King blames Congress for riots in Chicago news conference
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said the riots were destructive and self-defeating and blamed an indifferent Congress. He cited funding gaps, Vietnam war spending, and unemployment among African Americans as key causes, urging Americans to confront brutality and oppression.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Planning Subdivisions to Protect Open Space and Environment
Burlington planning guidelines urge curvilinear layout to preserve open space and encourage cluster development. Recommend rights of way wide enough for future widening and a natural resource inventory by specialists. Include recreation facilities in large subdivisions and consider water impoundments, trails, common water ownership, and varied architectural styles.
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Congress Probes Newark Riots Causes Before Senate Panel
Congress opens its first investigation into city riots with testimony that Newark officials provided a blueprint of riot causes in the model cities funding application. Whitney M. Young Jr. cites housing, crime, taxes, health and mortality data as driving factors, while Moynihan and Taylor prepare to testify before the Government Re search subcommittee.
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Newark
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National Urban League
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