FDR Jr Sees New Job as Great Challenge
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr named head of the new Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to enforce the Civil Rights Act. He calls the role a wonderful opportunity and great challenge and plans extensive speeches in the North and South. The five member panel includes Eileen Hernandez and others with terms from 1966 to 1970. party affiliations vary.
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Houston 1000 Negroes March in School Protest
In Houston more than 1,000 Black residents protested city schools and boycotted classes at five Negro high schools. Organized to pressure desegregation at all grades, the march ended with no charges after a white man accused of attacking two girls was released. Mayor Welch urged canceling the school board meeting.
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Kennedy to Tour England for Memorial Dedication
Mrs. John F. Kennedy and her two children will fly to England aboard a White House jet for the dedication of a memorial to the assassinated president. The trip, leaving New York Wednesday morning, follows a plan announced by the Air Force as one of four executive flights. Queen Elizabeth II will unveil the memorial at Runnymede near London on Friday.
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White House
John F. Kennedy
England
Air Force
Monterey Elects First Woman Mayor Minnie Coyle
Minnie D. Coyle, longtime Monterey City Council member, defeated former Mayor Lawrence M. Pollard to become Monterey California’s first woman mayor. Both are Democrats.
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Minnie D. Coyle
Lawerence M. Pollard
Judge Errs on Hawaii Divorce Decrees
Circuit Court Judge Samuel P. King granted 13 final decrees of divorce before the new law took effect. He said there are six couples still technically married until the year passes, as the new statute bars final decrees for couples with minor children until a year after grant.
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Honolulu
Samuel P. King
Red Cross Office
Oxygen Kit Stolen From Ike's Auto
Washington AP reports a thief took a spare tire portable radio emergency oxygen kit drugs candy and a 38 caliber revolver from former president Eisenhower’s car. The theft occurred while Eisenhower was at Walter Reed for a routine examination. the car was in a basement garage.
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Somene
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Ruben Brechbill
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Brechbill
Gen
Robert L. Schulz
Deaf Man Perfects Midget Transistor Hearing Aid
Advertisement notes a compact transistor hearing aid perfected by a hard of hearing inventor Eric at 32 E. 9th St. Pa. The device promises clear whispers and asks readers to write for free information with no obligation.
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