelity, cemetery choices, and teen drinking. Ann Landers offers practical counsel on speech therapy, avoiding nagging, balancing burial with family ties, and steering teens away from alcohol.
Today in History March 8 1968
On this date in 1917 the Russian revolution began with riots in St. Petersburg. Also noted are the Stamp Act passage in 1765 and other historical events across years.
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Associated Press
St. Petersburg
House of Lords
U.S. Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Boston
John Charles Fremont
Sutter’s Fort
California
Netherlands
Amsterdam
North Sea
Rangoon
Burma
Dublin
Nuernberg
Germany
Soviet Union
U.S
Southeast Asia
Brown Recluse Spider Outbreak Reported Across Illinois
Entomologist Steve Moore of the Illinois Natural History Survey says the Brown Recluse Spider outbreak is the first in ten years, widespread especially in the southern state. The spider carries a dark fiddle-shaped mark, varies from light fawn to brown, and hides in cracks and crevices. Bites can be painful, with healing taking six to eight weeks and potentially leaving a penny to half dollar sized scar.
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Belleville, Tl
Steve Moore
Ilinois
Pet Shop Theft Stuns Seattle
In Seattle the Highland Pet Shop was broken into and a toucan, two monkeys, and a talking parrot were stolen. Police described the burglary as an unusual animal heist.
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Seattle, Wash
Highland Pet
Daily Crossword Clues From A Sunday Page
A list of crossword entries with definitions and word lengths across from one to forty four. Clues include cut as meat dip out as liquid rock not dead and other paired hints. Several entries mention biblical names empires rivers and various common nouns found on puzzle pages.
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Morris Publishing Company
Illinois
East Washington Street
Morris
Thomas E. West
Herald Office
John Beckler
James Marlow
Lee Phillip
Wonderful World
City Desk
Laramie
Dennis the Menace
Untouchables
Gadabout Gaddis
Jackie Gleason
Saint
Death Valley Days
Lawrence Welk
Mannix
Daniel
Glen Ellyn
Ill
Television In Review
William L. Shirer
Edward Villella
NBC
Hitler
Jake
MR. Mc Duck
Kluck KA
Heke Aares
Jhahran
Vivian
MR. _ CORRIGAN
Sally
Oklahoma
Dad
Mother
Irene
Syria
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Daily Crossword
Bengal
Mulberry
Stripe
Shelter
Correct
Belgium
Poland
Jis
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