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...primary day a year ago, the white poll watchers panicked and turned away every one of the handful of Negroes who tried to vote. The Negroes went home, formed the Fayette County Civic and Welfare League, and filed a suit in the federal district court at Memphis. Last April they won a consent decree that outlawed Fayette County's all-white primary, and the number of registered Negro voters rose to 500 v. 5,000 whites. But the whites had another weapon...
According to Charles P. Whitlock, Assistant to the President for Civic Affairs, the University may bar all traffic on the "private roads" in the future, pending Council approval. "This would create a traffic-free area similar to the Yard," he told the Council...
...plus a piano. For a while, Fadell also had Kline's son and daughter on the payroll of his public relations firm. It was obvious from Attorney General Mondale's report that the foundation's board of directors, made up of prominent businessmen and civic leaders, had been derelict in its utter failure to oversee the foundation's finances. Admitted former Board President R. Bruce Reinecker, a Minneapolis printing executive: "We put considerable trust in Marv Kline. Obviously, it wasn't justified...
...Civic Symphony Orchestra concert, 8:30 p.m., Sanders Theatre...
...stage coustruction program costing at least $50 million will give Harvard new medical center. The huge plan, which was proposed to the Boston City council last week, brought immediate praise from civic leaders...