SCLC Urges Members Not to Vote GOP in 1968
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference urged members and friends not to vote for the Republican ticket led by Nixon and Agnew, adopting a wait and see stance on Democrats. A second resolution calls for immediate Vietnam cease fire and peace talks, with full support for a Democratic ticket only if its platform ends the war and reduces poverty. Mayor Hatcher urged considering a black candidate for vice president. Also notes a bee swarm fact at end.
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Don McKee
Associated Press
Memphis, Tenn
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
SCLC
Chicago
Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Martin Luther King Jr
Memphis
Richard G. Hatcher
Gary
Ind
Hatcher
Democratic Party
America
Humphrey Finds Common Vietnam Ground With Kennedy
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey said he and the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy shared remarkably similar views on Vietnam. He cited Kennedy’s call for negotiations with no unconditional surrender and for broad political participation in South Vietnam, reflecting alignment with the Kerr proposed settlement.
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NEW York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Vietnam
Humphrey
New York Liberal Party
Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Saigon
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
National Committee For
Clark Kerr
University of California
Kerr
Two New U S Missiles Join Nuclear Arsenal
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP two massive multi warhead missiles joined the U S nuclear arsenal in back to back maiden flights The Navy Poseidon with up to 10 warheads and the Air Force Minuteman 3 completed test flights from Cape Kennedy with operational status expected in about two years Official spokesmen gave few flight specifics noting a 5000 mile test to Ascension Island and a sea splashdown for Poseidon 1000 miles at sea
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
U.S
Navy
Air Force
Space Complex
Cape Kennedy
America
Space Agency
Ascension Island
Wave of Violence Strikes St Petersburg Negro South Side
Early today a wave of firebombing window smashing and looting hit St Petersburg marking the citys first full scale racial disorder since a garbage strike began in May Police reported nine injuries mostly whites struck by rocks or bottles Ten Black residents and two Black women were arrested on looting weapons or disturbing the peace tear gas was used to disperse crowds and officers cordoned an area of about 17 blocks Newsmen were barred from some sections and allowed in on foot after the disturbance near a Negro dance hall unfolded around 1 a.m.
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ST. Petersburg
Fila
U.N. Condemns Israeli Attacks
The United Nations Security Council condemned Israeli air attacks on Jordan on August 4. Jordanian officials report 34 dead and 82 wounded. Arab nations sought sanctions but the Arab resolution was softened to a notice of future attacks. U.S. Ambassador Ball noted blame across all sides while peace efforts continue.
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Associated Press
United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Israel
Jordan
Council
U.S
George W. Ball
Middle East
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Ball
Whiskey Imitation Finally Disposed in St Paul Warehouse
For more than 20 years 5 247 cases of Auld Malcolm imitation Scotch sat in a St Paul warehouse awaiting a buyer. With customs watching, 62 964 bottles were hauled out and the bottles shattered by a bulldozer. The wartime liquor, made in Grimsby Ontario, faced tax disputes after a bankrupt distributor stalled shipment. A prospective Alabama buyer paid over 5 000 dollars but defaulted. the government agreed to apply the payment to taxes.
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ST. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
U.S. Customs Office
Grimsby
Ont
United States
Carl Bratober
Central Warehouse
Alabama
Bratnaber
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Akron
Ohio
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Cor Ta Fk
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Austin (Minn
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Dick’s
H.A. Severtson
V.A. Davis
Edgar Johnson
Ken Dalager
Homer Johnson
Oakland Ave
Sth Place
Jenny Lee
Golden
Steele County
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Dupont
Hershey
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