Wofford to Speak at SHS Commencement
Harris A. Wofford Jr former Kennedy White House aide and civil rights figure will address Scarsdale High School graduates at a 5 30 p m commencement in the library courtyard on June 20. Wofford a 1944 SHS alumnus now leads State University College Old Westbury and has deep ties to Peace Corps planning and civil rights activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Harris A. Wofford, Jr
Scarsdale High School
Martin Luther King
Selma To Montgomery
Wofford
University of Chicago
Howard University
Yale Law School
White House
Sargent Shriver
Africa
Asia
Peace Corps
Ethiopia
Corps
Experimental College
Old Westbury
New State University College
Long Island
MacIntyre Backs Dorothy Gordon for School Board
Former mayor endorses Dorothy Gordon for the School Board citing her qualifications and nonpartisan system selection. The statement urges voters to compare Gordon and rival candidate on vocational experience and community service as detailed in prior reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm A. MacIntyre
Dorothy Gordon
Winston Bradshaw
Mortimer Reznick
Citizens Committee
the Inquirer
Gordon
Scarsdale
College Career Funds gives Westchester youths path to college
Seventy minus six youths from Westchester slums rise from bleak lives to college enrollment through Dorothy Allensworth’s College Careers Program. From 12 initial trips to Negro colleges, 22 students gain admission by 1967 with scholarships partial or full, boosting retention and offering a national model. The fund seeks $125,000 for next year and $13,000 to finish this year, aiming to curb crime and welfare costs by investing in education. The effort gathers Scarsdale organizers and White Plains Mt. Vernon volunteers while the incorporated group seeks volunteers for counseling, clerical work, and transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamaroneck
Tuckahoe
Greenburgh
Tarrytown
Mid-South
East
Middle West
Mrs
Allensworths College Careers Program
Scarsdale
Robert Dentler
Richard Lederer Jr
Horseguard Lane
College Career Funds of
Westchester
Village Orders New Study For Freightway
Scarsdale village trustees decided to hire Eggers and Higgins to present a concept for a revenue producing Freightway development with public parking. The firm urged further study of alternate uses to offset land costs and build a parking facility plus revenue for public improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale Village
Eggers
Higgins
Lowell Tooley
Biem
Citizens
Eggers and Higgins
Fred Clark and Associates
Protest Plans For New District The Pool Rules Discussed
Village Board heard residents oppose a proposed special assessment district to extend Benedict and Sycamore Roads. Dr. Milton Goldstein and others argued private property would be condemned for private development, urging postponement for study and open space preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benedict
Sycamore Roads
Alvin Ruskin
New Rochelle
Milton Goldstein
Benedict Road
Gabriel Senor
Scarsdale
Ruskin
Benaway
Edward Schneider
Sycamore Road
Secor Farms Property Owners Association
Earl Weissberger
Goldstein
John Gelles
Boulder Brook Road
Village protests tax ceiling on Penn Central assessment
The village seeks to have the State Board of Equalization raise the tax ceiling to cover the new Penn Central railroad assessment. In 1968 the assessment was 147400 under a 179327 ceiling, but the State reduced the ceiling to 134721 after the merger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Equalization
Penn Central Railroad
Scarsdale
Summer School Program Dropped Over Lack of Federal Funds
Frederick C. Rose announced the Urban Suburban Student Development Program for Scarsdale and Mt. Vernon is cancelled due to no available federal funds. The district council discussed ballot propositions, board size changes, and budget issues as residents urged broader referendums and questioned the Center for Urban Education report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick C. Rose
Board of Education of
Scarsdale
Mt. Vernon
New York State
Reid
Donald Emery
State Education Department
Office of
ESEA
Office of Correctional Imbalance
Foundation
Center For Urban Education
Harvey Kitay
Citizens For Referendum
Board of Education
Kitay
Office of Education
Hugh Jones
CUE
Rose
Leonard Howard
Lloyd Sand
Robert Ostrow
Emery
Vernon
Howard
Ostrow
John Sweeney
Scarsdale High School
Sweeney
St. Pius X
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Fred C. Roth
Also Mentioned on This Page
SHS
Harris Wofford
MacIntyre
Dorothy Allensworth
Smith and Western Reserve
Westchester Co-Op
Laban Southmayd
Randolph P. Compton
Edward H. Hessberg
Harry Staley
Irving Paley
Allensworth
Wm. Russ
Edgemont
Eleanor Josset
Edgemont Teachers Association
E.T.A
Alden A. Larson
Edgemont School Board
Public Employment Relations Board
Josset
Penn Central
CFR
Inquirer
Scarsdale High
SCOPE
Ellen Buzbee
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