Sect Leader Bids Blacks End Walkout
The retiring president of the Unitarian Universalist Association urged the Black and White Action and Black Caucus groups to return after a two day walkout at the General Assembly. A compromise will place funding for the two groups on today’s agenda. About 400 of 2,000 delegates left in split protest led by Rev. Jack Mentelsohn.
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Iraqi Delegates Walk Out Over Beatings at WHO
The Iraqi delegation at a World Health Organization convention in Boston walked out after alleging a politically motivated assault on three members. Police moved two delegates from a station near the hotel to Massachusetts General Hospital for minor injuries. a third declined treatment. Adnan Raouf, Iraqi UN permanent delegate, called the attack instigated by others and said a threatening letter preceded it. Ward Allen of the US State Department said there was no evidence of political motivation.
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