NAACP challenges Charles City desegregation report
NAACP lawyers dispute a Charles City County school board finding that freedom of choice achieved sufficient integration. They cite alleged racial disparities in assignments to Barnetts Elementary and Ruthville High, amid Virginia’s court-ordered desegregation realignment.
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Richmond
National Associate For the Advancement of Co People
Charles City
U.S. District Court
S.W. Tucker
Henry L. Marsh II
Tucker
Marsh
Barnetts Elementary
Ruthville
Virginia
U.S. Supreme Court
New Kent County
Abby's Dear Abby column on grandchildren and chaperons
A 1968 Dear Abby column discusses family expectations about grandchildren, chaperones, hair growth, and a Viet Nam era correspondence issue. It includes reader questions from Disappointed in Flushing and Bewildered, with Abby's guidance on boundaries and responsibilities.
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Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Synd., Inc
Abby
Flushing
Viet Nam
Mountaineering Across Word Puzzle
A compact crossword style puzzle lists across and down clues ranging from Western landmark to noun suffixes. Answers cover geography chemistry literature and ancient terms with names like Fannie and Portia’s maid, plus common abbreviations and units.
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Portia
Lamb
Nancy Reagan Busy At Convention Amid Campaign Trail
Nancy Reagan, 44, travels with husband Ronald Reagan at the Republican National Convention, giving interviews praising California's governor and weighing deployment of Secret Service protection. She discusses family, mentions Skip per and Patti, and notes Burt welfare about her kids and the president’s security.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Nancy Reagan
California
Ronald Reagan
Ronnie
Reagans
Skipper
Patti
Los Angeles
Reagan
Julius
Rum as the demon of highways drives deaths and crashes
A New York Times Service report cited by the Department of Transportation links alcohol to about 25,000 deaths and 800,000 crashes annually in the United States. It urges wider chemical screening, lower blood alcohol limits, and stricter late-night police focus, with remarks from Dr. William Haddon Jr. and critics like Ralph Nader.
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Washington
Department of Transportation
United States
Alchol
William Haddon Jr
National Traffic Safety Bureau
Congress
Department
Ralph Nader
Nader
National Safety Council
Chicago
Harpies Imagined as Half-Woman Bird Spirits
The article describes Harpies as half women and half birds tasked with seizing dead souls or stealing the food of those cursed by the gods. It outlines their nightmarish duties and role in myth.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nancy
Jane Wivian
Michael
Maureen
Westmoreland State Park
Potomac River
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New York Times
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