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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1969
Page
1
U S District Court Judge Gordon E Young called the suit to bar the song Dixie from Jonesboro High School events silly and dismissed it. The plaintiffs argued the song violated constitutional rights as a bondage symbol in school settings. The judge said the complaint is silly and noted more important matters to consider.
A 20 year old Green Beret Robert Pryor wounded at Ben Het recovers as neighbors and strangers place a 10 by 4 foot prayer sign on the Pryor home. Army confirms he is out of danger and improving.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover disclosed in testimony that wealthy individuals and foundations gave major sums to the New Left groups including Students for a Democratic Society. He named examples of donors who reportedly contributed over 100000, with gifts routed to the Internal Revenue Service to deny tax deductions, describing SDS as a Communist anarchist group and warning of a subversive force in the Western world.
Sacramento AP report says the Federal Home Loan Bank will start issuing five year loans to savings institutions. The move widens mortgage credit by funding longer loans through debentures, with the first 200 million at eight percent interest, though no rate cut.
In Fayette Mississippi Mayor Charles Evers 46 becomes the first Black elected mayor of a biracial Mississippi city since Reconstruction pledging equal justice for Black and White residents. Addressing about 300 at his inaugural ball he urged governance without bitterness and noted his dual roles with the NAACP while social tensions and scant White attendance marked the event. A Salina Kansas supermarket posts signs taunting rising produce costs with a joke about beef and cigarettes.
Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel abruptly backed a reduction of Pyramid Lake to help move the California Nevada Water Compact. Nevada Governor Reagan and Senator Laxall discussed Tahoe issues with Hickel, preferring a stable Pyramid Lake size around 70,000 acres from its 110,000. The plan aims to placate Indian opposition and conservation groups.
Treasury Secretary David M. Kennedy said representatives of nearly all major banks reported they are turning down large numbers of loan applicants to fight inflation. He stressed the meeting was not about rolling back the prime rate, and noted no pledge to hold rates was requested. The session, attended by top government economists, discussed credit conditions and inflation alongside high interest rates.
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