SNCC Backed by Ten Colleges in Mississippi Voting Drive
Representatives from ten Metropolitan Area colleges voted to back the SNCC voter registration effort in McComb County Mississippi. The SDS and other groups will co sponsor a New York drive with fundraising planned for late November. The article notes violence including a fatal wounding and arrests of 114 local students and high schoolers as federal officials discuss safeguards with SDS leaders.
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South
New York
The
Students For A Democratic Society
League For Industrial Democracy
SNCC
McComb County
Thomas Hayden
SDS
Paul Potter
NSA
Hayden
University of Michigan Daily
New Status Sought By Race Committee at Barnard
The Race Relations Committee at Barnard plans reorganization from a committee without a constitution to a club under the Undergraduate Association. Bobbi Yancy selects four to draft a constitution for October 26 meeting, aiming to gain a charter to boost voter registration education housing and employment efforts.
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Barnard
Bobbi Yancy
South
Council Bans Free Speech On Campuses
Administrative Council of the City University temporarily bans speeches by Communist Party members on city campuses after Queens College President Harold J. Stoke barred the national secretary of the Communist Party from speaking on campus. Philip Oke of Queens denounces the move as an attack on academic freedom and on the Charter Marxist Discussion Club.
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Naomi Weintraub
City University
Communist Party
Queens College
Harold J. Stoke
Philip Oke
Queens
Marxist Discussion Club
Battista Links Rent, Traffic and Ethics to City Policy
Vito Battista a United Taxpayers Party mayoral candidate spoke in Wollman Auditorium detailing his platform. He urged abolition of public housing for cooperative apartments and removal of rent controls, arguing for residence requirements and space conservation measures while accusing Governor Rockefeller of bribery.
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Vito Battista
United Taxpayers Party
New York
Wollman Auditorium
Citizenship Council
Institute For Design and Construction
Brooklyn
Battista
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Columbia
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Liberal Party
Dubinsky
Rose
Povr
City Hall
Rockefeller
OConnor Returns From Cuba After Economic Study
James O Connor economist instructor returns to Barnard from Cuba after studying Castro era economic planning and labor market shifts. He participated in Freedom Rides in Florida with a pending trial.
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James O'Connor
Barnard
Cuba
Fidel Castro
O’connor
Florida
O'Connor
Melvin Leiman
Mr. O'Connor
Dissent
the Nation
Editorial condemns Queens College Communist ban
The decision at Queens College to bar a Communist party member from speaking to a campus organization is a gross infringement on freedom of speech and assembly. Students showed unity in response, while others on campus and city campuses displayed surprising indifference to this issue.
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Queens College
Communist Party
Queens
Columbia
Scheffler Elected President of Class of 65
Sue Scheffler won the class of 65 presidential election last Friday. She will pursue ideas to unify the class through formal and informal discussions, cultural sharing, and use of Barnard facilities and guest lectures. Her platform favors smaller freshman hygiene classes and student engagement in cultural activities.
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Sue Scheffler
Miss Scheffler
Bronx
Barnard
Senior class meeting postponed to October 19
The senior class meeting set for tomorrow is moved to Thursday October 19 at 12 30 PM in room 304B. Mrs Ethel S Paley will address the class on vocational guidance offered by the Placement Office to seniors and alumnae.
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Ethel S. Paley
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James O’connor
Editorial
Scheffler
Linda Epstein
Tennessee
Marjorie Rosenblum
Erasmus High School
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