Court orders desegregation move in Mississippi schools
The Supreme Court unanimously rejects further delay in desegregation, ordering 33 Mississippi districts to operate unitary schools immediately. The ruling, under Burger, signals strict application of all deliberate speed and broadens impact beyond Mississippi to the South while Northern districts face potential challenges to de facto segregation. NAACP officials and civil rights leaders praise the decision as a long-awaited push for immediate integration.
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UPI
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High Court
Nixon
Warren E. Burger
Justice Department
Mississippi
South
Missis
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James O. Eastland
D-Miss
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Legal Defense Fund
LDF
Jack Greenberg
New York
Department of Justice
White House pumpkin serves as October fright prop
The UPI brief reports a secret service pumpkin dressed as a witch arrives at the White House for Tricia Nixon's Halloween party, part of a procession of thirty-one carved jack-o'-lanterns by White House staff. In Tampa, a five year old named Anthony Benitez returns a Master Charge card despite a credit check success, his mother noting he cannot read or write yet.
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UPI
White House
Secret Service
Tricia Nixon
Tampa
Fla
Anthony Benitez
Europe
Anthony
Seven men arrest outside school for drug sales to children
Police stormed an elementary school scene capturing seven men aged 20 to 31 who allegedly sold heroin and other drugs to students on the way to class. A brawl prevented gun use near children. valuables including heroin, cocaine, $250, stolen goods, and a portable TV were seized. Some students reportedly aided in drug purchases.
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New York
UPI
Nixon urges new White House consumer office buyers bill of rights
Washington (UPI) President Nixon asked Congress to create a White House office of consumer affairs to give every American consumer a permanent voice. He proposed laws to expand consumer rights and allow suits on behalf of the public, plus a Justice Department consumer protection division. The plan includes broader FTC powers, a consumer finance commission, stricter FDA safety enforcement, and a new consumer bulletin. Virginia Knauer would head the effort, with a more visible, coordinated office and an attorney general for consumer protection to act quickly for low income families harmed by fraud.
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Congress
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Gerald Ford
White House
Senate Gop
Hugh Scott
UPI
Washington
Office of
Consumer Affairs
Justice Department
Consumer Protection Division
Federal Trade Commission
FIC
Commission On Consumer Finance
Food and Drug Administration
Virginia Knauer
Overbuilt Area jails urged for Iowa by state group
Iowa officials urge state run jails to replace antiquated facilities rather than county by county builds. James Cox of Fort Dodge argues current plans would waste tax money and keep revolving doors. He cites 2,300 county beds and under 600 daily inmates and urges rejection of a $220,000 Pottawattamie County bond for a new jail.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
National Council On Crime and Delinquency
James Cox
Fort Dodge
Cox
Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie County
Black Hawk County
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Three professors earn Nobel awards in 1969
STOCKHOLM UPI report credits physics for Murray Gell Mann of California Institute of Technology and chemistry for Derek H R Barton of Imperial College London and Odd Hassel of the University of Oslo. Gell Mann cited for classification of elementary particles and their interactions. Barton and Hassell recognized for developing and applying the concept of conformation in chemistry.
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Stockholm
UPI
California Institute of Technology
Britain
Norway
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Murray Gell- Mann
Derek H. R. Barton
Imperial College of Science and Technology
London
Odd Hassel
University of Oslo
Gell- Mann
Intercepted Memo from Nixon Raises Protection Racket Alarm
An intercepted memo from Richard Nixon in the White House prompts warning that a move by officials could be viewed as a protection racket. The memo signals concern over potential coercive tactics affecting public and private interests.
Washington County Farm Bureau asks for amended budget
Howard Lunning, president of the Washington County Farm Bureau, urged the Board of Education of the Washington Community School District to prepare an amended budget for 1969-70. He asked to include anticipated income from the City of Washington in lieu of property taxes on Crane Company property, which a court ruled is not subject to assessment or part of the district's taxable value. He warned that excluding this income would raise the millage above what is needed to run the district.
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Washington County Farm Bureau
Board of Education
Washington Community
Lunning
City of
Washington
Crane Company
Board of Review
Lanning
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