Maddox calls for resignation over subversive book report
Georgia Governor Lester Maddox demanded the resignation of Martha Henry, 23, a Cross Keys High School English teacher, for requiring tenth graders to read A Patch of Blue and submit reports after she rejected a student chosen alternative. He labeled the novel vulgar and ugly and warned against teachers who push such contents.
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Lester Maddox
Maddox
Skinty Polder
Martha Henry
Cross Keys High School
Mr. President You Forgot Somebody Americus Liberator Seeks Protection
Americus Liberator, the last place finisher in Nebraska's Republican primary, has written to President Johnson asking for Secret Service protection. He argues he remains a presidential candidate and deserves protection like others such as Harold Stassen, noting he beat Stassen in some precincts. The piece also notes Nixon resumes his campaign amid family milestones with Tricia's graduation and Pat Nixon receiving an honorary degree.
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Nebraska
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Stassen
Robert F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Tricia
New York
Finch College
Nixon
Pat
Becky Howland awaits a heart transplant in Hermiston
Seven year old Becky Howland faces a possible heart transplant after doctors at Stanford report a suitable donor is required. Doctor Norman Shumway warned the search will be difficult due to the need for a small pediatric heart. Becky’s father Elton says the family is prepared and Becky remains hopeful to keep up with her friends.
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Becky” Howland
Hecky
Hermiston
Ore
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Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Shumway
Becky
Per
John Bussman
Portland
Bussman
University of Minnesota Medical School
Howlands
Elton Howland
Howland
Baby Born With Bullet In Body In Brooklyn Hospital
A four day old girl at Kings County Hospital Brooklyn was born with a bullet in her body and is in critical condition due to a respiratory ailment. Doctors say the bullet likely lodged in the womb and was swallowed by the fetus during birth. The mother Mrs. Lucy Ortiz 20 was admitted Monday and her husband Carlos Ortiz said she had been shot. An emergency Caesarean delivered the baby weighing 5 pounds 14 ounces. The slug was found in the infant's intestines and Mrs Ortiz remained in fair condition as police investigate.
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Kings County Hospital
Brooklyn
Gary Siegel
Movie Cowboy Rex Allen Quits His Guns at Show
Rex Allen, veteran movie cowboy, announced at the 27th Midwest Horse Show in Springfield that he is hanging up his guns after 17 years. He said gun play has contributed to a wrong image and violence, removing his two 45 Colt belts in front of hundreds of onlookers.
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Springfield
Allen
Scotland Yard Captures Ray Supporter at London Airport
London UPI The Scotland Yard detective who captured James Earl Ray returned to action at London Airport as the hunt for possible Ray accomplices broadened. Philip Birch, 40, spotted Ray in a crowd and made an arrest that ended a global manhunt. Defense lawyers for Ray prepared in London for extradition hearings to Memphis, Tenn. U.S. officials praised Birch before his flight back to Washington. Ray remains jailed on pistol and illegal passport charges pending extradition.
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Loot from galleon yields $50,000 in stolen coins
Miami deputies stop Barbara Ann McKelvey after a traffic stop uncovering $50,000 in gold and silver coins and ingots stolen last Sunday from a replica Spanish galleon in Fort Lauderdale. Coin total matched items seized from her car trunk. three bandits remain at large.
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UPI
Fort Lauderdale
Barbara Ann McKelvey
R. Lamont
R. Coleman
Robert C. Moran
Treasure Salvors Inc
GI's Widow to Get a Surprise Fortune
The widow of Air Force sergeant Edwin Lewis Clark will receive more than 2.5 million dollars from his estate, with Clark having amassed over 4 million through stock investments. She will receive 650 thousand in cash and 28 950 shares of Transamerica Corp. stock, while the brother and three sisters share the remainder under a court filing.
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Los Angeles
Edwin Lewis Clark
Clark
Orlando
Fla
Transamerica Corp
Cal Poly Faculty Back Colleges Chief Dunke Supports Autonomy
California Polytechnic College San Luis Obispo faculty and staff unanimously backed Chancellor Glenn Dunke in a vote of confidence. The Sea member Faculty Staff Council, representing about 1,200, condemned the Academic Senate for what it called unfounded charges and urged maximum local autonomy in campus policy.
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State College
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Robert E. Kennedy
British Leftist Vows to Free GI Deserters
Tariq Ali warned that if British courts hand deserters to U.S. authorities he and fellow activists will invade courts to free them. The incident followed Jeremy Tupper of Edmonds, Washington admitting desertion to a London magistrate who sent him to U.S. Air Force guards. Other MPs and student figures debated the action and condemned or supported it amid discussions on Vietnam and socialism.
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Pakistan
Oxford Union
Jeremy C. Tupper
Edmonds
Wash
Tupper
Lord Brockway
Americcan
Price Dip as Gold Dumped in European Markets
A single large seller dumped a hoard of gold in European markets triggering the biggest two month drop. London price fell to 40.50 an ounce and Swiss quotes matched the move as government banks reaffirmed not to buy at the official price, highlighting the divide between official and open market values.
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