Equal Opportunities Committee urged binding nondiscrimination clause for public contracts
Rev. George Short told Elyria's Equal Opportunities Committee that tax funded public contracts must include a non-discrimination clause. He pressed for accelerated hiring of Negroes in industries and downtown stores, open trade school programs, and equal housing opportunities, signaling planned demonstrations if progress stalls. The group will reconvene next Tuesday led by Louis Kaplan with a steering subcommittee to prepare.
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William O'Neal
Arlyn Huston
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Decaying Cindy now only a tropical storm floods Texas coast
Decaying hurricane Cindy downgraded to a tropical storm drenched the Texas Louisiana coast with over 15 inches of rain. Rescue boats and Army trucks evacuated about 200 people from Port Acres while 800 remained in Port Arthur shelters. Schools closed and residents woke to water at bed level.
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Cindy Hurricane Toll and Flooding Reach Texas Coast
News reports describe Cindy moving slowly along the Texas Gulf with heavy rainfall in Beaumont and Port Arthur, prompting rescues and sheltering. Red Cross facilities housed 470 people in Beaumont while rice crop damage nears one million dollars and towns across Port Arthur and Port Acres report rising floodwaters.
U.S. pledges no aggression toward India and Pakistan
Assistant Secretary of State Phillips Talbot said the United States assured Pakistan and India that it would respond if either nation attacked the other. He stated the pledge covers a highly unlikely event and promises an American response to such aggression.
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India
Phillips Talbot
NAACP faces split over protest statement at Elyria EOC meeting
At a Second Baptist Church gathering the Elyria NAACP chapter debated a president Short statement seen as endorsing violent action to achieve civil rights goals. Critics pressed for the document’s approval by the NAACP executive board and questioned Short’s authority to speak for the organization.
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la&Stright
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Second Baptist Church
NAACP
George T. Snort
EOC
Jerry Rothman
County Welfare Department
Larkins
James Mitchell
Isaac Chapman
Mitchell
Mr. Short
Short
Elm Street railroad crossing repair hits Elm Street access
Grafton residents face tougher northbound access next week as Elm Street crossing repairs begin. Medina School Board votes 3 2 to follow Saxbe ruling ending transportation of parochial students. Rights to use and maintain the Washington Ave dam may transfer to Elyria by Ohio Edison Co without third party in a City Solicitor statement.
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J. C. William Tatterwall
Rioters Burn British Embassy in Jakarta During Malaysia Crisis
About 10 000 rioters attacked and burned the British Embassy in Jakarta as protests against Malaysia intensified. Embassy staff fled under police protection with some injured. Indonesia offered no fire suppression, while Kuala Lumpur announced a state of preparedness and London protested the incident to protect British lives and property.
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Tony Aulisio returns to Elyria Catholic after life changing wish
Aulisio, 16 turning 17, fulfilled his wish to resume high school a year after a September 1964 football injury left partial paralysis. He enrolled in four subjects at Elyria Catholic with modified attendance and home exercises, aided by tutors, braces, and hospital donations, planning to graduate in 1965.
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Elyria Catholic
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Highland View County Hospital
Cleveland
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Tomy
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Aulisig
Wayne Diederich
Aulisia
Hilliard Rd
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