Massachusetts Con Con drive aims to call constitutional convention
A signature drive to place a question on the ballot next year seeks a popularly elected constitutional convention for Massachusetts. The push targets a 1969 earliest or 1971 latest convention, with 61,235 signatures needed to advance if the legislature rejects, and 10,206 more for the 1970 ballot.
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UPID
Massachusetts
Elliot L. Richardson
Committee For A Constitutional Convention
Citizens For Massachusetts
Executive Council
Mary B. Newman
Cambridge
John A. Volpe
Global jeers and support mark U S race riots across world
World reaction to U S racial riots shows a mix of sympathy and judgment. Foreign press note politics, media bias, and social conditions fueling unrest while diplomats and officials debate causes and consequences.
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America
Vkyo
Times of London
Eastland Says Riots Fit Communist Pattern In Cities
Senate Judiciary Committee chair James Eastland says summer big city riots follow a traditional Communist pattern and tactics used globally. HUAC moves to hearings on subversive groups allegedly organizing the violence while officials cite outsiders observed near riot cities.
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UPI
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Mississippi
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Antiriot Commission
House Committee On UN- American Activities
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