New England Civil Rights Protests Across Six States
In Boston a Negro minister spoke from a slave auction block at City Hall as 2,000 to 3,000 protesters urged Mayor Collins to meet. In Providence 3,000 marchers led by bishops urged civil rights action while Augusta hosts a 400-strong hearing backing a fair housing bill. Newburyport students plan a 14 mile march to Amesbury. King leads Montgomery march. New Englanders hold companion protests spanning six states.
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Boston
UPI
Providence
R.I
State House
Augusta
Maine
Capitol Hill
Newburyport
Mass
Martin Luther King
Montgomery
Ala
New
John F.) Collins
Wood
Massachusetts
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Collins
City Hall
Boston Common
State Capitol
Portland
Bangor
Brunswick
Lewiston
Auburn
Legislative Judiciary Committee
Daniel J
Feeney
Roger B. Ray
Cape Elizabeth
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Luther Allen
Chafee
George Laite
Newburyport, Mass
Amesbury
Sane
Snelling Blasts Hoff Over Baumann Treatment in Vermont
Chittenden County Republican Chairman Richard Snelling accused Gov. Philip Hoff of harming department morale by arbitrary actions. He said Hoff played cat and mouse with Public Safety Commissioner William Baumann, and favored partisan loyalty in reappointments. Baumann resigned to become police chief in Bristol Township, Pa.
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Burlington
UPI
Chittenden County
Richard Snelling
Philip H. Hoff
Snelling
Hoff
William Baumann
Baumann
Vermont
Bristol Township
LeMay warns of Soviet space weapon development
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, retired Air Force chief, warned at a National Security Association dinner that the Soviet Union may be developing space weapons to gain military superiority over the United States. He cautioned China could build intercontinental nuclear missiles, calling it an extremely serious threat, and urged defense leaders to push for a stronger, technol ogy driven U.S. effort.
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Washington
UPI
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
Russia
United States
Lemay
National Security Industrial Association
Soviet Union
U.S
Red China
Quotes in the News on Civil Rights and Politics
The dispatch covers MLK in Alabama rejecting limits to voting rights marchers, Kennedy's Mount Kennedy ascent update, Aiken criticizing UN in Vietnam, and Dick Gregory at Washington jokes. It notes UPI reporting that the Defense Department aims to scuttle a billion dollar pay raise bill with a moderated skimmed milk alternative.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Armed Forces Journal
Independent Service
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S,c
House Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Lie Detectors Spread to Denver Fire Departments
Lie detector tests, long used to screen police applicants, are expanding to Colorado fire departments. Lakewood has used polygraphs for three years, Denver plans to start soon, and Aurora tested last fall. Chiefs cite theft prevention and better morale, while Boulder remains skeptical favoring thorough oral exams. Tests cost about 15 dollars and take one to two hours, with pretests helping explain questions and ease applicants.
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Denver
UPD
Lakewood
Ralph Antonio
Aurora Fire Department
William H. Hawkins
Antonio
Colorado
Austora
Boulder
George Morse
Norm Gieseker
Aurora
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