Northern cities resist busing with bombings and boycotts
In Pontiac Michigan and Denver Colorado, busing fights over court ordered racial balance in schools produced bombings, protests, and legal actions. The Pontiac clash saw KKK indictments and mass picketing while Denver faced court driven integration with ongoing delays and open enrollment.
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Mich
FBI
Ku Klux Klan
KKK
Federal
Detroit
Michigan
Pontiac Board of Education
NAACP
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
National Actions
Pontiac Police Officers’ Association
Police Association
General Motors Fisher
Pontiac General Motors
Jacqueline Heubel
Denver
Colo
U.S. District Court
Joham E. Doyle
Balking School Board
Stedman and Hallett
Virginia candidates clash over busing views in polls
In Virginia the Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Kostel denounces busing protests while promising to keep children in school and push a constitutional amendment. Republican rival Shafran defends anti busing stance and vows to reintroduce his antibusing bill if needed. AFL CIO accuses Nixon admin of violating wage price freeze over a fee for a monthly report.
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Associated Press
Del
George J. Kostel
del. George P. Shafran
Shafran
Bristol
Linwood Holton
Virginia
General Assembly
House
Senate
Henry E. Howell Jr
Washington
Afl-Cio
Nixon
Consumer Legislative Monthly
Virginia H. Knauer
Holton and Miller to Speak at Virginia Drug Control Conference
Gov Linwood Holton and Attorney General Andrew P Miller will headline the first statewide conference on drug abuse control for law officers in Virginia. The Norfolk event October 13 to 15 will emphasize statewide intelligence gathering new drug laws funding antidrug programs and investigative methods.
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Richmond
Linwood Holton
Andrew P. Miller
Virginia
Norfolk
Scouts hold Fall Camporee at Woodbine Farms site
The Shenandoah Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America runs a Fall Camporee from today through Sunday on Woodbine Farms property between Kernstown and Middle Road. The outstanding troop will receive a trophy donated by Royal Jewelers, presented by John W. Reid to George Grigsby, Camporee program and activities chairman.
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Shenandoah
Boy Scouts of America
Kernstown
Middle Road
Woodbine Farms
Royal Jewelers
George Grigsby
John W. Reid
Gun Collectors to Restore Civil War Log Cabin Museum
Proceeds from the show will fund restoring a Civil War era log cabin on Route 11 south in Kernstown. The Gun Collectors Association aims to turn the restored building into a local museum.
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Rt. 11 South
Kernstown
Gun Collectors Assn
Shenandoah Valley Gun Collectors Association
Winchester National Guard Armory
Maine
Florida
Teachers Targeted in Nixon Wage Freeze Suit New Orleans
The Justice Department seeks a preliminary injunction in U S District Court against pay hikes for 2,800 Jefferson Parish public school teachers as part of Nixon’s wage price freeze. A hearing is set for October 7 to decide on cutting October checks and enforcing the new salary scale.
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District Court
Appeals Court
U.S. Court
High Court
Lila Lewis
Stedman and Hallett
Hallett School
Hallett
Goldrick
New Orleans
Jefferson Parish
Nixon
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
Blake West
NASA highlights military value of the space shuttle
NASA administrator Dr. James C. Fletcher told the National Security Industrial Association that half of the shuttle’s payloads would be military. He said the reusable craft would upgrade U S space capabilities for civilian and military, national and international missions. Contracts may be bid by December with manned flight by 1978 and a fully reusable shuttle by the 1980s.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
James C. Fletcher
NASA
National Security Industrial Association
Fletcher
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George Washington Hotel
Virginia Real Estate Commission
Phillips Business College
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Lynchburg
American Bible Society
Chevrolet
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New York, N.Y
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