Poor's Drive Mired In Mud
The Poor People's Campaign led by Rev. Ralph David Abernathy struggles to realize its poverty goals as Resurrection City faces relentless mud and rain. Despite government sympathy and public rallies, arrests have been few, and leadership turmoil clouds the march plan for Washington. Turnout and funding remain pivotal as the June 23 permit deadline nears.
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Ralph David Abernathy
Resurrection City
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America
King
Congress
Bayard Austin
Sterling Tucker
Tucker
Mass surrender near Saigon marks war’s largest draw
In Gia Dinh suburb south of Saigon, 121 enemy soldiers including Viet Cong and North Vietnamese regulars surrendered to South Vietnamese marines after loudspeaker calls. Most were wounded and carried weapons. Gov. Maj. Gen. Nguyen Van Minh warned of possible Viet Cong attacks on Saigon, noting they often do what they do not say.
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Ray To Battle Return Ray To Battle Return
A British magistrate set a June 27 hearing on the U S government bid to extradite James Earl Ray to Tennessee for trial on the Martin Luther King Jr. murder. Ray, in Bow Street Court, said he would fight extradition as his Birmingham, Alabama lawyers prepare to aid. The magistrate aimed to decide quickly, with Ray returned to Wandsworth Prison after today’s appearance.
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Tennessee
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Roger Frisby
Bow Street
Frank Milton
Milton
Wandsworth
Birmingham
Ala
Arthur J. Hanes
Arthur Jr
French strikers return to work after Renault settlement
Paris reports thousands of French workers resume duties led by 65,000 Renault employees who accepted a union negotiated settlement. About 10,000 at the Sa Viem truck plant in Lyon and 30,000 at shipyards in St Nazaire Bordeaux and La Seyne joined, leaving under 250,000 of 10 million on strike. Eisenhower, 77, fighting heart attack, holds his own after a major episode. In Ohio, State Supt Essex tells committee 70 of 88 counties could gain from countywide districts and centralized federations may suit larger counties.
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la Seyne
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hartford Man Killed After Son Died In Middleport Crash
Frankie Lester Gibbs aged 57 of Hartford died in a one car crash in Clifton after his son Dallas Gibbs 32 died from injuries from a May Middleport crash. Kenneth Dodson 26 was injured when the vehicle left Route 62, crossed embankments, and overturned by the Ohio River. Dodson, home from Vietnam, suffered multiple injuries and was in good condition. The Mason County sheriff noted uncertainty over the driver. The incident followed Gibbs's son’s death on June 6. the Middleport crash also claimed two other lives. This was Mason County’s fourth highway fatality of the year.
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Frankie Lester Gibbs
Hartford
Clifton
Middleport
Mason County
Gibbs
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Kenneth A. Dodson
Ohio River
Dallas Gibbs
Mason's County
Court bans racial bias in housing sales and rentals
Washington AP The Supreme Court broadens a 1866 Reconstruction era law to ban racial discrimination in private and public housing sales and rentals. The 7 2 ruling, supported by Justice Stewart, holds the act bars private discrimination and signals Congress can tackle private acts of prejudice using the 13th Amendment. Dissenters Harlan and White caution the ruling overreaches. The decision follows other major rulings on drunks welfare and cable copyright.
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Stewart
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William J. Brennan Jr
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Thurgood Marshall
John M. Harlan
Byron R. White
Antenna
McCarthy Urges Humphrey to Voice Private Doubts
McCarthy urges Humphrey to publicly reveal any private doubts about Vietnam. Moyers predicted Humphrey will spell out differences with Johnson policies, while a Humphrey aide defended consistent private-public stances. Nixon urged Johnson to sign the anticrime bill as Rockefeller campaigned for delegates in New York.
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Richard M. Nixon
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