Prison Debate Continues over Virginia Penitentiary
Richmond AP report says the welfare and insurance departments pursue the debate on penitentiary conditions as Normal operation is expected to resume. The State Board of Welfare and Institutions found the prison quiet on a tour while critics accuse mistreatment and underfunding.
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Virginia State Penitentiary
State Board of Welfare and Institutions
Mills E.godwin Jr
Godwin
Virginia Council On Human Relations
VCHR
Carl E. Auvil
Council On Human Relations
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Frank T. Adams
Henry Howell
Norfolk
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State Department of Welfare and Institutions
Otis L. Brown
Heloise
J. M. Clore
New Kent Desegregation Expected Next Month
Community expectations rise as New Kent school integration plans surface for implementation next month. The article notes anticipated steps, local officials involved, and possible timetable adjustments impacting students and families.
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New Kent
New Kent County plans total school desegregation in 1968
Providence Forge AP New Kent County moves toward total desegregation by September 1968 after U S District Judge Merhige tours the two schools and signals a quick ruling. Officials say they must complete changes and reassignments to integrate grades 1 6 to George W Watkins and grades 7 12 to New Kent School despite earlier delays.
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Providence Forge
New Kent County
U.S
Robert R. Merhige Jr
New Kent
Merhige
Supreme Court
George W. Watkins
New Kent School
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Kennedy Back From Greece Refuses to Discuss Politics
Sen. Edward Kennedy returned to Logan Airport after a vacation in Greece with Aristotle Onassis and declined interviews, then headed to Hyannisport. Amy Ashwood Garvey, Marcus Garvey’s widow, said black Americans are spiritually returning to Africa and plans to write a book about her late husband.
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Edward M. Kennedy
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McGovern Shows Swiftly Limited First Ballot Support
AP poll nine days before the Democratic convention finds Hubert Humphrey with 851 first ballot votes, Eugene McCarthy 452, and George McGovern 324. Uncommitted totals reach 8232 with 449 favorite sons and 13 scattered elsewhere as California and New York delegate shifts occur. Florida note ends with historical aside.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
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McGovern
South Dakota
New York
McCarthy
California
Robert F. Kennedy
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