Youngest Student Ever In College In Detroit
DETROIT AP Melvin Barry White 14 will enroll as the youngest student at Wayne State University this fall He will work on an Afro American authors project until classes begin in September He has a 175 LQ and a university scholarship via the Higher Education Opportunities Committee of Detroit Barry admires Billy Graham and MLK Jr hopes to be a minister or gynecologist and supports his mother who is ill his sister attends Oakland Community College and his brother is in grade school his father works at Ford Motor Co and Barry sings and has performed nationally
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Detroit
Melvin Barry White
Wayne State University
Barry
Martin Luther King Jr
Charlie Brown
Higher Education Opportunities Committee of
William Keast
Billy Graham
Graham
Gregory
Highland Park General Hospital
Prime Interest Rate Reaches All Time High At Eight Percent
The Associated Press reports major banks raised the prime rate to 8 percent beginning June 9, the fifth increase in six months. The rate, tied to lending to premier borrowers, now contrasts with 5 percent in December 1965 and 1 percent during the 1930s.
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Associated Press
House Banking Committee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Judge Turns To Hebrew Code For New Child Support Decision
A Brooklyn Supreme Court judge ordered Murray Wener to pay 15 weekly for his former wife and 35 weekly for Helene Peggy 10, whom the couple informally adopted in 1958. Justice Multer cited the Talmud as basis, noting no Anglo-Saxon precedent could be found.
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New York
Brooklyn
EHU Notes on India Lesson and Community Project
Lane EHU met with 12 members and a guest, led by Mrs. George Snow Jr., featuring an Inside India lesson on the sari. The group planned a Lane Fair float, raised funds for a Christian Youth Center awning project, and discussed India’s dress, religions, and crafts, with remarks on agriculture and pests.
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Lane E.H.U
George Snow Jr
India
Earl Lombard
Damon Moon
Dewayne Cleveland
George Snow
Edith Shabe
Lillian Feuerborn
Emma Lou Sullins
Christian Youth Center
Mary Black
House Eager To Duck Pay Battle
Washington leaders seek to avoid a court fight over back pay for Adam Clayton Powell. They reject partial payment or restoration of chairmanship and plan to deduct more from his pay if he presses the case. Powell may avoid further action, leaving resolution to his lawyers.
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Washington
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Congress
Supreme Court
House Education and Labor Committee
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
McCormack
Wet Land Skier at Suburban Granger Drive Incident
In Salt Lake City an unusual water skit occurred when a tubed water skier towed by a pickup truck zipped past the Hicks home on Lehi Drive after a storm. Mrs. Hicks said they were “having a ball” though they had to slow for kayaks as knee-deep water flooded the street.
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Salt Lake City
Gerald Hicks
Hicks
Lehi Drive
Granger
Smart Soil Conservation May Mean Large Profits Tomorrow
A regional piece argues soil conservation aligns with farmer profit, stressing land use tailored to soil water and plant needs. It highlights people centered action, landowner buy in, and the goal of higher yields with lower costs driving better net farm income.
Black Panther Testimony Ends Senate Hearings On Violence
The Senate hearings ended with defectors Powell and his wife accusing the Black Panthers of turning into a thief driven cult that exploits the ghetto poor. They described sexual corruption of teens, murders, and children trained in crime, while leaders allegedly hoard funds and abandon members in danger.
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Senate
Washington
Black Panthers Party
Senate Permanent Investigations
Larry Clayton Powell
Jean
Powell
Muskie pushes cease fire plan to end Vietnam war
Senator Muskie urged President Nixon to propose a cease fire as a fresh path to negotiations in Vietnam. He welcomed Clark Clifford’s idea to withdraw 100000 troops and warned both sides face risks. Muskie noted limited impact of small withdrawals and stressed preserving credibility of peace overtures.
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Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
Nixon
Maine Democrat
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Vietnam
Muskie
Saigon
Paris
Hanoi
U.S
Clifford
Quarterly
Foreign Affairs
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
George McGovern
Pentagon
GOP Leaders Back Lindsay Despite Primary Loss
Five leading Senate Republicans including Edward Brooke Mark Hatfield Charles Mathias Jacob Javits and Charles Goodell say they will back New York Mayor John Lindsay for re election despite his loss in the GOP city primary Lindsay will run on the Liberal party line against Conservative John Marchi and Democrat Mario Procaccino with Mathias calling the race a fusion ticket and Goodell predicting a near nonpartisan contest. A minority of GOP senators declined to take a stand while Vice President Agnew and Nixon officials favored Marchi.
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Senate
New York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Maryland
Jacob K. Javits
Charles E. Goodell
John Marchi
Mathias
Marchi
Mario Procaccino
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
LaGuardia
Goodell
Javits
Hatfield
Brooke Goodell
GOP
Charles Percy
Ilinois
Hugh Scott
Richard S. Schweiker
Pennsylvania
Percy
Spiro T. Agnew
Pittsburgh
Nixon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Rogers C. B. Morton
Republican National Committee
Marlow W. Cook
Kentucky
Jack Miller
Iowa
Miller
Dick Nixon
California
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Delmarva Power and Light Co
Wilmington
Del
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