CORE Leader Calls For Power To Fight Racism
James Farmer, former head of CORE, told an Ohio University audience that past nonviolent appeals failed to move real change. He urged black economic and political power, ownership in communities, and using whites as allies in a new strategy while condemning persistent segregation and biased schooling.
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America
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Ohio University
Farmer
Martin Luther King
Dr. King
Supreme Court
Africa
Births at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr and Mrs Harold Braley of Athens welcome a daughter. Admitted patients include Mrs Byron Arbaugh Albany Route 1 Mrs Harley Williams Athens Mrs Jack Hawk New Marshfield Francis Love Glouster Route 1 Mrs Georgia Dye Athens Route 2 Lucille Parker Mrs Robert Stires and son Richard Essex Mrs John Brookhart Jo Ann Bryant Rose Kidd Deanna Barrows and Mrs Harry Mitchell.
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Harold Braley
Athens
Byron Arbaugh
Albany
Harley Williams
Jack Hawk
New Marshfield
Francis Love
Glouster
Georgia Dye
Lucille Parker
Robert Stires
Richard Essex
John Brookhart
Jo Ann Bryant Rose Kidd
Deanna Barrows
Harry Mitchell
Patrol Auxiliary To Meet Thursday
The Athens County Unit of the State Highway Patrol Auxiliary will meet Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at the K T Crossen Post of the American Legion. Members will renew Red Cross first aid ratings with Patrolman David Baker as instructor and an inspection will be conducted.
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Athens County
State Highway Patrol Auxiliary
K. T. Crossen
American Legion
Red Cross
David Baker
Two Teens Injured In Hocking County Car Crash
Two 17 year olds were taken to Mount St. Mary Hospital in Nelsonville after a head on collision on a curve on Hocking County Road 300. Ralph Scribner and Garen Eggleston drove their cars in opposite directions and collided when Scribner swerved left of center on an icy road.
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Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Hocking
Ralph Scribner
Logan
Garen Eggleston
New Plymouth
Scribner
68 Good Year For Scouting District Executive Says
District Scout Executive Thomas A. McGovern reports 1968 was a successful year for Boy and Cub Scouting in the Hock-Hocking Scout District with unit membership rising 14.7 percent to a high level. The district covers Athens County and part of Meigs County with 11 communities hosting units and ongoing service to flood victims and fund drives.
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Hock-Hocking
Thomas A. McGovern
United Appeal
Red Cross
Kootaga
West Virginia
Athens County
Meigs County
McGovern
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Magnolia
Steppin Fetchit
Sheltering Arms Hospital
State Highway Patrol
Pearl R. Goodin
Bruce Bare
McArthur
Goodin
Plaza
Bare
By Tom Skoch
Beacon School
Retarded
Southeastern Ohio Mental Health Center
Skil- Mil
Strouds Run State Park
Maj
Stanley White
Alpha Phi Omega
Cabinet
Hughes River
Camp
Keith Butt
Philmont
Cimarron, N. M
Jerry Beckley
the Plains
Sears
Athens Cub Pack 56
Wesley Rowe
Patricia Hinkle
Crooksville
Men’s “Archdale” Permanent
Dacron
Archdale
Andover
North Court Street
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