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Johnson Move Eases Threats at Democratic Convention
President Johnson’s decision to step back from politics appears to dull protest plans at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Activists including CORE, CADRE, and Yippies reexamine demonstrations as police limits and a looming telephone workers strike complicate logistics.
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Chicago
Johnson
International Amphitheatre
National Mobilization Committee
Pentagon
Rennie Walis
Davis
Martin Luther King Jr
Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Lowell Rheinheimer
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Dick Gregory
Gregory
Flower People
Youth International Party
Yippies
Democratic Party
Richard J.) Daley
Petiion
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Sinois Bell Telephone Co
John M. Meek
Miami Beach
Meek